Interview with Bruce Faulconer; The Mind Behind The Dragon Ball Z English Dub Music

Interview with Bruce Faulconer; The Mind Behind The Dragon Ball Z English Dub Music.
Blackenfist presents the first ever Video interview with Bruce Faulconer! Bruce has composed the American Soundtrack and is well known in the Dragonball Fandom.
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[@Schmidty030]

Dear Bruce Faulconer, Thank you for a great childhood.

[@ThinkingAtheos]

Thank Mike Smith and Morgan Scott

[@BlueTechnique]

And thank Julius Dobos for all the buu songs, Gohan Powers up and SSJ3!! Falconer didn't compose shit for DBZ.

[@Guy10169]

Schmidty030 Shut up, loser. You don't even know, yet he doesn't even know you exist, so STFU loser.

[@Masamune364]

+Blue Actually, bruce made a lot of them too including the ssj transformation theme! he made also the theme when gohan is transforming into a ssj2 in the cell games, he made full albums by himself, just do a little research before saying he didnt do anything and im totally aware he wasnt the only one behind the american soundtrack but he did a lot of them just look it up.

[@seanc846]

YES!

[@rhymestyle]

this is incredible bro!

[@SensuixShinobu7]

***** unlike you dickweed.

[@natureabioros8686]

***** Dont hate, mate

[@SensuixShinobu7]

Naturea Bioros I'm not hatting,he is. I just like owning tards. He's always hating on dragonball,he isn't even a fan. All he does is clickbait and spread lies for $$$. HE even tells people GT isn't canon. He's such a troll.

[@pequalax72]

GT is not cannon you moron

[@SensuixShinobu7]

pequalax72 Yes it is num nuts,GT is a sequal to DBZ and thus canon,do you even know what canon means? LMFAO!

[@regg58]

Internet would go ape shit if there was a announcement that faulconer would return for Supers Dub

[@KL42596]

MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@ner-0]

+Hypervizzle It'll never happen.

[@KL42596]

+MattGuz713 why not? I think it's safe to say that most people who watched the dub loved Faulconers score

[@ner-0]

+Hypervizzle Because Funimation doesn't do that anymore, they don't do that with any anime nowadays, they like to stay true to the original material. Don't ever expect any more dub soundtracks.

[@KL42596]

+MattGuz713 well that's a shame

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

what saddens me is that some fans of DBZ have bad feelings about faulconer's music, and funimation won't be working with him again. You can tell he genuinely respects the show. He uses terms like "SSJ" and memorizes episodes by number. He is an artist, and so he put care and effort into crafting songs that both fit the show and stand on their own. He made the show what it was for so many people. Some people think that replacing the soundtrack was a bad decision, but it defined DBZ for western fans and made them love the show forever. Bruce Faulconer is a great musician and man.

[@travv88]

I agree. I loved the music.

[@ripper3052]

TheMarshmelloKing > Legend > Bruce Faulconer Pick one

[@mynameisnobody3964]

@Death Savage LOL, you again?? you're a no-life chubby troll. Back to the basement you go!

[@cryptohello7666]

@@ripper3052 but you wrote the same thing twice

[@FSMusic86]

... You mean for american fans.. Not western. Only american dudes like this shitty soundtrack..

[@JaxBlade]

NO F*CKIN WAY ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!! YOU GOT THE MUTHAFUCKIN MAN HIMSELF I do not give a fuck what anyway says Bruce Faulconer's Music and OST is God tier I workout to them every Goddamn Day. SSJ3 theme, Gohan Fights Frieza, Vegeta turns super saiyan etc etc His music is amazing and Im a tremondous fan. I love the japanese dbz as well and respect what it did but as a 90s kid with Toonami nothing got me more hype than hearing his custom OSTs. The japanese version of DBZ makes the show have his cool mystic Kung Fu series vibe while the American version gives DBZ this Action Super Hero squad vibe. I love both for what they are but Bruce I'd kill to hear him in the dub of Dragonball Super even though I know its unlikely I mean *SS GOD THEME* *BEERUS THEME* *Vegeta rides a Train* THESE Are things I NEED in MY LIFE haha

[@blackenfist]

JaxBlade Thank you so much. I knew you would like it.

[@ChaddyFantome]

***** Just say something cool/funny.

[@muslimmetalman]

Before watching this video, I was going to say some jaded, smartass thing about this guy's work, and give a middling opinion on it, but just watching the sincerity and involvement a d gratitude of this man. I tear up a little. I appreciate that FUNimation, Viz, and Sentai now have an audience that watches this stuff for what it is, and dont feel the need to tamper with it, but it would be great if these guys could at least collaborate somehow. If Japan commissioned Bruce Faulconer to work on a new show....woah. The 12 universes would shatter that day.

[@beyrsf]

JaxBlade Anything music wise involving the Cell Era and Gohan, and SSJ 3 Goku.... plus Bruce Fal is like the Jim Johnston of DBZ music.

[@nicholaszambuto3888]

Vegeta rides a train lmao

[@kazuma913]

Bruce seems kinda like a introvert and a reserved person. He's still a legend though!

[@RokaSoka]

ShadowBanana I noticed that too, he seemed uncomfortable through most of the interview.

[@Ilias24.]

I hope he returns for dbs english dub!!!

[@ultimatesandwichproduction9784]

Trust me, Bruce isn't coming back to Dragon Ball.

[@jugulator95]

Funimation isn't changing the sound track of shows like they used to which is good the Japanese music is better

[@CaptainCJ97]

jugulator95 yea kai buu saga and rof yea but other than that not at all...

[@samkatawazi2274]

Bruce Faulconer is amazing. So are Scott Morgan, Mike Smith and Julius Dobos. These other three also did most of the scores. All four of them deserve credit

[@herbmaaster]

bump

[@samkatawazi2274]

@@herbmaaster Bump?

[@Frontline830tx]

Exactly. Most people don't know this

[@samkatawazi2274]

@@Frontline830tx I'm glad you agree with me, friend.

[@StevenJones851]

They deserve credit a lot too

[@jeremymichaelnt]

This man is a fucking genius. 50% of the reason I love DBZ is because of Bruce's compositions. I get the realest nostalgia listen to his shit.

[@ssgssgoldenomegaultraperfe176]

He compose music and not shit.

[@jeremydiaz5172]

LOL

[@rvoyles91]

top 3 reasons why I love dbz

[@ThinkingAtheos]

The two composers that worked for him and made 90% of DBZ's music are the true geniuses here.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Atheos Three

[@CellJr.]

Nice. Faulconer Productions has helped shape a very important part of my childhood. Cool you got to meet him Juan.

[@oscararias6448]

Cell Jr. But you spent your childhood underground growing until you became imperfect

[@fergalbad]

Oscar Arias you the real mvp lol

[@BrockBreedingintheHoennRegion]

Oscar Arias dr.gero gave him an mp4 player, well cell is an android

[@saiyanfitness756]

Cell Jr. Made my childhood and motivated me as an adult to lose fifty pounds, 230-180lbs. Thanks to him I'm one step closer to becoming a Super Saiyan!

[@SonGoku-ht5vl]

I see you on tyrone magnus videos cell

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

HOLY SHIT. THE LEGEND HIMSELF!!!!

[@denmla7982]

IKR!!!!!!

[@EATITTV]

I got hes autograph, along with most of the funimation cast!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

EATITTV NICE

[@epikeditz70]

hi all

[@QaamansLand]

I Love How Bruce Says SSJ3 at 17:10 ! Great Job!

[@TheLegendaryMickey]

Qaamans Land YEEET

[@researchbashio]

Its everyone fov theme it just so powerful in its execution :)

[@majinsole8554]

Qaamans Land True, but I think he screwed up and said "Buu" instead of "Uub" when referring to the last episode. Technically still right I guess. Seems like a genuine guy and I am looking forward to what that tribute soundtrack is gonna be like. ~_~

[@DiaglaTM]

Majin Sole But Uub is Buu, it would have been wrong to refer to Buu as Uub but nothing wrong in referring to Uub as Buu.

[@SuperVegeta25Returns]

Qaamans Land He knows his shit

[@christian94stefon]

Awesome Bruce is a awesome musician he knows how to work and make the DBZ music as well big fan of his work.

[@ShiningNoctowls]

Regardless of what happened, it's important to recognize if none of these four members(Bruce, Scott, Mike, and Julius) worked together, we wouldn't have received the amazing DBZ sound score that we still get to listen to today

[@StevenJones851]

Yeah its really good

[@felldoh9271]

and our guy Budd Guinn

[@Arteaga4K]

Shoutout to Mike Smith, Scott Morgan and Julius Dobos. Not one mention of them in this video? Wild

[@TonyDrecaps]

Right

[@MrGpacman]

Who?

[@burksaurus9410]

​@@MrGpacmanThey're the actual composers of the American soundtrack for Dragon Ball Z. Bruce Faulconer only composed a few of the soundtrack like Ginyu's Transformation since he was taking credit for the music he never composed.

[@xdryza]

To those who may not know, Bruce only composed like 3/4 songs on DBZ, while he had ghostwriters who composed the majority of the show. Their names are Mike Smith, Scott Morgan, and Julius Dobos.

[@gespenst1329]

Dobos being the best of the arrangers & orchestrators among the group.

[@felldoh9271]

Those three said Bruce only did 1% of it.

[@gespenst1329]

@@felldoh9271 And they were right.

[@KZt-Ksh]

I know right, like out of the hundred tracks that was produced he only done like 7 fucking unbelievable,the fans credit him too much when he barely did anything plus the low production value holy smoke

[@doesnotexist305]

His music is such a huge part of DBZ that I can’t watch DBZ without it.

[@areoblast43o9]

knowing that this guy is alive, well and still making music. He BETTER be hired to write the music for the English dub of Super.

[@xxIchiron47xx]

***** It's 2015, and that won't happen. Things has changed over the years and so has FUNimation. They will not replace music within their licensed anime shows like they used to. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the music in Dragon Ball Super.

[@areoblast43o9]

Eh...Guess its my nostalgia wanting it X3

[@pingaspearce9403]

+xxIchiron47xx Shame his music would make DBS so much better and pribably increase the fans by 10×

[@xxIchiron47xx]

Pingas Pearce The music is just fine in DBS.

[@megadeth8592]

xxIchiron47xx that's your opinion

[@drift2providence864]

Man i cant watch dbz without his music its just not the same fucking love the circus song that plays on the scene where goku finds gero and 19

[@epikeditz70]

+drift2providence w0w im kno exactly wat u mean w0w

[@chadgrimes252]

Exactly its not the same at all and the worst part is i can't find the DBZ episodes with the Faulconer music all the sites i knew it was on is currently not working its as if the internet is purposely trying to erase Bruce from DBZ history this fucking sucks

[@ShowbizCrowd17]

@@chadgrimes252 you could always just get the orange brick dvd set as those have the option of choosing the American ost which is of course the Bruce faulconer ost

[@DJRemo-D]

Bruce is a legend, his music will stay with me for the rest of my life!

[@paulamrana8981]

Chris Simm yeah same here buddy.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Chris Simm He didn't even make most of it though!

[@TozFeek]

LegendaryMarston If only more people knew this. Fuck Bruce Faulconer. This fat bastard took credit for his other employees' work and Bruce only did about 10% of the DBZ soundtrack.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Hugh Jass Yeah I wish someone popular in the community could tell everyone who the real composers are! Did you watch the Geekdom interview with them?

[@TozFeek]

LegendaryMarston no but I should

[@Yairsuperlolattack]

This dude is a legend. I don't care what anyone else has to say against him. Funimation's voice actors, and Bruce's music, brought the series more to life than any other dub there is out there. You can just tell he puts so much effort into every little scene in every episode. Thanks for this video, Idk how you did it. But it's great to hear from the man himself.

[@blacklyfe5543]

Yair Valenzuela exactly

[@legendarymarston9174]

Yair Valenzuela He didn't even make most of it though!

[@gespenst1329]

No idea what you’re talking about…

[@bowserpog]

Lol fake

[@nicholasstucker5326]

100% Anyone that buys the series today or even in the past and see's that they use the music from the Japanese dub and not Bruce's they immediately go, "What the fuck is this?". His music 100% changed how DBZ was watched and followed; willing to bet thats why its following is so large in America because the music changed the feel and visuals of the show entirely.

[@saiyanfitness756]

Bruce's Dragonball Soundtrack is the music I listen to whenever I lift weights. Hearing Vegeta's Theme and Super Buu's theme powers me through workouts. I went from 230lbs to 180lbs listening to this man's work.

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

Bruce's music for DBZ will FOREVER stand the test of time. His music destroys the original Japanese tracks. I don't give a shit what anyone says, Bruce's invokes so much emotion.

[@alexcreed537]

+Himanshu Bilonia nope Bruce's music destroys Amy other soundtrack for example no Japanese soundtrack can beat ssj3 goku theme it's to epic .

[@pingaspearce9403]

+Himanshu Bilonia Im sorry Your opinion is GREATLY in the minority.

[@legendarymarston9174]

GabrielTheGuitarist He didn't make most of the soundtrack it was Scott Morgan Mike Smith and Julius Dobos

[@pingaspearce9403]

***** The west is a big place you know. More people have hear about bruce falconer then you think.

[@pingaspearce9403]

***** Also the english language is so prevalent in most countries I might even say they watch bruce falconers version

[@razztastic]

He may have respect for DBZ, but he doesn't have respect for the three other guys he never talks about who wrote the most memorable tracks from the show. I've got this to ask for Faulconer fans, what's really more important?

[@KSwiZZHD]

one day blackenfist, you get your interview with akira

[@ssanta8058]

If Akira could learn English xD

[@ThatFuckinGame]

***** its like triying to interview someone in japanese. the two languages are completely diferent so its very very hard to learn.

[@muslimmetalman]

Yeah, he is terrible at English. "Bloom-a" is not spelled "Bulma", and "Vegetable" and "carrot" do not meet at "Vegetto". It would be "Vegerot".

[@muslimmetalman]

+John John No, that is Viz's version. I prefer it, but it is incorrect. They mostly translate well, aside from the tons of edits they have been making since about 2004,, but they do mess up on a few names. I like Vegerot as it is in fact the version I properly experienced; it simply is wrong, though, like translating Ninja Murasaki's name. His Japanese-ness is part of his character, unlike Commander Black, Colonel Silver, General Blue, etc.

[@Drilbit]

***** Yeah I thought Vegerot just sounded really weird. I get what they were doing since the japanese version of the manga it was a portmanteau of Kakarotto and Bejita but they should have just left it alone as Vegito or Vegetto.

[@diomandcity5990]

This man made DBZ even more cooler!

[@Maj0ra]

People that hate on the Bruce Faulconer soundtrack only do it to be hipsters and purist. His music is an absolute treasure, and I understand why they didn't use him going forward since they want future shows to be as close to the original as possible. I just love when people tell me they hate his music...you just know they're lying their ass off.

[@gespenst1329]

Actually, they also have preference issues with it because a lot of it is meandering MIDI sounds that are quite cheap & mediocre most of the time. It doesn’t even have good production values because it was low budget, and some sounds are legitimately grating. Those are a few subjective issues people might have with it. (Also, it has a lot where it’s just an imitation of Vangelis)

[@rekhamalavalia1967]

Bruce and his crew makes the best music

[@BeastLordofMetal]

Seems like a very quiet, humble man. Thoroughly deserved his chance on DBZ. Glad he has become a success.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Vegan Beast 666 He didn't even make most of the tracks though! He had other people working for him!

[@breadcanful5365]

Honestly, when I was about 12-13 years old I was very disenfranchised with modern music and hadn't really found anything I liked yet. This was the early 2000s and the age of boybands and pop garbage. The DBZ soundtrack was some of the earliest music I really connected with. Some fantastic character themes. It actually inspired me to produce some of my early music myself! Thanks Bruce, for all of your creative talent. I know many people like Kai, but DBZ just isn't the same without the Faulconer soundtrack.

[@muslimmetalman]

I dislike replacement music on principle, but if it weren't for the awful script adapting on the old dub, I would probably listen to the Faulconer track a lot more. I definitely respect the guy.

[@brett8074]

Man you’re so right..

[@divinaj102]

You used the word disenfranchised wrong. I think you mean disillusioned or something along those lines

[@gespenst1329]

@@muslimmetalman Props for the first part but hopefully you know that he didn’t compose most of the tracks.

[@Ace_of_Horns]

This is so amazing, I've honestly never even seen the face of Bruce Falcouner so this is my first time seeing his face and it's on YOUR channel. This'll put you on the DBZtuber map.

[@lordperezident]

shesmine19 didnt put him on the DBZ map though:(

[@Thundershot69]

NBD but blackenfist is on a first name basis with Mr. Faulconer here

[@blueldrrich84]

Mr. Faulconer, words cannot express my gratitude. Your score is still superior in my eyes. Even today, when I'm having a hard time of it, I put on your music and it brings me joy. Thank you. ❤ from the bottom of my heart.

[@gespenst1329]

Quite sad that the credit and praise is totally misdirected... because he's a usurper.

[@Morganstudios]

Cool, it's good that he focused on music that he wrote. It would have been nice if he had called out Julius on the SSJ3 theme though.

[@DramacydE]

***** There we go. I was hoping that someone would chime in (either in the interview or the comments section) about who was involved with what at Faulconer Productions.

[@Morganstudios]

***** Yeah, the cover slip on the old version that he doesn't sell anymore that didn't mention me at all haha.

[@SSPsGoku1]

***** Just when I was about to chime in and link your credits video I saw your comment. I'm glad to have known at least some of the truth since the days of DBZ

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

+MrShirye GTFO!

[@L33PL4Y]

+Morganstudios This is all news to me, so I'm a little lost. What's the story here? What music did Bruce write and not write for the series?

[@1Vnarine]

Dude. I pulled over just to watch this. Don't know how you pulled this off but excellent interview!

[@nickthestampede2160]

I hope he understands how awesome his scores were to so many of us as fans of the show

[@VongPhonsiri]

Alot of respect for Bruce! His music was a part of my childhood.

[@JtMoney88]

holy hell blackenfist! how did u pull this off?!

[@nanovous6572]

I know!!!

[@terranceyoung1994]

He asked Shenron of course

[@nanovous6572]

Yes perfect!

[@saiyanfitness756]

Terrance Young he asked Mr PoPo.

[@michael-gr2uw]

holy fuck he used the black star dragon balls!

[@EnoYaka]

Faulconer Productions is amazing.. They made DBZ something beyond what it could have ever been on its own.. Brought many scenes to life in such an emotional way.

[@wilderentertainment5507]

17:00 Even Bruce Falconer admits that Goku left his family too fast.

[@animekawaiichan9399]

Dbz isn't dbz without Faulconer and his crew who worked alongside him. PLEASE!!!! Bring them back for the future dbz!!! WE MISS THEM SOOOO MUCH!!!!! And thank for the AWESOME childhood you gave us Bruce.

[@ArkansasGamer]

Brilliant music. Thanks for giving us an interview with the man who helped mold such an important part of my childhood.

[@Created.Meaning]

major props to you for getting this interview thank you!

[@Phenomiracle]

Great work on the interview! This man made my childhood, his music really will stay with me for the rest of my life. I can't give high enough praise and thanks for his contribution.

[@bustercall5744]

This is awesome Blackenfist, I appreciate your work so much here! Brings back so much childhood moments when I got shivers listening to the theme songs.

[@JtMoney88]

This guy is just awesome! Showing so much love for his fans AND we're getting a DBZ tribute song?! We love you Bruce!

[@bakiral-fetlawi1054]

This was a dream interview ty blackenfist.

[@GrimKriegor]

Thank you for this treat, blackenfist!

[@melthor2ztt]

Thanks blackenfist for the interview. Thank you Bruce for your contributions to a series the world won't soon forget. The music elevated every scene it appeared in and amplified the emotional impact had on the audience. I haven't since watched a film production where the music played such an intrinsic role to the story and to my enjoyment of it ( Yu-Yu Hakusho gets a distant second in my opinion). Thanks for taking the time for a video interview Bruce, my best regards.

[@d14flare]

bruce faulconer= living legend thanks for making dbz even more epic than it already is, your work for the show is very under appreciated. thanks for putting your heart and soul into music and show.

[@FernandoMartinezDesign]

Bless you Fualconer, you made my childhood!!! Your music made DBZ that much more epic. I hope that we are fortunate enough to hear your sounds on DBS if and when Funimation picks it up.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Fernando Design He didn't make most of the soundtrack it was Scott Morgan, Mike Smith and Julius Dobos

[@legendarymarston9174]

Crazy Legs I already told you that there is a video on Morganstudios that tales about this

[@ssanta8058]

I was so excited when you announced this Friday, but I didn't realize it would be here so soon!!!

[@joemakogaming2491]

Amazing interview Blackenfist. Thank you.

[@emeraldwarrior6621]

Omfg! you got an interview with... (passes out) holy shit dude thank is amazing! Hey Bruce much, much love man you are a true treasure. I pray you come to do dragonball super english dub you are the man! Long live Bruce!

[@TooTallNiCo]

Blackenfist you have just set the bar for DBZ-tubers with this video. Only way to beat a video like this would be to interview Toriyama himself. Kudos to you sir

[@muslimmetalman]

If you aren't aware, Chris Sabat, the voice actor for the Freeza saga of the old dub, and Sean Schemmel, voice of Son Goku, and Kai-O, are doing an AMA on Reddit on August 3.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

The reason why I keep coming back to your videos is not because you're the greatest speaker in the world but because I can tell you put everything you can into making these videos and it definitely shows man. Keep making them!

[@vasquez.i.4250]

Thank you very much Juan ... i mean Blackenfist for this great interview with Mr. Bruce Faulconer :) it's the ONLY one i can find.

[@MrKramerIannarino]

I've been watching the remastered DBZ on the Funimation app to get some nostalgia. I had no clue that they took out Bruce's music for every episode. While I respect the original DBZ Japanese music, I do not prefer it. In fact, it nags at me so bad that I know I won't be finishing the series again. I had no idea Bruce's music had such a profound effect; it truly completed the DBZ experience for me.

[@L33PL4Y]

They didn't take out his music at all. Faulconer started composing for the show somewhere around the Ginyu saga, and before that all the music was done by Ocean. So when FUNimation remastered and redubbed all the stuff Ocean had done, they got a new composer to do the music for all the stuff Ocean had previously done. Faulconer's music is completely retained from the point where he first started composing for the show, onward. Except for his opening theme song unfortunately, which was depressingly left out and replaced by the new composer's opening theme.

[@MrKramerIannarino]

I'm talking about on the Funimation app (streaming through PS4 and XBone). There's no option to select his music. There is only the original Japanese music.

[@naitikgreyman]

Mr. Faulconer you should finally give credit to Morgan and Smith, they're the one's who did most of the work on this soundtrack.

[@gespenst1329]

But even now he’s not going to.

[@kingofdogs2012]

Blackenfist, you are a legend for getting this interview.

[@wolfsaber2222]

This is Awesome!!! you rock Blackenfist!! thanks

[@MrNamine]

Don't forget Morganstudios. He deserves as much credit as Bruce!

[@Morganstudios]

+MrNamine Thanks :) Mike Smith deserves the most credit. Then Julius Dobos and myself. Bruce wrote a few tracks, like the ones he calls out in this vid (except SSJ3)

[@bigguy130]

@@Morganstudios I also liked Budd Guin. Didn't he do electric guitar on Vegeta's theme?

[@Morganstudios]

@@bigguy130 Bud played guitar for the main theme that Bruce wrote. The Vegeta theme was guitar synth(Mike Smith), and then I added real guitar solo stuff over it later on.

[@bigguy130]

@@Morganstudios Cool, thanks for clearing that up. I was not able to find the correct information myself searching online in the past. I loved that guitar solo in Vegeta's theme.

[@Morganstudios]

@@bigguy130 Thanks man! If you haven't seen it, we actually played an extended live arrangement in Dallas last year :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKTYg3Rpq9p0mJI

[@SaiyanDio]

He’s basically telling on himself by constantly mentioning the opening which is one of the only tracks he actually made

[@gespenst1329]

Ikr, he's not talking about most anything else (and there's a _lot_ more worth talking about in there as the general fandom would agree). Glad you caught on 3 years back lol Also he likes to openly take credit for stuff like the last Earth Music arrangement in DBZ Finale and the SSJ3 theme by Julius Dobos, because they both reference that opening composition. By contrast he never mentions anything from Smith or Morgan because neither of them reference his stuff.

[@soleiltounsi6754]

He created, he entertained, 50% of the success of DBZ was his music. This guy is a legend.

[@RangerOfTheEast00]

blackenfist thank you for making such badass video Bruce is an legend

[@MistareFusion]

Wow. Incredible. How in the world did you manage to snag this?

[@blackenfist]

MistareFusion I am glad you enjoyed it! I called him on the phone, emailed him and than emailed him again. He accepted and we than sorted all the details.

[@markdelauwste]

+Erik Rodriguez asking the important questions here

[@davetarone6690]

+MistareFusion i thought you hated the American dub?

[@MistareFusion]

+Dave Tarone You're right. I'm not a fan of the dub. But that doesn't keep me from being incredibly impressed that Juan was able to do this.

[@davetarone6690]

I see very much enjoy Bruce's music for me its what made the show

[@ChaddyFantome]

BLACKENFIST meets the Legend himself?!?!?! O_O GG BlackenFist has just gone even further beyond!!!!

[@Mr.Moselyy]

WOW BLACKNFIST.!! I'm extremely impressed! Keep up the great work man

[@LordSkullFreak]

This man is one of the reasons I make music, thank you Bruce. Thanks for this great interview Blackenfist.

[@ThatMothersdayman]

This man is a LEGEND. His soundtrack is tailored to Dragon Ball Z which just makes it that much more special. I mean think about it - his team wrote a song for every character in nearly every situation for every saga and every mood (ex. Gohan vs Frieza, Gohan gets angry, Gohan approaches Buu, the Fat Buu theme, Evil Buu theme, Super Buu theme, and the amazingly underrated kid buu theme)! Each version of Buu had its own theme for crying out loud! He didn't have to do that! He even has specific songs for Buu waiting, Android 16 ripping off a tail, and even the androids stealing a truck (which is also an amazing song btw)! No artist I can think of would write an entire AMAZING song for stealing a truck! Now, I also have full respect for the original Japanese soundtrack. I've watched the entire show in both Japanese and English, and the Japanese soundtrack exumes an entirely different attitude from the American OST. It is more mystical and really makes the show feel like you are witnessing the ancient martial arts of times long forgotten. It is such a great soundtrack in its own right and I love it! Having said that, I grew up with the Toonami Funimation version of DBZ with Bruce at the helm, and it is truly the definitive version of DBZ for me (notice I said for ME). Others may disagree and that is fine because everyone has a personal preference. The Faulconer Production team is in a league all their own, and their passion for the show really shines through in every theme. Just listen to the Garlic Jr. Theme if you don't believe me. Garlic Jr. as a villain sucks and is pretty boring, but he sounds like such a complete badass because of the Faulconer team's score. I truly believe that without their musical input, DBZ would not be what it is in America today. Most kids I knew would not sit through a ten minute stare-down or power up, but they had no problem doing exactly that with the epic Faulconer score playing in the background. Lastly, I've read many complaints about how Faulconer's music never stops. These are valid complaints and I have to agree with them. Silence can be a great thing and would have benefited a lot of scenes. However, Bruce was directed by Funimation to have music playing during every scene - this was not his decision to make. That is what we were given and I am more than okay with that because of how awesome the music is. Bruce's entire team did an absolutely incredible job with the score, and I firmly believe that 20 years from now the Faulconer Productions version of DBZ will be the definitive one to watch. Thank you for everything Bruce and team!!!!

[@epikeditz70]

+ThatMothersdayman gr8essay

[@Prodigy396]

nice comment

[@ProudNL99]

+ThatMothersdayman Especially the and team bit, cause they actually wrote 99% of the music :P

[@happyraptor7986]

Living Legend... his music really changed the whole feel of the show into something so much more epic.

[@Krillain]

Wooah! I know this is certainly worth the watch!

[@nickdobash6981]

Congrats man I hope this video gets a lot of views. Came up the good work and would like to see some more of these videos in the future.

[@motoxtim34]

Everyone should be lining up and giving this man a hand job. Just ordered all the blu ray seasons of DBZ. And holy shit did bruce save DBZ music when he started at episode 67

[@ThinkingAtheos]

Mike Smith and Morgan Scott would deserve your handjobs more, as they are the minds behind the music.

[@CozekoTheKingOfCrows]

Don't forget about Julius Dobo, the forth guy

[@tagagenknows4720]

Tim Mcmurtree I would give everyone who worked on DBZ two hand jobs at the same time

[@godihateyoupeople7173]

Tagagen Knows tien?

[@MegaTroySmith]

Tim Mcmurtree no

[@DarkShadowRage]

I kind of wished you could have asked him if he could release all the rest of his DBZ Music cause there is several unreleased songs and variations of songs that we don't have.

[@Battosai0529]

that was fucking awesome. great shit blackenfist.

[@KozmicHand]

Omfg my heart just dropped. Dude blackenfist you are a god for doing this man. I love you and im glad i subscribed to you a long time ago!!!

[@JaskiMusicMixesOfficial]

You got a like from me, respect for what you're doing :)

[@jordyboy1831]

actually.. this guy almost did nothing for the DBZ soundtrack.. Search up Morganproductions, this guy's name is Scott Morgan and actually did alot of soundtracks for the show. he also has some interesting videos talking about when he worked with Bruce and he uploads some music now and then and you can clearly hear he worked on the soundtrack.

[@jordyboy1831]

I mean morganstudios 😂

[@blacklyfe5543]

JH stfu even if that's true he's a hardworking Man and nobody gives q fuck he's the greatest Bruce Faulconer!!!!!!!

[@legendarymarston9174]

Black Karnley Nah, he didn't make alot. You should be thanking Mike Smith, Scott Morgan and Julius Dobos! They were the ones that worked on almost ALL tracks!

[@kevins0326]

Great job interviewing him. He must not do very many of these if at all. That's cool that you were able to do it. Bruce Faulconer music will always be my favorite DBZ score.

[@Mindful2222]

thank you for making my childhood bruce and thank you blackenfist for this amazing interview.

[@OmegaMagnus11DA]

Faulconer gonna drop a mixtape in a couple months? ITS GONNA BE HOT FIRE!

[@LSMMIKE]

Awesome video man! Good job!

[@blackenfist]

Laughingstock Media Thank you!!. You helped too!

[@blacklyfe5543]

Blackenfist how did u get him to interview with u pls reply

[@vblack172]

@@blacklyfe5543 hi man i'll tell you

[@SensuGang]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Ragek1001]

Great interview! Thank you Bruce!

[@isupportargentina]

Fantastic! Thanks for this, he is such a humble dude!

[@RhodieSlayer]

Bruce Faulconer is a legend I wish he came back for Super . I don't know how you got a hold of him but this is awesome

[@legendarymarston9174]

Rhodie Slayer He didn't make most of the soundtrack it was 3 guys Mike Smith, Julius and Morgan

[@RhodieSlayer]

already know now :(

[@legendarymarston9174]

Rhodie Slayer It's best to know the truth

[@RhodieSlayer]

I knew months ago... hes a fraud

[@Masamune364]

+LegendaryMarston He wasnt the only composer but he did a lot of them too, specially the ssj transformation and ginyu transformation theme, he did full albums by himself like dbz soundtrack vol 2 and 3 which includes a few of the greatest tracks in dbz, just look it up.

[@Sokka2Me]

Holy black on a Popo!

[@ismokenwormcumxd8994]

racist.

[@herculejoestar5809]

+i smoken worm cum XD not really.....

[@SuperSonicWarrior93]

Holy white on a peckerwood

[@samuraijack3900]

Way to go Blackenfist, really taking your channel to the next level ++++

[@deucedeuce1694]

You did a great job with DBZ, its part of the soundtrack to my childhood!!!

[@JH-qy8no]

Mr. Faulconer, I will not watch the show without your music. It is etched into my soul from childhood.

[@tvoovm7254]

Thanks Bruce Faulconer and your crew for composing splendid, epic music to my ears. Vegeta Super Saiyan, SSJ3, Gohan's Anger, Time Chamber, Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Perfect Cell. These won't be forgotten especially Vegeta Super Saiyan; by far the best workout theme that I'm satisfied with in my opinion.

[@oogaboogie]

bruce falcouner made none of that music. the people working under him did

[@gespenst1329]

@@oogaboogie Exactly.

[@BaronMage]

everyone should thump up this video if you like it. Especially because this is a unique and good quality interview! This video deserves some good publicity,

[@Shouxiao]

Epic! An interview with such a legendary man.

[@Kallypso018]

Awesome interview with a legend! Bruce Faulconer > Bruce Wayne It was so amazing that he mentioned that Capt Ginyu transition music as being one of his favorites because it's freaking epic. Bruce was reading my mind on that one lol.

[@MetroidLord1]

Especially played when Gohan killed Cell, the most epic shit ever!

[@Kallypso018]

MetroidLord1 Yep! And the scene where Gohan transformed into a SSJ for Kibito at the martial arts tournament in the Buu saga. Pure awesome

[@MetroidLord1]

Hell yeah I agree, one of the most badass scenes from Gohan!

[@xspawnloverzx]

blackenfist the video should of been called the man behind the music

[@RP123lolololol]

Damn bro you know this is huge for real. And thank you for doing this bro

[@nagenayr]

Fantastic interview blackenfist!

[@kevingarrett6323]

Bro, you certainly have connections.

[@BlitzWare518]

Your name is Juan?

[@avngsv]

Juan sanchez. He's a millionaire

[@malachyname1008]

His twin brother died though, so sad ;(. In space too, so unlikely

[@deityenott]

Malachy Gilbert who twin brother? and how did they get in space

[@OmegaMagnus11DA]

BlitzWare518 Juan Number

[@Murcielago04]

avngsv lol

[@SeanThomasCross]

thanks so much for doing this interview! I've always been a huge fan of his DBZ soundtrack and bought all of the volumes on CD that were released. There's another guy on youtube who worked with him during those years who still writes some DBZ-esque themes. I'll find the link.

[@L33PL4Y]

Thank you so much for doing this interview. Faulconer's music for DBZ holds a special place in my heart, and it really saddens me whenever I see elitist fans hating on it. He put so much heart and passion into that music, and it really shows. I'm sad FUNimation didn't have him do the music for the first couple of seasons for the remasters and instead had a new composer come in, because when you're watching it with the American music and it suddenly transitions from the new guy's music to Faulconer's one episode, it feels so jarring and unnatural. Some of my favorite work he did for DBZ was in the Garlic Jr. saga. There's some really amazing music there and nobody ever talks about it. I wish more people would do guitar covers of his opening themes for the show, because they're so kick-ass and barely anyone has covered them.