DBZ Budokai 1: Challengers (Long Version)

[@TheQuarterGuy]

People have been Hunting High And Low for this track.

[@filippotomasino6251]

Bro 💀

[@corester3018]

😭😭😭

[@astupidphase]

Unfunny

[@Eichsterd123]

i sure have

[@TotskuyaKurogane]

Took me a Playlist to see what you were talking about 😂😭

[@Nicospace2]

Goodbye TORIYAMA!!! It's been a goood journey

[@Slayer-id9ux]

Still listening in 2024. Rest in peace Akira. Thank you for everything youve done...

[@1shoryuken]

One of my favorite tracks from Stratovarius. ... OH WAIT.

[@infern209x]

'rolls eyes' keep it up and the music industry will find some way to act like this copied that band so we can't listen to it anymore, I mean they don't have a problem with bands copying video game songs(which I've seen them rip off the exact tones and everything on the radio, including stage songs from sonic adventure 2) yet they have a problem with video game music sounding similar...

[@1shoryuken]

Mate listen to the bridge, listen to the cord progression - it's the exact same song. But It's not just this track, Kenji plagiarized a shit ton of songs in the budokai games, it's why he got fired by Toei Animation because they didn't want hundreds of potential lawsuits up their ass.

[@infern209x]

1shoryuken they aren't the same at all, and besides alot of bands have similar cord progression without permission, you don't see lawsuits being brought up about them, yet for a video game it suddenly matters, and what's even more hypocritical is alot of music nowadays is ripoffs of old video game music, like I heard one on the radio recently that sounded just like a stage theme from sonic adventure 2, you don't see lawsuits coming from that though. all this is is greed. what's next, steven universe having a lawsuit filed against it for all its blatant references and similarities to anime and video games? lawsuits being filed against tributes or parodies? and they don't have the same cords, you apparently need your hearing checked, hunting high and low keeps changing its pitch during the cord progression, the cords on challengers on the other hand are just straight cords on the guitar not rapidly changing in pitch, just because the cord progression sounds the same doesn't mean they actually are the same. this is video game music, pretty sure its not made for a big speaker system to listen to like your band music, you can't find all the details on that like you can with really good stereo headphones, its made for a game therefore its made more digitally than tracks for a rock band.

[@slothrop9345]

Having the same chord progression you can get away with as there actually is a discernible limit to chord progressions that work and you can have enough differences between songs with the same chord progression as long as the melodies and structures are different. This, however, is inexcusable. Same chord progression, identical melody, same structure - this is literally a glorified cover.

[@dukkemonterier3429]

Some parts are similar but it's bullshit to say that's all the song

[@R3SerialDreams2]

Vegeta: DROP DEAD! Goku: WHOAOAOAA!!

[@ungatm9458]

Frieza: KEEEEEEY

[@RicardoGarcia-nf5tb]

Vegeta: BEAT IT PUNK

[@franciscoorozco6945]

GOKU: HEY YOU OKAY?

[@Bruizer1017]

😂😂😂😂

[@sleepingshaq2541]

Xenoverse 2 Blue Goku enters the Chat: IT'S NOT OVER YET IT'S NOT OVER YET

[@Chris-jl6vp]

This song is over a decade old. And it still sounds unbelievably good.

[@saschakamm9416]

@Mystic Gohan And the original is from 2000

[@saschakamm9416]

@Mystic Gohan Nah, I love the great lyrics and the great vocals by Timo Kotipelto But your opinion

[@KegOfMeat]

Two decades almost

[@VannyVanesca]

​@@saschakamm9416 How did I not know that Stratovarius was a Finnish band.

[@ahtee5106]

It stranotorvirus acutally

[@picleslover5111]

"Accept my challenge Kakarot!" "Right! let's do it." Ready? FIGHT!

[@JSHADOWM]

*whooshing of 4 missed punches from both sides* *Capsule "fwiing" noise* "KAMEHAMEHA!" "GYARIKU HO!" *Blast collision* *sounds of backstepping* *Sounds of screaming and charging* *whooshing of 4 missed punches from both sides* and LOOP~!

[@Abdega]

Thanks for posting this, I've been Hunting High and Low for this song!

[@hazelopez3730]

If this was in fighterz omg

[@youyou-bz5sk]

hope it has a update where it come in dbfighterz

[@darklethal3517]

Slaps

[@brklynty1]

AzX GaMiNG it won't ever, this was one of the pieces that was plagiarized and ultimately removed from the series as well as the producer

[@alexgallegos7582]

I got you fam, what I do is get the track and put it on a USB and play media in the background, this being a song I play as I fight

[@Chronorigins]

mods can bring this song back in fighterZ :)

[@200littleman]

Omg I'm tearing up. The memories and the feels just hit me like a fucking train.

[@adrienejones9980]

aw man I know how you feel

[@GlitchPredator]

DBZ forever. I love this series so much I would risk my life to save it.

[@BbkBtw]

I knew i wasnt the only one..... where did the time go man

[@clue104]

I miss my childhood. 😪

[@TurdFurggison]

About 6 months ago I randomly got hooked on Hunting High and Low by Stratovarious courtesy of a random shuffle on KZbin. Then I found this song again because I loved it on Budakai back during the ps2 era and wanted to hear it again. Then the comments absolutely blew my mind. Did not know the composer ripped this song off.

[@lyrimetacurl0]

Another one is Undertale's Dogsong / Enemy Approaching melody is copied off Pokemon Gold & Silver Game Corner but I think they worked something out.

[@me67galaxylife]

@@lyrimetacurl0 is it actually or did you pull that out of your ass

[@B-Rad_99]

Remixing/arranging is a skillset of its own and Yamamoto clearly has it. Why didn’t he just try to get permission from the original artists and agree to share royalties? Surely at least some of these guys would’ve been thrilled to have a new generation introduced to their work?

[@ecanoya]

@@B-Rad_99 1, because that would be a licensing *nightmare*. It's not just up to the original artists, but the record labels that the artist created the song under. 2 Toei didn't seem to actually care, until he ripped off a song pretty much 1 for 1 from Avatar (The movie with the blue people, not AtLA).

[@KonstantinosMasios]

21 years later and is like yesterday playing budokai 1 as a 10 years old and listening to this masterpiece !!!

[@n0ctiz456]

Come back to this every few years such a great hit of nostalgia

[@titaniumcranium3755]

The best track in the budokai series. Makes me cry everytime for unexplainable reasons

[@Jonin1995]

"You do well, hahaha, you do well"

[@jonnybailey2262]

Krillin: NEW YORK!!!

[@smokekilla13]

Recoome annoying ass

[@EclipseHedgehog]

Napa: whoa, lookatme whoa whoa lookatme BOMBER DX

[@Ty-ik2vd]

Downloaded smash flash 2 today and this song was playing on the namek map. Flooded me with childhood memories of playing budokai tenkaichi on the ps2 with my brother.

[@jundullah9869]

67% more chances to contract AIDS than normal people 🐵

[@MrXabungle]

As much as shit the composer gets, you cannot deny that he has a really great taste in music

[@ico128]

I am hunting high and low!!

[@Blazingmadman98]

Whenever I listening to this I'm Hunting High and Low.

[@GokuKakarot59]

t'es un bon toi

[@pendejonoduranada.]

WTF. ME TOOOOO LOL!

[@pendejonoduranada.]

Unbreakble.

[@joefrascino4546]

“I’m hunting high and low” 🎶🎶

[@nightmareyamikai]

I AM HUNTING HIGH AND LOW °^°

[@moomanchu608]

too bad that song sucks in comparison...

[@in4mus85]

@@moomanchu608 that doesn't make any sense.

[@Purpetratorz]

This godlike song got ingrained into my heart and soul.

[@vigi1antvort3x41]

I always thought this song stood out because it was unique to the rest of the music. Now I can see why.

[@Strykerfromcrashfm]

rip akira 🙏

[@johnnykest]

*punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* MILKY CANNON!

[@LMario2244]

*W O A H*

[@xShinigamiRyukuux]

People of many alien races, Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon, an entire Namekian village, a few hundred Freeza soldiers, Guldo, Burter, Recoome, Jeice, #19, Pui Pui, a few hundred Earthlings...

[@sadriposting]

I swear if atari or bandai just approach Stratovarius, and ask for the song, i think they would end accepting it

[@DBZAOTA482]

Teeeaaa!!!!! Pity! Wooaag! Neeeee!! ....Death Beam!!

[@SuperKamehameha2]

Drop dead! Beat it punk! PPPE *wsssh* Kamehameha!

[@Aerex12]

How rude! You do well...You do well.

[@thesporkguy]

"Ha Ha Ha!" "Ha Ha Ha!" "Son of a..."

[@SuperKamehameha2]

"I want to fight someone tougher." "Don't mock the great Vegeta!"

[@rikustorm13]

***** drop dead, repeating over and over

[@SuperJony90]

This song will always be the best fighting ost

[@JustReelo123]

P P P P E *Wree!* "Kamehameha!"

[@mohamedkoraichi2124]

+Jaykmeit super kamehameha kamehameha x10 big bang kamehameha big bang kamehameha x100 rebirth kamehameha final kamehameha

[@moahammad1mohammad]

WOOAAaah! Not bad

[@raheemblue4069]

spirit kahehameha

[@JSHADOWM]

P P K K E *capsule noise* FINAL FLASH!

[@yukionnaslayer1]

P P P P E *WRYYY* KAMAHAMEHA

[@reiaseran22222]

WE ARE HUNTING HIGH AND LOW!!!

[@CakeJerry]

At the very least, Yamamoto chose a great band to rip off

[@shawnexotics7828]

He ripped off so many for his soundtracts

[@WalidChehab]

@@shawnexotics7828 he ripped only two ( hunting high and low , infinity )

[@shawnexotics7828]

@@WalidChehab so he didnt rip off black sabbath

[@WalidChehab]

@@shawnexotics7828 he did but i was talking about stratovarius songs only .. he ripped another songs like black sabbath

[@666luhgeek]

@@WalidChehab he also plagied "moving foward fearlessly" from "glory of the world"

[@MissingPieces1]

“Hey you okay?” “Beat it punk!”

[@shycrystalexplosion3256]

best song ever. I wish this song was in every dbz game

[@GiordanDiodato]

it's plagiarized

[@DrAlberts]

@@GiordanDiodato And who the fuck cares? It's still an epic song that made our days awesome whenever we were playing this with friends. Only butthurt stratovarius fanboys give a fuck about that. As if they paid you for licking their ass.

[@notrod5341]

@@DrAlberts Imagine going down the route where you're justifying blantent plagerism rather than just going "Yeah, it was, sounds good though"

[@notrod5341]

@eoe123321 Thats exactly my point. Getting really angry and name calling is more what I was responding to.

[@rakish8737]

@@notrod5341 Bro completely agree, honestly though, best solution with this song is to add a guitar midsegment, change the beat and change the chord progression, its kinda hard to fuck up this song because of how good the overdriven guitar and background synth is.

[@moddy327]

Has such an epic feel to it...Its like puttin the DB universe in one song and this is it!

[@Xesthan]

The fact that this song being a copy of Hunting High and Low is not news. Is anyone surprised they didn't find out about the copyright sooner?

[@friezler]

favorite childhood theme.... got me into metal

[@mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901]

Hunting High & Low: "What are you?!" Challengers: *"I am you, but stronger"*

[@captainoppai4539]

Not true, but I did chuckle. Good one

[@euqla]

@@captainoppai4539 it is true. Challengers is way better :p

[@fareszoabi7030]

@@euqla hunting high and low is better

[@Marc-rw3dd]

@@fareszoabi7030 nah fam, this is superior

[@benjaminpilgrin9842]

@@Marc-rw3dd A plagiarism is better than an original song ?, keep believing your lies

[@BeastFormal]

I've been looking everywhere for this song! So glad I finally found it, brings back hella good memories. :)

[@gerzcastillo8606]

My childhood was a lie, i thought this was an original. My favorite soundtrack from the budokai series! It was the namek stage and the ice stage from dbz 2 for me because of this song.

[@kharelftg6331]

It's still an excellent song anyway

[@B-Rad_99]

Tbh most of your favorite songs are almost certainly remakes, most artists just go about it….you know….legitimately. Remixing/arranging is a skillset of it’s own and Yamamoto clearly has it. Idk why he didn’t just try to get permission from the original artists and agree to share royalties. Surely at least some of them would’ve been glad to have a new generation introduced to their work?

[@smsjgoku]

who ever composed the instrumentals for the budokai series is a genius

[@johnleecolon2339]

Bro I'm so sorry to tell you, that this was plagiarized. It's originally a song from Stratovarius Called hunting high and low

[@tomato2517]

@@johnleecolon233912 yo comment you responded to lol, and i wonder if he was saying it sarcastically and knew yamamoto stole this

[@johnleecolon2339]

@@tomato2517 Yea good point, he probably already knows after 12 years

[@sasuke082594]

@@johnleecolon2339the first 5 seconds were plagiarized…

[@sasuke082594]

@@johnleecolon2339the first 5 seconds were plagiarized…

[@justjoking5841]

Say all the negative shit you want about Kenji Yamamoto, but he does kick ass covers that sound amazing.

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

Wait, what?

[@jeevanfernandes8953]

He didn't cover, he stole it. And that's it

[@KegOfMeat]

He stole from other artists, but he picked some damn good ones to steal from

[@thatguyzerg]

@@KegOfMeat and where is the original?

[@mrdewarion]

@@thatguyzerg The Song is called 'Hunting high and low'. There is a whole plagiarism scandal attached to this, that song wasn't the only one, not even close. That's why this theme and plenty of others aren't found in the remasters. If you are anything like me - enjoy the rabbit hole while researching this yourself.

[@GreatPrinceX]

damn this hits me with almost as much nostalgia as the pokemon games. whenever this music was playing i found it almost impossible to lose i had so much damn motivation. best song

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Rip Toriyama

[@kharelftg6331]

Say what you want about the fact that this song is more than inspired from Stratovarius' Hunting High and Low, its guitar lead is so cool!! I'd say it's an excellent cover.

[@anakinskywalker3026]

Inspirada? Xd, igual buena elección, le queda perfecta a db/z/Gt no como las mierdas de tiktok e Instagram, solo le quedan bien(desde cierto punto de vista) a la basura de super.

[@peacefulkiler98]

inspired?

[@johnnyjoestar7595]

@@peacefulkiler98 "more than inspired"

[@kurat_1820]

​@@anakinskywalker3026 Super GOD

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Jesus Christ. What's with people on this video thinking outright plagiarism is the same thing as a cover?

[@qohs79]

Best song from a DBZ game, right along with A Hero's Desperation, Warrior from an Unkown Land, Menace, and Edge of Spirit

[@Argolis777]

Best DBZ soundtrack with Lost Courage (BT2) and Cell's Theme (UB22) .

[@CaliburDS]

"Challengers" and "Hunting High and Low" sound very similar. So do "Warrior from Another Land" and "Infinity." Both versions are great, though.

[@LMario2244]

Can agree

[@KegOfMeat]

There’s a lot of tracks that are ripped off. Frieza Arrives is just Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

[@reckapple5641]

*HUNTING HIGH AND LOW FOR THOSE MOTHERFUCKING DRAGONBALLS*

[@TheSh1v]

Reminds me of my childhood playing this game. I loved it so much :)

[@machariahogan7347]

This what ilsten to when I hit my max bench

[@jean-baptistehinnebo1899]

Yeaaaaaah... It's a plagarism of Stratovarius... Now I can definitly hear it... It's "Hunting High And Low"... Damn it... And I still like this... Damn nostalia hooked brain...

[@RedFlameFox]

@BlazikenFiery You should listen I'm hunting high and low

[@xmanali058]

"YOU DO WELL HAHA YOU DO WELL" -Space macho man Randy Savage

[@Angyali]

This feels like the entering of the ultimate warrior into a final duel that was long overdue to happen.

[@AugustConey-g7y]

Plz bring this back for Tenkaichi 4

[@Lord666Riko]

This will never ever stop being a banger! Good times.

[@BeyTM]

The level of plagiarism... *Is over 9000*

[@Vindingram]

João Pedro There's a Budokai soundtrack CD, so that argument goes out of the window immediately. I too care very little for the Kenji Yamamoto plagiarism scandal, but still - there were soundtrack albums released for his works all the way back to Super Butoden on the SNES.

[@clue104]

If I had my own animated series, I would let Kenji be responsible for the music. I'm sure he wouldn't pull that shit again.

[@rambowha4703]

its 8000 not 9000 in the mangas is it 8000

[@clue104]

Rafiz Morina who gives a fuck!? the "over 9000" line is epic.

[@BetaGunslinger]

+Rafiz Morina well, its not an incorrect statemet. Over 9000 being, as logic would denote, over 8000 is still true.

[@blackvegeta7286]

i tear up at 1:03 everytime. its better without vocals

[@gl0ryboy143]

0:41

[@piplupsuper0]

I Definitely feel like it was an improvement from the original it didn't need vocals.

[@mattthemetalhead1156]

It’s amazing that people are defending this song for sounding like nothing like the original. Sure it’s done on different software, but come on people the drums are literally the same as jorg Micheal’s drums (drummer of stratovarius or used to be). We can appreciate how awesome the track is, but don’t be defending plagiarism

[@in4mus85]

Fans do crazy things. Play them side by side and the truth is revealed

[@isaisabellaisa]

This brings back my memories of Tenkaichi 1

[@DarkHorizon9653]

i decided to overlap this with hunting high and low and if you start challengers 5 seconds after hunting its the same drum....

[@vyrewatch12321]

this may be stolen from hunting high and low, but this sounds 100 times better imo and i got to give credit to kenji for this remake, even though he didn't credit the original creators properly

[@PreciousNinja]

That's because of the feelings of the songs. You can't compare them when they don't transmit they same messages and emotions. In this one you can feel the importance of keep fighting till the end. Hunting high and low is more about searching for the real purpose in life and enjoying life till the end (avoiding living a monotonous and boring life)

[@vyrewatch12321]

PreciousNinja that's the emotional experience. I like the original, but in this version, there's something about the opening and 1:00 which makes the original, at least in terms of sound, 0.01 times as good =/

[@Manu_7500]

+Nick Carter So, it's ok to steal the work of another? come on....

[@lyrimetacurl0]

I think this is only maybe 1% better. Also I would like to see him make a better version of "Forever" by Stratovarius. Doubt it!

[@Slazors]

I love both versions of the song, but this one for me, admittedly, hits the nostalgia bone pretty hard. I'll always love this track

[@somerandomguy6028]

At least the composer had a good music taste.

[@gundambassexe31]

This here ! This track is always my favorite in dbz budokai

[@Astrialx]

My favorite quote is Cooler's from BT3 (when he transforms): "Let me show you something!!" "This is the end of the line."

[@MichaelMorales2010]

One of the greatest songs ever made for Dragon Ball Z

[@vinzo0913]

I know in retrospect it's another cover but still... Nostalgia like a brick

[@qohs79]

Best song to ever come from a DBZ game. Also, my favorite and the best VGM I've heard

[@Papillombre27]

Best Music I've ever heard in a fighting game.

[@scarecrowd.4047]

Childhood, right here!

[@MonkeyDDeku-lk5ox]

+ND Stewart I know right! Right in the feels !!

[@SeruraRenge11]

Yamamoto: What level of plagiarism are you guys on Other composers: "oh I dunno... our songs sound similar to some obscure european band from the 60s if you listen to the refrain at half speed or something" Yamamoto: You are like tiny babies. Watch this

[@anomitas]

Bruh it's pretty obvious

[@qohs79]

I love finishing a battle with my Ultimate move, with this song in the background playing. Spirit Bomb, Final Flash, Hellzone Grenade, Super Kamehameha, Death Ball....you name it

[@xAce0322x]

This song brings back so many memories, like damn

[@DaGansta100]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS THEME FOR SO DAMN LONG!

[@mikitadou]

"Haha! I am so excited!"

[@skypider2018]

1:03 epic

[@juanmagb1670]

Literalmente termine de ver un video de seldion en el que menciona esta canción y nada más actualizar la página me recomienda esto.

[@ZamasuTuDios]

Vine por eso igualmente xD por el video de Sheldion. :'u

[@zerounite]

this theme made the gameplay so much better ... awesome work who ever wrote it!!

[@cellperfecto421]

This music make the battle of Piccolo against Nappa fucking epic

[@jumshid]

Back when DBZ games were good

[@kaam32211]

I know right?!

[@TheMessatsuKid]

Angelo Ariel mejia agreed

[@moesabally1502]

jumshid What about raging blast 2 and xenoverse?

[@jumshid]

muhammed sabally They're good but no where near as good as Budokai 3 and Tenkaichi 3 in my opinion

[@MonkeyDDeku-lk5ox]

+jumshid Couldn't more agree !!

[@THEHOLYKIIDD]

Theme of snowy mountain R&R base map in Budokai 2, I would always pick this map just for this theme back when I was 11 years old. oh the memories

[@QuirkyGengar]

Fighting with Future Trunks against the androids with this music, just seemed fitting to me. I always loved finishing off the androids with Burning Attack.

[@MasterBlaster1727]

Could've sworn i heard this song on Budokai 2 in the snowy mountains stage. I dont ever remember hearing this on Budokai 1

[@YounesLayachi]

they have similar instruments

[@MasterBlaster1727]

+Younes Layachi No pretty sure it was Budokai 2 where i heard this

[@YounesLayachi]

liljb2477 well never heard it in snowy mountains/freeza arc

[@MasterBlaster1727]

+Younes Layachi idk if it plays during story mode but ik for sure it plays during vs mode

[@AntiSoraXVI]

I thought so too. the snowy one with that bridge in the background. I remember it specifically because I kept choosing that stage as a kid, but I guess my memory is wack xD

[@masteremostyle]

this song is so awsome it take me 2 hour to find it finally i found it :D ty very much

[@DominatorLegend]

I love this theme.

[@hensleysanches7230]

Like if you still listing to this 2024😤

[@EliteOmegaZeroX]

This was always my favorite theme to fight to when I had this game.

[@2ndaccount273]

"For Gohan" Trunks With Sword "I'll Fight You" - Kid Gohan

[@patrickplevak126]

this was in the NSU flash animations.. great nostalgia

[@DiegoGarcia-il2eu]

Vegeta: Galick gun! Goku: WOOOAH

[@DBZdude95]

Best Dbz Game song EVER!!!!! Loved this since dbzb1 came out it always made me feel good :D

[@douglasulloa203]

STRATOVARIUS - HUNGTING HIGH AND LOW (DBZ MIX VERSSION)

[@Spleenpuncher8]

+douglas ulloa oh mky gosh thats exactly what i was thinking!!!!! i freaking love that song. and eagle heart!!!

[@douglasulloa203]

The Genetic Outcast jajaja

[@qoyote]

This is the Ice Ice Baby to Hunting High And Low's Under Pressure.

[@juniorarmijo2020]

I been looking for this bro!!!

[@JusticeDrago95]

Miss playing this as a child. Great memories.

[@Danoxis]

You did well to find this song, you did well

[@CaptainNimrod94]

In November, this game will be 20 years old, man I am feeling old today

[@ela_mainmaster99]

This OST made me remember of my best friend, hopefully i'll see him once more... :,I

[@MackUltraBackupAcct]

Finish Buster! Announcer - Match Over!

[@youyou-bz5sk]

damn its been 15years since im a fan of dbz because im 15 and loved watching dbz dbs as a child ya qui en fr???