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Davester2296 | Dragon Ball Z - Gohan Angers [Cover By DAR] - (SSJ2 Theme) @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
So first off, I want to give my thanks to all whom voted for DBZ during COVER BATTLEGROUNDS V! Thanks to your votes (as well as that surprise victory in Slaughtermania's Golden Bracket match), the channel now finally has its first Dragon Ball cover!

For the longest time, I was either planning on covering something from Budokai 3 (sorry, not this time, Jodnafl!), or just doing the Super Saiyan 3 theme... However, I wanted to go and refresh my memory a bit. So, I decided to go and re-listen to the Faulconer (U.S) soundtrack for the first time in many, many years.

I narrowed down my choices to the Perfect Cell theme, "Gohan Fights Frieza", and "Gohan Angers". It was a tough choice, I felt very tempted to just jam out to Perfect Cell's theme. In the end though, I went with Gohan's SSJ2 theme since nostalgia got the better of me. In fact, the nostalgia was so strong that I wound up getting really sidetracked and got back into playing the Tenkaichi and Budokai games (as well as rewatching bits and pieces of the original Dragon Ball and DBZ).

After like a week of just driving down memory lane, I decided to steer myself back on course... Except the problem now was that, for whatever reason, I started feeling exhausted during my freetime. It was like... the kind of tired that sleep couldn't fix. So a very uneventful and lethargic week went by. My apologies for how long this one took to churn out (should've only been a 3-evening job!).

Despite my tiredness, I really enjoyed working on this one! I actually planned to have a lot of new lead guitar parts, but I decided to cut things back a lot since I think my noodling may've gone a little too far. I really wanted to keep things close and true to the original.

Also, I think I managed to imitate the original's pad synth fairly well. I wound up making this layered monster of a pad that had like 6 or 7 instances of Sytrus playing together. Normally, I might layer up to 3 sounds at the most, so this was the first time I had layered so many!

I've also made a few little additions, such as a new piano part. I had made the part since I wanted to make the intro a little longer, and to have things build up a little more before the rhythm guitars kicked in.

Oh, I should also give a bit of a disclaimer: that bass you hear isn't actually my bass guitar. After almost wasting a whole evening learning and recording the bass tracks... I just wasn't happy at all with the tones. It just really didn't sound quite right to me. Rather than fuss around with it, I scrapped my bass tracks and ran my favorite VSTi bass through my bass FX-chain. I managed to get the kind of attack and punchiness in the tone that I was looking for (and without having any annoying string-noise!).

Also on the topic of disclaimers, the rhythm and leads were both done with my Ibanez, the Strat is just here for the sake of the video!

Anyhow, aside from sprinkling in some new lead guitar bits here and there, I also added in my usual percussive additions. Heavy reverb on gongs and kicks will always sound great for dramatic effect! I also introduced some timpani/kettle-drums for a little more "oomph" in some parts (as well as few timpani rolls for a nice build-up).

I also decided to omit the original's xylophone part. I just really wanted to jump straight into the good stuff right away!

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover! I really hope that I get more opportunities to work on DBZ covers in the future. I am VERY much looking forward to making a really heavy and bangin' cover of the Perfect Cell theme next time! ~DAR


OPUS DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/kze0rs4u1zl4u3x/Dragon+Ball+Z+-+Gohan+Angers+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file


Originally Composed By: Faulconer Productions


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