I love it when a characters theme never changes to a completely different song but does so with different pitches to express the growth and change they’ve undergone. They’re the very same person from before but at the same time different
It really is incredible how Kikuchi can have this one melody have so many variations thus represent all of Piccolo's character throughout the story. We have sinister evil themes, the mischievous battle themes, the tension filled themes that build up Piccolo more than words ever could, and even a sympathetic somber version of his theme. I can just imagine the story of Piccolo simply by listening to all these tunes from when he was the great demon king all the way to the grumpy yet calm and forward thinking champion of Namek we know him as today. Shunsuke Kikuchi is the John Williams of Dragon Ball tbh.
Piccolo is one of those rare characters that died a villain, and then lived long enough to become a hero. Easily one of the best characters in the dbz universe.
7:06 this music really explains piccolo's personality very well, it is telling that piccolo is an a badass but deep inside he is truly an a good person
the moment he sacrificed himself to protect Gohan, showed how much he had changed, from badass into softer person within who saw value of life. Though even Goku's death truly had impact on him
@@scarlessytnah piccolo jr was never as bad as king piccolo because before he even met gohan he killed goku but goku went to the afterlife which showed that piccolo jr was not as bad as king piccolo
@@piotrmalewski8178 Deleted? They just made new music, as much as I like his music it was quite repetitive conseidering the low ammount of tracks for a 300 episode series.
@@novkorova2774 I'd argue the new music is often worse, plus several hours of music is not exactly that little. Yes, they had to repeat it a lot, but it was good music and many pieces were definite for a character.
Having started the series with dragonball, 4:50 is such an awesome theme! like you can really feel that old piccolo is gone and now there's this new more skilled, faster, more agile piccolo posing a real threat during the tournament, the first time you hear this theme in the anime is pure banger
I'm always fascinated by the work of composers. They don't create these stories, but time and time again they demonstrate that they understand them each time they can flawlessly put music to a character.
Can we appreciate all of Piccolo's themes? Japanese and American? Very rarely do I hear people say they like both of these types of themes in these comments sections.
There’s something to be said about the talent of these composers that they can make the same few notes sound menacing and villainous in one rendition and like a triumphant, heroic march in another.
I love the tracks, but to be honest it's not something that rare, a lot of movies and games have this type of stuff...it's called motif (yes I'm being kinda annoying)
The best thing about this theme is that through the series it evolved from the theme of a world-destroying villain to the theme of one of its coolest heroic characters, and yet it still works. The melody is so strong that it is instantly recognisable as the same theme as King Piccolo's even when it's playing alongside Piccolo kicking Frieza's ass
It’s the most consistent, especially having about 10 years or so of development. Just not sure about necessarily being the greatest, but it’s up high for sure.
Here's something funny I noticed about both Piccolo and Vegeta; They both smiled often when they were evil, then when they turned good they're both usually frowning. I guess turning good made them lose their smile. lol.
R.I.P. Shunsuke Kikuchi I only recently started to appreciate your work but without you dragon ball would have never been as memorable thank you for your musical talent.
Just going back and listening to some of my favorite Kikuchi tracks in his memory. No other composer really gave the same feeling of adventure to Dragon Ball like he did.
@@ghostofdeath7388 yeah second half of Z the squandered his potential, to be fair Tori hadn't even planned on going further than Frieza arc, so yuh, I guess that's what happens when you don't plan, everything falls to pieces
Agreed. Like from seeing Piccolo go from being a diabolical adversary to one of Earth's protectors. like from kidnapping Gohan to both train him for the Saiyan's arrival but also for his own gain, to protecting Gohan against one of Nappa's attacks. Piccolo had really good character growth, it was monumental to see him protecting someone and actually care about them.
I do prefer Piccolo, but in Vegeta's defense his growth was longer and concluded with DBZ itself. Piccolo Jr. goes from being the primary antagonist of the arc he was introduced in, to being a secondary protagonist in the very next arc, and his growth was essentially complete with him tanking the hit for Gohan. Again, I prefer Piccolo, but I can get why people would've preferred Vegeta's development being a bit more deliberately paced.
@@grimkaizer8417 Yeah it took Vegeta much longer to turn over to the side of good, piccolo became an ally during Saiyan arc and a friend when he merged with Kami. The issue is Toriyama really isn't the greatest writer ever and he totally left a whole bunch of characters in the mud. Wheres Tien? oh he's still training huh(with all this relentless training you'd think he'd actually get stronger lol), wheres piccolo? oh he's still the trainer/papa to gohan huh, its even worse now in super where even more characters have become irrelevant. I really think if Tori wasn't pressured by his writers to keep pushing and pushing Z forward, he would have either ended it early with a good character arc for all, or he would've taken breaks in writing it and therefore think more critically about where he is going to take his characters and story
This theme is so freaking awesome! At the first (when Piccolo called himself "Demon Junior" for the fighting competition), you can hear the mind features of the character: dynamic, insolent, provocative, consciousless, immature... You can hear Piccolo laugh through the music! And then his evolution with Gohan. The music is sweet, calm, even sad, quite moving and the composer took out all the chromatic notes. Whatever. Piccolo is probably the more mature character at the end of the serie. And the work on the music is very faithful to the character himself and THIS is fuc***g AMAZING
Fuck those overrated Goku and Vegeta. Growing up, I wanted to be Piccolo because he was the baddest and coolest motherfucker in the entire series. Takes shit from no one, even if an opponent is x10 times stronger. Also, his transition from evil to good when he met Gohan gave the most feels... T.T
covefiel daimaku Really?? I haven't seen the movie yet, but that would really bring joy to my heart. Piccolo was so awesome and able to keep up for a long while, was often the most bad ass in movies, plus he's my favorite character. I would be so glad if him and Gohan started training together again to protect Earth, since Vegeta and Goku are away, training with Whis.
I like how the ones from 2:08 and 4:50 give off that malicious and menacing feeling from when he was still King Piccolo and Junior , while from 7:05 and onward the themes sound more heroic if not a bit somber to show his changing from the feared Demon King to the fearsome guardian of the Earth Piccolo, the ones from 11:40 and 13:40 truly sounds like the music that plays when the hero has arrived to save the day and the one from 11:53 is just one of the best fight themes in the series.
...*Dust in the wind. From behind, footsteps crunch in the sand... Standing there is a tall man, skin green as envy, eyes burning with spite. A fist clenched with a message...* "Let that child alone."
This is why I love Piccolo, through sheer circumstance, he goes from the evil Demon King, to one of the world's greatest protectors. And I never even knew that these themes had existed and had so much variation in them throughout the years to reflect the Growth Piccolo had gone through and man... That brings tears to my eyes. He kidnapped Gohan to train for his own evil deeds, and yet, It awoke a side in him he never thought he had, Piccolo never had friends or somebody who cared about him, until Gohan, came along and warmed his heart, and after that, Piccolo went from being an ally, to a friend, to straight up family, DBS Piccolo is easily my favorite version of him because of how soft and squishy he is compared to his past counterpart. The scene where he has to explain babysitting is what truly made me cry.
8:37 will always forever be my favorite Piccolo theme. Always brings me back to his fight with Frieza when he was in second form. Thank you Shunsuke Kikuchi for your music and may you rest eternally in peace.
You know it’s interesting because Dr. Willow’s theme is attached to Freeza, and it also makes a brief appearance in that variation of Piccolo’s theme from when Dr. Willow is controlling him. So it weirdly fits with the fact that he’s battling 2nd form Freeza.
I love his character and his fighting style ( I think the original music is better then the english(in the german version they use the japanese music to))
Even as a villain he was awesome, as a proper villain should be. Powerful, fearful and great in appearence. When he first appeared in the original series you knew he was something different than Pilaf, the Red Ribbon army, Tao and Tien. He took dragon ball to another level.
They made a whole set of good pieces, that you had to hire an entire orchestra to perform them, just for one character. Nowadays, even high budget movies don't do it for a whole movie. These pieces are good, and together they make a good suite, that is genuinely interesting and pleasant to listen to.
It's awesome and I love the fact of how the theme sounded kind of evil and terrifying during Dragon Ball; but in Dragon Ball Z sounds heroic, and people actually loved whenever it was played announcing Piccolo's arrival to the scene.
7:05 through 8:02 is my moment of silence for Akira Toriyama May he rest in peace knowing that piccolo was his favorite character with the composers passing as well this hits a little different now knowing they’re both gone. Thank you for making Dragonball 🐉
2:07 this theme was badass when he got his wish from Shenron before ultimately destroying him, I remember as a child straight up gasping at this, he essentially had the world in the palm of his hand at that point, had he just made sure Goku actually was, y'know dead the first time he beat his ass, his plan would have been flawless...at least until Frieza woulda showed up.
7:05 This song perfectly describes that crucial moment in my life where after going through the biggest and most heartbreaking pain I've ever had I decided to move on, my heart seemed like ashes and my mind was tired, but something in me allowed me to continue above all else. Against all odds, although I believed that my pain and that of my father had no cure, I tried it once more, over and over and over and over again, I continued here, one day at a time, one more step, I tried over and over again. over and over and over again until little by little I rebuilt myself along the way, I got my breath back and when I realized it I felt alive again, I revived from the ashes and was me again, not like before but I came back better and stronger and indestructible than ever, 2 years after this harsh experience, I am now living a very different present, what is certain is that it is much better than that year 2021, here I am again laughing, discovering new things and learning more every day, completely rebuilt, sometimes I will have low moments like everyone but when it seems that I am about to hit rock bottom, in reality it is all about a bad dream, just an anxiety attack, remembering something that no longer exists, now my present and my life have color again, I am here and now, fighting for my dreams like every human being, looking for happiness. ♾
These all sound marvelous and I do like how it is a progressing theme but personally my fav is 4:51. I view it as his real theme. It can work for his first appearance, his Namek appearance, really any appearance imo. Regardless of his alignment at any point in time, he's a force to be reckoned with and he isn't afraid to show it off. God I love Piccolo.
No bull. Ifukube and Sato’s Godzilla and other tokustatsu scores are all over dragonball. They’re my favorite Japanese movies and shows respectively so it’s no wonder I get lost in their soundtracks. Ifukube learned a lot from listening to the Ainu people growing up and I think his music influenced many later artists
Piccolo is in my opinion the best character out of Dragonball. And it is a shame that everyone who isn't an antagonist, a God or a Sayan is litterally useless now. Piccolo has so much potential bo make him relevant again. Especially after the Super Dragonballs were introduced.
@@mooganify They were created by the Dragon God Zarama. So basically there is a god with similar abilities as Namekians. It would have been the perfect chance to give Piccolo his own set of god forms to make him relevant again.
@@She-Devil94 My thoughts would have been: Why not reveal that millions of years ago, before the Gods of Destruction, there were a couple of gods ruling the universe. One of them was a Namekian God who also created the Super Dragon Balls. That god then split up into the whole Namekian race (maybe after killing all the other gods... or something else). This Namekian god is then recreated in Dragon Ball Super by Piccolo fusing with the whole Namekian race to become "whole" again. It's the ultimate Piccolo who can then dab into god-ki and is somewhere around the level of Goku and Vegeta. I'm a huge Piccolo fan... so that would have been my dream come true.
13:23 is my favorite Piccolo theme. It reminds me of the mysterious stranger in a spaghetti western flick who turns out to be a badass. Just like Piccolo. 👍
From the demon king to one of the saviors of the north galaxy. Such a character arc! Piccolo and Gohan were my favorites in DBZ, with Vegeta a close second.
This soundtracks come from the second Movie of Dbz The world's strongest and I remember perfectly this Soundtrack since I was 5 Years! IT'S FANTASTIC!!!
It's poetic how the last of the Demon Clan, Piccolo Jr., is now part of the Earth's greatest fighters and defenders. Even good and redemption can come from the most unlikeliest of places. Funnily enough, this includes Gohan, since he was kidnapped and forced to be a member. That original intention was forgotten early on, but Gohan still sometimes represents his fighting lineage by wearing purple.
Even without the context of Dragon Ball, you can understand the general story of what's going on just from the music alone. I've always loved that a lot. It reminds me of being in a music class and having to analyze stories from the tracks given. This video is a remarkable and lovely example of a motif being used and changed over the course of many pieces to represent character growth. From the dark and disturbing M501, to the hopeless and just downright EVIL M503, to the intense and hectic (and not to mention ICONIC) M505, to the mysterious and brooding M711 (the Bell theme), to the soft and gentle M712 that shows a softer side to this previously evil, calculating, and violent character, to the agressive but hopeful M920, painting our once-villain as someone who now has something, someONE to protect, to the now-unambiguously heroic M1417, cementing this character's progression from a cold and sinister evildoer, to a protector of all. Kikuchi was a genius unlike no other. He will be missed.
11:04-11:24 (big green dub) Turles:Answer me who are you! Gohan:AHHHHHH It's Big Green! Piccolo:Let that child alone. Turles:I never take orders from anyone. Piccolo:Now you will LEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYHAAAA!
Speedy dub Turles: Who are you? Gohan: Pi... Piccoro! Piccolo: Take your hand off from Gohan! Turles: Wat will you do if I going to refuse? Piccolo: I'm not kidding! HuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAaaaagh!!!
what i most love of the dragon ball and dragon ball z ost is the capacity of the composers to make one song and then remake it several times, each time with a different approach (from evil to heroic, in this case), without losing the original melody. not only with Piccolo's theme, but with almost all the anime melodies, they have more than one version and each one with a different feeling
![Piccolo [EPIC ORCHESTRAL MIX]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tbZCzM_3EaA/mqdefault.jpg)
I like how Piccolo's theme was the one that changed the most, by going from evil & vicious to kind hearted & heroic
Piccolo's themes were always badass no matter what phase he was going through.
Yep
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I like that it never loses it's edge. It never becomes wholly "heroic" it always sounds "dangerous"
@@vipertooth123 In the original version Piccolo was somewhat evil until he merged with Kami.
Rest in Peace Shunsuke Kikuchi. Recently died of pneumonia. Your legacy shall live on forever.
:c
Is that the composer? Because whoever made the soundtrack of pre-dragonball z is a legend (dbz music rocks as well though)
@@grumpykoopa481 it is
The media be like: hE DiED beCauSe Of CoVId
@@EmeraldSogeking mood
R.I.P Toriyama Akira
Your work immortalised you
And also Shunsuke Kikuchi, He made this masterpieces n more.
6:13
"Last time, on Dragon Ball Z..."
LOOOL
"Piccolo arrived in the nick of time to save Gohan from certain death"
Z Kai*
@@Bmhtsos18 "Only to be met with the young boy's explosive form!"
yeah
I love it when a characters theme never changes to a completely different song but does so with different pitches to express the growth and change they’ve undergone.
They’re the very same person from before but at the same time different
Same with Jotaro and jolyne, their theme is verry similar in reference to their inheritance bond, off topic but worth mentioning ig
It really is incredible how Kikuchi can have this one melody have so many variations thus represent all of Piccolo's character throughout the story. We have sinister evil themes, the mischievous battle themes, the tension filled themes that build up Piccolo more than words ever could, and even a sympathetic somber version of his theme. I can just imagine the story of Piccolo simply by listening to all these tunes from when he was the great demon king all the way to the grumpy yet calm and forward thinking champion of Namek we know him as today. Shunsuke Kikuchi is the John Williams of Dragon Ball tbh.
Person with Opinions no man, I think Jhon William is the American sunsuke kikuchi
@@hendrituraswa930 na man kikuchi is awesome but John Williams is still more talented
I read this when I was at 7:04 and it made me emotional
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@@rockk9753 You're allowed to have differing opinions, y'know?
Piccolo is one of those rare characters that died a villain, and then lived long enough to become a hero. Easily one of the best characters in the dbz universe.
He was Vegeta before Vegeta was invented. I'm glad Super Hero is giving Piccolo the limelight he deserves.
Happy Piccolo Day!
@@muigokublack6487 tien was piccolo before piccolo
@@wrjtung3456 tien was nothing more than just a side antagonist. Piccolo on the other hand was the main villain lmao
@@muigokublack6487 Nah, Virginia is different.
You cannot be more wrong. He is not one of the best characters in the Dragon Ball Z universe.
He is *THE BEST* in all the *Dragon Ball* Universe!
7:06 this music really explains piccolo's personality very well, it is telling that piccolo is an a badass but deep inside he is truly an a good person
the moment he sacrificed himself to protect Gohan, showed how much he had changed, from badass into softer person within who saw value of life. Though even Goku's death truly had impact on him
@@Cynderfan35 his softness didnt replace his cool factor. It added to it.
@@Cynderfan35 Well Goku said it himself when he fought Piccolo at the World Tournament that he wasn't really evil. Just lonely and bitter.
@@muigokublack6487nah bro piccolo was a menace not as evil as his father but he was getting there
@@scarlessytnah piccolo jr was never as bad as king piccolo because before he even met gohan he killed goku but goku went to the afterlife which showed that piccolo jr was not as bad as king piccolo
0:00 - 1:05 > Dragon Ball BGM M501
1:06 - 2:06 > BGM M502
2:07 - 2:49 > BGM M503
2:50 - 3:55 > BGM M504
3:56 - 4:49 > BGM M506
4:50 - 6:12 > BGM M505
6:13 - 7:04 > BGM M711
7:05 - 8:01 > BGM M712
8:02 - 8:36 > BGM M810
8:37 - 11:04 > BGM M920
11:05 - 11:39 > BGM M1013.
11:40 - 12:44 > BGM M1111.
12:45 - 13:32 > BGM M1417.
13:22 - 13:38 > BGM M1524.
13:39 - 14:22 > BGM M1616.
Credit to Kojiro Sasaki from the Kanzenshuu forums for the second half
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You need to be on the top comments.
13:39 - 14:22 - Uncle Motong!
poppyface what is that? Can u explained
There is also BGM M1112, at 11'52, and BGM M1617, at 13:59 just after M1616.
Honestly, this should be the first result when I search for Piccolo's theme, not the third.
Well, now it is.
Its second for me
I type in Db piccolo theme and it's first
Dreams come true.
Your wish has been granted.
ピッコロのテーマって二面性で不思議な曲だよね
初代ピッコロのときは凶悪な魔王を彷彿させる怖い曲だったのに、二代目用にアップテンポでアレンジされた方は頼もしい味方が助けにきた曲に聞こえる
この二面性がめちゃめちゃ好き
なお、ぽこぴー
最初のbgm
ﾌｧﾌｧﾌｧﾌｧﾌｧﾌｧﾌｧﾌﾜｧｧｧｧｧﾝﾝﾝ
Lo mismo pienso amigo lejano...
Rip to a legend that helped shape DB into the series we all know and love.
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And they deleted his music in Kai.
@@piotrmalewski8178 Deleted? They just made new music, as much as I like his music it was quite repetitive conseidering the low ammount of tracks for a 300 episode series.
@@novkorova2774 I'd argue the new music is often worse, plus several hours of music is not exactly that little. Yes, they had to repeat it a lot, but it was good music and many pieces were definite for a character.
@@novkorova2774
>Low amount of tracks
You better be talking about the shitty eng dub music right now
Having started the series with dragonball, 4:50 is such an awesome theme! like you can really feel that old piccolo is gone and now there's this new more skilled, faster, more agile piccolo posing a real threat during the tournament, the first time you hear this theme in the anime is pure banger
R.I.P. Shunsuke Kikuchi
He will be missed he made the best soundtrack for the Dragon Ball Franchise
He was a musical genius 🔥
Yeah, RIP.
Pourquoi ? C'est qui ?
He made my childhood a little better rip
I genuinely love piccolo' character
He's got claws, fangs, power...
And he still is able to love something vulnerable more than he loves himself
It seems to me that dumping into the sea is closer to the culture of Japan, I could be wrong
@@HobbyAsylum Not to insult you or anything but what are you talking about?
I'm replying because I, too, am intrigued by what the sea dumping man has to say.
@@MetalHopper he is trying to say that it is culture of japan to waste such villians like picollo. he does not like the idea of picollo adoring gohan
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Odd this comes up in my recommended after watching Totally not Marks new video
Algorithm working
same,
ikr
@@xuxooo doing its job for once
Same
同じテーマでもアレンジでこれだけの種類の音楽が作れるのは凄いな
クウラ様！！
I'm always fascinated by the work of composers. They don't create these stories, but time and time again they demonstrate that they understand them each time they can flawlessly put music to a character.
It's all channeled. It's the gods, or some aliens if you prefer. Life is a hoax and they should have told me when I was a kid before I believed in it.
I've finally found it
The theme of Piccolo at Burger King
Im glad im not the only one
AND Piccolo at the gas station
Omg same
Can we appreciate all of Piccolo's themes?
Japanese and American?
Very rarely do I hear people say they like both of these types of themes in these comments sections.
Lol
King
Piccolo
Daimao
Pastel
Great Demon King, no less
Daimao Sama
6:13..... Best piccolo theme !
I agree!
Last time on Dragon Ball Z Kai
Ture af
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! YES!
@@Leadblast jojo reference 😎
2:08 - 2:48 his best ost IMO
+hatchhyjack Tienes toda la razon es el mejor!!
Best evil character ever!
my god ur right
YES YOU AGREE WITH ME
best ever
Just a reminder that King Piccolo was the only villain to successfully wish on the dragon balls and the wish went according to plan.
What about Zamasu?
@@ricardolouage1662 I never watched Super lmao.
Zamasu is not a villain, Is like a joke
@@ricardolouage1662 Zamasu’s immortality caused his fusion with Black to utterly fail
*Daimao, and you have Garlic Junior, Dr. Willow, Slugg, Baby, Zamasu, Molo and Granolah.
Rest In Peace Kikuchi, 4/28/2021.
13:22 ＼ポコピー／
また、一匹虫けらが死ににきたかぁ！！
仙豆だ、食え
あ、10円みーっけ。
10円ｰｰｰｰｰクソマァｰｰｰｰｰ
@@user-eg2em5ws7g フンッ…バケモノめ､好きにしろ
4:50 that's where real shit goes.
Hell yeah!
yup
There’s something to be said about the talent of these composers that they can make the same few notes sound menacing and villainous in one rendition and like a triumphant, heroic march in another.
I love the tracks, but to be honest it's not something that rare, a lot of movies and games have this type of stuff...it's called motif (yes I'm being kinda annoying)
Thank you Totally Not Mark for making UA-cam reccomend something we actually WANT to watch
The subtle age progression in this video is awesome.
Callum McDonald That’s pretty cool, I saw the original clip recently.
The best thing about this theme is that through the series it evolved from the theme of a world-destroying villain to the theme of one of its coolest heroic characters, and yet it still works. The melody is so strong that it is instantly recognisable as the same theme as King Piccolo's even when it's playing alongside Piccolo kicking Frieza's ass
Rest in Peace, Shunsuke Kikuchi. A legend in his time. Thank you for the greatest leitmotif in media.
It’s the most consistent, especially having about 10 years or so of development.
Just not sure about necessarily being the greatest, but it’s up high for sure.
Why all dragon ball creators are dying
Here's something funny I noticed about both Piccolo and Vegeta; They both smiled often when they were evil, then when they turned good they're both usually frowning. I guess turning good made them lose their smile. lol.
@Wu-Entai90 No, Tenshinhan still smiles after becoming good.
Thank you I did not know that
@@marplatense31 To be fair, Tienshinhan was never evil, but more of a misguided teen.
ピッコロが一番カッコいいんや、強さだけじゃないカッコよさがある
6:10 best one
i agree,so much pride and might mixed with sadness.
it's just amazing.
whats the name of this song ???
same here dude! i love this one..
GamePlayer Crafters piccolo japanese theme
Guys think of the music and image it as a fart versiom XD
Rest in Peace Kikuchi.
R.I.P. Shunsuke Kikuchi I only recently started to appreciate your work but without you dragon ball would have never been as memorable thank you for your musical talent.
おどろおどろ感が、だんだん軽快になってヒーローっぽくなる様が最高です！
この音楽考えた形は天才！
作曲者は菊池俊輔先生です。
ドラゴンボールはなぜ改から菊池俊輔さんをはずしたのか。ご高齢だったからかな？
Chucha no entiendo
@@user-cn1ox5wm5f 時代に合わせただけよ
Malardo el meme bro
Just going back and listening to some of my favorite Kikuchi tracks in his memory. No other composer really gave the same feeling of adventure to Dragon Ball like he did.
Rip Kikuchi. King Piccolo's theme is a classic.
Peons: "Vegeta had the best character growth in the entire series!"
Piccolo: "Am I a joke to you?"
Well it's true i prefer piccolo but he was wasted badly the writers made him useless.
@@ghostofdeath7388 yeah second half of Z the squandered his potential, to be fair Tori hadn't even planned on going further than Frieza arc, so yuh, I guess that's what happens when you don't plan, everything falls to pieces
Agreed. Like from seeing Piccolo go from being a diabolical adversary to one of Earth's protectors. like from kidnapping Gohan to both train him for the Saiyan's arrival but also for his own gain, to protecting Gohan against one of Nappa's attacks. Piccolo had really good character growth, it was monumental to see him protecting someone and actually care about them.
I do prefer Piccolo, but in Vegeta's defense his growth was longer and concluded with DBZ itself. Piccolo Jr. goes from being the primary antagonist of the arc he was introduced in, to being a secondary protagonist in the very next arc, and his growth was essentially complete with him tanking the hit for Gohan. Again, I prefer Piccolo, but I can get why people would've preferred Vegeta's development being a bit more deliberately paced.
@@grimkaizer8417 Yeah it took Vegeta much longer to turn over to the side of good, piccolo became an ally during Saiyan arc and a friend when he merged with Kami. The issue is Toriyama really isn't the greatest writer ever and he totally left a whole bunch of characters in the mud. Wheres Tien? oh he's still training huh(with all this relentless training you'd think he'd actually get stronger lol), wheres piccolo? oh he's still the trainer/papa to gohan huh, its even worse now in super where even more characters have become irrelevant. I really think if Tori wasn't pressured by his writers to keep pushing and pushing Z forward, he would have either ended it early with a good character arc for all, or he would've taken breaks in writing it and therefore think more critically about where he is going to take his characters and story
This theme is so freaking awesome! At the first (when Piccolo called himself "Demon Junior" for the fighting competition), you can hear the mind features of the character: dynamic, insolent, provocative, consciousless, immature... You can hear Piccolo laugh through the music! And then his evolution with Gohan. The music is sweet, calm, even sad, quite moving and the composer took out all the chromatic notes. Whatever. Piccolo is probably the more mature character at the end of the serie. And the work on the music is very faithful to the character himself and THIS is fuc***g AMAZING
Charlotte Ramez Right?! This whole set gives me chills, it sure beats the hell out of Falcouner's music, that's for sure.
Piccolo is actually Toriyama's favorite character if I recall correctly, he's simply THAT well written.
Ma Junia Ma in English Translates Demon but still Ma Junia called Pikkoro DaiMaO
Ma Junior!!
Ma (Majin) Junia (Junior)
Fuck those overrated Goku and Vegeta. Growing up, I wanted to be Piccolo because he was the baddest and coolest motherfucker in the entire series. Takes shit from no one, even if an opponent is x10 times stronger. Also, his transition from evil to good when he met Gohan gave the most feels... T.T
Sydberg dont worry it looks like he is gonna surpass at least gohan for now in the new movie
covefiel daimaku Really?? I haven't seen the movie yet, but that would really bring joy to my heart. Piccolo was so awesome and able to keep up for a long while, was often the most bad ass in movies, plus he's my favorite character. I would be so glad if him and Gohan started training together again to protect Earth, since Vegeta and Goku are away, training with Whis.
***** i dont know about gohan , but piccolo is a old school fighter he should be bring back to action
Sydberg Amen
Sydberg Well said!
You either die a villain or live long enough to see yourself become the hero
Also known as being Gokufied
Piccolo did both!
恐怖の大魔王として生まれ、後に宿敵の息子を一人前の戦士に育て上げ、やがて正義の心に生まれ変わるという…
初めて知った父性愛 その優しさに目覚めた漢
と言った感じでしょうか
安定のポコぴー
まぁ最初はナメック星人で神と悪に分裂して、結局歩み寄って戻ったけどね笑
しかもその息子と数歳しか変わらないという、、、、
No hablo takataka
I like how the ones from 2:08 and 4:50 give off that malicious and menacing feeling from when he was still King Piccolo and Junior , while from 7:05 and onward the themes sound more heroic if not a bit somber to show his changing from the feared Demon King to the fearsome guardian of the Earth Piccolo, the ones from 11:40 and 13:40 truly sounds like the music that plays when the hero has arrived to save the day and the one from 11:53 is just one of the best fight themes in the series.
So I decided to list off the starts and ends of the songs so here they are:
1st: 0:00 ~ 1:06
2nd: 1:07 ~ 2:07
3rd: 2:08 ~ 2:49
4th: 2:50 ~ 3:55
5th: 3:56 ~ 4:49
6th: 4:50 ~ 6:12
7th: 6:14 ~ 7:04
8th: 7:05 ~ 8:02
9th: 8:03 ~ 8:36
10th: 8:37 ~ 11:05
11th: 11:06 ~ 11:39
12th: 11:40 ~ 11:52
13th: 11:53 ~ 12:45
14th: 12:46 ~ 13:21
15th: 13:22 ~ 13:39
16th: 13:40 ~ 13:59
17th: 14:00
2:08 also plays when he is revived on Namek and flies in front of Gohan right before he attacks Frieza making his entrance.
Which one is the 13 from
...*Dust in the wind. From behind, footsteps crunch in the sand... Standing there is a tall man, skin green as envy, eyes burning with spite. A fist clenched with a message...*
"Let that child alone."
*Hobgoblin Noise* it's big green! *More hobgoblin noises*
"I'mma steal that kid."
Goosebumps 👌
And you say you're the prince of the space warriors?
I have never taken orders from anyone
4:53 I would fear for my life if a green worm man showed up with this menacing italian restaurant music.
Fucking dying 😂😂😂
同じテーマでアレンジしてたんだな知らんかったわ。
やっぱマジュニアのテーマが一番印象強いわ。
This is why I love Piccolo, through sheer circumstance, he goes from the evil Demon King, to one of the world's greatest protectors.
And I never even knew that these themes had existed and had so much variation in them throughout the years to reflect the Growth Piccolo had gone through and man... That brings tears to my eyes.
He kidnapped Gohan to train for his own evil deeds, and yet, It awoke a side in him he never thought he had, Piccolo never had friends or somebody who cared about him, until Gohan, came along and warmed his heart, and after that, Piccolo went from being an ally, to a friend, to straight up family, DBS Piccolo is easily my favorite version of him because of how soft and squishy he is compared to his past counterpart.
The scene where he has to explain babysitting is what truly made me cry.
Lol so true
I may not enjoy super as much as others, but Piccolo certainly I enjoy in terms of his character he is the grill master after all.
Super Piccolo personality wise is good but he is underused so much.
always nice to see him kick ass though
@@thelvadam90 you'd love the new movie
8:37 will always forever be my favorite Piccolo theme. Always brings me back to his fight with Frieza when he was in second form. Thank you Shunsuke Kikuchi for your music and may you rest eternally in peace.
Frieza was in his second form when piccolo showed up
@@yukisoba8888 I guess at that time I was thinking "first transformation" and just happened to go with "form" for whatever reason. It's fixed now.
@@slaterock4612 lmao dw
You know it’s interesting because Dr. Willow’s theme is attached to Freeza, and it also makes a brief appearance in that variation of Piccolo’s theme from when Dr. Willow is controlling him.
So it weirdly fits with the fact that he’s battling 2nd form Freeza.
The use of leitmotifs are brilliant. It's still the same melody but the way the instruments are arranged tell the story
And you can bet the arrangements are genius too. So many different ways that he’s done it and in technically impressive ways too.
13:22 ｢10円！！｣のテーマ
Piccolo has that Proto Man from Megaman feel to him maybe cause he always gets the badass moments he's Akira Toriyama's favorite
Unfortunately he's like Protoman and not more prominent and powerful like Zero...ya know, with his own series 😂
I love how the theme starts off all ominous and slowly progresses into a more light-hearted and heroic melody. S Tier theme.
2:08～カッコ良過ぎて涙出てくる体が震える
"If you have to blame something, blame your own fate. Like I do."- Piccolo
That's an incredibly underrated line, I was happy to hear MistareFusion bring it up
When did he say that? Can’t remember.
@@mr.purple250 At the beginning of the training arc in the Saiyan saga, to Gohan before leaving him in the wilderness
@Samuel Oak thanks
@@mr.purple250 You're welcome
Piccolo, by far the best character of the Z-Fighters.
he is the best. i love him(no homo)
I love his character and his fighting style ( I think the original music is better then the english(in the german version they use the japanese music to))
Best character on DBZ (I didn't say it, Toriyama did) and for all anime (For me.)
DraculaCronqvist Piccolo, up to the Android saga, is the real protagonist.
I like mado!
02:51 is my absolute favorite, could not find it on the official soundtrack and after years I've finally found it.
It was released though. It's the M504.
Will always be my favorite DBZ character.
So underrated.
Even as a villain he was awesome, as a proper villain should be. Powerful, fearful and great in appearence. When he first appeared in the original series you knew he was something different than Pilaf, the Red Ribbon army, Tao and Tien. He took dragon ball to another level.
They made a whole set of good pieces, that you had to hire an entire orchestra to perform them, just for one character. Nowadays, even high budget movies don't do it for a whole movie. These pieces are good, and together they make a good suite, that is genuinely interesting and pleasant to listen to.
Its amazing how you can tell the character progression of piccolo in these soundtracks.
It's awesome and I love the fact of how the theme sounded kind of evil and terrifying during Dragon Ball; but in Dragon Ball Z sounds heroic, and people actually loved whenever it was played announcing Piccolo's arrival to the scene.
You just can't pick one. All of these versions are so amazing.
7:05 through 8:02 is my moment of silence for Akira Toriyama May he rest in peace knowing that piccolo was his favorite character with the composers passing as well this hits a little different now knowing they’re both gone. Thank you for making Dragonball 🐉
ポコピー♪も好きなんだけどね…
6:13 が一番好き
0:00 - 2:07 - 4:50 - 6:13 - 8:03 - 8:37
2:07 this theme was badass when he got his wish from Shenron before ultimately destroying him, I remember as a child straight up gasping at this, he essentially had the world in the palm of his hand at that point, had he just made sure Goku actually was, y'know dead the first time he beat his ass, his plan would have been flawless...at least until Frieza woulda showed up.
ua-cam.com/video/HvFisOGUClY/v-deo.html.....
Frieza never would've come to earth, raditz would
Thank you Akira Toriyama, now that we have all grown up, we can literally feel the emotions in tunes as well
2:08 the best one. I fucking love Piccolo
Sin duda, el mejor personaje de toda la serie Dragon Ball, y con los mejores temas musicales.
LUIS VILLARROEL por algo es el favorito de toriyama
Estos sound track se siguieron usando en DbZ. En cambio en el súper no usaron nada. Ni del Db ni del dbz.
Lastima que esté muy infravalorado :(
Si no le sale de las Balls no resucita nadie, el fruto amo!! jajajajaj
Es cierto
2:07 個人的にこれが1番大好き
7:05 This song perfectly describes that crucial moment in my life where after going through the biggest and most heartbreaking pain I've ever had I decided to move on, my heart seemed like ashes and my mind was tired, but something in me allowed me to continue above all else. Against all odds, although I believed that my pain and that of my father had no cure, I tried it once more, over and over and over and over again, I continued here, one day at a time, one more step, I tried over and over again. over and over and over again until little by little I rebuilt myself along the way, I got my breath back and when I realized it I felt alive again, I revived from the ashes and was me again, not like before but I came back better and stronger and indestructible than ever, 2 years after this harsh experience, I am now living a very different present, what is certain is that it is much better than that year 2021, here I am again laughing, discovering new things and learning more every day, completely rebuilt, sometimes I will have low moments like everyone but when it seems that I am about to hit rock bottom, in reality it is all about a bad dream, just an anxiety attack, remembering something that no longer exists, now my present and my life have color again, I am here and now, fighting for my dreams like every human being, looking for happiness. ♾
These all sound marvelous and I do like how it is a progressing theme but personally my fav is 4:51. I view it as his real theme. It can work for his first appearance, his Namek appearance, really any appearance imo. Regardless of his alignment at any point in time, he's a force to be reckoned with and he isn't afraid to show it off. God I love Piccolo.
Plus 5:37 thru 5:50 just sounds superb mwah Italian chef kiss
this one favorit character from akira toryama himself !
is it just me or does piccolo's theme kinda sound like godzilla showa era theme
No bull. Ifukube and Sato’s Godzilla and other tokustatsu scores are all over dragonball. They’re my favorite Japanese movies and shows respectively so it’s no wonder I get lost in their soundtracks. Ifukube learned a lot from listening to the Ainu people growing up and I think his music influenced many later artists
Too True. And very much like Godzilla aka Gojira,Piccolo went from villain,antihero,to striaght up hero.
Came as soon as I heard of Kikuchi's passing.
Thank you for creating some amazing music for an amazing anime.
Rest In Peace ♡
13:21 お待ちかね
Piccolo is in my opinion the best character out of Dragonball. And it is a shame that everyone who isn't an antagonist, a God or a Sayan is litterally useless now.
Piccolo has so much potential bo make him relevant again. Especially after the Super Dragonballs were introduced.
Yeah, after the Frieza saga, the writing fell down the tubes, badly.
whats the super dragon balls got to do with it?
@@mooganify They were created by the Dragon God Zarama. So basically there is a god with similar abilities as Namekians. It would have been the perfect chance to give Piccolo his own set of god forms to make him relevant again.
@@She-Devil94 My thoughts would have been: Why not reveal that millions of years ago, before the Gods of Destruction, there were a couple of gods ruling the universe. One of them was a Namekian God who also created the Super Dragon Balls. That god then split up into the whole Namekian race (maybe after killing all the other gods... or something else). This Namekian god is then recreated in Dragon Ball Super by Piccolo fusing with the whole Namekian race to become "whole" again. It's the ultimate Piccolo who can then dab into god-ki and is somewhere around the level of Goku and Vegeta.
I'm a huge Piccolo fan... so that would have been my dream come true.
@@abonny Welp, he's orange and thicc now so he's making progress!
Dragon ball's music is so special. It feels so unique. And i fuqin love piccolo's theme
The best character, the best Soundtrack. Just feeling goosebumps, Amazing
13:23 is my favorite Piccolo theme. It reminds me of the mysterious stranger in a spaghetti western flick who turns out to be a badass. Just like Piccolo. 👍
ピッコロ大魔王大好きでした。もちろん今のピッコロも好きですが！
This, now this is a piece of true art right here, it just goes into your ear. Kikuchi-San we will always have you in our hearts
rest in peace, shunsuke kikuchi. you left a mark on our lives in ways you could never know.
Wait when did he die?
@@novamarpo3 in April
From the demon king to one of the saviors of the north galaxy. Such a character arc! Piccolo and Gohan were my favorites in DBZ, with Vegeta a close second.
8:37 is the best!!!!
Concordo!
Piccolo Help Gohan
This soundtracks come from the second Movie of Dbz The world's strongest and I remember perfectly this Soundtrack since I was 5 Years! IT'S FANTASTIC!!!
Drx o melhor tema
I agree, it's the perfect evolution of his theme from villain to hero.
RIP Akira
Piccolo's theme is a masterpiece!
The magic of the orchestra
For sure, the re-arrangements are a testament to this.
It's poetic how the last of the Demon Clan, Piccolo Jr., is now part of the Earth's greatest fighters and defenders. Even good and redemption can come from the most unlikeliest of places. Funnily enough, this includes Gohan, since he was kidnapped and forced to be a member. That original intention was forgotten early on, but Gohan still sometimes represents his fighting lineage by wearing purple.
13:22～13:40
ピッコロ☆ポコピー
ポコピー⭐️
仙豆DA☆食え☆
I love this theme. I can’t find it anywhere. It’s menacing and ominous. I like what they did with it in DBZ like dead zone and worlds strongest
Rest easy Kikuchi 💚🐉💚🐉💚🐉💚
the leitmotif that tune makes this theme iconic. It tells the story of Piccolo.
If I were a wrestler, I'd probably enter the ring with 02:07.
A W E S O M E
Piccolo has got to have one of my favorite leitmotifs ever
I love the use of cymbals drums and tambourines. So thematically on the nose.
Even without the context of Dragon Ball, you can understand the general story of what's going on just from the music alone. I've always loved that a lot. It reminds me of being in a music class and having to analyze stories from the tracks given. This video is a remarkable and lovely example of a motif being used and changed over the course of many pieces to represent character growth. From the dark and disturbing M501, to the hopeless and just downright EVIL M503, to the intense and hectic (and not to mention ICONIC) M505, to the mysterious and brooding M711 (the Bell theme), to the soft and gentle M712 that shows a softer side to this previously evil, calculating, and violent character, to the agressive but hopeful M920, painting our once-villain as someone who now has something, someONE to protect, to the now-unambiguously heroic M1417, cementing this character's progression from a cold and sinister evildoer, to a protector of all.
Kikuchi was a genius unlike no other. He will be missed.
11:04-11:24 (big green dub)
Turles:Answer me who are you!
Gohan:AHHHHHH It's Big Green!
Piccolo:Let that child alone.
Turles:I never take orders from anyone.
Piccolo:Now you will LEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYHAAAA!
pootis spencer i7
Fucking hell!
Speedy dub
Turles: Who are you?
Gohan: Pi... Piccoro!
Piccolo: Take your hand off from Gohan!
Turles: Wat will you do if I going to refuse?
Piccolo: I'm not kidding! HuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAaaaagh!!!
what i most love of the dragon ball and dragon ball z ost is the capacity of the composers to make one song and then remake it several times, each time with a different approach (from evil to heroic, in this case), without losing the original melody. not only with Piccolo's theme, but with almost all the anime melodies, they have more than one version and each one with a different feeling
King Piccolo best villain of the whole Dragon Ball series. Piccolo best character of the whole Dragon Ball series.