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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7pzJRwplk Dragon Soul]], the first opening theme. It accurately captures the spirit of Dragon Ball with a modern spin. It's also one of the catchiest theme songs you'll ever hear. When Bulma and Mister Popo take Kami's old spaceship for a test run, it's accompanied by the orchestral version of "Dragon Soul", which transitions smoothly into the EyeCatch. Did we mention that it's sung by the voice actor for GOKU HIMSELF?!
* ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' wouldn't be true to its namesake if it didn't have some epic music, one of which is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNUI-JfbGQ Orchestrated version of "Dragon Soul".]] Not to mention the brief rock/metal music that plays while fighting Frieza in episode 40, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLO-2uSB-k Only a Chilling Elegy]]... Frieza's new theme song. It contains [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Japanese Chanting]] followed by rock music. The opening also plays in episode 37 when Frieza impales Krillin.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMeC7NeRfo Take the Stage!! Ginyu Special Squad!!]] The song that plays when the Ginyu Force makes its first appearance in ''Kai''. The English dubbed version is arguably more epic. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlzaCRE--Q GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqudRLb4r4M SAIYAN BLOOD]]. Makes Vegeta charging his power up before fighting Frieza into a moment of pure badassery.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXdkviPFDFg Super Dragon Soul]], the theme played when Goku recovers from his battle with the Ginyu Special Corps.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqsTy0W9sk One Hit to Victory]], the absolutely epic music that plays as Vegeta prepares to use Final Flash against Cell.
* The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEga7Gt9BYU Yeah! Break!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGjeJ8UZC8 Care! Break!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQGY1MxtjWws Yushi No Gaisen]] translated as "The Braveheart's Triumphant Return", one of Goku's themes. Used for his "I AM" speech, and this time it was accurately dubbed as well
* On the topic of songs with "Braveheart" in them, we also have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMfnmsL7iw Kyousha He Idomu Yuushi]], translated as "The Braveheart Challenges The Strong", used in pretty much any scene where the good guys start kicking butt.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RprbIlL31Q Formidable Warrior]] was played almost every episode and for good reason, it was awesome.
* [[https://youtu.be/o9VAtxysMaI An Isolated Warrior]] let us know that the heroes were done warming up and things were going to get serious.
* Once Kai reached the Android saga, the music quality jumped way up, with the Vol III OST. Songs that range from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXkqfGGgJg epic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvQDD1HUZLU adventure]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PwhIaH-l-w thrill]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIt2KASXRZg suspense]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsyzQFRB7g despair.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTi3s44Ylv4 Courage Fills The Heart]] is a strong contender for most Heroic thing EVER.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtevIlwMPEk The Victor's Dance,]] a throwback to Budokai II.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586_nQ-mPSg This]] fan remix, which has the first four versions of "Dragon Soul" edited together to form a quartet. It. Is. AWESOME. Funimation must have liked this idea, because guess what the version they did for their volume 7 DVD set was? For even more awesome, try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FqV46ySPY0 this sextet]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAP5aemitbA The Lone Warrior.]] Ups the awesome quotient of Trunks powering up to square off against Cell PAST eleven.
* Cell gets a rocking VillainSong in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbFoWCKvM0 "News of the Cell Games"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmZkE8GCLI Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go]], the opening theme of the Buu saga's Japanese broadcast, kicks things up a notch with a lightning-speed tempo and energetic guitar riffs that get you sufficiently hyped for the episode itself. It acts as sort of a [[EvenBetterSequel sequel song to Dragon Soul]], much like We Gotta Power from the original DBZ acted to Cha-La Head-Cha-La.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1RKdfz6fU0 Trapped Between Past and Present]] plays when Vegeta asks about meeting Goku in the afterlife and learns that he would be reincarnated in Hell.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQCL0odju7M Stay Away From Me]] happens during the first Super Saiyan 3 transformation, ending with The Chosen Warriors (the first attempt with summoning the Super Saiyan God). The song plays again during Episode 66 of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' when [[spoiler:Vegito]] makes his triumphant return.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7TwimlUvYs "Fight It Out!" and "Never Give Up!"]], the opening and ending used for the show's international broadcast. Like "Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go", the former also works as a sequel song to "Dragon Soul", and the GratuitousEnglish just adds to the charm of both.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK2SE7LKmS4 "Let It Burn"]] plays as a fitting "final boss"-like theme during Goku and Kid Buu's fight on the Supreme Kai planet, especially when the intensity of said fight starts to horrifically change the world.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=madKGslIja4 Vegeta's Sacrifice/Respect]] plays at two vital points of Vegeta's CharacterDevelopment in the Final Chapter; his intended Sacrifice and his newfound Respect for Goku. This triumphant, heartwarming song makes a third reprise in ''Super'' when [[spoiler: at the end of the series, 17 wishes for all the erased universes to be brought back to existence]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7pzJRwplk Dragon Soul]], the first opening theme. It accurately captures the spirit of Dragon Ball with a modern spin. It's also one of the catchiest theme songs you'll ever hear. When Bulma and Mister Popo take Kami's old spaceship for a test run, it's accompanied by the orchestral version of "Dragon Soul", which transitions smoothly into the EyeCatch. Did we mention that it's sung by the voice actor for GOKU HIMSELF?!
* ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' wouldn't be true to its namesake if it didn't have some epic music, one of which is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNUI-JfbGQ Orchestrated version of "Dragon Soul".]] Not to mention the brief rock/metal music that plays while fighting Frieza in episode 40, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLO-2uSB-k Only a Chilling Elegy]]... Frieza's new theme song. It contains [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Japanese Chanting]] followed by rock music. The opening also plays in episode 37 when Frieza impales Krillin.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMeC7NeRfo Take the Stage!! Ginyu Special Squad!!]] The song that plays when the Ginyu Force makes its first appearance in ''Kai''. The English dubbed version is arguably more epic. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlzaCRE--Q GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES. GINYU FORCE RULES.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqudRLb4r4M SAIYAN BLOOD]]. Makes Vegeta charging his power up before fighting Frieza into a moment of pure badassery.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXdkviPFDFg Super Dragon Soul]], the theme played when Goku recovers from his battle with the Ginyu Special Corps.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqsTy0W9sk One Hit to Victory]], the absolutely epic music that plays as Vegeta prepares to use Final Flash against Cell.
* The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEga7Gt9BYU Yeah! Break!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGjeJ8UZC8 Care! Break!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQGY1MxtjWws Yushi No Gaisen]] translated as "The Braveheart's Triumphant Return", one of Goku's themes. Used for his "I AM" speech, and this time it was accurately dubbed as well
* On the topic of songs with "Braveheart" in them, we also have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMfnmsL7iw Kyousha He Idomu Yuushi]], translated as "The Braveheart Challenges The Strong", used in pretty much any scene where the good guys start kicking butt.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RprbIlL31Q Formidable Warrior]] was played almost every episode and for good reason, it was awesome.
* [[https://youtu.be/o9VAtxysMaI An Isolated Warrior]] let us know that the heroes were done warming up and things were going to get serious.
* Once Kai reached the Android saga, the music quality jumped way up, with the Vol III OST. Songs that range from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXkqfGGgJg epic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvQDD1HUZLU adventure]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PwhIaH-l-w thrill]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIt2KASXRZg suspense]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsyzQFRB7g despair.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTi3s44Ylv4 Courage Fills The Heart]] is a strong contender for most Heroic thing EVER.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtevIlwMPEk The Victor's Dance,]] a throwback to Budokai II.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586_nQ-mPSg This]] fan remix, which has the first four versions of "Dragon Soul" edited together to form a quartet. It. Is. AWESOME. Funimation must have liked this idea, because guess what the version they did for their volume 7 DVD set was? For even more awesome, try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FqV46ySPY0 this sextet]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAP5aemitbA The Lone Warrior.]] Ups the awesome quotient of Trunks powering up to square off against Cell PAST eleven.
* Cell gets a rocking VillainSong in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbFoWCKvM0 "News of the Cell Games"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmZkE8GCLI Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go]], the opening theme of the Buu saga's Japanese broadcast, kicks things up a notch with a lightning-speed tempo and energetic guitar riffs that get you sufficiently hyped for the episode itself. It acts as sort of a [[EvenBetterSequel sequel song to Dragon Soul]], much like We Gotta Power from the original DBZ acted to Cha-La Head-Cha-La.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1RKdfz6fU0 Trapped Between Past and Present]] plays when Vegeta asks about meeting Goku in the afterlife and learns that he would be reincarnated in Hell.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQCL0odju7M Stay Away From Me]] happens during the first Super Saiyan 3 transformation, ending with The Chosen Warriors (the first attempt with summoning the Super Saiyan God). The song plays again during Episode 66 of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' when [[spoiler:Vegito]] makes his triumphant return.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7TwimlUvYs "Fight It Out!" and "Never Give Up!"]], the opening and ending used for the show's international broadcast. Like "Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go", the former also works as a sequel song to "Dragon Soul", and the GratuitousEnglish just adds to the charm of both.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK2SE7LKmS4 "Let It Burn"]] plays as a fitting "final boss"-like theme during Goku and Kid Buu's fight on the Supreme Kai planet, especially when the intensity of said fight starts to horrifically change the world.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=madKGslIja4 Vegeta's Sacrifice/Respect]] plays at two vital points of Vegeta's CharacterDevelopment in the Final Chapter; his intended Sacrifice and his newfound Respect for Goku. This triumphant, heartwarming song makes a third reprise in ''Super'' when [[spoiler: at the end of the series, 17 wishes for all the erased universes to be brought back to existence]].
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