History AwesomeMusic / DragonBallZAbridged

** Piccolo's BigDamnHeroes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ada9xsMnm4&t=656 moment in Episode 25]] uses [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Magus' theme.]]
** In the series, Kaiser will sometimes insert certain pieces composed by Shiro Sagisu, as a meta ShoutOut to the idea that he would have been perfect composer to succeed Shunsuke Kikuchi in ''Dragon Ball''. Episode 60 for example features two tracks from ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9YsYsPXc0 Attack on the Beat]]" (for when Gohan kills all the Cell Jrs.) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgOZpU_PJQ "Lucifers Dance" Pt. B_Opus1]]" (for when Vegeta attacks Perfecter Cell in a fit of rage after Trunks is killed). The abridged version of ''History of Trunks'' also uses "Marking Time, Waiting For Death" (another track composed by Sagisu) from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', during Future Gohan's confrontation with Androids 17 and 18, which is filled with dread and anxiety, setting up this as the moment where Gohan's story ends.

** In the series, Kaiser will sometimes insert certain pieces composed by Shiro Sagisu, as a meta ShoutOut to the idea that he would have been perfect composer to succeed Shunsuke Kikuchi in ''Dragon Ball''. Episode 60 for example features two tracks from ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9YsYsPXc0 Attack on the Beat]]" (for when Gohan kills all the Cell Jrs.) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgOZpU_PJQ "Lucifers Dance" Pt. B_Opus1]]" (for when Vegeta attacks Perfecter Cell in a fit of rage after Trunks is killed).
*** The abridged version of ''History of Trunks'' also uses "Marking Time, Waiting For Death" (another track composed by Sagisu) from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', during Future Gohan's confrontation with Androids 17 and 18, which is filled with dread and anxiety, setting up this as the moment where Gohan's story ends.

** In the series, Kaiser will sometimes insert certain pieces composed by Shiro Sagisu, as a meta ShoutOut to the idea that he would have been perfect composer to succeed Shunsuke Kikuchi in ''Dragon Ball''. Episode 60 for example features two tracks from ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9YsYsPXc0 Attack on the Beat]]" (for when Gohan kills all the Cell Jrs.) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgOZpU_PJQ "Lucifers Dance" Pt. B_Opus1]]," for when Vegeta attacks Perfecter Cell in a fit of rage after Trunks is killed.
*** The abridged version of ''History of Trunks'' also uses "Marking Time, Waiting For Death" (another track composed by Sagisu) from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', during Future Gohan's confrontation with Androids 17 and 18.

** An easily missed one can be heard as [[https://youtu.be/z95fi3uazYA?t=1088 Goku explains why he chooses to be dead]], it plays an instrumental version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5u5n5qsLSE We were Angels]].

* The climactic, final Kamehameha beam struggle between Gohan and Cell and the build-up to it has an epic musical suite, the "[[https://youtu.be/7yTt5jGEoaM Father-Son Kamehameha Song]]". It starts with a cue from Demon King Piccolo's leitmotif in Kikuchi's score, moves into using an fauxchestral rendition of "Day of Fate" with some dramatic rises and falls, and concludes with a cue from Perfect Cell's leitmotif in the Faulconer score. For bonus points, spliced in the middle of the fauxchestral is a rendition of "Gohan Angers" from the Faulconer score[[note]]This part is especially noteworthy as [=KaiserNeko=] had previously gone on record to state that “Gohan Angers” would not be used at any point in their version of Gohan’s iconic Super Saiyan 2 transformation. However, both he and the arranger [=AinTunez=] congruently decided that this was the perfect opportunity to incorporate it, making for a ThrowTheDogABone to fans of the Faulconer score.[[/note]], which transitions into a background instrumental that blends beautifully with the "Day of Fate" orchestral.

* The climactic, final Kamehameha beam struggle between Gohan and Cell and the build-up to it has an epic musical suite, the "[[https://youtu.be/7yTt5jGEoaM Father-Son Kamehameha Song]]". It starts with a cue from Demon King Piccolo's leitmotif in Kikuchi's score, moves into using an orchestral rendition of "Day of Fate" with some dramatic rises and falls, and concludes with a cue from Perfect Cell's leitmotif in the Faulconer score. For bonus points, spliced in the middle of the orchestral is a piano version of "Gohan Angers" from the Faulconer score[[note]]This part is especially noteworthy as [=KaiserNeko=] had previously gone on record to state that “Gohan Angers” would not be used at any point in their version of Gohan’s iconic Super Saiyan 2 transformation. However, both he and the arranger [=AinTunez=] congruently decided that this was the perfect opportunity to incorporate it, making for a ThrowTheDogABone to fans of the Faulconer score.[[/note]], which transitions into a background instrumental that blends beautifully with the "Day of Fate" orchestral.

* Episode 58 has Cell's [[MesACrowd Multi-Form]] fight against Gokū play a hilarious and awesome instrumental rendition of "[[Series/LazyTown We are Number One]]", entitled "[[MemeticMutation We Are Number One (But It's Perfect)]]". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aihpnohJ4A Here it is in full.]]

* Gohan finally curb stomping Perfect Cell with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xdyd4FsKvk Freeza's Horrific Power]] playing really elevates that Gohan has been pushed over the edge and that he is dangerously close to losing his sense of identity in his need to kill Cell. Terrifying and awesome at the same time.

* The climactic, final Kamehameha beam struggle between Gohan and Cell and the build-up to it has an epic musical suite, the "[[https://youtu.be/7yTt5jGEoaM Father-Son Kamehameha Song]]". It starts with a cue from Demon King Piccolo's leitmotif in Kikuchi's score, moves into using an orchestral rendition of "Day of Fate" with some dramatic rises and falls, and concludes with a cue from Perfect Cell's leitmotif in the Faulconer score. For bonus points, spliced in the middle of the orchestral is a piano version of "Gohan Angers" from the Faulconer score, which transitions into a background instrumental that blends beautifully with the "Day of Fate" orchestral.

** Dr. Wheelo's rant and the reveal of his mechanical body in the climax of his movie are accented by "Regret" from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. The track is so perfect for an antagonist's rant that it is reused for Paragus' RantInducingSlight.

** The final battle of ''Plan to Eradicate Christmas'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hd8jLgpaZQ "Christmas/ Sarajevo 12/24" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra]] as the background music.

* Gohan finally curb stomping Perfect Cell with * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xdyd4FsKvk Freeza's Horrific Power]] playing really elevates that Gohan has really been pushed over the edge and that he is dangerously close to losing his sense of identity in his need to kill Cell. Terrifying and awesome at the same time.

* For Vegeta's iconic Final Flash against Perfect Cell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1daGIebkZRc a faux orchestral remix of Vegeta's SSJ theme]] from the Bruce Faulconer soundtrack plays. Notable for being one of the only Faulconer songs used in ''Abridged'', as TFS (mostly KaiserNeko) in general uses the Japanese soundtrack.

* For Vegeta's iconic Final Flash against Perfect Cell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1daGIebkZRc a faux orchestral remix of Vegeta's SSJ theme]] from the Bruce Faulconer soundtrack plays. Notable for being one of the only Faulconer songs used in ''Abridged'', as TFS (mostly KaiserNeko) in general greatly prefers the Japanese soundtrack.

* For Vegeta's iconic Final Flash against Perfect Cell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1daGIebkZRc a faux orchestral remix of Vegeta's SSJ theme]] from the Bruce Faulconer soundtrack plays. Notable for being one of the only Faulconer songs used in ''Abridged'', as TFS in general greatly prefers the Japanese soundtrack.

* Episode 60 brings back the classic "[[https://youtu.be/9OZ-yNdKw3o Day of Fate ~Spirit VS Spirit~]]" theme, but in a haunting English-translated version provided by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PaCuevas Paulo Cuevas]], a very well-known Spanish singer who has done covers for actual ''Dragon Ball''-related songs as well as other anime.
** Now with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD43uUUf2AI Metal Cover]] by [[Music/JonathanYoung Jonathan Young]].

** Now with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD43uUUf2AI Metal Cover]] by [[Creator/JonathanYoung Jonathan Young]].

* The climactic, final Kamehameha beam struggle between Gohan and Cell and the build-up to it has an epic musical suite, the "[[https://youtu.be/7yTt5jGEoaM Father-Son Kamehameha Song]]". It starts with a cue from Demon King Piccolo's leitmotif in Kikuchi's score, moves into a uses an orchestral rendition of "Day of Fate" with some dramatic rises and falls, and concludes with a cue from Perfect Cell's leitmotif in the Faulconer score. For bonus points, spliced in the middle of the orchestral is a piano version of "Gohan Angers" from the Faulconer score, which transitions into a background instrumental that blends beautifully with the "Day of Fate" orchestral.

* ''The History of Trunks Abridged'' plays its end credits to [[https://soundcloud.com/teamfourstar/cliff-ainsophaur-weinstein-doctor-chala "Doctor Chala"]] - an amazing mashup of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' opening theme song and an instrumental of "Cha-La Head Cha-La". The music that helps makes Future Gohan's death such a TearJerker is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am7eHyJ8_1Y Doomsday theme]] from Doctor Who.

* ''The History of Trunks Abridged'' plays its end credits to [[https://soundcloud.com/teamfourstar/cliff-ainsophaur-weinstein-doctor-chala "Doctor Chala"]] - an amazing mashup of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' opening theme song and an instrumental of "Cha-La Head Cha-La". The music that helps makes Future Gohan's death such a TearJerker is the Doomsday theme from the Doctor Who episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]].

* ''The History of Trunks Abridged'' plays its end credits to [[https://soundcloud.com/teamfourstar/cliff-ainsophaur-weinstein-doctor-chala "Doctor Chala"]] - an amazing mashup of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' opening theme song and an instrumental of "Cha-La Head Cha-La".

* "Freeza's Favorite Thing", a parody of "My Favorite Things", where Freeza softly sings about how he loves being a tyrant and destroyer of lives. It takes a certain type of awesome to make such a [[NightmareFuel dark version]] of one of the world's most beloved songs:

While, for the most part, the series uses music from ''DBZ's'' original Japanese soundtrack by Shunsuke Kikuchi, ''Kai's'' soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto, and both ''Super's'' and the last [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods two]] [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF movies']] soundtrack by Norihito Sumitomo ---much of which is already awesome on its own---occasionally we'll get something special.

While, for the most part, the series uses music from ''DBZ's'' original Japanese soundtrack by Shunsuke Kikuchi, ''Kai's'' soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto, and both ''Super's'' and the last [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods two]] [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF movie's]] soundtrack by Norihito Sumitomo ---much of which is already awesome on its own---occasionally we'll get something special.