is a soundtrack series from the anime Dragon Ball Z. It was produced and released by Columbia Records in Japan only, from July 21, 1989 to March 20, 1996 the show's entire lifespan. The collection features a variety of theme songs, insert songs, image songs (songs inspired by the show.), character songs, instrumental suites, remixes, and medleys. On September 20, 2006, Columbia re-released the Hit Song Collection on their Animex 1300 series.
| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the first installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on July 21, 1989. This album contains the theme songs and several image songs popular among many fans. Also included on this collection is the insert song "Tenkaichi Gohan" from the first Dragon Ball Z film Ora no Gohan o Kaese!! know outside Japan as Dead Zone, and the song "Shura-Iro no Senshi", heard in the episode Yomigaeru Saiyan Densetsu! Gokū no Roots. The album cover features one of the rare images of Vegeta with his original anime color scheme.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection II: Miracle Zenkai Power!! | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Hironobu Kageyama & Broadway |
| Length: | 41:54 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the second installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on December 21, 1989. The album's title come from lyrics found in the Dragon Ball Z closing theme song "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!".
This collection mainly contains collaborations by both Hironobu Kageyama and J-pop group Broadway. The group had previously collaborated with Kageyama on the second opening and closing theme songs from Saint Seiya, "Soldier Dream" and "Blue Dream" respectively. Include is the song "Fly High" which was used in the episode Gokū Pawā Zenkai!! Ginga no Hate made Muikakan
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection III: Space Dancing | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 40:58 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the third installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on April 1, 1990. The album would peak at 56 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[1]
The album contains the standard television theme songs and six image songs, with four tracks performed by J-pop artist Kuko. Also featured are two songs from the second The World's Strongest, which are the Gohan image song "Piccolo-san Da~isuki♡" and the closing theme "Ikusa".
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection IV: Character Special | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 38:16 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection IV: Character Special (ドラゴンボールZ ヒット曲集IV~キャラクターズ・スペシャル, Doragon Bōru Zetto Hitto Kyokushū Foru~Kyarakutāzu Supesharu) is the fourth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on October 1, 1990. The album is composed mostly of character songs from the Dragon Ball Z cast, along with the song "Solid State Scouter" by Jpop band Tokio, heard in the Bardock TV special. It would go on to peak at 95 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[2]
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection V: Journey of Light | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 48:54 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the fifth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on December 21, 1990.
This features remixes to the Dragon Ball opening theme "Makafushigi Adventure" and the closing theme to the third film The Tree of Might, "Marugoto". Also featured is the closing theme to the Bardock TV special, "Hikari no Tabi" which doubles as the title track to the album. As a result, much of the album's production art is made up of freeze frames from the TV special.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 6: BP∞ Battle Points Unlimited | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 40:29 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the sixth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on March 21, 1991. The album would go on to peak at 71 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[3]
The album comes off as a soundtrack for the fourth Dragon Ball Z film Lord Slug due to it containing production art plus two songs from the film the closing theme ""Ya" na Koto ni wa Genki-Dama!!" and "Kuchibue no Kimochi" a vocalized of Gohan's whistling melody which was originally performed by Hajime Ueshiba. The title track "BP∞ Battle Points Unlimited" is the instrumental insert that was played in episode 120 entitled Freeza wo Ittō Ryōdan!! Mō Hitori no Super Saiyan (Known as Another Super Saiyan? in the Funimation dub).
The Dragon Ondo or Dragon March is a song and dance. The album's booklet illustrated step-by-step instructions featuring Gohan demonstrating the dance.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 7: The Journey of the 7 Balls | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 52:24 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the seventh installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on March 21, 1991. This album features a handful of instrumental tracks representing each Dragon Ball's journey after they are used to summon the dragon, as well as the closing theme to the fifth film Cooler's Revenge. It would go on to peak at 50 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[4]
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2 | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Genre: | Anime |
| Length: | 10:40 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
is the eighth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on September 21, 1991. This album is a follow-up to the fourth installment to the series, titled Character Special, which was released in 1990. The album is made up of character songs from the Dragon Ball cast. It would go on to peak at 76 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[5]
The album initially picks up where the other character special leaves off. Each song in a way, tells their own unique story. "Capsule Corp." is simply Bulma making random comments about whatever she's doing. "Ichido wa Kekkon Shitai Mambo" features Kuririn singing cheerfully about how much he desires to get married. "Vegeta-sama no Oryori Jigoku!!" marks the only character song in the series, but not the last, by Vegeta. Here, he sings about cooking a special Okonomiyaki while giving "battle commands" to his ingredients who sing backup. "Share 'reba Inochi no Izumi Waku-Waku!! 2" is the follow-up to "Share 'reba Inochi no Izumi Waku-Waku!!" which is both performed by the northern Kaio-sama. Once again he continues to tell jokes that he only finds funny. By the end of the song he has succumbed to a fit of laughter. "Kuchibue no Kimochi Piccolo-Hen" is a follow-up to "Kuchibue no Kimochi", Gohan's whistling tune from movie four which was made into a character song for Gohan in Hit 6. This version is done from Piccolo's point of view. As established in movie four, Piccolo is sensitive to the sound whistling due to his adept hearing. As a result, for most of the song he complains and begs for the whistler to stop until he gives up and rockets away. Prompting an unidentified person to appear and comment on the chirping birds. "I•ke•na•i Oo-La-La Magic" features Chi-Chi forcing Gohan to take part in a mother-son karaoke duet as his and Goku's adventures has made Chi-Chi feel left out. Her plan is to compete in the local karaoke circuit with Gohan.
Despite its focus being on character songs, the album also features an image song by "Pochi featuring Apple Pie" called "Omoide no Tenkaichi Budokai". Which recalls the previous budokais in which Goku participated. Also included, the incidental piece "Takkaraputo Popporunga Pupiritto Paro" from episode 75, Nanatsu no Tama o Soroeshi Mono yo... Sā Aikotoba o Ie!, which serves as Porunga's summoning theme.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8½: Special | |
| Type: | Remix |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 46:15 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
, despite its title, is the ninth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on November 1, 1991. This album is one of two remix albums produced in the Hit Song Collection series, hence the ½ to the installment number.
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Kuko's Dance Medley (Ultra New Edition):
Kageyama's Power Medley (Ultra New Edition):
| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 9: Future Shock!! | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 48:10 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
, despite its title, is the tenth installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on November 1, 1991. The album would go on to peak at 75 on Oricon's Japanese album charts.[6] Included is the song from episode 139 titled "Mind Power...Ki...", which was used in Trunks' flashback.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 10: Virtual Triangle | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 12:49 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |
, despite its title, is the eleventh installment of the soundtrack series. It was released on March 21, 1992. The album would go to peak at 40 on the Oricon Japanese album charts.[7] Included is song "Hero (Kimi ga Hero)" which was used as the closing to film The Return of Cooler.
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| Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 11: The Room of 'Mind and Time' | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Length: | 48:00 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Takashi Uchida |