Nevertheless, the soothing atmosphere is soon broken by the awesome 'Ultimate Battle 22 Opening #1 ~ #2'. The album opens on a calm, relaxing note with 'Eternal Promise - Overture', a simple yet very beautiful piano piece that mixes a few synth elements to create an almost ethereal atmosphere. Most tracks reflect this aspect which is made stronger by the synthethic nature of the music itself. To put it simply, the music fuses ethnic elements with futuristic/synthetic sounds, offering a truly unique aural experience that fits the world of Dragon Ball perfectly. The best aspect of the score is that it combines the signature sound that Yamamoto evolved for the DB games with the best themes throughout his past work (alongside with great new material) to create his 'Ultimate' Dragon Ball game soundtrack. In that regard, this album can be considered as an original soundtrack/arrangement album for both games. As a side note, the vastly improved and revised version of the game called Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butouden released for the Sega Saturn, shares an almost identical soundtrack.

As a result, the entire package manages to be an incredible VGM album that is capable of entertaining all sorts of audiences. Concepcion, who is proudly considered in Asia as 'The King of Jazz' and has worked on many game-related projects, including the Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 arrange album. On top of it all, the various arrangements exceed due to the team of talented performers, including the Filipino saxophonist Jake H. Although this is not a purist's soundtrack something that DB albums are famous for the overall experience is, quite frankly, astounding and can be possibly considered one of the best PlayStation soundtracks ever. Also, he took the best themes primarily from the Butouden series and established some of the best character-based themes in the entire Dragon Ball universe.įortunately, the official release of the album called Dragon Ball Z - Ultimate Battle 22 Game Music Birth Chapter includes unique and sophisticated arrangements alongside remastered tracks from the original game. In fact, the veteran composer for the Dragon Ball video game series, Kenji Yamamoto, took all the best musical elements from his past work and merged them together to create an incredible and unique score. Even more impressively, the soundtrack manages to be even better than its anime equivalent, by fusing the much-beloved 'Dragon Ball feel' with memorable hooks and melodies that match the characters and style. Although the game itself was very average, it exceeded with incredible sprites and animation that were incredibly faithful to Akira Toriyama's art for the anime show. Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 is a 2D fighting game released for the PlayStation in 1995.

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