Hikari no Sasu Mirai e!
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is the opening theme to the PlayStation 2
video game Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
and is the sixty-ninth single by Jpop artist Hironobu Kageyama
. It was released by King Records on Christmas Day in 2008 in Japan
only and would peak at 200 on Oricon. The song was written by Yuriko Mori and the composition and arrangement was by Kenji Yamamoto
(Kenz).
version of the opening theme "We Gonna Take You There". Ironically, the version of the song that was used was the Japanese version as opposed to the English version, which contrasted to the previous two Dragon Ball Z console games Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Burst Limit
which used English versions of their opening theme songs.
Unfortunately these critics mistakenly credited Kageyama as composer due to the North America packaging only listing Kageyama responsible for the music, "Music by Hironobu Kageyama". Sites like Gamer 2.0 and IGN would give the tracks low scores. with IGN's Greg Miller calling the music repetitive. While other sites such as the Gamer Temple and Game Radar cite the music as the only good part the game has to offer with Game Radar's Alan Kim stating to "download the tunes and skip eveything else". Ben Dutka of PSXExtreme found the music to be disconcerting citing that the atmosphere gave the impression that it was mocking the game.
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
video game Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
is a video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The game was developed by Dimps and published in North America by Atari and in Europe and Japan by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label. It was released in North America on November 4, 2008, in Japan on December...
and is the sixty-ninth single by Jpop artist Hironobu Kageyama
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...
. It was released by King Records on Christmas Day in 2008 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
only and would peak at 200 on Oricon. The song was written by Yuriko Mori and the composition and arrangement was by Kenji Yamamoto
Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1958)
is a Japanese music composer and arranger who has been responsible for producing and composing soundtracks, including opening and ending sequence themes for various anime, tokusatsu and video game projects in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Most notably, he has worked on soundtracks of various Dragon...
(Kenz).
Information
This release also include the closing theme "Dragon Ball Party" and the EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of the opening theme "We Gonna Take You There". Ironically, the version of the song that was used was the Japanese version as opposed to the English version, which contrasted to the previous two Dragon Ball Z console games Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Burst Limit
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
is a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The game was developed by Dimps and published in North America and Australia by Atari, and in Japan and Europe by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label...
which used English versions of their opening theme songs.
Track list
- 光のさす未来へ!
Hikari no Sasu Mirai e!/To the Future Pointed By the Light! - Dragon Ball Party
- We Gonna Take You There
- 光のさす未来へ! (instrumental)
Hikari no Sasu Mirai e! (instrumental)/To the Future Pointed By the Light! (Instrumental)
Reception
The songs along with the rest of the soundtrack would receive mixed reviews from gaming critics.Unfortunately these critics mistakenly credited Kageyama as composer due to the North America packaging only listing Kageyama responsible for the music, "Music by Hironobu Kageyama". Sites like Gamer 2.0 and IGN would give the tracks low scores. with IGN's Greg Miller calling the music repetitive. While other sites such as the Gamer Temple and Game Radar cite the music as the only good part the game has to offer with Game Radar's Alan Kim stating to "download the tunes and skip eveything else". Ben Dutka of PSXExtreme found the music to be disconcerting citing that the atmosphere gave the impression that it was mocking the game.