I want the music to tell the story of the characters and the scenes. I felt like it was a strong way of expressing myself without leaning on any crutch that technology might offer. I worked in the old school way, by starting with a music manuscript. I watched the show and that became the inspiration. What did a typical day look like for you back then? Did you have a particular way for going about composing music for the series?Īll the work happened in my own studio. Funimation had listened to a bunch of my music, and we talked for about a month or so, and after about 30 days I got started with it. I got a call asking me if I would be interested in writing music for the show just like that. It was more of the same of what I’d been doing prior to that. Can you tell us a bit about how you ended up being recruited by Funimation to do that? Your most notable project has been providing the score for a large part of the American dub of the Dragon Ball Z television series. I basically turned my work into a business by giving myself a label and brand to work from, in the form of Faulconer Productions.
But I also wanted to write for TV and film, which is what I started doing afterwards, and that led to the creation of a production company.
After having the Ohio State composer residency for two years, I got grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Ohio Arts Council to write more music, which was great. I always was writing music for various things. How did all of that transition into you creating Faulconer Productions? Then I was invited to be a composer in residence at Ohio State University, where my job was to write music.
While I was doing my graduate degrees in music composition, I started working as a teaching assistant for freshman and sophomore music classes, later becoming an assistant professor in music theory and composition. I’ve been making music all my life, having started when I was ten years old and continuing through high school and college. As a fan of both the show and his music, I spent considerable time chasing an interview with the composer, and the persistence paid off when he agreed to do a call with me.Īs someone who’s done a lot of soundtrack work over the years, could you talk a bit about your professional background, and how you came to find yourself in this industry? Bruce Faulconer played an instrumental part in popularizing the original American dub thanks to his soundtrack contributions from 1997 to 2003. Dragon Ball is the 2nd best-selling manga of all time (230+ million volumes sold), and the anime is equally as decorated as one of the brands that helped boost the global appeal of Japanese animation.
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