sugarplumfairy said:



@transformers03



They want to attract dub fans and bank on nostalgia. The vast majority of US fans has no emotional attachment to "butter-fly" or "brave heart", because the entire OST was cut from the version they grew up with - they associate Digimon with other kinds of music. I think the dubbers assume having Japanese songs would be a turn off for the fans.



Of course, the ideal scenario would be an English version of these songs, but that's not going to happen.



This version is absolutely being dubbed with "the original dub" in mind - including changing the names of the characters. I suspect they'll get rid of songs with Japanese lyrics (replacing them with the new dub-inspired songs) and keep the "harmless" original BGM. But hey — it could be a lot worse!They want to attract dub fans and bank on nostalgia. The vast majority of US fans has no emotional attachment to "butter-fly" or "brave heart", because the entire OST was cut from the version they grew up with - they associate Digimon with other kinds of music. I think the dubbers assume having Japanese songs would be a turn off for the fans.Of course, the ideal scenario would be an English version of these songs, but that's not going to happen.This version is absolutely being dubbed with "the original dub" in mind - including changing the names of the characters. Click to expand...





Yes, that is true, but the difference now compared to back then was that now most adult fans would want authenticity. There is a reason why fans worried when they announced they will be rescoring the film, because they want the same experience as the Japanese audience. That's why some fans are so set in just watching subs, and, in Digimon's case, referring to their character's original Japanese names. Adult fans in general are mostly tolerable towards outside cultures being part of artworks they enjoy, so really there is no point to aim the film towards an young crowd.I have no doubt that they said they were rescoring the film due to the fact that they want to add in more tracks from the original dub. But the clip suggests that they have kept some of the Japanese score. It could mean they just used for the trailer, or for that scene. We do not know for the moment, which is why I said that I hope they would keep the original theme because we simply do not know and I only wanted to suggest that is a possibility.And as for TMS sarcastic comment, I'm aware there is new Digirap theme used in a lot of the promos, and it will most likely be in the film as well. However, the theme is often outside of just the opening, it is often played in the Digivolutions scenes. So forgive me to assume that new track would be mostly used for the new Digivolve scenes, and posit that the original theme could be played in a modern anime movie aim for adults whom apparently wont be able to tolerant Japanese lyrics even though they are watching a Japanese product.Kataphrut is right, this isn't a product being made in 1999, aimed towards young American children. We shouldn't assume that it will follow the Saban pattern to a T, especially a lot of it wont fly in today's market.