...and goshdarnit I can't believe I slept on it for so long because it's now my preferred way of experiencing my absolute favorite moment in DBZ. Nothing against any of the English dubbed versions (which I grew up watching), but the original Japanese track is better, and for these reasons:
1. No cornball internal monologue
2. You can hear an Oozaru (Great Ape) roar when Gohan screams
3. The song Day of Destiny that plays during Gohan's SSJ2 awakening is really damn good and the repeating melody/chant fits the tone very well. Nothing against the Faulconer score but here it lacks the oomph that usually accompanies other powerful DBZ moments (such as Goku's SSJ3 awakening).
A comparison of all 3 versions I've found
(edit: oops, the comparison vid above doesn't feature Faulconer's score for the dub. here it is below. Thanks, Feep!):
For fun, the Kai version with Day of Destiny
And last, but not least, TeamFourStar's DBZ Abridged with their own cover of Day of Destiny:
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1. No cornball internal monologue
2. You can hear an Oozaru (Great Ape) roar when Gohan screams
3. The song Day of Destiny that plays during Gohan's SSJ2 awakening is really damn good and the repeating melody/chant fits the tone very well. Nothing against the Faulconer score but here it lacks the oomph that usually accompanies other powerful DBZ moments (such as Goku's SSJ3 awakening).
A comparison of all 3 versions I've found
(edit: oops, the comparison vid above doesn't feature Faulconer's score for the dub. here it is below. Thanks, Feep!):
Also, unless I'm missing something, the comparison video in the OP deleted Falconer's score, or whatever. Here's the transformation with the score still in:
For fun, the Kai version with Day of Destiny
And last, but not least, TeamFourStar's DBZ Abridged with their own cover of Day of Destiny:
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