Kyōfu no Ginyū Tokusentai (BGM)

Zarbon surprising Vegeta with his beastly transformation.

"Kyōfu no Ginyū Tokusentai" (恐怖 の ギニュー 特戦隊, Kyōfu no Ginyū Tokusentai) is a background music track (BGM) for Dragon Ball Z. It was produced by Toei Animation and composed by prolific Japanese composer Shunsuke Kikuchi. It played during the Vegeta Saga, Namek Saga, Captain Ginyu Saga, and Frieza Saga.

The track matched the battles of Nappa, Zarbon, Dodoria, Kewie, the Ginyu Force, Freeza, Vegeta, Son Gohan, and the Namekians.

Kyōfu no Ginyu Tokusentai as BGM

The track is confirmed to play during the following scenes:

1. "The Darkest Day" - Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin assume their fighting stances as Nappa checks their power levels on his Scouter. Vegeta tells Nappa to remove his scouter because the readings are not reliable since their opponents can raise their energy. 2. "The Power of Nappa" - plays when Chiaotzu is holding Nappa from behind as Nappa begins slamming his back into mountains in order to get him off. Piccolo tells Gohan to watch in order to honor Chiaotzu's bravery. Chiaotzu telepathically tells Tien that he must sacrifice himself and that Tien will always be his best friend. Chiaotzu begins to glow heavily, causing Nappa to glow along with him as the brute soars toward a very sharp mountain. Chiaotzu sacrifices himself to take down Nappa along with him in midair. 3. "Nimbus Speed" - plays the instant Nappa tries to rush at Gohan while Krillin kicks him directly in the face to halt him. Nappa focuses on Krillin instead, who back-flips and charges his Destructo Disk technique, surprising Nappa. 4. "Lesson Number One" - plays the instant when Nappa decides to attack Gohan and Krillin after Vegeta tells him to step down from fighting Goku. Nappa rushes towards Krillin and Gohan with intense ferocity as Goku unleashes his Kaio-ken technique in midair to stop the brute, slamming into Nappa's back, incapacitating him in midair, and capturing his paralyzed and twitching body. 5. "Goku vs. Vegeta" - plays the moment when Gohan stops in midair and turns when he senses Goku's strength from afar. Goku is charging with enormous strength as Vegeta becomes shocked by his massive power. Goku furiously rushes toward Vegeta. 6. "Saiyan Sized Secret" - plays the instant Goku jolts into the air, strikes Vegeta hard in the face, pummels him from under, sending him sprawling into the air, and slams down onto him with his feet, making him crash through the mountains below. 7. "Spirit Bomb Away!" - plays when Goku is laying on the ground, completely incapacitated from Vegeta's onslaught. The giant Vegeta attempts to kill Goku with his finger, and Goku blasts him directly in his eye, halting him, and forcing him to grab at his face in agony. Goku admits that he has no more power to defend against Vegeta in his deadly ape form. Vegeta grabs at Goku, holding him tight in his devastating grip, squeezing him intensely. Goku screams in complete pain as he is caught in Vegeta's deadly paralyzing grip. 8. "Krillin's Offensive" - plays when Krillin is holding the Spirit Bomb and King Kai telepathically tells him that the fate of the entire planet rests on his abilities. Krillin holds the energy as he realizes the weight of this power and the difference it can make. Behind him, a slew of people can be seen, inhabitants of the planet which he lives on. The fate of the entire planet rests in Krillin's hands. Vegeta laughs at Gohan as he walks towards him, congratulating his attempt to fight back. Krillin waits for the right moment to strike with the Spirit Bomb as Vegeta unleashes a barrage of rapid blasts at Gohan. 9. "Mercy" - when Gohan transforms into a Giant Ape and begins smashing the mountains around him. Krillin admits that Gohan is a maniacal monster when he's in the ape form, which makes him as dangerous as Vegeta. Gohan picks up a giant boulder and walks towards Krillin as Goku tells him to stop. 10. "Friends or Foes?" - plays as Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan see a large spaceship in the distant galaxy, only to realize that it's a reflection of their own ship on a much larger vessel. Their ship enters the moving and floating vessel in the skies, surprising them. 11. "The Search Continues" - plays as Bulma, Gohan, Krillin, and Zaacro see a large rotating tornado moving on the ground while there's a Dragon Ball hidden in the middle of the chaotic storm. Gohan and Krillin want to unleash their Destructo Disk and Masenko attacks, but Bulma tells them to refrain from using their blasts so they would avoid any chance of destroying the Dragon Ball caught in the midst of the storm. 12. "Namek's Defense" - plays when Namekian warriors attack Frieza's soldiers in an attempt to halt them and successfully eliminate some in front of Frieza, Zarbon, and Dodoria, who become amazed of the Namekians since they didn't expect such great battle strength, speed, and stamina to come from them. Zarbon transforming and headbutting Vegeta. 13. "Zarbon's Surprise" - plays the instant when Zarbon transforms and tells Vegeta that he'd warned him, beginning to pound Vegeta with a continuation of relentless knee kicks to the gut, pummeling him to the ground like a rag doll, and holding him by the face, proceeding to unleash a combination of ruthless and brutal headbutts. 14. "Zarbon's Mission" - plays when Vegeta arrives in front of Bulma and Krillin after following Krillin, surprising them and leaving them in fear, and Zarbon also arrives for the same goal, the Dragon Ball that Krillin has in his possession. The Ginyu Force arriving and pulling off their poses. 15. "Hidden Power" - plays when the Ginyu Force arrives and begins displaying their extravagant yet militant poses in front of Frieza, chanting their names as follows, respectively: Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Guldo, and Captain Ginyu.