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Title BUKIMISHA BSX DIGITAL ALBUM No. 1
GODZILLA 70th ANNIVERSARY FILM MIX
CD Label BSX Records
CD Number BSXDG0166
Music Composed By: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Bukimisha
Number of tracks 29
Running time 50:57
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture November 04, 2024

REVIEW

August 14, 2025 courtesy of BSX Records
(Exclusive liner notes by David Hirsch & Sam Scali)

BUKIMISHA BSX DIGITAL ALBUM No. 1 GODZILLA 70th ANNIVERSARY FILM MIX (BSXDG0166)

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November 3, 2024 marks the 70th Anniversary for the world premiere of the classic 1954 GODZILLA (Gojira). To honor Japan's biggest star we have re-edited Bukimisha's "a capella" re-creation of the Akira Ifukube film score as it actually is heard in the Toho film. As initially recorded and presented on their first BSX album "Godzilla vs, Rodan,"the group painstakingly-created vocal performances that replicated the score as it was presented on the original orchestral film soundtrack album. Several of these musical cues were cut, combined, or re-used throughout, possibly due to editing choices made by director Ishiro Honda after the maestro recorded the score.

Extra tracks include a longer version of the "Eiko-maru Ship Music," and "Cemetery," an unrecorded motif for a scene that was either deleted or never filmed. Also included is a bonus track of the opening musical sequence to GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956), the American edit starring Raymond Burr as intrepid reporter Steve Martin.

This is a DIGITAL ONLY special release, mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland from Bukimisha's original digital recordings. David Hirsch and Sam Scali provide notes for the digital booklet.

BUKIMISHA BSX DIGITAL ALBUM No. 1 GODZILLA 70th ANNIVERSARY FILM MIX (BSXDG0166)

    FILM MIX PRESENTATION

  1. Opening Title* (ME + M-1)  2:02
  2. Eiko-Maru Sailors' Rest*  (M-2)  0:22
  3. Eiko-Maru Sinking (M-3)  0:47
  4. Bingo-Maru Sinking  (M-4)  0:23
  5. Uneasiness on Odo Island (M-5)  0:42
  6. Ritual Music of Odo Island  (M-6)  1:06
  7. More Than a Storm on Odo Island* (M-7+ ME)  2:10
  8. Research Vessel Departure (Frigate March I)*  (M-8 [M-11]) 0:41
  9. Odo Island Theme (M-9)  0:39
  10. Godzilla Rises Over the Hill* (ME-Edit) 2:05
  11. Frigate March I  (M-11) 0:41
  12. Horror of the Water Tank  (M-13) 0:24
  13. Godzilla's First Landing* (MA [M-14A + M-7]) 2:15
  14. SDF Builds Electrified Wall  (Main Title)* (M-1)  1:28
  15. Fury of Godzilla (M-15 [MA]) 2:44
  16. Attack Godzilla!  (DB-34 M-16) 1:27
  17. Godzilla's Second Landing* (M-17 [M-14A]) 0:56
  18. Godzilla's Fury I ~ Fire Brigade*  (M-18A [MA + M-16])  2:12
  19. Godzilla's Fury II ~ Desperate Broadcast*  (MA and MB [MA + MB])  2:36
  20. Godzilla to Tokyo Bay ~ Pursue Godzilla*  (M-18D [MC + M1])  2:20
  21. Devastated Tokyo (M-19) 1:54
  22. Oxygen Destroyer (M-20) 2:20
  23. Prayer for Peace (P.S.)  1:59
  24. Frigate March II (M-21) 0:22
  25. Godzilla Under the Sea  (M-22)  5:21
  26. Ending   (M-23)  1:12

    27. ORIGINAL AS RECORDED CUES

  27. Eiko-Maru Ship Music  (Full ver.) (M-3)  2:40
  28. Cemetery  (unrealized) (M-7)  3:03

    29. BONUS TRACK

  29. Godzilla, King of the Monsters Main Title* (ME + MC + M-19)  4:12
    (U.S. Raymond Burr version)

    30. * Denotes Edited and/or Mixed Film Versions