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Title The Artistry of Akira Ifukube: Tan-Kyo-Chu
CD Label King Records
CD Number FKCC-40023
Music Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
Recording date and venue: August 22nd-24th, August 29th-31st and September 1st, 1995 at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo
Number of tracks 17
Running time 77:01
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture August 06, 1998

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June 03, 2020

CD Club-only release compiling studio recordings from previous volumes of the "Artistry of Akira Ifukube" series, including "Japanese Rhapsody" and "Ballata Sinfonica" (Vol. 1), "Sinfonia Tapkaara" (Vol. 2) and "Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (Vol. 4).

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The Artistry of Akira Ifukube: Tan-Kyo-Chu

    Japanese Rhapsody (1935)

  1. Nocturne
  2. Fete

    3. Ballata Sinfonica (1943)

  3. Prima Ballata: Allegro capricciosa
  4. Seconda Ballata: Andante rapsodico

    5. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79)

  5. 1st Mov.: Lento Molto-Allegro
  6. 2nd Mov.: Adagio
  7. 3rd Mov.: Vivace

    8. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983)

  8. Godzilla Appears
  9. Intermezzo
  10. Theme from "Godzilla"
  11. Theme from "King Kong vs. Godzilla"
  12. Night music from "Battle in Outer Space
  13. Horror music from "Frankenstein Conquers the World"
  14. Godzilla and Rodan from "Ghidrah"
  15. Theme from "Battle in Outer Space"
  16. Theme from "Destroy All Monsters"
  17. Fighting music from "Battle in Outer Space"