© 2004 Lawrence Tuczynski

Title Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Japanese Title Gojira, Ebirah, Mosura: Nankai No Dai Ketto
Movie also known as: Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel In The South Sea
Ebirah, Horror Of The Deep
CD Label Toho Music Corporation
CD Number G-007
Music by: Masaru Satoh
Number of tracks 49
Running time 55:29
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture December 24, 2004
Year Movie Released in Japan 1966
Year Movie Released in U.S. 1968

REVIEW

January 08, 2005

Review courtesy of John DeSentis

The two Masaru Sato Godzilla scores for the 1960s are in my opinion two very underrated and under-appreciated scores as are the movies they accompany. Here with the Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection, we can hear these two wonderful scores as well as every other classic Godzilla score re-mastered and sounding better than they ever have before. The first of these two amazing scores is Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster. Sato has a great way of setting the "island" feel with his choice of instruments (namely strings and percussion). He frequently uses electric guitar for a "surfer" like feel to the music. This is particularly evident in his Ebirah theme. Tracks that really stick out to me in particular are track #1, the Main Titles, track #5, where the characters are sailing the south seas, and track #24 in which Godzilla Awakens. As for the bonus material, people will be pleased (or maybe not) to learn that the wacky music used in the Japanese version for the jet plane attack on Godzilla is included here as it was excluded from the earlier Toshiba EMI release. I am told it is lifted from a Kurosawa film, but I can’t recall off hand. The other bonus tracks are alternate cues of various parts of the score as well as about five versions of his Mothra music. I thought the Mothra stuff at the end was very repetitive. Not too much in the way of good bonuses, but a great CD nonetheless. The music sounds crisp and the re-mastering was very effective. Thankfully, Sony will be releasing this movie on DVD on February 8th, so we can all enjoy both the movie and score in a beautiful new transfer.

Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster

  1. Main Title (M1)
  2. Endurance Dance Rally (M2)
  3. Appearance Of Yoshimura (M4)
    [NOTE-booklet says M4 but is same as M3 on the Futureland release]
  4. Transportation By Yahlen I (M4)
  5. Transportation By Yahlen II (M5)
  6. Yacht And Hurrican And Monster (M6)
  7. Lech Island (M7)
  8. Red Bamboo (M8)
  9. Fierce Ebirah (M9T2)
  10. No Way To Survive (M10)
  11. Wish Of Dayo I (M11)
  12. Mothra Song (PS-55B)
  13. Sleeping Godzilla (M12)
  14. Infiltration Of The Enemy Base I (M13)
  15. Infiltration Of The Enemy Base II (M14)
  16. Escape (M15)
  17. Ryouta's Escape (M16)
  18. Mothra Song II (PS-55A T8)
  19. Crisis In The Pasture (M17)
  20. Sleeping Godzilla (M18)
  21. Godzilla's Wakening (M19)
  22. Departure Of Boat To Lech Island (M20)
  23. Rebirth Of Godzilla (M21)
  24. Godzilla vs. Ebirah (M22)
  25. Red Bamboo Base (M23)
  26. Retreat from Base (M24)
  27. Godzilla vs. Big Condor (M25)
  28. Godzilla Vs. The Fighter Squadron (from HIGH AND LOW, Actual Performance 5 of M14)
  29. The Demolition Of Red Bamboo Base (M26)
  30. Godzilla vs. Ebirah II (M27)
  31. Godzilla vs. Ebirah III (M28)
  32. The Wish Of The People On Infant Island (PS-55D)
  33. Godzilla vs. Ebirah IV (M29)
  34. Mothra's Song (PS-55C)
  35. The Arrival Of Mothra (M30)
  36. Before Nuclear Explosion (M31)
  37. Ending (M33T2)

    38. Bonus Tracks

  38. Godzilla's Attack (M25A)
  39. Fierce Ebirah (M9T1)
  40. Wish Of Dayo II (TAPE-1)
  41. Godzilla vs. Ebirah (IV) (M29 - Normal Playback Segment)
  42. Ending (M32T1)
  43. Mothra's Song A (PS-55C)
  44. Mothra's Song B (PS-55BA)
  45. Mothra's Song C (PS-55BA)
  46. Mothra's Song D (PS-55D)
  47. Mothra's Song E (PS-55C)
  48. Mothra's Song F (PS-55D)
  49. Mothra's Song G (PS-55C)