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English Title: Goukai Na Kingoji (King Kong vs. Godzilla)
CD Label: BKM
CD Number: G.R.F.60A6
Music Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Bukimisha Weird Secret Society
Number of tracks: 43 (1 Hidden Track)
Running time: 65:42
Number of discs: 1
Year of release/manufacture: August 13, 2022

REVIEW

September 03, 2023

Bukimisha commemorates the 60th Anniversary of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) with an a capella recording of the film's monumental soundtrack, one of Akira Ifukube's greatest film score achievements. As with all of their previous work, Bukimisha captures the sound and mood of each cue with their unique vocal arrangements, and this score features a wide variety of themes to showcase their talents. Appropriately, the original film score included many vocal chants, which are a perfect fit for what Bukimisha does best.

Track 41 is notable for its robust and amusing male vocal performance of the pop song that played on the transistor radio in the film, originally sung by a woman with a high-pitched voice (Bukimisha's exaggerated vocal mimicry of song's instrumental backing is especially hilarious). And hidden track 43 features a rousing version of the Main Title with both male and female vocals, as sung on the original soundtrack.

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  1. Recording Credits
  2. Main Title (M1)
  3. Series of World Wonders (M2)
  4. Glowing Iceberg (M3)
  5. The Seahawk in Crisis (M4)
  6. The Seahawk's SOS (M5)
  7. Faro Island (M6)
  8. The Natives (M7)
  9. Thunder and the Devil (M8)
  10. Fumiko's Anxiety (M9)
  11. Godzilla's Resurrection (M10)
  12. The Devil God's Cry (M11)
  13. Prayer to the Rolling Thunder (M12)
  14. The Devil in the South Seas (M13)
  15. Drums of Battle (M13A)
  16. Giant Octopus vs. King Kong (M14)
  17. Sleeping Devil (M15)
  18. The Terror of Godzilla (M16)
  19. The Immortal King Kong (M17)
  20. Preparation for Operation 'Burial' (M18)
  21. King Kong vs. Godzilla I (M19)
  22. Preparation for Operation 'One Million Volts' (M20)
  23. Operation 'Burial' (M21)
  24. Operation 'Burial' Fails (M22)
  25. Operation 'One Million Volts' I (M23)
  26. Operation 'One Million Volts' II (M24)
  27. King Kong Appears in Tokyo (M25)
  28. The Plan to Rescue Fumiko I (PS71)
  29. The Plan to Rescue Fumiko II (M26)
  30. The Plan to Transport King Kong (M27)
  31. Flying Kong (M28 - unfinished)
  32. King Kong Advances on Fuji (M28)
  33. Showdown on Fuji (M29)
  34. King Kong's Resurrection (M29A)
  35. King Kong vs. Godzilla II (M29B)
  36. Ending (M30)
  37. The Giant Devil I (PS43)
  38. The Giant Devil II (PS46)
  39. The Giant Devil III (PS46A)
  40. The Giant Devil IV (PS46B)
  41. South Island Tale (PS32-1)
  42. King Kong vs. Godzilla Trailer
  43. [Hidden track - 'Main Title' featuring male and female vocals]