© 2006 Lawrence Tuczynski

Title: Godzilla 5
CD Label: Toho Music Corporation
CD Number: GX-5
Music by: Various
Number of tracks: 18
Running time: 73:15
Number of discs: 1
Year of release/manufacture: October 20, 2006

REVIEW

October 23, 2006

This CD is a bit hard to listen to without the visuals since it contains a lot of dialogue and sound effects. This appears to be a CD copy of an older LP # AY20-5007. There are several music tracks but I found the dialogue and sound effects tracks to be distracting without visuals, especially since I don't understand Japanese. It's a nice CD to have as a bonus disc but not something I would buy as a separate item.

From Wikopedia : Zone Fighter is a tokusatsu SF/superhero TV series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their successful first superhero show, Warrior of Love, Rainbowman.

At the time this series was made, Toho's own famous movie monster Godzilla was becoming really popular with children, so it made sense for Godzilla to guest-star in five episodes of this series! Godzilla was the very same savior as seen in then-recent films like Godzilla Vs. Megalon (which premiered in Japanese theaters a month earlier), and fought side by side with the show's hero (Zone Fighter) against the Garoga Army's various giant FearBeasts.

GODZILLA 5 (GX-5)

BONUS B - GODZILLA SUPPLEMENTARY BIOGRAPHY- ZONE FIGHTER + EXTRAS
Track listing courtesy of Sci-Fi Japan

    Theme Song Bonus Track

  1. Zone Fighter Theme (Kadoma Children’s Choir)-04:23
  2. Invasion! The Garoga Army: Enter Godzilla! (Episode 4)-07:22
  3. Blast King Ghidorah at Point Blank” (Episode 5)–8:07

    4. King Ghidorah’s Counterattack (Episode 6)
  4. In the Twinkling of an Eye: The Roar of Godzilla! (Episode 11)–06:06
  5. Submersion! Godzilla, Save Tokyo! (Episode 15)–03:30
  6. Zone Fighter Spirits March –03:30
  7. Invincible! Godzilla’s Violent Rampage! (Episode 21)–04:57
  8. Fierce! Zone & Godzilla vs the Allied Terro-Beast Army! (Episode 25)–04:08
  9. Theme of Garoga (M25, M21, M2)–03:43
  10. Zone Family (M9, M27, M6, M10, M13A)–04:08
  11. Decisive Battle! Zone and Godzilla (M31, M53, M1)-03:52
  12. End Theme (M14)-01:37
  13. Meteor Victory (Kadoma Children’s Choir, Words Kazumi Kitahara) Bonus track -03:11
  14. Zone Fighter Spirits March –01:17
  15. The Invader’s Demon Face (M25B, M26B, M65, M62B)–03:02
  16. To a New Home - 03:07
  17. Endless Devastation (M65, M79, M79B, M80B)–02:53
  18. Zone Fighter Spirits March (M64B instrumental)–03:26