GODZILLA & Other Monster Music
*** The Akira Ifukube Page ***
Part 1

© 2000 Lawrence Tuczynski

Akira Ifukube was born in Hokkaido, Japan May 31, 1914 and died on February 8, 2006. He is very well known to Toho fans for his scores to most of the Godzilla films. He was a prolific and well known composer in Japan with a status similar to that of John that of John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith in the United States. Mr. Ifukube is responsible for the many memorable marches and action pieces heard in the original 1954 "Godzilla" film as well as many to follow and in other films from Toho studios. Besides film scores Mr. Ifukube has written many orchestral and native folk pieces of music.

Click on any picture or title below to bring up a page with a larger picture of the CD cover along with other info on the soundtrack including an English translation of the track titles.(Most of the CD's only have Japanese writing)
Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 1	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 2	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 3	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 4
Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 5	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 6	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 7	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 8
Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol. 9	Film Works by Akira Ifukube Vol.10	Akira Ifukube's Film Music 50th Anniversary Toho Movie Music File	Akira Ifukube Melodius Compile
Akira Ifukube Soundtrack Anthology	Symphonic Ode	Anthology of vox principal works	Bintatara Selected Works Of Akira Ifukube A New Aspect Of Japanese Contemporary Music #15
The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube 1 TAN	The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube 2 KYO	The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube 3 MAI	The Artistry of Akira Ifukube 4 CYU
The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube 5 RAKU	Works Of Akira Ifukube	Profile Of Composer	Kushiro Marshland
Symphonic Fantasia	World Of Akira Ifukube [live concert]	Akira Ifukube Chamber Music	Symphonic Egologue
Contemporary Music Of Japan Vol. 5	An Evening of Special Effects Film Music	Vox Principal Works (reissue)	Japanese Chorus Song Composer Series 3: Yasushi Akutagawa, Akira Ifukube

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