GODZILLA & Other Monster Music
*** The Akira Ifukube Page ***
Part 5

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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 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)
GOUKAI Na SYMPHONIC FANTASIA J CLASSIC GREAT RECORDING SERIES 8 KUSHIRO SHITSUGEN / DOZOKU NO RANJO WIND INSTRUMENT MUSIC COLLECTION
Prince Wanpaku GOUKAI NA MITSUBISHI FUTURE BUILDING Akira Ifukube / Reiko Arima CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF JAPAN VOL.3
DUO UEDA plays AKIRA IFUKUBE Band Collection
Vol. 1		 The Art Of Kazuo Yamada Film Music Collection
Ostinato Ostinato Sinfonia Tapkaara/
Ritmica Ostinata/
Symphonic Fantasia No.1 		Guitar Transcriptions
Dance of the Seven Veils The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube 9 Tetsujin 28 Go (Gigantor) The Tale of Osaka Castle
Sinfonia Tapkaara Phoenix Japanese Suite:
Japanese Piano Music		 Kurofune Irai -
Suisogaku 150nen no Ayumi
Complete 2 Violin Concertos Contatto Con L'Oriente The Three Treasures Lauda Concertata
HAGI NO SANBASO
/ TOMO NO OTO		 18th Concert Hall Homage of Japanese Modern Music Akira Ifukube Symphonic Fantasia
"Godzilla" Film Music Collection Akira Ifukube:Best of Godzilla SYMPHONIC FURY!
The Music of Japanese Monsters		 AKIRA IFUKUBE Guitar Transcriptions:
Film - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

AKIRA IFUKUBE Guitar Transcriptions:
Godzilla/Godzilla vs. Gigan/Terror of Mechagodzilla
Beyond the Standard
Lauda Concertata
Works by Emmanuel Séjourné
and Akira Ifukube
Spring Music Festival in
Sapporo Concert Hall "Kitara"

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