GODZILLA & Other Monster Music
*** The Akira Ifukube Page ***
Part 4

© 2006 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 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

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