Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer, best known for his works on the film scores of the Godzilla movies since 1954. Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube, also the origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood (from age of 9 to 12) in Otofuke near Obihiro, where was with a mixed population of Ainu and Japanese. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending secondary school in Sapporo city. Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, also cited the music of Manuel de Falla as a major influence. Ifukube studied forestry at Hokkaido Imperial University in Sapporo and composed in his spare time, which prefigured a line of self-taught Japanese composers. He taught at the Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly Tokyo Music School), during which period he composed his first film score for The End of the Silver Mountains, released in 1947. Over the next fifty years, he would compose more than 250 film scores, the high point of which was his 1954 music for Ishirō Honda's Toho movie, Godzilla. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akira Ifukube , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(Original Music Composer)
Mothra vs. Godzilla
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla
(Original Music Composer)
Destroy All Monsters
(Original Music Composer)
The War of the Gargantuas
(Original Music Composer)
Frankenstein Conquers the World
(Original Music Composer)
The King
(Music)
Break Down that Wall
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
(Original Music Composer)
The Burmese Harp
(Original Music Composer)
Daimajin
(Original Music Composer)
Wrath of Daimajin
(Original Music Composer)
Return of Giant Majin
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
(Original Music Composer)
Eleven Samurai
(Original Music Composer)
The Tale of Zatoichi
(Original Music Composer)
King Kong Escapes
(Original Music Composer)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
(Original Music Composer)
Battle in Outer Space
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Mothra
(Original Music Composer)
Latitude Zero
(Original Music Composer)
The Great Wall
(Original Music Composer)
Invitation to Happiness
(Music)
Adventure in Kigan Castle
(Original Music Composer)
Who's The Real Killer
(Music)
Wolfman vs. Baragon
(Music Director)
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
(Music Director)
Devil's Temple
(Original Music Composer)
Samurai Saga
(Original Music Composer)
Actress
(Music)
Onna no issho
(Music)
The Human Revolution
(Original Music Composer)
Roar and Earth
(Music)
Turbid youth
(Music)
Three Faces
(Music)
Aijô ni tsuite
(Music)
女と海賊
(Music)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
(Music)
The Precipice
(Music)
Jigoku bana
(Music)
Invasion of Astro-Monster
(Original Music Composer)
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
(Music)
Brooba
(Original Music Composer)
Devil's Gold
(Original Music Composer)
Ryûri no kishi
(Music)
Dozoku no ranjo
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
(Music)
Will to Conquer
(Music)
The Beauty and the Dragon
(Music)
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
(Music)
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
(Music)
The Man Without a Nationality
(Music)
Stolen Love
(Music)
White Fish
(Music)
Judge of the Ashuras
(Original Music Composer)
The Motherland Far Far Away
(Original Music Composer)
Kuro-uma no danshichi
(Music)
Murahachibu
(Original Music Composer)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
(Music)
Shachō to onna tenin
(Music)
Kirare no Senta
(Original Music Composer)
Beyond Love and Hate
(Original Music Composer)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
(Original Music Composer)
Kojiki taishō
(Music)
Typhoon's Eye
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
(Original Music Composer)
47 Ronin
(Original Music Composer)
Buddha
(Original Music Composer)
Love and Faith
(Original Music Composer)
A Carpenter and Children
(Original Music Composer)
The Whale God
(Original Music Composer)
Anatahan
(Original Music Composer)
White Beast
(Original Music Composer)
The Big Boss
(Original Music Composer)
Sandakan No. 8
(Original Music Composer)
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
(Original Music Composer)
The Snow Woman
(Original Music Composer)
A Whistle in My Heart
(Original Music Composer)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
(Original Music Composer)
The Quiet Duel
(Original Music Composer)
Yokubo
(Music)
The Cannery Boat
(Original Music Composer)
Cape Ashizuri
(Original Music Composer)
Freedom School
(Original Music Composer)
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
(Original Music Composer)
Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
(Original Music Composer)
生れかわる客車
(Music)
Snow Trail
(Original Music Composer)
Night Drum
(Music Director)
The Conspirator
(Original Music Composer)
Late Night Confession
(Original Music Composer)
Life of Geisha
(Original Music Composer)
The Mysterians
(Original Music Composer)
Before Dawn
(Original Music Composer)
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
(Original Music Composer)
Shinran, Part II
(Music)
限りなき情熱
(Music)
Shin Godzilla
(Music)
Gala
(Music)
Miyamoto Musashi
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
(Music)
The Wolves
(Original Music Composer)
The Ditch
(Original Music Composer)
Children of Hiroshima
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
(Music)
Harbor Rats
(Original Music Composer)
Will-o'-the-Wisp
(Music)
The Maid's Kid
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla Fantasia
(Music)
Varan
(Original Music Composer)
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
(Music)
Whirlwind
(Original Music Composer)
Dogora
(Original Music Composer)
Heat and Mud
(Music)
A Samurai's Love
(Original Music Composer)
Ore wa yōjimbō
(Music)
Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo
(Music)
Shinran
(Music)
Castle of Flames
(Original Music Composer)
The Last Samurai
(Original Music Composer)
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
(Original Music Composer)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
(Music)
Daredevil in the Castle
(Original Music Composer)
New Tale of Zatoichi
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi the Fugitive
(Original Music Composer)
13 Assassins
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi on the Road
(Original Music Composer)
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi's Revenge
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi's Vengeance
(Original Music Composer)
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
(Original Music Composer)
Darkness at Noon
(Original Music Composer)
Sisters of Nishijin
(Original Music Composer)
Reminiscence
(Original Music Composer)
Shin Godzilla
(Original Music Composer)
A Thousand Suspects
(Original Music Composer)
Genius Party Beyond
(Music)
Scars of Honor
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla Minus One
(Original Music Composer)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
(Original Music Composer)
The Three Treasures
(Music)
Different Sons
(Music)
Women of Ginza
(Music)
Shi no machi wo nogarete
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla vs. Megalon
(Music)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
(Original Music Composer)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(Music)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
(Original Music Composer)
Rodan
(Original Music Composer)
Godzilla: Final Wars
(Music)
Godzilla vs. Gigan
(Music)
Love is Lost
(Original Music Composer)
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
(Original Music Composer)
Bronze Magician
(Original Music Composer)
Space Amoeba
(Original Music Composer)
Her Hidden Past
(Music)
Monster Planet of Godzilla
(Music)
Atragon
(Original Music Composer)
A Chain of Islands
(Original Music Composer)
The Long Death
(Original Music Composer)
The Betrayal
(Original Music Composer)
Senka o koete
(Original Music Composer)
Young Challengers
(Original Music Composer)
Hiroshima
(Original Music Composer)
Futari dake no hashi
(Original Music Composer)
Down Town
(Original Music Composer)
The Tale of Genji
(Original Music Composer)
Miniature
(Original Music Composer)
Varan the Unbelievable
(Original Music Composer)
An Osaka Story
(Original Music Composer)
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
(Original Music Composer)
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
(Music)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(Music)
The Rainbow Man
(Original Music Composer)
Who Will Judge Me?
(Music)
Clothes of Deception
(Original Music Composer)
Zatoichi Challenged
(Original Music Composer)
Swift Current
(Original Music Composer)
A Second Life
(Original Music Composer)
Sound in the Mist
(Music)
On This Earth
(Music)
Lord Tadanao
(Music)
Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest
(Music)
Rainy Night Duel
(Music)
Crazy Uproar
(Music)
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
(Music)
Jakoman and Tetsu
(Music)
Violence
(Music)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
(Music)
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
(Music)
Kawachi fūten zoku
(Music)
Godzilla
(Music)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(Music)
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
(Music)