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02-08-2006, 10:51 PM
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#1 | | WILL WORK 4 ANIMATED CRAK Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,139 Location: Living in a VAN down by the RIVER! Collection Count: Getting smaller, only the best remain. News Credits: 3 | The guy who wrote the "Godzilla" music is dead.
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Akira Ifukube, 1914 - 2006
Very sad news for Godzilla and music fans everywhere, Akira Ifukube has passed on.
Thursday February 9, 1:38 AM
'Godzilla' series composer Akira Ifukube dies at 91
(Kyodo) - Music composer Akira Ifukube, who is most famous for his work on the movie "Godzilla," died of multiple organ failure Wednesday night at a hospital in Tokyo, his family said. He was 91.
Ifukube was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido. A graduate of Hokkaido University, Ifukube self-taught composing and created music for major movies since the 1950s, including "Gembaku no ko" (Children of Hiroshima) in 1952 and "Godzilla" in 1954.
His theme of "Godzilla," which expressed the horrors of the monstrous creature, has widely influenced foreign movies.
Ifukube's portfolio of work also include the 1956 "Biruma no Tategoto" (The Harp of Burma) and the "Daimajin" series from 1966.
The composer of "Nihon Kyoshikyoku" (Japanese Rhapsody), which is considered a masterpiece, Ifukube served as the president of the Tokyo College of Music between 1976 and 1987.
Ifukube was awarded a Person of Cultural Merit, one of Japan's highest honors, in 2003.
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Very sad... 
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02-09-2006, 12:38 AM
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#2 | | Yo Gabba Gabba! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 23,372 Location: louisville Collection Count: +alot | That's sucks man.
He was probably a big influence for alot of more modern composers.
Hope he gets some huge creds in the next Godzilla movie.
Use Ifukube's music for the big money shot at least. 
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02-09-2006, 12:49 AM
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#3 | | Please, call me Steve. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22,696 Location: Colorado (Spanish for "prettier than your state") Collection Count: Less than 5 | Godzilla had music?
I can't even think of a Godzilla theme. I'll have to look it up. www.seatstaysup.com | |
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02-09-2006, 01:54 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,195 Location: Tampa, Florida News Credits: 3 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jux Godzilla had music?
I can't even think of a Godzilla theme. I'll have to look it up. | Yeah, "The March of Godzilla" being the most famous. Most of the newer stuff has had alot of great music... usually various remixes of "The March of Godzilla".
As for Ifakube dieing... damn... for a man whom watched Godzilla from the age of 4 to hear that the man who made the music is now gone. Damn... it's sad... 
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02-09-2006, 06:55 AM
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#5 | | Recovering Energon Abuser Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 134 | Looks like i'm going to have to have a Godzilla marathon this weekend in rememberance. The Godzilla movies all had great music - all except the one with the "tuna eating lizard" (if you've seen Final Wars - you'll know what I mean!) | |
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02-09-2006, 01:49 PM
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02-09-2006, 02:28 PM
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#7 | | is a CHAR Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,033 Location: England Collection Count: Lots | On a related note for any Godzilla fiends that might have missed it, Marvel is releasing Essential Godzilla next month.  | |
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02-09-2006, 09:30 PM
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#8 | | David Kronman Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13,446 Location: I'm in ur internets Collection Count: 710 News Credits: 1 | There's one theme from some of the Godzilla movies that's always stuck out in my mind. That's too bad, he was a talented guy! 
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