Akira Ifukube

the 10th page wow! Akira Ifukube (伊福部昭 ifukube akira) is the man that made the original Godzilla music from 1954-1995 that made him famous for making the music.

Work's

 * Japanese Rhapsody (1935)
 * Triptyque Aborigène for chamber orchestra (1937); dedicated to Alexander Tcherepnin.
 * Etenraku, ballet (1940); lost
 * Symphony Concertante for piano and orchestra (1941)
 * Ballata Sinfonica (1943)
 * Overture to the Nation of Philippines (1944)
 * Arctic Forest (1944)
 * Rapsodia Concertante for Violin and Orchestra (Violin Concerto No. 1) (1948, revised 1951/59/71)
 * Salome, ballet (1948, score revised and expanded 1987 for Suite) based on Oscar Wilde's play
 * Fire of Prometheus, ballet (1950)
 * Drumming of Japan, ballet (1951, revised 1984)
 * Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954, revised 1979)
 * Ritmica Ostinata for piano and orchestra (1961, revised 1971)
 * Ronde in Burlesque for wind orchestra (1972, arranged to orchestra in 1983)
 * Violin Concerto No. 2 (1978)
 * Lauda concertata for marimba and orchestra (1979)
 * Eglogue symphonique for 20-strings koto and orchestra (1982)
 * Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983); arrangement from the film scores
 * Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983)
 * Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983)
 * Gotama the Buddha, symphonic ode for mixed chorus and orchestra (1989)
 * Japanese Suite for orchestra (1991); arrangement from the piano suite
 * Japanese Suite for string orchestra (1998)


 * Piano Suite (1933)
 * Toka: Cantilena ballabile sul mode antico de Giappone, for guitar (1967)
 * Kugoka for guitar (1969)
 * Toccata for guitar (1970)
 * Fantasia for baroque lute (1980)
 * Sonata for violin and piano (1985)
 * Ballata sinfonica for duo-treble and bass 25-stringed koto (2001)


 * Ancient Minstrelsies of Gilyak Tribes, for soprano and piano (1946)
 * Three Lullabies among the Native Tribes on the Island of Sakhalin, for soprano and piano (1949)
 * Eclogues after Epos among Aino Races, for soprano and timpani (1950)
 * A Shanty of the Shiretoko Peninsula (1961)
 * The Sea of Okhotsk for soprano, bassoon, piano (or harp) and double bass (1988)
 * Tomo no oto for traditional ensemble and orchestra (1990)
 * Lake Kimtaankamuito (Lake Mashū) (摩周湖, Mashū-ko) for soprano, viola and harp or piano (1992)
 * Five Poems after Inaba Manyo (1994); text by Ōtomo no Yakamochi
 * La Fontaine sacrée for soprano, viola, bassoon and harp (1964, 2000); arrangement by the composer from the 1964 film score Mothra vs. Godzilla
 * Ao Saghi (Grey heron) for soprano, oboe, double bass and piano (2000); text by Genzō Sarashina


 * Snow Trail (1947)
 * Invitation to Happiness (1947)
 * Second Life (1948)
 * Danshichi's Black Horse (1948)
 * Woman In the Typhoon Belt (1948)
 * The President and the Shopgirl (1948)
 * The Quiet Duel (1949)
 * Late Night Confession (1949)
 * Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
 * Rainbow Man (1949)
 * Detective Hiroshi (1949)
 * Kumo no machi (City of the Spider) (1950)
 * White Beast (1950)
 * Listen to the Student's Memoirs Senbotsu Japan, Voice of Wadatsumi (1950)
 * Flowers of Seven Colors (1950)
 * Beyond Love and Hate (1951)
 * Clothes of Deception (1951)
 * Free School (1951)
 * The Tale of Genji (1951)
 * Children of Hiroshima (1952)
 * Violence (1952)
 * Swift Current (1952)
 * Tenryu River (1952)
 * A Thousand Paper Cranes (1953)
 * Epitome (1953)
 * Anatahan (アナタハン), also known as The Saga of Anatahan (1953)
 * White Fish (1953)
 * Crab Ship (1953)
 * Hiroshima (1953)
 * Sakuma Dam Part One (1954)
 * Cape Ashizuri (1954)
 * Muddy Youth (1954)
 * Godzilla (1954)
 * Dobu (1954)
 * Ningen gyorai kaiten (1955)
 * Women of Ginza (1955)
 * The Maid's Child (1955)
 * Sakuma Dam Part Two: Transformation of the Great Tenryu (1955)
 * Three Faces (1955)
 * Kabuki Jūhachiban 'Narukami': Beauty and the Sea Dragon (1955)
 * Baruuba (1955)
 * The Burmese Harp (1956)
 * Wandering Shore (1956)
 * Onibi (1956)
 * Sound of the Fog (1956)
 * The Good-Natured Couple (1956)
 * Rodan (1956)
 * Osaka Story (1957)
 * Advancing Vitamin B1 (1957)
 * Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
 * Sakuma Dam Part Three (1957)
 * Hateful Things (1957)
 * Who Committed Murder (1957)
 * The Final Escape (1957)
 * Scoundrels of the Sea (1957)
 * Downtown (1957)
 * The Ground (1957)
 * The Mysterians (1957)
 * Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu (1958)
 * Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958)
 * A Bridge for Us Alone (1958)
 * Ice Wall (1958)
 * Varan (1958)
 * Boss of the Underworld (The Big Boss) (1959)
 * Whistling in the Kotan (1959)
 * Woman and the Pirates (1959)
 * Tear Down Those Walls (1959)
 * The Birth of Japan (1959)
 * Battle in Outer Space (1959)
 * Baluchaung Project (1960)
 * Shinran (1960)
 * Shinran Continued (1960)
 * Castle of Flames (1960)
 * The Story of Osaka Castle (1961)
 * Musashi Miyamoto (1961)
 * Challenge in the Snow (1961)
 * Buddha (1961)
 * Hangyakuji (1961)
 * Different Sons (1961)
 * The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
 * Whale God (1962)
 * King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
 * The Great Wall (1962)
 * Chushingura (1962)
 * New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
 * Wanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji (1963)
 * 13 Assassins (1963)
 * Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
 * Yoso (1963)
 * Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
 * Atragon (1963)
 * Teikoku Bank Incident: Prisoner nf Death Row (1964)
 * Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
 * Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
 * Dogora (1964)
 * The Last Woman of Shang (1964)
 * The Woman Running on the Shore (1964)
 * Suruga yukyoden (1964)
 * Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
 * Whirlwind (1964)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
 * Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
 * Japanese Archipelago (A Chain of Islands) (1965)
 * Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
 * Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
 * Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
 * Daimajin (1966)
 * Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966)
 * Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
 * The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
 * Return of Daimajin (1966)
 * Thirteen Thousand Suspects (1966)
 * Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
 * King Kong Escapes (1967)
 * Eleven Samurai (1967)
 * Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
 * Kaidan yukijorō (1968)
 * Destroy All Monsters (1968)
 * Young Challengers (1968)
 * Dawn of the Skyscraper (Akebono Skyscraper) (1969)
 * The Devil's Temple (1969)
 * Latitude Zero (1969)
 * Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
 * Space Amoeba (1970)
 * Will to Conquer (1970)
 * Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
 * The Human Revolution (1973)
 * Oh Wolf, Slay the Setting Sun (The Last Samurai) (1974)
 * Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
 * Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
 * The Door Has Opened (1975)
 * The Great Elm (1976)
 * The Sea, the Wings and Tomorrow (1977)
 * Lady Ogin (1978)
 * Dozoku no ranjo (1991)
 * Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
 * Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
 * Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
 * Kushiro Marshland (1993)
 * Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
 * Tetsujin 28th: Hakuchu no Zangetsu (2007, posthumous score)

Greatest works

 * Symphonic Fantasia No.1
 * Godzilla (1954 Main Title)
 * Symphonic Fantasia No.2
 * Symphonic Fantasia No.3
 * Symphonic Fantasia No.4
 * Symphonic Fantasia No.5
 * Japanese Rhapsody (1935)