Danzilla93
MemberBaragonFeb-08-2015 6:50 PMToday, in 2006, we lost Akira Ifukube, score composer for numerous Toho science fiction films (including 11 (12 if one includes Godzilla vs Gigan) Godzilla films between 1954 and 1995), and the man who gave Godzilla his iconic roar, who passed away at age 91.
He was the last of Godzilla’s four Founding Fathers to pass away, outliving Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishiro Honda, and Eiji Tsuburaya.
In total, Ifukube scored 24 Toho monster films, as well as Daiei’s Daimajin Trilogy. He also scored Akira Kurosawa’s The Quiet Duel, among many other films, and became revered as one of Japan’s leading classical composers.
Ifukube’s work is so important to so many of us… his beautiful music was every bit as much a character in his films as the kaiju he wrote for, and it is impossible to think of Godzilla and his movies without Ifukube and his music coming to mind. It is hard to believe Ifukube-San has been gone for 9 years now.
I was privileged enough to donate to and attend the remarkable Ifukube 100: A Legacy of Monster Music concert this past July at G-FEST, and it truly was a life changing event. Ifukube created music that, more than any other music ever written, has become part of my DNA… and, of course, his roar for Godzilla is, in my humble opinion, the single greatest sound effect ever created for motion pictures.
For creating such memorable music for such memorable characters and movies, for contributing such an incredible body of work to the collective dreamscape of motion pictures, and for affecting my life and love of music in such a monumental way, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mr. Ifukube. You are missed.
"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible." -Rod Serling
Huge-Ben
MemberBaragonFeb-08-2015 7:03 PMThank you so much for doing this Danzilla.
My two favorite scores this man composed are godzillas March and reqreium.
R.I.P. Akira Ifukube, God bless your soul, and thank you for your masterful music. *Plays reqreium in his memory.*
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GG
ModeratorGiganFeb-08-2015 7:19 PMRest in peace and God bless. He is in a place where he can play his heart warming music for eternity.
Good grief.
Danzilla93
MemberBaragonFeb-08-2015 7:38 PM^You trying to make me cry? :')
And thanks, BBB. This man and his music mean so much to me, and I wanted to create a space here where people could share their love for him and his work, and talk about the impact he's had on their lives.
"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible." -Rod Serling
Daikaiju Danielle
MemberMothra LarvaeFeb-09-2015 3:39 AM
Rest in Peace, Ifukube-san. One of, if not the, best music composer of all time.
"Daddy's home- cake every night,"
Sci-Fi King25
MemberGiganFeb-09-2015 1:30 PM(I'm a relatively new Godzilla fan, so when I saw this I was like WAIT HE DIED?! 0_0)
Still, rest in peace Mr. Ifukabe, your music will be remembered for many years.
“Banana oil.”- George Takei, Gigantis: The Fire Monster
Huge-Ben
MemberBaragonFeb-09-2015 2:07 PM@Danzilla93,
He is and was a vital part of this famous franchise. I felt like his music was a small fraction of the special effects that went along with the movies he composed. All of his scores are memoriable and can not help but touch the viewer of the movies.
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