Akira Ifukube
Sound
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.
Known for
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movieGodzilla Minus One
2023
Original Music Composer
movieTetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
2007
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieMonster Planet of Godzilla
1994
Music, Music Supervisor
movieGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieGodzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieGodzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Original Music Composer
movieDozoku no ranjo
1991
Original Music Composer
movieToho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
1986
Original Music Composer
movieSayonara Jupiter
1984
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla Fantasia
1984
Original Music Composer
movieLove and Faith
1978
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla
1977
Music
movieTerror of Mechagodzilla
1975
Original Music Composer
movieSandakan No. 8
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Samurai
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Human Revolution
1973
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Original Music Composer
movieWolfman vs. Baragon
1972
Original Music Composer
movieWill to Conquer
1970
Original Music Composer
movieSpace Amoeba
1970
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Original Music Composer
movieLatitude Zero
1969
Original Music Composer
movieDevil's Temple
1969
Original Music Composer
movieYoung Challengers
1968
Original Music Composer
movieDestroy All Monsters
1968
Original Music Composer
movieKawachi fūten zoku
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Snow Woman
1968
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi Challenged
1967
Original Music Composer
movieEleven Samurai
1967
Original Music Composer
movieKing Kong Escapes
1967
Original Music Composer
movieWrath of Daimajin
1966
Original Music Composer
movieSleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
Original Music Composer
movieA Thousand Suspects
1966
Original Music Composer
movieReturn of Giant Majin
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe War of the Gargantuas
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Betrayal
1966
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi's Vengeance
1966
Original Music Composer
movieAdventure in Kigan Castle
1966
Original Music Composer
movieDaimajin
1966
Original Music Composer
movieSleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965
Original Music Composer
movieInvasion of Astro-Monster
1965
Original Music Composer
movieFrankenstein Conquers the World
1965
Original Music Composer
movieLife of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Original Music Composer
movieA Chain of Islands
1965
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi's Revenge
1965
Original Music Composer
movieLord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
Original Music Composer
movieGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Original Music Composer
movieKojiki taishō
1964
Original Music Composer
movieFight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Original Music Composer
movieThe Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964
Original Music Composer
movieDogora
1964
Original Music Composer
movieShinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
Original Music Composer
movieMothra vs. Godzilla
1964
Original Music Composer
movieThe Long Death
1964
Original Music Composer
movieWhirlwind
1964
Original Music Composer
movieAtragon
1963
Original Music Composer
movie13 Assassins
1963
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi on the Road
1963
Original Music Composer
movieBronze Magician
1963
Original Music Composer
movieZatoichi the Fugitive
1963
Original Music Composer
movieA Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
Original Music Composer
movieTragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
1963
Original Music Composer
movieNew Tale of Zatoichi
1963
Original Music Composer
movieThe King
1962
Original Music Composer
movieChûshingura
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe Great Wall
1962
Original Music Composer
movieKing Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe Whale God
1962
Original Music Composer
movieA Carpenter and Children
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tale of Zatoichi
1962
Original Music Composer
movieHer Hidden Past
1962
Original Music Composer
movieDifferent Sons
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThe Conspirator
1961
Original Music Composer
movieBuddha
1961
Original Music Composer
movieMiyamoto Musashi
1961
Original Music Composer
movieDaredevil in the Castle
1961
Original Music Composer
movieLord Tadanao
1960
Original Music Composer
movieCastle of Flames
1960
Original Music Composer
movieShinran, Part II
1960
Original Music Composer
movieScars of Honor
1960
Original Music Composer
movieShinran
1960
Original Music Composer
movieBattle in Outer Space
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Three Treasures
1959
Original Music Composer
movieA Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
Original Music Composer
movieBreak Down that Wall
1959
Original Music Composer
movieSamurai Saga
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Woman and the Pirate
1959
Original Music Composer
movieA Whistle in My Heart
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Big Boss
1959
Original Music Composer
movieVaran
1958
Original Music Composer
movieBeyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Original Music Composer
movieNight Drum
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Precipice
1958
Original Music Composer
movieA Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Original Music Composer
movieSorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Original Music Composer
movieYagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Mysterians
1957
Original Music Composer
movieOn This Earth
1957
Original Music Composer
movieRodan! The Flying Monster
1957
Original Music Composer
movieDown Town
1957
Original Music Composer
movieRoar and Earth
1957
Original Music Composer
movieHarbor Rats
1957
Original Music Composer
movieWho's the Real Killer
1957
Original Music Composer
movieJigoku bana
1957
Original Music Composer
movieHateful Things
1957
Original Music Composer
movieYagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957
Original Music Composer
movieAn Osaka Story
1957
Original Music Composer
movieRodan
1956
Original Music Composer
movieActress
1956
Original Music Composer
movieSound in the Mist
1956
Original Music Composer
movieKojinbutu no fufu
1956
Original Music Composer
movieSeishun no oto
1956
Original Music Composer
movieWill-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Original Music Composer
movieRyûri no kishi
1956
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Original Music Composer
movieDarkness at Noon
1956
Original Music Composer
movieLove is Lost
1956
Original Music Composer
movieRainy Night Duel
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Burmese Harp
1956
Original Music Composer
moviePoliceman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Original Music Composer
movieBrooba
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Beauty and the Dragon
1955
Original Music Composer
Typhoon's Eye
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThree Faces
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wolves
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Maid's Kid
1955
Original Music Composer
movieWomen of Ginza
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Road to the Spring
1955
Original Music Composer
Life of Geisha
1955
Original Music Composer
movieWakai hito-tachi
1954
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla
1954
Original Music Composer
movieTurbid Youth
1954
Original Music Composer
movieJinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
1954
Original Music Composer
movieDitch
1954
Original Music Composer
movieCape Ashizuri
1954
Original Music Composer
A Samurai's Love
1954
Original Music Composer
movieSakuma Damu
1954
Original Music Composer
movieOnna no issho
1953
Original Music Composer
movieBefore Dawn
1953
Original Music Composer
movieHiroshima
1953
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cannery Boat
1953
Original Music Composer
movieWhite Fish
1953
Original Music Composer
movieAnatahan
1953
Original Music Composer
movieAijô ni tsuite
1953
Original Music Composer
movieYokubo
1953
Original Music Composer
movieMiniature
1953
Original Music Composer
movieMurahachibu
1953
Original Music Composer
movieReminiscence
1953
Original Music Composer
生れかわる客車
1953
Original Music Composer
movieSwift Current
1952
Original Music Composer
movieViolence
1952
Original Music Composer
movieChildren of Hiroshima
1952
Original Music Composer
movieShi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Original Music Composer
movieSisters of Nishijin
1952
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tale of Genji
1951
Original Music Composer
movieStolen Love
1951
Original Music Composer
movie限りなき情熱
1951
Original Music Composer
movieWho Will Judge Me?
1951
Original Music Composer
movieFreedom School
1951
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man Without a Nationality
1951
Original Music Composer
movieJudge of the Ashuras
1951
Original Music Composer
movieClothes of Deception
1951
Original Music Composer
movieBeyond Love and Hate
1951
Original Music Composer
movieLes Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Original Music Composer
movieLes Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Original Music Composer
Senka o koete
1950
Original Music Composer
movieCrazy Uproar
1950
Original Music Composer
movieListen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Original Music Composer
movieWhite Beast
1950
Original Music Composer
movieKumo no Machi
1950
Original Music Composer
movieHeat and Mud
1950
Original Music Composer
movieThe Motherland Far Far Away
1950
Original Music Composer
movieDevil's Gold
1950
Original Music Composer
movieOre wa yōjimbō
1950
Original Music Composer
movieKoi rōka
1949
Music
movieThe Rainbow Man
1949
Original Music Composer
movieJakoman and Tetsu
1949
Original Music Composer
Late Night Confession
1949
Original Music Composer
movieKirare no Senta
1949
Original Music Composer
movieThe Quiet Duel
1949
Original Music Composer
movieA Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Original Music Composer
movieKuro-uma no danshichi
1948
Original Music Composer
movieA Second Life
1948
Original Music Composer
Shachō to onna tenin
1948
Original Music Composer
movieInvitation to Happiness
1947
Original Music Composer
movieSnow Trail
1947
Original Music Composer
