AKIRA IFUKUBE - Godzilla Soundtrack LP

Label: Doxy Cinematic

Limited edition of 500! One of the most important movie scores of all time, Akira Ifukube's Godzilla Soundtrack, ominous and dark, completed the apocalyptic on-screen monster action of the 1954 classic. Akira Ifukube’s mighty score to the legendary monster movie that started it all, ‘Godzilla’! Ifukube’s visionary music is super dark reflecting the horror of Ishiro Honda’s film.

In addition to the outstanding strings and/or brass arrangements, Ifukube is also responsible for Godzilla's formidable roar (resin-coated leather glove rubbed up and down a contrabass) and thunderous footsteps (kettle drums beat w/ a knotted rope), and the Japanese composer, who worked on nearly 300 film scores, certainly set a high standard for many sci-fi flicks to come.

The music is instrumental in painting a grim mood that runs along the length of the classic kaiju, check out "Prayer For Peace," "Godzilla Approaches (Sound Effects)," "Godzilla Main Title," and "Stormy Ootojima Island."