Biography
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.
Sound 225
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Godzilla Fest 5: Great Monster Battle
Music
- 2023
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Music
- 2022
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
Music
Fesu Gojira 3: Gaigan Raishū
Music
- 2021
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Music
- 2020
Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest
Music
2010s
- 2016
2000s
- 2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Music
- 2008
Genius Party Beyond
Music
- 2007
Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
Original Music Composer
- 2004
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1995
- 1994
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Music, Music Supervisor
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
Dozoku no ranjo
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1986
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Original Music Composer
- 1984
Sayonara Jupiter
Original Music Composer
Godzilla Fantasia
Original Music Composer
1970s
- 1978
Love and Faith
Original Music Composer
- 1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Music
Monsters of the Lost Continent
Original Music Composer
- 1975
- 1974
Sandakan No. 8
Original Music Composer
The Last Samurai
Original Music Composer
- 1973
The Human Revolution
Original Music Composer
Katango's War
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Original Music Composer
- 1972
Wolfman vs. Baragon
Original Music Composer
- 1970
Will to Conquer
Original Music Composer
1960s
- 1969
Latitude Zero
Original Music Composer
Devil's Temple
Original Music Composer
- 1968
Young Challengers
Original Music Composer
- 1967
Zatoichi Challenged
Original Music Composer
Eleven Samurai
Original Music Composer
King Kong Escapes
Original Music Composer
- 1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Original Music Composer
A Thousand Suspects
Original Music Composer
The Betrayal
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Original Music Composer
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Original Music Composer
- 1965
A Chain of Islands
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi's Revenge
Original Music Composer
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Original Music Composer
- 1964
The Beggar General
Original Music Composer
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Original Music Composer
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Original Music Composer
The Woman Running Along the Shore
Original Music Composer
Dogora
Original Music Composer
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Original Music Composer
Whirlwind
Original Music Composer
- 1963
Zatoichi on the Road
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Original Music Composer
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Original Music Composer
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Original Music Composer
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
Original Music Composer
New Tale of Zatoichi
Original Music Composer
- 1962
The King
Original Music Composer
The Great Wall
Original Music Composer
The Whale God
Original Music Composer
The Tale of Zatoichi
Original Music Composer
Her Hidden Past
Original Music Composer
- 1961
Different Sons
Original Music Composer
The Conspirator
Original Music Composer
Buddha
Original Music Composer
Miyamoto Musashi
Original Music Composer
Daredevil in the Castle
Original Music Composer
- 1960
Lord Tadanao
Original Music Composer
Castle of Flames
Original Music Composer
Shinran, Part II
Original Music Composer
Scars of Honor
Original Music Composer
Shinran
Original Music Composer
1950s
- 1959
The Three Treasures
Original Music Composer
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Original Music Composer
Samurai Saga
Original Music Composer
A Whistle in My Heart
Original Music Composer
The Big Boss
Original Music Composer
- 1958
Varan
Original Music Composer
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Original Music Composer
The Precipice
Original Music Composer
A Bridge for Two Alone
Original Music Composer
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Original Music Composer
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Original Music Composer
- 1957
The Mysterians
Original Music Composer
On This Earth
Original Music Composer
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Original Music Composer
Downtown
Original Music Composer
Roar and Earth
Original Music Composer
Harbor Rats
Original Music Composer
The Last Escape
Original Music Composer
Blooms of Hell
Original Music Composer
Hateful Things
Original Music Composer
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Original Music Composer
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Original Music Composer
An Osaka Story
Original Music Composer
- 1956
Actress
Original Music Composer
Sound in the Mist
Original Music Composer
The Good-Natured Couple
Original Music Composer
Sound of Youth
Original Music Composer
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Original Music Composer
Darkness at Noon
Original Music Composer
Called to the Stand
Original Music Composer
Love is Lost
Original Music Composer
The Burmese Harp
Original Music Composer
Bara no kōdōkan
Original Music Composer
- 1955
Where Might is Right
Music
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Original Music Composer
Brooba
Original Music Composer
Kidnapper
Original Music Composer
The Beauty and the Dragon
Original Music Composer
The Three Faces
Original Music Composer
The Wolves
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Gang
Original Music Composer
The Road to the Spring
Original Music Composer
Driving Like Mad
Original Music Composer
- 1954
Haru no uzumaki
Original Music Composer
Wakai hito-tachi
Original Music Composer
Green Friends
Original Music Composer
Ditch
Original Music Composer
Sakuma Dam Part One
Original Music Composer
- 1953
Life of a Woman
Original Music Composer
Before the Dawn
Original Music Composer
White Fish
Original Music Composer
Desire
Original Music Composer
About Love
Original Music Composer
Miniature
Original Music Composer
Murahachibu
Original Music Composer
Reminiscence
Original Music Composer
- 1952
Swift Current
Original Music Composer
Zoku bakurō ichidai
Original Music Composer
Violence
Original Music Composer
Children of Hiroshima
Original Music Composer
The Madwoman in a Furisode
Original Music Composer
Taki no Shiraito
Original Music Composer
Escape from the City of Death
Original Music Composer
- 1951
The Tale of Genji
Original Music Composer
Stolen Love
Original Music Composer
Who Will Judge Me?
Original Music Composer
Freedom School
Original Music Composer
The Man Without a Nationality
Original Music Composer
Judge of the Ashuras
Original Music Composer
Clothes of Deception
Original Music Composer
Beyond Love and Hate
Original Music Composer
- 1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Original Music Composer
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Original Music Composer
The End of the War
Original Music Composer
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Original Music Composer
Crazy Uproar
Original Music Composer
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Original Music Composer
City of the Spider
Original Music Composer
Heat and Mud
Original Music Composer
The Motherland Far Far Away
Original Music Composer
Devil's Gold
Original Music Composer
1940s
- 1949
Koi rōka
Original Music Composer
The Rainbow Man
Original Music Composer
Jakoman and Tetsu
Original Music Composer
Scarface Senta
Original Music Composer
The Quiet Duel
Original Music Composer
Kenji to onnakanshu
Original Music Composer
- 1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Original Music Composer
Kuro-uma no danshichi
Original Music Composer
A Second Life
Original Music Composer
- 1947
Invitation to Happiness
Original Music Composer
Snow Trail
Original Music Composer
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1998
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Movie
Appearances1
2010s
- 2010
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Himself