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Akira Ifukube

Profession
Sound
Born
May 31, 1914 · Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Died
February 6, 2006

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.

Known for

Godzilla Minus One poster
Godzilla Minus One
Film · 2023 · ★ 7.6
Shin Godzilla poster
Shin Godzilla
Film · 2016 · ★ 7.3
Godzilla poster
Godzilla
Film · 1954 · ★ 7.6
Godzilla: Final Wars poster
Godzilla: Final Wars
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.1
Mothra vs. Godzilla poster
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Film · 1964 · ★ 7.0
King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Film · 1962 · ★ 6.9
Godzilla 2000: Millennium poster
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Film · 1999 · ★ 6.9
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah poster
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Film · 1995 · ★ 7.8
Destroy All Monsters poster
Destroy All Monsters
Film · 1968 · ★ 6.9
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster poster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Film · 1964 · ★ 7.0
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Film · 2001 · ★ 7.5
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! poster
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Film · 1956 · ★ 6.5

Filmography