Akira Ifukube
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 31, 1914
Day of Death: February 6, 2006 (92 years old)
Place of Birth: Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
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The War of the Gargantuas
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Daimajin
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Wrath of Daimajin
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Return of Giant Majin
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
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A Thousand Suspects
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
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The Betrayal
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
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Kojiki taishō
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Whirlwind
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Dogora
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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
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The Long Death
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The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
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New Tale of Zatoichi
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
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Zatoichi on the Road
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13 Assassins
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
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Bronze Magician
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Atragon
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
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The King
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The Tale of Zatoichi
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The Great Wall
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Chûshingura
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A Carpenter and Children
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The Whale God
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Her Hidden Past
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Varan the Unbelievable
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Onna no issho
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Aijô ni tsuite
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White Fish
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Murahachibu
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Anatahan
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The Cannery Boat
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Yokubo
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Before Dawn
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Hiroshima
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Miniature
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Devil's Gold
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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
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The Motherland Far Far Away
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White Beast
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
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The Rainbow-Colored Flower
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