Akira Ifukube
Sound
Born May 31, 1914 in 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.
Filmography
Godzilla Fest 5: Great Monster Battle
Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
Fesu Gojira 3: Gaigan Raishū
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest
Shin Godzilla
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Himself
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Genius Party Beyond
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
Godzilla: Final Wars
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Dozoku no ranjo
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Sayonara Jupiter
Godzilla Fantasia
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
Love and Faith
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Godzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Sandakan No. 8
The Last Samurai
The Human Revolution
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Wolfman vs. Baragon
Will to Conquer
Space Amoeba
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Latitude Zero
Devil's Temple
Young Challengers
Destroy All Monsters
Kawachi fūten zoku
The Snow Woman
Zatoichi Challenged
Eleven Samurai
King Kong Escapes
Wrath of Daimajin
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
A Thousand Suspects
Return of Giant Majin
The War of the Gargantuas
The Betrayal
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Daimajin
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Life of Matsu the Untamed
A Chain of Islands
Zatoichi's Revenge
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Kojiki taishō
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Dogora
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Long Death
Whirlwind
Atragon
13 Assassins
Zatoichi on the Road
Bronze Magician
Zatoichi the Fugitive
King Kong vs. Godzilla
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
New Tale of Zatoichi
Varan the Unbelievable
The King
Chûshingura
The Great Wall
King Kong vs. Godzilla
The Whale God
A Carpenter and Children
The Tale of Zatoichi
Her Hidden Past
Different Sons
The Conspirator
Buddha
Miyamoto Musashi
Daredevil in the Castle
Lord Tadanao
Castle of Flames
Shinran, Part II
Scars of Honor
Shinran
Battle in Outer Space
The Three Treasures
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Break Down that Wall
Samurai Saga
The Woman and the Pirate
A Whistle in My Heart
The Big Boss
Varan
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Night Drum
The Precipice
A Bridge for Two Alone
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
The Mysterians
On This Earth
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Down Town
Roar and Earth
Harbor Rats
The Last Escape
Who's the Real Killer
Jigoku bana
Hateful Things
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
An Osaka Story
Rodan
Actress
Sound in the Mist
Kojinbutu no fufu
Seishun no oto
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Ryûri no kishi
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Darkness at Noon
Called to the Stand
Love is Lost
Rainy Night Duel
The Burmese Harp
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Brooba
The Beauty and the Dragon
Three Faces
The Wolves
The Maid's Kid
Women of Ginza
The Road to the Spring
Wakai hito-tachi
Godzilla
Turbid Youth
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
Ditch
Cape Ashizuri
Sakuma Damu
Onna no issho
Before Dawn
Hiroshima
The Cannery Boat
White Fish
Anatahan
Aijô ni tsuite
Yokubo
Miniature
Murahachibu
Reminiscence
Swift Current
Violence
Children of Hiroshima
Taki no Shiraito
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Sisters of Nishijin
The Tale of Genji
Stolen Love
限りなき情熱
Who Will Judge Me?
Freedom School
The Man Without a Nationality
Judge of the Ashuras
Clothes of Deception
Beyond Love and Hate
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Crazy Uproar
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
White Beast
Kumo no Machi
Heat and Mud
The Motherland Far Far Away
Devil's Gold
Ore wa yōjimbō
Koi rōka
The Rainbow Man
Jakoman and Tetsu
Kirare no Senta
The Quiet Duel
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kuro-uma no danshichi
A Second Life
Invitation to Happiness
Snow Trail