Akira Ifukube
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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.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
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Age 87 (now 91)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
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Age 50 (now 91)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
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Age 77 (now 91)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Music Supervisor
Age 79 (now 91)
Godzilla Fest 5: Great Monster Battle
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Age 110 (now 91)
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
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Age 94 (now 91)
Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
Original Music Composer
Age 92 (now 91) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
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Age 87 (now 91)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Music Supervisor
Age 79 (now 91) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Original Music Composer
Age 79 (now 91)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Original Music Composer
Age 77 (now 91)
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Original Music Composer
Age 71 (now 91)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
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Age 52 (now 91)
The War of the Gargantuas
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Age 52 (now 91)
Adventure in Kigan Castle
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Age 51 (now 91)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
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Age 51 (now 91)
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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Age 51 (now 91)
Invasion of Astro-Monster
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Age 51 (now 91)
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Original Music Composer
Age 51 (now 91)
Life of Matsu the Untamed
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Age 51 (now 91)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Original Music Composer
Age 50 (now 91)
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Original Music Composer
Age 50 (now 91)
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
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Age 48 (now 91)
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
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Age 48 (now 91)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
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Age 48 (now 91)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
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Age 45 (now 91)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
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Age 43 (now 91)
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Original Music Composer
Age 43 (now 91)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Original Music Composer
Age 42 (now 91)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Original Music Composer
Age 41 (now 91)
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Original Music Composer
Age 41 (now 91)
The Beauty and the Dragon
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Age 41 (now 91)
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
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Age 40 (now 91)
The Man Without a Nationality
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Age 36 (now 91)
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
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Age 36 (now 91) Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
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Age 36 (now 91)
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
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Age 36 (now 91)
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
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Age 36 (now 91)
The Motherland Far Far Away
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Age 35 (now 91)
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
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Age 34 (now 91)
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Also Known As
伊福部昭, Akira Hukude, Ifukube Akira
IMDB
nm0006136