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Voice of Gojira: Remembering Akira Ifukube
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-16-2006)
... wave" of Gojira/Godzilla films in the 1990s, Ifukube scored more than two hundred Japanese films, providing a broad arrangement of music for a diverse number of films. Best known outside Japan his music for Toho's monster films, Ifukube has in fact sc... U.S. GOJIRA DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sun 03-12-2006)
... original GOJIRA to theaters in 2004. Recently, the film was released on DVD in England and Australia, making U.S. fans even more impatient. On September 5, the wait will be over. Classic Media, the Sony-distributed independent that holds the current r... GOJIRA
by Brian Thomas (Thu 09-07-2006)
...the beast Gojira (pronounced "Godzilla" to Western ears, it translates as a combination of "gorilla" and "whale"). The chosen director, Ishiro Honda (who would go on to direct nine Godzilla films and many other Toho sci-fi pictures), was a close friend... 
GOJIRA (a.k.a. GODZILLA, 1954)
by Aaron Smith (Thu 06-07-2001)
... dubbing, GOJIRA still needs to be viewed in Honda’s original cut with subtitles to be truly appreciated. No other Godzilla film has ever been able to capture the original sadness/terror of Gojira, and it still remains the standard to which other kaij... The Best Monster Movie Music of the Millennium, Part 1
by Randall Larson (Sat 04-15-2000)
...arts. For GOJIRA (1954, known in the US as GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS), Akira Ifukube created a distinctive score, constructed of a semblance of bizarrely orchestrated and deep-toned reverberations linked with a trio of associated motifs. Ifukube’... Monstrous Movie Music is back
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)
... Ifukube (GOJIRA/GODZILLA) fashions a spellbinding orchestral score to chronicle this one-of-a-kind battle between two of filmdom's most beloved creatures. Remastered from Toho Studio vault sources, with bonus tracks and featuring exclusive liner notes... GODZILLAAAAA!!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 09-05-2006)
...re. (O) GOJIRA: The Original Masterpiece (Classic Media) 2-disc set includes the original 1954 version of GODZILLS, the 1956 American version GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS (both restored and remastered), commentraks, 16-page booklet and more. NEW RE... Godzilla con-troversy
by Brian Thomas (Fri 07-14-2006)
The controversy over Classic Media's upcoming DVD release GOJIRA: THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE MASTERPIECE heated up this past weekend at G-fest 13. Among the attractions at the annual convention this year was a screening of the surprisingly good (again) new en... GODZILLA 2000: Return of the King - Film Review
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 08-17-2000)
...lla film, Gojira/Godzilla, King of the Monsters, provided no explanation for the monster to attack major urban centers, it was because the explanation was in the metaphor, not the monster. Godzilla was a walking harbinger of Doom, of nature’s judgment ... JAPAN'S FAVORITE MON-STAR
by Dan Cziraky (Fri 07-21-2000)
...of 1954`s GOJIRA, the original movie to feature the radioactive dinosaur from the Sea of Japan. Late Japanese film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka took inspiration from the American film THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) and the true story of a Japanese tu... The Voice of Godzilla: The Movie Music of Akira Ifukube
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 09-30-2000)
There were two sounds emanating from Japan in 1954 which have had an indelible effect on science fiction ever since. One was the roar of Gojira—better known as Godzilla to American audiences. The other was the music that accompanied the majority of his e... King Kong versus Godzilla on CD
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)
For the first time ever on CD in North America, La-La Land records presents the original motion picture soundtrack to the classic 1962 Toho Studios monster thriller KING KONG VS. GODZILLA. Legendary composer Akira Ifukube (GOJIRA/GODZILLA) fashions a spel... 
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