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Brief description: Akira Ifukube's first known attempt at composition, scored for mezzo-soprano and piano. Believed lost for over eighty years, it received its first known public performance in July 2016 at the Tokyo College of Music.
May 31st, 1914. Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Date of death: February 8th, 2006. Tokyo, Japan. Composer Filmography. Biography. One of Toho's most famous composers, Akira Ifukube is well known for his numerous contributions to the Godzilla series; however, his portfolio of work spans far beyond, with his earliest score dating as far back as 1947.
Apr 27, 2017 · Akira Ifukube (b. 31 May 1914–d. 8 February 2006) was among the most prolific and popular Japanese composers of the 20th century. Ifukube’s life and music illustrate the progress of Japanese composers from the early Shōwa era in the 1930s to the advent of the 21st century.
Akira Ifukube. Composer: Godzilla. Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was the third son of a chief constable (his grandfather was a priest of Shin-to) and spent a majority of his childhood in areas with a mixed Japanese and Ainu population. Therefore, Ifukube was strongly influenced by their musical traditions and styles.
Apr 6, 2024 · Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira) was a Japanese musician who was born in 1914 and died in 2006. He is considered to be one of Japan's most revered classical composers. During World War II, Ifukube was asked to compose nationalistic themes for the islands liberated by Japan.
Feb 10, 2006 · TOKYO, Feb. 9 - Akira Ifukube, a former forestry officer who taught himself to be a prolific composer and wrote the score for the celebrated monster movie "Godzilla," died on Wednesday. He was...
May 10, 2024 · The following interview took place at Mr. Ifukube‘s house (in a garden-city district of Tokyo) during my concert tour with the “Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra” in January 1991 and January 1993. As a collector of antique samovars and tea pots/cups, Mr. Ifukube personally served us traditional Japanese green tea, which is a great honor for foreigners visiting Japan.
