Search results
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster 's roar.
Akira Ifukube (1914-2006) was a pre-eminent Japanese composer. His large body of work includes such concert masterpieces as Japanese Rhapsody (1935), Ballata Sinfonica (1943) and Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954, revised 1979).
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.
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.
Akira Ifukube, 1928. The distinguished Ifukube family has ancient roots in western Japan, particularly in the former provinces of Inaba and Izumo. Known as Ifukibe in antiquity, the origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime.
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.
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.
