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Akira Ifukube was a Japanese musician. |
'''Akira Ifukube''' was a Japanese musician. |
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If you've never heard of this man, but have heard of Godzilla, then you should be ashamed of yourself. Akira Ifukube was a Japanese musician who is best known today for creating both the roar and the music for the king of the monsters, Godzilla. Yes, he created the Big G's roar himself. Ifukube was born on May |
If you've never heard of this man, but have heard of Godzilla, then you should be ashamed of yourself. Akira Ifukube was a Japanese musician who is best known today for creating both the roar and the music for the king of the monsters, Godzilla. Yes, he created the Big G's roar himself. Ifukube was born on May 31, in 1914, in Kushiro, Japan. Ifukube's interest in music started at a young age when he found an abandoned violin in a barbershop. Because his father refused to pay for him to have formal lessons for playing the violin, Ifukube taught himself how to play the instrument. During his time of self teaching, Ifukube encountered a recording by the Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler, which also included music by Dvorak, Cui, and Tchaikovsky. Hearing this recording greatly moved Ifukube and led him to personally learn the pieces by ear. |
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On July 7, 1940, Ifukube personally conducted the premiere public performance of his first ballet, ''Etenraku''. In the early days of WWII, Ifukube wrote many nationalist pieces such as ''Symphony Concertante'' (1941), and ''Ballata Sinfonica'' (1943). ''Ballata Sinfonica'' was dedicated to his late brother, Isao Ifukube. Ifukube was also commissioned to write martial music pieces such as ''Kishi Mai'' (1943) and ''Prelude du soldat'' (1944). Something that many may find interesting is that while Ifukube was resting in a hospital due to radiation exposure, caused by extensive use of X-Rays while examining a captured British war plane (he was chosen to examine the plane because of his scopic studies of wood during his university days) ''without a protective suit'', he heard Kishi Mai play on the radio when General Douglas [[Mac Arthur]] arrived at Atsugi air base to formalize the Japanese surrender. Ifukube was embittered by the war and his radiation sickness, and refused to compose music again, until he heard a performance of his ''Ballata Sinfonica'' being played over a radio. He was inspired to return to composing music afterwards. |
On July 7, 1940, Ifukube personally conducted the premiere public performance of his first ballet, ''Etenraku''. In the early days of WWII, Ifukube wrote many nationalist pieces such as ''Symphony Concertante'' (1941), and ''Ballata Sinfonica'' (1943). ''Ballata Sinfonica'' was dedicated to his late brother, Isao Ifukube. Ifukube was also commissioned to write martial music pieces such as ''Kishi Mai'' (1943) and ''Prelude du soldat'' (1944). Something that many may find interesting is that while Ifukube was resting in a hospital due to radiation exposure, caused by extensive use of X-Rays while examining a captured British war plane (he was chosen to examine the plane because of his scopic studies of wood during his university days) ''without a protective suit'', he heard Kishi Mai play on the radio when General Douglas [[Mac Arthur]] arrived at Atsugi air base to formalize the Japanese surrender. Ifukube was embittered by the war and his radiation sickness, and refused to compose music again, until he heard a performance of his ''Ballata Sinfonica'' being played over a radio. He was inspired to return to composing music afterwards. |
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Tropes associated with this maestro are shown below. |
Tropes associated with this maestro are shown below. |
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The man was a god of music. Only Jerry Goldsmith is equal. |
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The man was a god of music. Only Jerry Goldsmith is equal. |
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* [[Cut and Paste Translation]]: His scores for ''Varan'' and ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' were almost entirely replaced with stock music from American B-movies. |
* [[Cut and Paste Translation]]: His scores for ''Varan'' and ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' were almost entirely replaced with stock music from American B-movies. |
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