Favorite Theme in the Heisei Series

[Giga Kaiju]

Damn, this is difficult but lets see:

1.- Godzilla Resurrection (Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah)
2.- Godzilla 1989/Biollante Theme (G Vs Bio)
3.- Return Of Godzilla Main Theme
4.- King Ghidorah Theme
5.- MechaGodzilla Theme
6.- Requiem (Destoroyah)
7.- Hong Kong Destruction (Destoroyah)
8.- Battra Theme
9.- Godzilla Farewell (ROG)
10.- Get King Ghidorah
11.- Super X II Theme
12.- Destruction Of Nuclear Plant (ROG)
13.- Godzillasaurus Appears
14.- Rodan Theme
15.- BioWars

[Legion1979]

Agreed. And on top of that, it's so vastly different from the piece it was adapted from (Mechani-Kong's theme) that it might as well be considered new anyway.

Wait, what?

[Inferno Rodan]

Agreed. And on top of that, it's so vastly different from the piece it was adapted from (Mechani-Kong's theme) that it might as well be considered new anyway.

Wait, what?

What what? Were you not aware of that?

[Living Corpse]

Bio-Wars is the rocking theme with the guys stealing G-Cells and shooting JSDF members right? Cause I love that tune.

[Legion1979]

Agreed. And on top of that, it's so vastly different from the piece it was adapted from (Mechani-Kong's theme) that it might as well be considered new anyway.

Wait, what?

What what? Were you not aware of that?

Kind of hard to be aware of something like that when the two themes sound nothing alike.

A asked my friend John DeSentis, a composer who knows Ifukube's works better than any other human being I know. This is what he had to say, "They share some musical DNA but no, it is not based on Mechanikong's theme. There is an unused track from '93 which layers the MG theme over top the chromatic figure that we hear during the Mechanikong theme so maybe that is where the confusion comes from. Either way I say no."

[Ethan]

That theme also serves as Baragon's theme, and the main title for Destroy all Monsters. Also, keep in mind it's a fairly menacing cue, whereas Mechagodzilla's theme is decidely heroic. So well, I can't see the connection either.

[Inferno Rodan]

Kind of hard to be aware of something like that when the two themes sound nothing alike.

A asked my friend John DeSentis, a composer who knows Ifukube's works better than any other human being I know. This is what he had to say, "They share some musical DNA but no, it is not based on Mechanikong's theme. There is an unused track from '93 which layers the MG theme over top the chromatic figure that we hear during the Mechanikong theme so maybe that is where the confusion comes from. Either way I say no."

Maybe it's not Mechani-Kong's theme I'm thinking of then. But it was a track in KKE.

And yes, I know of the unused track he's talking about.

[yaburu]

Requiem takes the cake for me, no contest.

Quick question: Didn't Godzilla Vs. Biollante and Godzilla Vs. Space Godzilla share some music with each other?

[Legion1979]

Well, they both use stock Ifukube tracks...

[Tyler]

Personally I don't think the Biollante score is that hot. It rips off John Williams and sounds like a video game.

[Giga Kaiju]

Some tracks of SPACEGODZILLA sound similar to the ones of BIOLLANTE like Requiem and Crystal.

[antovald20]

My favorite theme has to be, the opening of Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla 2.

[Space Hunter M]

Anyone else think Biollante has some of the worst music editing to ever grace a Godzilla film? When the action flares up, so does the music, but when we cut back to SDF's control room, the music abruptly ceases entirely then starts up again when we cut back to the action! It doesn't help that the dang score was composed in suites, so it's quite monotonous hearing the identical notes of Godzilla 1989 start up every time.

[Rody]

I've never been bothered by it, but then again I've only seen the film on VHS, so maybe I just don't notice it.

Regardless, the soundtrack itself is terrific.

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

Personally I don't think the Biollante score is that hot. It rips off John Williams and sounds like a video game.

No surprise really considering Sugiyama's work.

I have to, HAVE TO, go with Mechagodzilla's theme from Godzilla VS Mechagodzilla II. I can't even explain why, I just fell in love with it when I first watched the movie roughly 10-11 years ago. I'd go so far as to say it's my favorite piece Akira Ifukube ever composed.

[antovald20]

^It's because every time u hear it, u feel like godzilla has finally met his match. That's how i feel every time i hear it.

[The Dark Uniter]

My favorite has to be the one from Return of Godzilla, love that opening theme, to me, it helps create the dark mood throughout the whole entire film.

[TokyoVigilante]

The entire score of The Return of Godzilla is pretty much incredible. It's a shame that Reijiro Koroku was never asked to return for another film; his music gave that movie such a distinct and fresh texture over the Ifukube/Sato arrangements.

If we're talking about specific themes, I'd have to say the main title theme for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.

[EikoHarvey]

Godzilla related, "Requiem" for obvious reasons.
Gamera related, the theme of Gamera 3. That movie's badassery needs no introduction.

[Megaton17]

Mechagodzilla's theme, hands down