 |
Title |
| Mothra vs. Godzilla
(Perfect
Collection 1) |
| International Title |
| Mothra
vs. Godzilla |
Music
By:
Akira
Ifukube
Record Label: Toho Music
| Running
Time: 71:03 |
Discs:
1 |
| Release:
September 2004 |
CD
Number: G-004 (Set) |
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| Comments |
Akira
Ifukube's excellent score for the 1964 movie Mothra
vs. Godzilla, and also my favorite soundtrack from
this first box set. The score contains a lot of Ifukube's
more classic cues, while also updating the Godzilla theme
which, in terms of the Showa films, never sounded better;
furthermore, it's not surprising that when the soundtrack
for Godzilla
vs. Gigan (1972) was being created it was this
film's rendering of the theme that would get used. There
are a lot of stand out themes on this particular score,
though, as "Godzilla vs. the Tank Corps", "Infant
Island" and "Sacred Springs" are some other
outstanding selections from this disc. The soundtrack
also benefits from going for a more diverse approach to
its cues, avoiding Ifukube's habit of sometimes bogging
a score down with repetition as was seen in the movie's
sequel, Ghidorah,
the Three-Headed Monster (1964).
As for a comparison of this disc with the 1993 Toshiba
release, not a great deal has changed in terms of the
actual tracks, but there is still about 13 minutes of
new material here. Of this new music, the two cues "Attack
to the Dune" (this track title appears in English
in the book with this exact wording) and "The Invulnerable
Monster" will probably be the most interesting additions
for most. The history behind these two is that they coincide
with the beach raid against Godzilla using the Frontier
Missiles, a scene that was filmed specifically for use
in the US and other markets and never appeared in the
Japanese cut. This disc also comes with some outtakes
that were left off of the earlier disc, although they
had previously made their way onto Toshiba's Dogora
CD (TYCY-5503).
The disc then ends with karaoke versions of the songs,
along with a short track of just the isolated chants heard
in the movie that were done by Emi and Yumi Ito.
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| Tracks |
- Main Title (M1-T2)
- After the Storm (M2)
- The Giant Egg Drifts Ashore I (M3)
- The Giant Egg Drifts Ashore II (M4)
- The Little Beauty's Theme (M5-T2)
- Reflection of the Little Beauty (M6)
- The Giant Moth at Night (M7)
- Mothra Leaves (M8)
- Hamakaze Hotel (M9)
- The Dome is Activated (M10)
- Mysterious Radioactivity (M11)
- Godzilla Appears (M12)
- The Attack on the Industrial Complex (M13)
- Godzilla and Nagoya (M14)
- The Dome at Sunset (M15)
- Infant Island (M16)
- Evil Spirit Purification Ceremony (M17)
- Sacred Springs (PS-99 Mix)
By: Emi Ito and Yumi Ito
- Mothra's Song (PS-102)
By: Emi Ito and Yumi Ito, Composer:
Yuji Koseki
- Mothra's Journey (M18)
- Godzilla vs. the Tank Corps (M19)
- Godzilla Advances (M20)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla I (M21)
- Plan A: Electrical Discharge Strike (M22)
- Plan B: Electrical Discharge Strike (M23)
- Mahara Mothra (PS-19PBMIX)
By: Emi Ito and Yumi Ito
- The Birth of the Larval Mothra (M24)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla II (M25)
- Ending (M26)
Bonus Tracks
- Main Title (M1-T1)
- The Little Beauty's Theme (M5-T2)
- From a Distant Island (M5 Repeat)
- Attack to the Dune (Overseas Edition M1)
- The Invulnerable Monster (Overseas Edition M2)
- Sacred Springs (Karaoke 1) (PS-99 Karaoke T1)
- Sacred Springs (Karaoke 2) (PS-99 Karaoke T2)
- Infant Island Prayer (PS-19 Karaoke T1)
- Infant Island Prayer (PS-19 Karaoke T2)
- Mahara Mothra (DB11.PS-19RR)
By: Emi Ito and Yumi Ito
- Mahara Mothra (DB12.PS-19RR)
By: Emi Ito and Yumi Ito
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