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Title |
| Godzilla X Megaguirus:
The G Extermination Strategy (Perfect
Collection 6) |
| International Title |
| Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus |
| Music By:
Michiru
Oshima |
| Record Label:
Toho Music |
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| Running Time: 66:37 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: April 2010 |
CD Number: G-024 (Set) |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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The score
for the 2000 Godzilla movie marks Michiru
Oshima's first work on the character. Her early
start shows promise, with a lot of great themes that
make this an overall enjoyable experience. It's not
quite as polished as either her Godzilla
Against Mechagodzilla (2002) or Godzilla:
Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) scores, and does suffer
a bit from the smaller orchestra, but the film isn't
lacking when it comes to memorable themes which truly
mark this as a good soundtrack in the franchise.
Although presented better in her later soundtracks,
this score deserves credit for being the originator
of Oshima's Godzilla theme, which is probably the
most memorable theme attributed to the character that
was not composed by Akira
Ifukube. This new Godzilla theme is a powerful
one, conveying a sense of foreboding and really capturing
the size of the creature like no other that has been
used for the monster. Speaking of Ifukube, though,
there are two tracks from the maestro mixed into the
score. The two in question are "1954: Godzilla
Attacks Tokyo - Reconstruction", from Godzilla
vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), and "Godzilla
Lands in Odaiba", from Godzilla
vs. Destoroyah (1995). Outside of those, though,
the soundtrack is solely Oshima's and unlike Godzilla
2000: Millennium (1999), where the Ifukube
theme stole the show, they feel better balanced with
the excellent themes created for this film. The best
of these has to be "Godzilla × Megaguirus
II", which is a wonderfully energetic battle
theme. Really, though, the entire climax is filled
with great music. The rest of the score doesn't quite
reach that level, sadly, but still has some good themes
as well, such as "1966: Godzilla Attacks Tokai
- Government's Decision" and the "Main Title".
In terms of new content compared to previous releases,
there isn't much. The "Nichiei News" is
finally included here, along with two different outtakes
of that theme, while the disc also has an outtake
from the 1996 attack sequence. Otherwise the content
is unchanged, besides M3 and M21 being broken into
two tracks while the unused cues have also been moved
to the end of the disc. However, this assumes someone
has the "Plus" soundtrack (NCS-261)
that was released as part of the DVD set. In reality,
though, many probably missed out on that, in which
case this soundtrack offers those 23 new tracks as
well. As a side note, the edit of the first Ifukube
theme is different on here from how it appears on
the Victor release (VICL-60613).
It has been edited here with a shorter runtime, better
representing how it appears in the film, although
the version on the Victor release has a more gradual
fade to silence and sounds better overall, even if
its less true to the movie source.
Overall, this disc isn't very improved over the previous
release by Toho Music, but does offer the most complete
and, dare I say, likely perfect presentation of the
score that one can hope for. Oshima's music is, as
always, a treat here as well, and will always be regardless
of the release one might choose to pick for enjoying
this soundtrack.
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
- Nichiei News (M1)
- 1954: Godzilla Attacks Tokyo - Reconstruction
Composer: Akira Ifukube
- 1966: Godzilla Attacks Tokai - Government's
Decision (M2)
- 1996: Godzilla Attacks Osaka (M3T2 ·
First Half)
- Superior Officer Miyagawa's Demise (M3T2 ·
Second Half)
- Main Title (M4)
- Scout (M5)
- Special G Task Force (M6)
- Unfortunate Disaster (M7)
- G Confirmation I (M8)
- Test Preparation (M9)
- Black Hole Gun Engaged (M10)
- The Late Night Abnormality (M12)
- Dumping the Egg (M13)
- Identification Tag (M14)
- Cell Division (M15)
- Meganulon (M16)
- Kiriko and Jun (M18)
- G Confirmation II (M19)
- The Griffon Mobilizes (M20)
- Godzilla Surfaces (M21 · First Half)
- Transmitter Installed (M21 · Second Half)
- Dimension Tide (M22)
- Submerged Shibuya (M23)
- The Underwater Search in Shibuya - Godzilla
in the Trench (M24)
- Leading (M25)
- Flight of the Meganula (M26)
- Starting the Dimension Tide (M27)
- Godzilla × Meganula (M28)
- The Dimension Tide Fires (M29)
- Immortal Godzilla (M30)
- Larval Growth (M31)
- Megaguirus is Born (M32)
- Ultra-High Frequency (M33)
- The Ultimate Combat Form (M34)
- Godzilla to Tokyo (M35)
- Godzilla Lands in Odaiba
Composer: Akira Ifukube
- Godzilla × Megaguirus I (M36)
- The Effect of Ultra-High Frequency (M39)
- Godzilla × Megaguirus II (M40)
- Godzilla × Megaguirus III (M41)
- Godzilla × Megaguirus IV (M42)
- Program Restored - Conclusion (M43)
- The Falling Dimension Tide (M44)
- Kiriko's Decision - Lock On (M45)
- Dimension Tide × Godzilla (M46)
- A Moment of Victory (M47)
- End Credits (M48)
Bonus Tracks
- Nichiei News (M1)
- Nichiei News (M1 · Oshima Version)
- 1996: Godzilla Attacks Osaka (M3T1 ·
First Half)
- Superior Officer Miyagawa's Demise (M3T1 ·
Second Half)
- Space-Time Distortion (M11)
- Witness Meganula! (M17)
- Appearance! I (M38A)
- Appearance! II (M38B)
- Ending Material (M48A)
- Ending Material (M48B)
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