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Title |
| Godzilla vs. King
Ghidorah |
| International Title |
| Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah |
| Music By:
Akira Ifukube |
| Record Label:
Bandai Visual |
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| Running Time: 37:18/74:24 |
Discs: 2 |
| Release: December 1991 |
CD Number: BCCE-9001R/2R |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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Released
under their Emotion line, this two disc set from Bandai
is probably one of the few occasions where the single
CD release is actually preferable. For whatever reason,
this set only has a scant 37 minutes of music on it. It still features the same great Akira Ifukube score, but is missing enough great themes that searching out one of the other releases of the score is ultimately preferable, unless one is smitten by the inclusion of the "radio drama" tracks on the second disc.
In terms of the score, the soundtrack for the 1991 is classic Ifukube. He does, sometimes shamelessly, reuse themes for this film but the result is always enjoyable. The Godzilla theme makes its grand Heisei debut here, and has never sounded better up to this point. The composer also updates King Ghidorah's theme, mixing in the battle music from King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) to make a very energetic cue for the three-headed monster.
As for this release, it's a "Dolby Surround" version of the soundtrack... in stereo. For some reason the cover and other parts highly promote the surround aspect of the film, yet the actual CD and in small print on the back its denoted that this is actually stereo, making it kind of a fake out. The overall audio quality here though is good, while the disc has a couple of unique "suites" for the music. This includes:
"Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Main Title", "3-D Image", "Godzilla's Resurrection" and "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah". To make it clear, these tracks bridge together different themes and often to good result. It's nothing major, but is something to make this release stand out a little. The other major change is the inclusion of a "radio drama" of the movie
on the second disc. Essentially this is an abridged version
of the movie's audio (complete with music, sound effects
and dialogue). It's kind of a neat feature at first, and
interesting to hear how they re-edited it as events like
the jet attack on King Ghidorah are removed; however,
the "drama" doesn't stand up all that well to
repeated listenings, as one will undoubtedly find themselves
skipping to simply the fourth and sixth tracks while ignoring
the more dialogue heavy moments from the movie.
Overall,
most people would probably be better off looking to get
the single disc from Toshiba that features the movie's
complete score with a few outtakes. More avid collectors
might still find the two disc interesting, though, for the scant selection of "suites" and the radio dramas which aren't found elsewhere, including
the 4th box in Toho's "Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect
Collection" (GB4).
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
Disc 1
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Main Title
- Remembering Lagos Island
- Unidentified Flying Object
- The Photographs of a Dinosaur
- The Self-Defense Force Mobilizes
- 3-D Image
- Teleportation
- The Proposal From the Future
- MOTHER
- Dorats
- Lagos Island - 1944
- The Garrison Charges
- The Dinosaur Appears
- Parting with the Dinosaur
- Android M11
- The Bering Sea - 1992
- Godzilla's Resurrection
- Godzilla Lands in Hokkaido
- COMUNICATION
- Godzilla Advances on Sapporo
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- King Ghidorah Crashes
- Good-bye, My Homeland
- Godzilla Won't Die
Disc 2
- Drama - Track 1
- Drama - Track 2
- Drama - Track 3
- Drama - Track 4
- Drama - Track 5
- Drama - Track 6
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