List of Complete Akira Ifukube Film Scores Released on CD

[Ostinato]

Our great member kaonashi gave me a great idea, after making a small list of full scores on CD. That post is right here. That thread inspired me to make a thread that lists complete (and near complete) film scores, composed by Akira Ifukube, that have been released on CD. This list is sorted by theatrical release. The studio that produced each film is also included in the list.


Here is the complete list of film scores composed by Akira Ifukube that have been released on CD, either as a stand-alone release or in compilations:

1950s
01. "Godzilla" (Toho, 11/03/1954)
02. "The Maid's Child" (Nikkatsu, 06/26/1955)*1
03. "Sakuma Dam Part Two: Transformation of the Great Tenryu" (Iwanami Films, 07/04/1955)
04. "National Forest Part One" (Pan-Agricultural and Forestry Film Association, 1955)*2
05. "Giant Monster of the Sky: Rodan", A.K.A. "Rodan" (Toho, 12/26/1956)
06. "Bastards of the Sea" (Nikkatsu, 08/20/1957)
07. "Earth Defense Force", A.K.A. "The Mysterians" (Toho, 12/28/1957)
08. "Giant Monster Varan", A.K.A. "Varan, the Unbelievable" (Toho, 10/14/1958)
09. "Tear Down Those Walls" (Nikkatsu, 06/23/1959)
10. "Birth of Japan" (Toho, 11/01/1959)
11. "Great Space War", A.K.A. "Battle in Outer Space" (Toho, 12/26/1959)

1960s
12. "Osaka Castle Story" (Toho, 01/03/1961)
13. "Whale God" (Daiei, 07/15/1962)
14. "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (Toho, 08/11/1962)
15. "The Naughty Prince's Orochi Slaying", A.K.A. "The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon" (Toei, 03/24/1963)
16. "Undersea Battleship", A.K.A "Atragon" (Toho, 12/22/1963)
17. "Teikoku Bank Incident: Prisoner on Death Row" (Nikkatsu, 04/12/1964)
18. "Mothra vs. Godzilla" (Toho, 04/29/1964)
19. "Giant Space Monster Dogora" (Toho, 08/11/1964)
20. "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster" (Toho, 12/20/1964)
21. "Japanese Archipelago", A.K.A. "A Chain of Islands" (Nikkatsu, 05/26/1965)
22. "Frankenstein vs. Baragon" (Toho, 08/08/1965)
23. "Great Monster War", A.K.A. "Invasion of Astro-Monster" (Toho, 12/19/1965)
24. "Zatoichi and the Chess Expert" (Daiei, 12/24/1965)
25. "Daimajin" (Daiei, 04/17/1966)
26. "Frankenstein's Monster's: Sanda vs. Gaira", A.K.A "War of the Gargantuas" (Toho, 07/31/1966)
27. "Daimajin Grows Angry", A.K.A. "Return of Daimajin" (Daiei, 08/13/1966)
28. "Daimajin's Counterattack", A.K.A. "Wrath of Daimajin" (Daiei, 12/10/1966)
29. "King Kong's Counterattack", A.K.A. "King Kong Escapes" (Toho, 07/22/1967)
30. "Charge of the Monsters", A.K.A "Destroy All Monsters" (Toho, 08/01/1968)
31. "Latitude Zero" (Toho, 07/26/1969)

1970s
32. "Mitsubishi Future Pavilion: Nature in Japan and the Japanese Dream" (Toho, 03/15/1970 - 11/13/1970)*3
33. "Space Amoeba" (Toho, 08/1/1970)
34. "Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan" (Toho, 03/12/1972)*4
35. "Wolf, Slay the Setting Sun", A.K.A. "The Last Samurai" (Shochiku, 09/21/1974)
36. "Mechagodzilla's Counterattack", A.K.A. "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (Toho, 03/15/1975)
37. "The Humpbacked Pony" (Seiji Fujishiro Shadow Puppet Play, 1953 & 08/?/1975)*5

1990s
38. "Dozoku no Ranjo" (Haneul Pictures, 10/12/1991)
39. "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" (Toho, 12/24/1991)
40. "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (Toho, 12/12/1992)
41. "Kushiro Marshland" (NHK, 1993)
42. "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" (Toho, 12/11/1993)
43. "Godzilla vs. Destroyah" (Toho, 12/09/1995)

*1 Overseas score, recorded on February 18, 1958. Domestic score is lost.
*2 Re-recording, original recordings are lost.
*3 Exhibit from Expo '70 in Osaka.
*4 Score assembled from past Toho film scores composed by Akira Ifukube.
*5 Shadow puppet play.
Ifukube did not compose film scores in the 1980s, and he retired at the end of 1995.


This list will be updated as more complete scores are released.
UPDATED: 12/06/2017.

[kaonashi]

Impressive list! Thanks

[Ostinato]

Sept 18, 2014 17:13:13 GMT -6 kaonashi said:

Impressive list! Thanks

You're welcome. By the way, I own every score on that list.

[kaonashi]

I found an album with 26 tracks from Shinran.

[Ostinato]

Dec 28, 2014 15:50:31 GMT -6 kaonashi said:

I found an album with 26 tracks from Shinran.

I have it. That is a weird album! The last few tracks aren't even composed by Ifukube! The cue numbers are also all wrong.

[Ostinato]

I have added the following films to the list:

"The Maid's Child" (Nikkatsu, 06/26/1955)
"National Forest Part One" (Pan-Agricultural and Forestry Film Association, 1955)
"Bastards of the Sea" (Nikkatsu, 08/20/1957)
"Tear Down Those Walls" (Nikkatsu, 06/23/1959)
"Teikoku Bank Incident: Prisoner on Death Row" (Nikkatsu, 04/12/1964)
"Japanese Archipelago" (Nikkatsu, 05/26/1965)