THE BIG, TITANIC COLLECTION OF GODZILLA MUSIC

Okay boys and girls, let us have an itsy bitsy winsy little chat about a little dinosaur called Godzilla.

And by a chat about Godzilla, I obviously mean the music for the franchise! This is Pirate Music HQ after all.

So, between 2004 and 2010 Toho released six gargantuan box sets containing fifty hours of music spread across 29 different films.

That’s right. Fifty. Hours. I will let that settle in your head before we continue.

But to be fair, let me be a little bit critical. I am still in the Shōwa Era right now, having just finished listening to "Godzilla’s Revenge"…and Akira Ifukube, bless his heart, is just on redial after "King Kong Vs. Godzilla". I am not exaggerating when I saw a good 40% of all he does is copying and pasting themes from his first two Godzilla flicks. Granted these are all GOOD cues, but after sixty listens to an essentially unedited theme I am getting sick of it.

Fortunately towards the end of the Shōwa Era we get some relief in the form of Mr. Masaru Sato, who does not use ANY of Ifukube’s themes whatsover (much to everyone’s relief). Now this could very well be nostalgia talking, as I watched the every living hell out of "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" when I was a kid, but Sato uses California Surfer Guitars in a very refreshing way. "A Sailboat, a Storm and a Monster" still manages to give me a certain sense of dread, and his chase theme is ridiculously good (even if it is at less than a minute).

Kunio Miyauchi’s work for "Godzilla’s Revenge" is just a big bore though, but the whole movie is a turd so we shouldn’t expect anything else.

Anyways, I split the release three ways, one for each of the Kaiju Eras: Shōwa (https://mega.co.nz/#!uc4nlIyR!HR0c4WJjQLevbbb5TWIyDGjPUeNBJC13980I6Hk LrjY), Heisei (https://mega.co.nz/#!TJokyaQb!X-MSny8m3jZohX_26ki-CDnVzOBW5ld2bx6tafg9MiQ), and then Millennium (https://mega.co.nz/#!XRoEEKBI!GNKp9GkbX8T6-ty2kVybzAoT5kIRMJFyoiCFZv8aZg4). That means you are going to get some very big downloads – all three together will be around nearly 6 GB. I felt that was a better option than having 39 different .rar (29 film soundtracks + Godzilla Unleashed + 9 Bonus Releases).

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Awesome!!!

Thank you very much 🙂

But to be fair, let me be a little bit critical. I am still in the Shōwa Era right now, having just finished listening to "Godzilla’s Revenge"…and Akira Ifukube, bless his heart, is just on redial after "King Kong Vs. Godzilla". I am not exaggerating when I saw a good 40% of all he does is copying and pasting themes from his first two Godzilla flicks. Granted these are all GOOD cues, but after sixty listens to an essentially unedited theme I am getting sick of it.

Fortunately towards the end of the Shōwa Era we get some relief in the form of Mr. Masaru Sato, who does not use ANY of Ifukube’s themes whatsover (much to everyone’s relief). Now this could very well be nostalgia talking, as I watched the every living hell out of "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" when I was a kid, but Sato uses California Surfer Guitars in a very refreshing way. "A Sailboat, a Storm and a Monster" still manages to give me a certain sense of dread, and his chase theme is ridiculously good (even if it is at less than a minute).

Kunio Miyauchi’s work for "Godzilla’s Revenge" is just a big bore though, but the whole movie is a turd so we shouldn’t expect anything else.

I’m going to have to disagree with this to a certain extent. Yes, Ifukube does reuse a lot of themes, but there are small nuances and additions. Godzilla’s theme in Mothra vs. Godzilla is a heavy variant of what it was in King Kong vs. Godzilla. In fact I would argue it improves on King Kong vs. Godzilla in every way. And while Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster is arguably the most redundant of the lot, it introduces Rodan’s theme (a modified version of of Varan’s theme, but since that movie was a flop…) and blends it well with Godzilla’s, though omitting the third section of the melody heard in King Kong vs. and Mothra vs.. Then of course is King Ghidorah’s magnificent melody, which rightfully dwarfs everything that’s come before.

Now, obviously Monster Zero continues the redundancy, but a prelude had been added to Godzilla’s theme. It’s not much, but it’s an interesting nuance that would carry over in future films. The Monster Zero March is nice even if it’s just a modified version of the army theme from the original film. There are pieces added.

I have no defense for Destroy All Monsters. Outside the main theme it really is a retread of Monster Zero and Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster. I also hate the fact that Rodan’s theme is played out of habit (following Godzilla’s) even though he’s not onscreen when we hear it.

Watch out for Godzilla vs. Gigan. It’s just stock Ifukube music from his past films, but I think Terror of MechaGodzilla will be a pleasant surprise for you. It brings back the Godzilla March not heard since the original movie, which is refreshing.

Any chance to get the covers in a bigger resolution? I mean, for those small ones.

Nope. That’s the best I got. Trust me when I say that when I say if I could do better I would.

Thx a lot, I know.

Thanks, Doublehex, for this post. Well done.

Thanks!

Very thankful for this upload. Been enjoying it for a few weeks now. Honestly though, with the exception of "Ebirah" and "Hedorah" my favorites by far are the Akira Ifukube OSTs. His style was so vivid, simple but with very memorable themes and melodies. I don’t mind the reuse and different orchestrations one bit, it’s a joy to have it all.

thanks

Very much appreciated. This is helping me get psyched for the new Godzilla movie!

This post is BIG like godzilla!!!!
Thank you

Im trying to download it, but it keeps failing for some reason.

Thank you so much.

I really enjoy the music from the last 2 eras. The Return of Godzilla or 1985 had a really great theme. My fav of all the them is the GMK Soundtrack. My favorite
movie and ending with a mix of Akira’s theme and the theme from GMK completed the movie nicely.

BTW, the new movie is really well done. The music is so-so but hopefully will grow on me with time.

Doublehex,
Many thanks for your massive effort!

Thank you very much, Doublehex. This is truly a massive effort! Unfortunately my downloads keeps failing. :/

Thank you for sharing…very much appreciated!

I’m going to have to disagree with this to a certain extent. Yes, Ifukube does reuse a lot of themes, but there are small nuances and additions. Godzilla’s theme in Mothra vs. Godzilla is a heavy variant of what it was in King Kong vs. Godzilla. In fact I would argue it improves on King Kong vs. Godzilla in every way. And while Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster is arguably the most redundant of the lot, it introduces Rodan’s theme (a modified version of of Varan’s theme, but since that movie was a flop…) and blends it well with Godzilla’s, though omitting the third section of the melody heard in King Kong vs. and Mothra vs.. Then of course is King Ghidorah’s magnificent melody, which rightfully dwarfs everything that’s come before.

Now, obviously Monster Zero continues the redundancy, but a prelude had been added to Godzilla’s theme. It’s not much, but it’s an interesting nuance that would carry over in future films. The Monster Zero March is nice even if it’s just a modified version of the army theme from the original film. There are pieces added.

I have no defense for Destroy All Monsters. Outside the main theme it really is a retread of Monster Zero and Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster. I also hate the fact that Rodan’s theme is played out of habit (following Godzilla’s) even though he’s not onscreen when we hear it.

Watch out for Godzilla vs. Gigan. It’s just stock Ifukube music from his past films, but I think Terror of MechaGodzilla will be a pleasant surprise for you. It brings back the Godzilla March not heard since the original movie, which is refreshing.

Actually, portions of the Great Monster War March comes from Ifukube’s "Kishi Mai" (1944). The march makes its first appearance in "Rhythmic Games for Children" (1949).

Great!

Thank you. This is awesome. May Godzilla look upon you as one of the greatest compliers of his/her music along with creator Akira Ifukube. Much appreciated.

can someone post the specific names of the six box sets

can someone post the specific names of the six box sets

Though it may feel like you’re browsing the web in 1998 again, this site (http://www.godzillamonstermusic.com/godzilla50th.htm) (direct link to 50th anniv. box set collection) is the ultimate Godzilla, Kaiju and Tokusatsu soundtrack reference source.

All the links are OK. Many Thanx

thank you