Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary Concert Vol. 5 (3SCD-0037) [WAV]

Description:

Beginning in 2014, an ongoing series of concerts of composer Akira Ifukube’s music were organized in honor of the composer’s 100th birthday. The first three concerts focused on Akira Ifukube’s film music career, featuring suites from the composer’s well known film scores, as well as obscure scores. These three concerts were all performed in 2014, with CD albums of the concerts released between 2014 and 2015. An additional ‘Best of’ album was released in 2016. It compiled the best suites from the three concerts, including a suite from the third concert that never made it on the third concert’s CD release.

Also in 2016, a fourth concert was organized and performed. A CD release of the concert was released on May 31, 2017 (Akira Ifukube’s 103rd birthday). It featured "Homage to Akira Ifukube", "Rhythmic Games for Children" (1949), Suite "Ivan and the Pony" (a suite assembled from the score to artist Seiji Fujishiro’s shadow puppet play "The Humpbacked Pony" (1953/1975)) and selections from the score to "Gauche the Cellist" (1953). The album is available in another thread.

On April 30, 2017, a fifth concert was performed. This is the CD release of the concert, which was released on May 24, 2018. It features suites from three documentaries ("PR Film" Suite), "Daimajin" (1966), "King Kong Escapes" (1967), "Destroy All Monsters" (1968) and "Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary" Suite, a collection of Ifukube’s music that was used in "Shin Godzilla" (2016). As for the "PR Film" Suite, I was only able to find information on "Vitamin B1". It’s full title roughly translates to "Advancing Vitamin B1". The film was produced by Nichiei Science Films and released on April 4, 1957.

Track List:

The track list on the files themselves are in English, translated by me. Included with this post are both the original Japanese and translated English track lists. A PDF document of the track list (Japanese and English translated) is provided with the link.

Track List (Japanese)

01.『PR 映画』組曲
Penicillin No. 12
Shell Oil No. 11
Vitamin B1 No. 11
Vitamin B1 No. 4
Vitamin B1 No. 3
Penicillin Top-title
Shell Oil No. 14

02.『大魔神』組曲
No. 1 メインタイトル
No. 4 脱出
魔神退散の踊り（P.S10A）
No. 12 神は小笹
No. 7 虐げられた民
No. 5 信夫の危機
No. 8 犠牲
No. 19 大魔神の猛威
No. 22 エンディング

03.『キングコングの逆襲』組曲
No. 1 メインタイトル
No. 3 メカニコング始動 1
No. 6C コングとスーザン 1
No. 20 KINGKONG ESCAPE2
No. 4 メカニコング始動 2
No. 28B 東京タワーの対決 2
No. 26 キングコングの勝利
No. 29 エンディング

04.『怪獣総進撃』組曲
No. 1 東宝マーク～メインタイトル
タイトルクレジット
No. 3 怪獣ランド
No. 12 怪獣操縦器発見
No. 23 リモコン破壊せよ
No. 24 地球怪獣集結（怪獣総進撃）
No. 7 SY-3
SY-3 出撃
No. 7 SY-3
ファイヤドラゴン追撃
No. 29 エンディング

05.『伊福部昭百年紀』組曲
ГОЗИРА Title（ゴジラの表記はキリル文字）
ГОЗИРА A A’Entr�（同上）
ゴジラ復活す（復元）
Mecha-G No. 13
宇宙大戦争（復元）
Dogola No. 16-A
ГОЗИРА」（1＆16 と記載あるが、斜線あり）
3Kaiju No. 1
Kaiju No. 1
G vs Mecha G No. 2

06.『伊福部昭百年紀』組曲より（アンコール）
07. 伊福部昭の主題によるHappy Birthday
08.『怪獣総進撃』組曲より（リハーサルテイク）
09.『伊福部昭百年紀』組曲より（リハーサルテイク）

Track List (English)

01. "PR Film" Suite
Penicillin No. 12
Shell Oil No. 11
Vitamin B1 No. 11
Vitamin B1 No. 4
Vitamin B1 No. 3
Penicillin Top-title
Shell Oil No. 14

02. "Daimajin" Suite
No. 1 Main Title
No. 4 Escape
Festival of the Sealed God (P.S10A)
No. 12 God is Kozasa
No. 7 Oppressed People
No. 5 Shinobu’s Fear
No. 8 Sacrifice
No. 19 Daimajin’s Fury
No. 22 Ending

03. "King Kong’s Counterattack" Suite
No. 1 Main Title
No. 3 Starting Mechani-Kong 1
No. 6C Kong and Susan 1
No. 20 KING KONG ESCAPE 2
No. 4 Starting Mechani-Kong 2
No. 28B Confrontation at Tokyo Tower 2
No. 26 King Kong’s Victory
No. 29 Ending

04. "Charge of the Monsters" Suite
No. 1 Toho Mark ~ Main Title
Title Credits
No. 3 Monster Land
No. 12 Discovery of the Monster Control
No. 23 Remote Control Destruction
No. 24 Gathering of the Earth Monsters (Charge of the Monsters)
No. 7 SY-3
SY-3 Sortie
No. 7 SY-3
Fire Dragon Pursuit
No. 29 Ending

05. "Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary" Suite
ГОЗИРА Title (Godzilla’s Notation in Cyrillic)
ГОЗИРА A A’Entr� (Same as Above)
Godzilla’s Resurrection (Restoration)
Mecha-G No. 13
Great Space War (Restoration)
Dogola No. 16-A
ГОЗИРА (Although Described as 1 & 16, They Have Been Slashed)
3 Kaiju No. 1
Kaiju No. 1
G vs Mecha G No. 2

06. From "Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary" Suite (Encore)
07. Happy Birthday on Themes by Akira Ifukube
08. From "Charge of the Monsters" Suite (Rehearsal Take)
09. From "Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary" Suite (Rehearsal Take)

NOTE: Confrontation at Tokyo Tower 2 from the "King Kong’s Counterattack" Suite should actually be notated as No. 25B, rather than No. 28B.

Scans:

I do not have a scanner, so I’m unable to make scans of the album. My apologies.

Links:

This was ripped using my copy of the album. The rips are WAV only, and the file size is 738.5 MB.

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Final Remarks:

I hope that you will enjoy this album. If you encounter any issues, please let me know. Enjoy!

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Thank you for the link, a lot of great music on this one!
You’re welcome! I agree! The "PR Film" Suite is my favorite from the album. It’s a shame that it’s so short.

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You’re welcome! I agree! The "PR Film" Suite is my favorite from the album. It’s a shame that it’s so short.

It’s interesting to hear just how much he influenced contemporary late 20th century composers. There’s a section in that suite starting at about 4:20 that is identical to a short melodramatic touch in cheek cue towards the end of ‘Batman Returns’ where the Penguin is being dragged into the water by all the little penguins.

Most surprising is how young he was when he composed the music for the ‘National Forestry’ trilogy and that he started composing exclusively only because he couldn’t continue as a forest ranger due to an injury.

It’s interesting to hear just how much he influenced contemporary late 20th century composers. There’s a section in that suite starting at about 4:20 that is identical to a short melodramatic touch in cheek cue towards the end of ‘Batman Returns’ where the Penguin is being dragged into the water by all the little penguins.

Most surprising is how young he was when he composed the music for the ‘National Forestry’ trilogy and that he started composing exclusively only because he couldn’t continue as a forest ranger due to an injury.

I never noticed that! I’ll keep my ears open when I next see the film.

Ifukube loved nature all his life, and it showed when he scored "Kushiro Marshland" in 1993. I actually read something somewhere where Ifukube stated that he loved scoring documentary films. He definitely scored a lot of them.

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Thank you so very much for the link, sir! I can’t wait to listen to Daimajin! Thank you!

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Could I please have a link? I’d love to hear the music from DAIMAJIN.

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Sorry for the delay, I was caught up in a few things. Anyway, the link has been sent.

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Listening to the 100th Anniversary Suite, I’ve just noticed that most of the pieces selected there are used in Shin Godzilla, which makes me wonder if Hideaki Anno was listening to it when choosing which pieces of Akira Ifukube’s scores to include. In fact, everything from the Godzilla Main Theme onwards is the exact order the pieces appear in the end credits sequence.

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Listening to the 100th Anniversary Suite, I’ve just noticed that most of the pieces selected there are used in Shin Godzilla, which makes me wonder if Hideaki Anno was listening to it when choosing which pieces of Akira Ifukube’s scores to include. In fact, everything from the Godzilla Main Theme onwards is the exact order the pieces appear in the end credits sequence.

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It wouldn’t have been possible for Anno to gain inspiration from this suite as the concert was performed in 2017. The 100th Anniversary is based on the Ifukube selections in "Shin Godzilla" though. In fact, that’s what was stated in the concert poster/flyer.

I am curious as to why the "100th Anniversary" is retained. This is also the case for the recently announced Vol.7 concert.

Yeah, it does seem a bit of an odd choice.

Only the first three concerts were actually performed during Ifukube’s centennial.