Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1914-05-31
Deathday: 2006-02-08 (91 years old)

Biography

Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer, best known for his works on the film scores of the Godzilla movies since 1954. Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube, also the origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood (from age of 9 to 12) in Otofuke near Obihiro, where was with a mixed population of Ainu and Japanese. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending secondary school in Sapporo city. Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, also cited the music of Manuel de Falla as a major influence.


Ifukube studied forestry at Hokkaido Imperial University in Sapporo and composed in his spare time, which prefigured a line of self-taught Japanese composers.


He taught at the Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly Tokyo Music School), during which period he composed his first film score for The End of the Silver Mountains, released in 1947. Over the next fifty years, he would compose more than 250 film scores, the high point of which was his 1954 music for Ishirō Honda's Toho movie, Godzilla.


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Filmography

all 211

Movies 211

Director 2

self 1

Original Music Composer
Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Movie
5.25
Music / Original Music Composer
Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla (2016)

Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8 (1974)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Space Amoeba

Space Amoeba (1970)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Devil's Temple

Devil's Temple (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Snow Woman

The Snow Woman (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Eleven Samurai

Eleven Samurai (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Daimajin

Daimajin (1966)

Movie
3.43
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi's Revenge

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)

Movie
5.13
Original Music Composer
Dogora

Dogora (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Atragon

Atragon (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Whale God

The Whale God (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Battle in Outer Space

Battle in Outer Space (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Varan

Varan (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Futari dake no hashi

Futari dake no hashi (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Mysterians

The Mysterians (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Rodan

Rodan (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Godzilla

Godzilla (1954)

Movie
5.66
Original Music Composer
Hiroshima

Hiroshima (1953)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Murahachibu

Murahachibu (1953)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Swift Current

Swift Current (1952)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Senka o koete

Senka o koete (1950)

Movie

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-05-31

Deathday
2006-02-08 (91 years old)

Birth Place
Kushiro, Japan

Relatives
Takashi Ifukube, Tohru Ifukube

Citizenships
Japan, Empire of Japan

Also Known As
伊福部昭, Akira Hukude, Ifukube Akira

Awards
Medal with Purple Ribbon, Junior Fourth Rank, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class

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