Music of the Toho scifi films

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The majority of the scores for the Toho scifi films were composed by Akira Ifukube. Here is a summary of the major themes and where they appear.

Contents 1 Godzilla March 2 Kaiju Daisenso March 3 Requiem 4 Battle theme

[edit] Godzilla March

First appeared in Gojira. A heavily string based piece.

[edit] Kaiju Daisenso March

First appeared in Gojira, then 1959's Battle In Outer Space, before being truly refined for Invasion of Astro Monster in 1965(during the scene where the A-Cycle Light Rays are used).

[edit] Requiem

This dark theme appeared in almost all Ifukube sci fi scores in one way or another.

[edit] Battle theme

First used in 1957's Earth Defence Force/The Mysterians. Returned in 1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah during the scene where M-11 gets into a gunfight with the Futurians.