Brief Obit: Akira Ifukube
February 10th, 2006 by Andre Soares
Brief Obit: Music composer Akira Ifukube, 91, best known for his work on the cult horror classic Gozira / Godzilla (1954) and its myriad sequels, died of multiple organ failure on Feb. 8 at a Tokyo hospital. A graduate of Hokkaido University, Ifukube learned music composition on his own. Among his more than 250 film scores are those for Akira Kurosawa’s Shizukanaru ketto / A Silent Duel (1949), Kaneto Shindô’s Gembaku no ko / Children of Hiroshima (1952), and Kon Ichikawa’s Academy Award-nominated Biruma no Tategoto / The Harp of Burma (1956). In 2003, the composer was awarded one of Japan’s highest honors, the Person of Cultural Merit.
More information on Ifukube can be found here.
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