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.
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[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.
