GODZILLA

DEATH WALTZ RECORDS Atomic Breath Deluxe Limited Edition of just 400

BRAND NEW and SEALED

Label: Death Waltz / Cat no: DW024DL / This edition released in 2014

For the first time ever on vinyl the full score to the legendary monster movie that started it all GODZILLA by AKIRA IFUKUBE

Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to unearth the legendary monster of our time and bringing him to vinyl in the shape of Akira Ifukube’s score to GODZILLA. Starkly different to the usual view of The Big G as the ultimate monster wrestler, Ifukube’s music is intense, dark, and reflects Ishiro Honda’s film as a pure horror film. While the score opens with the jaunty riff that would eventually become Godzilla’s Theme, the majority of the music alternates between pounding brass and mournful strings as we witness the death and destruction that comes in Godzilla’s wake.

Ifukube uses low string notes as a sinister motif to herald the arrival of the creature, and then turns up the brass to eleven, creating an atmosphere of pure apocalypse. More horrifying still are the piercing strings that score the oxygen destroyer, the device that would destroy Godzilla. Big laments are used as the characters question the use of the machine as a weapon of mass destruction, and it’s this remarkable human quality that infuses the score with its unique feel. Help us celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the greatest monster to walk the earth, and the powerhouse musical experience that is Akira Ifukube’s GODZILLA.

This is the DELUXE GATEFOLD EDITION - LIMITED TO 400 COPIES WORLDWIDE

180g Atomic Breath vinyl,  housed in a heavyweight tip-on, case-bound gatefold jacket printed on beautiful textured Galtex Prima card containing an exclusive full colour booklet with liner notes by Japanse cinema expert Jasper Sharpe & Film On Wax Editor Charlie Bridgen , with exclusive art by Cheung Chung Tat wrapped in an OBI strip.

Tracklisting
Side 1
    Godzilla Approaches
    Godzilla Main Title
    Medley/ Ship Music / Sinking Of Eikou – Maru
    Sinking Of Bingou Maru
    Anxieties On Ootojima Island
    Ootojima Temple Festival
    Stormy Ootojima Island
    Theme For Ootojima Island
    Japanese Army March I
    Horror Of The Water Tank
    Godzilla Comes Ashore

Side 2
    Godzilla’s Rampage
    Desperate Broadcast
    Godzilla Comes To Tokyo Bay
    Intercept Godzilla
    Tragic Sight Of The Imperial Capital
    Oxygen Destroyer
    Prayer For Peace
    Japanese Army March II
    Godzilla At The Ocean Floor
    Ending
    Secret Hidden Track

POSTAGE COSTS

UK - FREE 2nd class
or £8.45p for Royal Mail Next Day Special Delivery EUROPE - International Tracked and Signed For - £13
OUTSIDE EUROPE - International Tracked and Signed For -  £18

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