VA - Akira Ifukube: Best Classics (2014)

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Title: Akira Ifukube: Best Classics
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Universal Music
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 1:17'38
Total Size: 419 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Akutugawa Yasushi - 'Ballad on the theme of Godzilla' (1:20)
02. Symphonic Fantasia No.1 (14:56)
03. Japanese Rhapsody - I. Nocturne (7:00)
04. Japanese Rhapsody - II. Fete (8:14)
05. Ballata sinfonica - I. Allegro capriccioso (7:44)
06. Ballata sinfonica - II. Andante rapsodico (7:38)
07. Triptyque Aborigene - I. Payses, 'Tempo di Jimkuu' (3:46)
08. Triptyque Aborigene - II. Timbe (2:46)
09. Triptyque Aborigene - III. Pakkai 'Chant d'Aino' (5:41)
10. Symphonic Fantasia No.4 'Godzilla vs King Ghidora' (16:49)
11. Toshiro Mayuzumi - 'Homage a A.I.' (1:46)

A collection dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the super popular Japanese composer Akira Ifukube (1914-2006), the author of soundtracks for Godzilla and other monster movies in his homeland. Based on folk motifs, his music is light and melodic, unhurried, like a trickle of water in a Japanese garden, and meditative, like admiring cherry blossoms. In addition to the music of the maestro himself, the disc features two tributes by contemporary Japanese composers on the most famous musical themes of Ifukube.