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Godzilla composer Akira Ifukube dies at 91
Feb 9, 2006, 12:34 GMT
Tokyo - The Godzilla theme composer Akira Ifukube died Wednesday night in Tokyo of multiple organ failure. He was 91.
Ifukube, best known for his music for Godzilla (1954), was self-taught in music composition and wrote screen music from the 1950s. His more than 300 works include Gembaku no ko (Children of Hiroshima) in 1952 and Daimajin series starting in 1966.
Born in Hokkaido, Ifukube graduated from Hokkaido University. He served as the president of the Tokyo College of Music between 1976 and 1987.
Ifukube received a Person of Cultural Merit, one of Japan's highest honours, in 2003.
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