The noted Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola plays Akira Ifukube's FANTASIA FOR BAROQUE LUTE (1980) in a brand-new (and rare) performance. Be sure to check out all of Alberto's evocative performances on his YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=Exf6aQ…

In a recent interview with legendary director John Carpenter, famed actor Nicholas Cage names Akira Ifukube as one of his three favorite film composers. (The other two are Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone.) documentjournal.com/2022/11/nicola…

Remembering Akira Ifukube. 8 February 2023

May 31, 2023 marks the 109th birthday of the late Akira Ifukube. What Ifukube works will you be listening to today?

Yesterday, Monday, December 4, Godzilla Minus One was the number 1 movie at the US box office, beating The Hunger Games and Napoleon. What a delight to know that Akira Ifukube’s music is featured so widely in the top movie playing in the US!

#GodzillaMinusOne isn’t going anywhere! In fact, the film will be playing on EVEN MORE North American screens this coming weekend—increasing to over 2,500 locations in the US & Canada starting December 8. As long as people are attending, showtimes will continue. So get your

It's thrilling to hear Ifukube's original Godzilla music in #GodzillaMinusOne. It's an equal thrill to hear Godzilla's roar in this film, which is an updated version of a sound effect created by Ifukube and sound designer Ichiro Minawa for the '54 film--70 years ago!

RIP Satsuma-san.

Congratulations to GODZILLA.OFFICIAL for your Best Visual Effects Oscar nomination. A wonderful 70th birthday gift, indeed!

A museum devoted to Akira Ifukube will open in Tottori this summer. Tottori is the ancestral home of the Ifukube family. The museum will recreate his music room from his longtime home in Setagaya, Tokyo. www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/tottori/…

Congratulations to GODZILLA.OFFICIAL for winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. What a thrill that the moment was accompanied by Ifukube's iconic Godzilla Theme. Ifukube's music at the Academy Awards--what a special moment in film history.

They just played the #Godzilla theme during Ohtani’s at bat. 🐉 🔥#GodzillaXKong

Thank you, Bear McCreary 🐻🎶 !

Famed artist Yuji Kaida's new portrait of Akira Ifukube.

Happy 110th birthday to Akira Ifukube! Born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Ifukube is one of Japan's greatest composers of music for the concert hall and for films. What is your favorite musical work by Ifukube?

The great Gina Gershon is not only a Godzilla fan, but she considers Ifukube's music in Godzilla (1954) to be "one of the greatest scores of all time." See for yourself at timestamp 2:50--she even hums a few notes! Very cool! youtube.com/watch?v=Rz6_8c…

Ifukube and Godzilla come to Chicago Sept. 14! Sponsored by JASC, Akira Ifukube 110 features pianists Reiko Yamada and Patrick Godon performing famous Godzilla/kaiju themes at MusicInstituteOfChicago's Nichols Hall. More info at jaschicago.org

At the Akira Ifukube 110 concert on Sept. 14 at MusicInstituteOfChicago in Evanston, IL, Reiko Yamada will perform a new solo piano arrangement by John DeSentis of Ifukube's Prayer for Peace and Godzilla on the Ocean Floor from Godzilla '54. Be there! More details: jaschicago.org

Fans of Akira Ifukube and Godzilla music in Chicago--don't forget that you can hear your favorite kaiju tunes live and in person on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Nichols Concert Hall. Info below. Get your tickets soon!

Godzilla music fans in Chicago--don't forget the Akira Ifukube 110 concert happening on Sept. 14! Be there to hear your favorite kaiju tunes! The JASC will provide Japanese-style refreshments after the concert to all ticket purchasers. Oishii desu yo!