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Today’s Doodle celebrates the 107th birthday of Japanese composer Akira Ifukube−a １prodigious talent in classical music and cinematic film scores widely known for his work on the original soundtrack for the “Godzilla” movies of the 1950s.

Akira Ifukube was born on this day in 1914 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, into a distinguished 2family lineage that traces its origins back to at least the 7th-century. A passionate listener of European musical scores as a teenager, he 3aspired to intertwine his deep-rooted national identity into original compositions, an idea further solidified after listening to Russian composer Stravinsky’s 1913 emotive orchestral piece 4“The Rite of Spring” at 14 years old.

1　驚くべき
2　家系
3　熱望する
4　「春の祭典」・・・ストラヴィンスキー作曲のバレエ音楽

In 1935, Akira left home to study 5forestry at Hokkaido University, where he wrote 6”Japanese Rhapsody,” his first original orchestral number. Following 7a brief stint as a forestry officer and lumber processor, he chose to pursue music composition full time. In 1947, he released the first of his more than 250 film scores that he produced over the next half-century. The height of his film score career came in 1954 when he wrote the soundtrack for “Godzilla,” whose 7signature roar he created by taking a resin-covered leather glove and dragging it against the loose string of a double bass.

Outside of his lifelong work as a composer, Akira served as president of the Tokyo College of Music starting in 1976 and published a 1,000-page book on theory entitled “Orchestration.” The Japanese government honored his lifetime achievements with both8 the Order of Culture and 9the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Happy birthday, Akira Ifukube!

5　林業
6　日本狂詩曲
7 テーマ曲
8　文化勲章
9　瑞宝章


今日は日本の作曲家、伊福部昭の生誕107周年を記念する日です。
「ゴジラのテーマ」の作曲者として知られています。

映画見たことなくても、この曲は聞いたことある人多いと思います。