Akira Ifukube
Godzilla vs Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Colored)
Release Date: 02/18/2023
Format: 2 X LP
Label: Mondo, Death Waltz Recording Co. - DW227
Release type: Eco Colored Double Vinyl LP Pressing
The Big G is back, but has Godzilla bitten off more than it can chew? 1992's GODZILLA VS MOTHRA is a triple threat treasure, with Godzilla battling the legendary Mothra and its dark doppelganger Battra, unleashed by a meteorite and is intent on destroying Mothra and, subsequently, the world. Throw in a rogue archaeologist, his ex-wife, and a multinational company exploiting the minute Mothra Cosmos twins, and you have a thrilling kaiju adventure with a stunning score by the original Godzilla composer, the brilliant Akira Ifukube. GODZILLA VS MOTHRA is undoubtedly one of Ifukube's most outstanding scores, bringing together the traditional booming brass and bass that accompanies Godzilla and Battra with a more ethereal sensibility for Mothra and her mission to save the Earth. Godzilla's theme is stomping in the foreground, and Battra gets similar material with a gigantic doom-laden motif for his destructive power. But the "Sacred Springs" theme for Mothra is a match for any of them, with Ifukube using it in minor and major modes, with a gorgeous rendition with a female chorus at the climax of the score, illustrating once again that when it comes to the music of Godzilla, Akira Ifukube is the master. Charlie Brigden
- The Giant Meteorite Draws Near
- Main Title
- The Ruins of the Ayutthaya Dynasty
- The Golden Statue of Buddha
- The Temple Collapses
- The Iceberg Disaster
- Infant Island
- The Suspension Bridge Falls
- Midori's Letter
- The Mural in the Cave
- Discovery of the Giant Egg
- The Legend of the Cosmos
- The Larval Battra Appears
- The Giant Egg in Tow
- Battra Attacks Nagoya
- Battra vs. the Self-Defense Forces
- Godzilla Appears
- The Larval Mothra's Birth
- The Hotel in Manila
- Mothra Crosses the Sea
- Mothra's Landing
- Mothra and the Cosmos
- The Cocoon on the National Diet Building
- Godzilla from the Fuji Volcano
- The Appearance of Imago Mothra
- Imago Battra Emerges
- Godzilla vs. the Self-Defense Forces
- The Luminous Fairies
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
- The Ocean Halo
- Mothra Heads into Outer Space
- Rolling Title – Ending
