Akira Ifukube--Master Works: Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (Part 2)

Continuing now with the second movement of Akira Ifukube's world famous Symphonic Fantasia, a three part symphony comprised of the composer's most popular film scores of the kaiju eiga ("monster movie") genre. Originally against the idea of turning his movie music into classical pieces because he didn't feel they could be appreciated outside of the films themselves, he eventually gave into popular demand and wrote the following piece, first performed in 1983.

The motifs that he uses in the second part of the second movement is as follows:

Varan's Theme from Varan, the Unbelievable
Mountain Scenery from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Escape Music ("Kong's Theme") from King Kong Escapes
Element X from King Kong Escapes
Army March from The War of the Gargantuas
Get Rodan! from Rodan
Army March from The War of the Gargantuas (continued)

As has become typical, I had to cut up this 15 minute song into two parts, as will have to be done with Fatasia No. 3.

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For more information on this piece please visit: http://www.akiraifukube.org/symphonic_fantasia.htm
And go to AkiraIfukube.org for more general infor on the composer's music.

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Disclaimer: I do not own anything heard here, and I cannot provide any of it. Thank you.

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[yaburu]

Epic, I love it!

[chopperpilot5]

thankies for posting.

[MrJoshy77]

This is pants jizzing!!!

[thebeastlord98]

@ghidagoji91 yeaah it is

[ghidagoji91]

Am i write in thinking the opening is Varan's theme?

[Ditkobeetle]

Nice. I always really liked the main titles for Varan

[tmattyman]

3:14 EPIC!!!!

[Gojira2012]

Long Live Akira Ikufube!!

[shiro80]

i love the JGSDF military march towards the end

[shiro80]

my youth and my joy!