Akira Ifukube
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-31 (92 years old)
Deathday
2006-02-06
Place of Birth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Also known As
伊福部昭
Akira Hukude
Ifukube Akira
Akira Ifukube
Biography
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer, best known for his works on the film scores of the Godzilla movies since 1954. Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube, also the origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood (from age of 9 to 12) in Otofuke near Obihiro, where was with a mixed population of Ainu and Japanese. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending seco...
Acting
2010
as Himself
Production
1964
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1991
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1992
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Music Director
1983
as Music Director
1969
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1991
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Music
2009
1951
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
2007
as Original Music Composer
1947
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Music Director
1961
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
2016
as Music
1961
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
2022
as Music
1957
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Music
1958
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
2024
as Music
1960
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
2016
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
2008
as Music
1960
as Original Music Composer
2023
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
2023
as Music
1966
as Original Music Composer
2007
as Music
1966
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
2004
as Music
1972
as Music
1956
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1994
as Music
1963
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1986
1949
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
2020
1999
as Music
1977
as Music
1963
as Music
1993
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Music
1962
as Music
1968
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1947
as Original Music Composer
1992
as Music Supervisor
1993
as Music Supervisor
1995
as Music Supervisor
1994
as Music Supervisor
1958
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
2000
as Music
1994
as Music
1965
as Music
2021
as Music
2022
as Music
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