[floatl][/floatl]BBC: Japanese Godzilla composer dies
Japanese musician Akira Ifukube, who composed the music to the Godzilla films, has died at the age of 91. He wrote the theme to the original 1954 Godzilla movie, known in Japan in Gojira, which was used in a number of films about the sci-fi creature. He received a Person of Cultural Merit award in 2003, considered one of Japan's highest honours...As well as being behind the Godzilla score, Ifukube also produced more than 300 musical pieces during his career...He worked as a forestry officer during World War II, and wrote classical music as a sideline...more...