小六禮次郎 / Return of Godzilla (LP)

於伊豆諸島沈睡多年，以原子力為食的巨大生物自岩漿中甦醒，於1984年公開上映的「ゴジラ」(Return of Godzilla)為俗稱昭和哥吉拉系列的第二作，也是系列中極具代表性的經典，配樂由作曲家小六禮次郎操刀， 以自由爵士與室內交響樂為吳爾羅先生構築出壯闊的步伐，同時也沒忘了人類掙扎的美，為自衛隊與對獸兵器Super-X譜寫的作品也十分令人興奮，怒濤與沈潛此消彼長，可聽性十足，結尾由歌舞組合The Star Sisters所演唱的曲子是寫給哥佬的告別情書，伴隨著牠堅挺的尻尾與夕陽一同沈入大海之中，之後再來玩哦。

（text by Spazz Society）

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Tracklist

A1 Main Title
A2 Victim
A3 The Mysterious Creature
A4 The True Identity of the Enormous Creature
A5 Hayashida Research Institute
A6 Maki and Naoko
A7 The Soviet Nuclear Submarine’s Crisis
A8 The Terror in the Ocean’s Depths
A9 The Ban is Lifted on the News
A10 Report 1
A11 Naoko’s Shorrow
A12 The Search for the Enemy Begins
A13 Godzilla Emerges at the Ihama Nuclear Power Plant
A14 The Destruction of the Nuclear Power Plant
A15 Report 2
A16 The Mt. Mihara Crater
A17 US-Soviet Special Envoys Arrive
A18 To the Prime Minister’s Relief
A19 Soviet Nuclear Satellite
A20 Emergency Evacuation Ordered
A21 The Self-Defense Forces go to Mt. Mihara
A22 Coast Lookout Preparations
B1 Godzilla Appears
B2 Balashevo
B3 Godzilla Devastates Yurakucho
B4 The Guidance Strategy Begins
B5 Deserted Streets
B6 The Life of the Town
B7 Godzilla and the Magnetic Substance
B8 The Super-X Mobilizes
B8 Nuclear Missile Launch
B9 The Missile Draws Near
B10 The Giant Beast Collapses
B11 Super High-Rise Rescue
B12 The Two who were Left Behind
B13 The Desire to Live
B14 Nuclear Resolution
B15 The Red Sky
B16 Thunder
B17 The Awakening of the Giant Beast 1
B18 The Awakening of the Giant Beast 2
B19 The Awakening of the Giant Beast 3
B20 The Awakening of the Giant Beast 4
B21 Godzilla vs. the Super-X
B22 The Terror of Godzilla
B23 The Crimson City
B24 Godzilla Heads to Oshima
B25 Godzilla Arrives at Oshima
B26 Godzilla Falls into Mt. Mihara
B27 “Godzilla” Ending

He’s back! After nine years away from the big screen, the Big G reappeared for his 30th anniversary in THE RETURN OF GODZILLA. Produced by Godzilla’s creator Tomoyuki Tanaka and directed by Koji Hashimoto, the picture returns the uber-kaiju to the ultimate antagonist he was always intended to be. Watch as he devastates Tokyo after being resurrected by an underwater volcano and thrill to the dramatic and explosive musical score by Reijiro Koroku!

Having previously worked with Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Koroku was the perfect choice to score the Big G’s triumphant return, creating no less than three themes for everybody’s favourite kaiju. Listen to the rumbling low-frequencies and powerful brass attacks as he ravages a power plant and fights the Japanese Self Defence Forces (JSDF) and swoon to the love theme for Maki and Naoko. Koroku also wrote exciting pieces for the JSDF and the Super-X, a particular machine designed to fight Godzilla. Still, it’s his respect and reverence for the Big G that makes THE RETURN OF GODZILLA such a success. The score ends with vocalists The Star Sisters lamenting Godzilla’s disappearance, cementing the place he has in our hearts. “Take care now, Godzilla, my old friend.”