Akira Ifukube - Space Amoeba [140 gram Eco vinyl]

Format: LP, 140 gram Eco vinyl
Catalogue No.: DW225B
Barcode: 0810041487247
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: Soundtrack

140 gram Eco vinyl. UV Blacklight activated cover

TRACKLIST:
Side 1
1. Main Title
2. Launching of the Helios
3. The Helios Heads into Outer Space
4. The Helios in Crisis
5. The return of the helios
6. The Appearance of Gezora
7. The Background Music Onboard
8. Strange Lights in the cave
9. Gezora Attacks
10. The Prayer of Selgio Island
11. Undersea Probe
12. Undersea Probe II
13. The helios Underwater
14. The Terror of Gezora
15. Gezora Comes ashore

Side 2
1. Gezora vs the Humans
2. Cosmic (or Space) Lifeforms
3. The Appearance of Ganime
4. Cosmic (or Space) Lifeforms Onboard
5. Obata and the Space Lifeform
6. Obata and the Space Lifeform II
7. The Wedding Ceremony
8. Remains of the Dead Bat(s)
9. The Appearance of Kameba
10. Obat’s Resistance
11. Ganime vs Kameba
12. Ending Space Amoeba

TOHO, the creators of GODZILLA, unleash SPACE AMOEBA aka Gezora-Ganime-Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû! A space probe is lost while on its way to the planet Jupiter but returns to Earth after being overtaken by a deadly and dastardly single-celled organism.

The organism then mutates into giant kaiju that mimic a cuttlefish, a stone crab, and a matamata turtle, and uses these destructive forms in their plan to take over the planet. The only thing that stands between humanity and the insidious invertebrates is a group of photographers doing recon for a tourism company!

Directing, of course, is the legendary Ishirō Honda (MOTHRA, RODAN) alongside producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, with the dreamy Akira Kubo (DESTROY ALL MONSTERS) as photographer Kudo. As with GODZILLA, Honda recruited the great Akira Ifukube to compose the thrilling score, and Ifukube brought his trademark innovation and dramatic grandeur.

The title theme is beautifully distinctive, mixing thick brass and low piano to match the destruction of the kaiju with higher horns and trumpet, providing a lighter contrast. Ifukube scores action and horror with his iconic lumbering colours but provides suspense with piano and otherworldly strings, with a unique slithering theme for the evil amoeba. Another Ifukube triumph! (Charlie Brigden)

Composed by Akira Ifukube
Artwork by Matt Taylor
Manufactured in Czech Republic