Best Of Godzilla 2 (1984-95) / O.S.T.

Description

Godzilla, the beast that even a big-budget Hollywood stinkeroo couldn't kill, has been many things in his (her?) illustrious career: nuclear allegory, loving parent, neighborhood pest, property insurance exemption clause. But has-been? That's what many cynics were calling the Big Lizard by the late '70s. Resurrecting their cash, er, cow after a nine-year hiatus in the mid-'80s, Japan's Toho Studios wisely moved away from the tired stock footage, cheap effects, and kiddie-corn plot lines that had come to characterize the series, moving the final seven sagas back to the deadly-serious aesthetic of the original. Ironically, as Gojira's handlers got back to their cinematic roots, the films' music initially moved closer to the Hollywood mainstream, including healthy doses of heroic Korngold-esque romanticism and even screaming, diddly-squeak-school metal guitar. But after the more modern, if questionably effective efforts of Reijiroh Koroku and Kohichi Sugiyama (for Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante, respectively), Gojira music godfather Akira Ifukube returned to score four of the series' last five installments, truly bringing the saga full circle; the man who had musically brought the monster to life 41 years earlier was gratifyingly now allowed to write its moving Requiem. The annotation and illustration (which equals the high standards of its companion volume 1954-1975) are even more crucial here, as most of these "second cycle" films have seen but spotty distribution outside their native Japan.

Tracks

1. Godzilla Vs. Biollante: Bio Wars - Kohichi Sugiyama
2. Godzilla Vs. Biollante: Ending - Kohichi Sugiyama
3. Godzilla Vs. Biollante: Scramble March - Kohichi Sugiyama
4. Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah: Attack Of Super X III
5. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Attack Of Super X III - 3:00
6. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Ending Title
7. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Ending Title - 2:48
8. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Mesa Tank Super Freeze Attack
9. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Mesa Tank Super Freeze Attack - 1:54
10. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Requiem
11. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah: Requiem - 3:49
12. Godzilla vs. Destroyah: Monster Zero March - 3:04
13. Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah: Get King Ghidorah
14. Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah: King Ghidorah Attacks Fukuoka
15. Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah: Main Title/UFO Invasion
16. Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II: G-Force March #1
17. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II: G-Force March #1 - 2:50
18. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II: Main Title
19. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II: Main Title - 1:35
20. Godzilla Vs. Mothra: Mahara Mothra
21. Godzilla Vs. Mothra: Main Title
22. Godzilla Vs. Mothra: Mesa March
23. Godzilla Vs. Mothra: Rolling Title Ending
24. Godzilla vs. Mothra: Rolling Title Ending - 3:40
25. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Bass Island
26. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Bass Island - 1:21
27. Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla: Bass Island - Takayuki Hattori
28. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Crystal
29. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Crystal - 5:33
30. Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla: Crystal - Isao Shigetoh
31. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #2
32. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #2 - 1:28
33. Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #2 - Takayuki Hattori
34. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #3
35. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #3 - 2:37
36. Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla: Mogera Vs. Spacegodzilla #3 - Takayuki Hattori
37. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Prologue / Main Title
38. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla: Prologue / Main Title - 2:35
39. Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla: Prologue/Main Title - Takayuki Hattori
40. Monster Zero March - Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra
41. The Return Of Godzilla: Ending - Reijiroh Koroku
42. The Return Of Godzilla: Japanese Army March - Reijiroh Koroku
43. The Return Of Godzilla: Main Title - Reijiroh Koroku
44. The Return Of Godzilla: Take Shelter5/Godzilla Vs. Super X - Reijiroh Koroku

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