Akira Ifukube Returns! It’s 1996 AD and Toho decide to freeze their Godzilla franchise, so what better way to go out with than a nuclear meltdown, which happens in GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH. Directed by Takao Okawara, the epic kaiju flick has Godzilla deadlier than ever before, with the absorption of uranium sending the temperature of his nuclear reactor heart soaring, which will ignite Earth’s atmosphere and kill everybody when it explodes. Oh, and there’s also another kaiju on the loose, the prehistoric mutation Destoroyah. It never rains but it pours!

Returning to score GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH was Akira Ifukube, the man who created the Big G’s sound in 1954. Fittingly, for his final film, he got to lay Godzilla to rest once again, but first brought back several of his older pieces for the mayhem, including the original Godzilla theme, with another repurposed for the amazing new Super-X3. Destoroyah also receives a terrifying theme with powerful brass, but even his strength isn’t enough for Godzilla’s awesome force. But with that comes the death of the Big G, and Ifukube composes a beautiful requiem for his final scene. The king is dead. Long live the king! (Charlie Brigden)

• Composed by Akira Ifukube
• Artwork by Wes Benscoter
• Pressed on 140 Gram recycled eco vinyl

01. Toho Mark
02. The Destruction of Birth Island
03. Main Title
04. Emiko Reminisces
05. Incident at the Underwater Tunnel
06. GodzillaOff the Coast of Taiwan
07. Earth Inferno
08. The Oxygen Destroyer
09. The Hole in the Flask
10. The Nightmare at the Aquarium
11. Discovery of the Microorganism
12. Godzilla Off the Coast of Okinawa
13. The Mysterious Life Form Emerges I
14. The Mysterious Life Form Emerges II
15. Yukari’s Crisis I
16. Yukari’s Crisis II
17. Godzilla Appears in the Bungo Channel
18. Super-X3
19. Super-X3 Preparation Sortie
20. Godzilla vs. Super-X3
21. Little One Was Alive
22. Meltdown
23. Self Defense Forces Attack Preparation
24. Junior and Miki
25. Junior vs. Destoroyah I
26. Junior vs. Destoroyah II
27. Godzilla and Junior
28. Super-X3 Takes Off
29. Junior is Captured
30. Junior on the Verge of Death
31. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah I
32. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah II
33. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah III
34. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah IV
35. The Death of Junior
36. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah V
37. Requiem
38. The Birth of The New Godzilla
39. Ending