Akira Ifukube passed away

「ゴジラ」作曲・東京音大元学長

“Godzilla” composer/former president of Tokyo College of Music

伊福部昭さん死去

Akira Ifukube passed away

土俗的なエネルギー満ちた作風を持ち味し、映画「ゴジラ」の音楽で有名な作曲家で、功労者、東京音楽大元長の伊福部昭(いふくべ・あきら)さんが8日、京都目黒区の病院で死去した。91歳だった。

On the 8th, Akira Ifukube, a composer famous for his music for the movie “Godzilla,” who has a style full of vernacular energy, and head of the Tokyo Music Academy, attended a concert in Meguro, Kyoto, on the 8th. He died at the hospital. He was 91 years old.

北海道釧路市生まれ。

Born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido.

旧制中学から独学で作曲を始め、北大農学部在学文化中に作った「日本狂詩学曲」が35年、パリで開かれた作曲コンクールで1べ位になるなど、若くして東国際的な注目を集めた。

He began composing by himself in junior high school under the old system, and while studying at Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Agriculture, he composed “Japanese Rhapsody,” which won first place in a composition competition held in Paris in 1935, attracting international attention at a young age.

幼いころからアイヌの歌や踊りに触れ、卒業後は北海道の林務官などを務めながら、リズムが躍動し土俗的なエネルギーに満ちた作風を確立。

He was exposed to Ainu songs and dances from an early age, and after graduating, while working as a forestry official in Hokkaido, he established a style with lively rhythms and full of vernacular energy.

「土俗的三連画」「交響|譚詩」などのオーケストラ曲、少数民族に題材を求めた声楽曲「ギリヤーク族の古き吟誦歌」などの力作を生み出した。

He produced masterpieces such as orchestral pieces such as “Vernacular Triptych” and “Symphonic Tan Poems,” and vocal pieces such as “Old Giriyak Chantries,” which sought themes from ethnic minorities.

戦後、東京音楽学校(現東京芸大音楽学部)や東京音楽大学で教え、芥川也寸志、黛敏郎、松村禎三ら多くの優秀な作曲家を育てた。

After the war, he taught at the Tokyo School of Music (currently the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts) and the Tokyo College of Music, where he nurtured many excellent composers, including Yasushi Akutagawa, Toshiro Mayuzumi, and Teizo Matsumura.

その一方で、「ビルマの竪琴」「釈迦」など300本を超す映画音楽を手掛け、映画音楽の名手とうたわれた。円谷英二特撮監督の東宝映画「ゴジラ」(54年)をはじめ、30本以上の怪獣映画の音楽を担当したことで、クラ

At the same time, he has composed over 300 film scores, including “Burmese Harp” and “Shakyamuni,” and has been “sung” as a master of film music.

At the same time, he composed over 300 film scores, including “Burmese Harp” and “Shakyamuni,” and was hailed as a master of film music. He has been in charge of the music for over 30 monster movies, including the Toho film Godzilla (1954) directed by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Source: イヴァン・スサーニン @furefure_sarina