History AwesomeMusic / Godzilla

** The [[https://youtu.be/o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out. The score didn't depart the franchise after the first film either. The Heisei films in particular were fond of using the section between 1:10 and 1:55 as a tension builder during or before a big fight, to stirring effect, and it rarely feels old or out of place no matter how many times it is repeated in a single film. The score has been used in movies sixty-nine years and counting after the original film (as partially tracked [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4AyQDm8hP0 here]]), cementing its timeless status.

** The [[https://youtu.be/o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out. The score didn't depart the franchise after the first film either. The Heisei films in particular were fond of using the section between 1:10 and 1:55 as a tension builder during or before a big fight, to stirring effect, and it rarely feels old or out of place no matter how many times it is repeated in a single film. The score has been used in movies more than sixty years after the original film (as tracked [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4AyQDm8hP0 here]]), cementing its timeless status.

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** The [[https://youtu.be/o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out. The score didn't depart the franchise after the first film either. The Heisei films in particular were fond of using the section between 1:10 and 1:55 as a tension builder during or before a big fight, to stirring effect, and it rarely feels old or out of place no matter how many times it is repeated in a single film.

** The [[https://youtu.be/o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out. The score didn't depart the franchise after the first film either. The Heisi films in particular were fond of using the section between 1:10 and 1:55 as a tension builder during or before a big fight, to stirring effect, and it rarely feels old or out of place no matter how many times it is repeated in a single film.

* Masaru Sato, composer of ''Son of Godzilla'' and ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' (1974), came up with some classic, instantly recognizable themes as well.
** [[https://youtu.be/CX-ZGzVXohs The Appearance of Mechagodzilla's Theme]].
** [[https://youtu.be/HpgzOfbVhao Defeat/Attack/Get Mechagodzilla]].
** [[https://youtu.be/R5G69E6uoWA "Godzilla" vs. Anguirus]]!

** The [[https://youtu.be/o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out.

** There's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdT3qASyUI ending theme]] from ''[[Film/TerrorOfMechaGodzilla Terror Of Mechagodzilla.]]'' As a somber, yet hopeful piece, it ends off one of the darker Showa Godzilla movies, and closes the Showa era on a high note as well.

** There's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdT3qASyUI ending theme from Terror Of Mechagodzilla.]] As a somber, yet hopeful piece, it ends off one of the darker Showa Godzilla movies, and closes the Showa era on a high note as well.

* Music/AkiraIfukube was a '''god'''. And he didn't stop with music--he invented ''Godzilla's iconic roar'' as a bonus.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6qAIaqK3_Q original theme itself]] is still just as awesome today as it was when the movie came out.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreH7cnPOkk The "Monster Zero March"]], an epic remix of the "Frigate March" theme from the original movie.
** From the original movie: When you have a Godzilla theme that sounds like ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu712ULGS0w this]]'', then you know it's not the cheesy giant monster movie the later films became known for. It's a straight-up sci-fi/horror film with heavy emphasis on nightmare fuel and tragedy.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6qAIaqK3_Q The Godzilla March]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lmZRRqF6wA Mothra's Song]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-ZGzVXohs The Appearance of Mechagodzilla's Theme]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpgzOfbVhao Defeat/Attack/Get Mechagodzilla]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5G69E6uoWA "Godzilla" vs. Anguirus]]!

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyVD6YnQ-I Bio Wars.]]" Snippets of it played during [=BioMajor's=] escape scene leading up to [=SSS9=] taking them all out, and a couple evacuation scenes. It's kind of a Super Sentai theme, with insane lead guitar, and snippets of the classic Godzilla theme to boot.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SablNkX4zK8 The Super-X2 Theme]]" is quite similar to Superman's theme, but more heroic in its own unique way.

%%* From ''[=MechaGodzilla=] II'', a repost of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E16-a-fc63c Super Mechagodzilla's theme]].
* Watching Burning Godzilla rampage through Hong Kong to the chilling "The Godzilla March" remix called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdG-MkA3X8 Hong Kong Destruction]] will send shivers through you.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sv1HhaU_hI Determined to Protect the Future]] is particularly moving.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1LB1WhKeA Godzilla's Rage]] is an intense theme for when a pissed Godzilla assaults the military. It gets a bit somber when [[spoiler: Godzilla kills Mothra]], but gets right back to intense when [[spoiler: her dying energy revives Ghidorah as King Ghidorah]].
** The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0k2CBRVMKA A Salute to the Spirits of the War Dead]], truly captures the essence of the film and its message.
* For the Heisei era, it really can't get any more epic than [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yjOZmlbshU Godzilla's Requiem]]. Epic, and really gives the death of Godzilla the gravity fans pretty much demanded as soon as the posters and trailers hit with the WHAMLine "On December 24th, Godzilla ''DIES''".
%%* Back in the original movie, there was a "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAXOqSnpUCg Prayer for Peace]]".
%%* J. Peter Robinson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFD9ZEXHxBA rescore of the final battle]] in ''Godzilla 2000''.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6t3ARIr6Qw Dreaded God]], the main theme of ''Godzilla 2000'', is an amazing piece, which truly cements Godzilla's status as the destructive, yet imposing and sometimes misunderstood force of nature he is, and which also marks an awesome beginning for the Millenium era. The track is particularly good, with its vocals giving a sense of awe for the title character. One thing that is nice is that the American version of the film placed Godzilla's roar at the end of the track, making it sound even better.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akes6lbGjaY theatrical trailer]] for the American version makes good use of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-H5jGoags "Superbeast"]] by Music/RobZombie.

* From Shiro Sagisu, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whlvY2RGDuo main theme]] for ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' would do Akira Ifukube proud.
** And now a full version of the theme from the movie itself called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STE_ugj7s2M Persecution of the Masses.]]" The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMjgGafqnU slowed down version]] makes it [[NightmareFuel a lot scarier]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrXTS10h2WI Who Will Know (Tragedy)]], an ominous vocalization song that sounds like it belongs in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that was played in the second trailer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJebJIU2Dng Black Angel]], an epic theme in the movie's soundtrack that ''spells'' divine retribution.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fxNHPBnv8 Kyosaitai, Report, and Godzilla Restart]], which are ''very'' reminiscent of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Anno's previous work]].

* Yuji Koseki brought us the classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXrBfkE5-A Summoning Mothra]]. Nelson really should have known better than to let two kidnapped priestesses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard sing their traditional worship songs]].

* Isao Tomita's haunting score to the controversial 1974 disaster flick ''Film/PropheciesOfNostradamus'' adds a strange, dreamlike quality to what is otherwise an incredibly bleak film. For a sample, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKxBTyroYo0 here's the main theme.]]

* As controversial as the film is, David Arnold's score is praised by even those who don't like the film, starting with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKaAaaO_Xw main titles]], with a theme worthy of Godzilla himself.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1614DdeeFVA Moguera's theme music in Godzilla: Unleashed]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaes8E6Xe24 Godzilla vs. Heavy Metal.]]

* The gloriously creepy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OyWqoB82lE main theme]] to Luigi Cozzi's psychedelic FanEdit ''Film/{{Cozzilla}}'' makes an already scary monster ten times scarier. As a sidenote, the composer, Fabio Frizzi, would go on to remix the piece not once but ''twice'', first as the main theme to ''Film/Zombi2'' and later as the main theme to ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead''.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_UzTfz_Rw This tribute to Gigan.]]

* Yuji Koseki brought us the classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXrBfkE5-A Summoning Mothra]]. Nelson really [[WhatAnIdiot should have known better]] than to let two kidnapped priestesses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard sing their traditional worship songs]].

%%* Though it was never really featured in any Godzilla media, the Music/BlueOysterCult song from ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' can also qualify for this trope.

* Isao Tomita's haunting score to the controversial 1974 disaster flick ''Film/PropheciesOfNostradamus'' adds a strange, dreamlike quality to what is otherwise an incredibly bleak film. For a sample, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIsr7iKUZJM here's the main theme.]]

** From the original movie: When you have a Godzilla theme that sounds like ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl54mC8xdNI this]]'', then you know it's not the cheesy giant monster movie the later films became known for. It's a straight-up sci-fi/horror film with heavy emphasis on nightmare fuel and tragedy.

!The 2014 American film
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv6mcB9g5-4 The Opening Theme]] for ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}''. It really helps set the tone of the film and the sheer destruction that is about to unfold.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vEmJd7_oo0 Two Against One]]", part of which unveils [[spoiler:the atomic breath.]]

!Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
* Composer Bear [=McCreary=] really delivered with the soundtrack for ''King of the Monsters'':
** He honors Akira Ikufube through two tracks: first with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6FvFfVmngs Rebirth]]", which is a re-imagining of the original Godzilla theme (remembered more fondly for [[spoiler: Godzilla's re-emergence from the deep after Dr. Serizawa's last act of compassion towards him]]), and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0FeOrK6rk his take on the main Godzilla theme]]. Both feature harder-hitting orchestral melodies and additional Japanese Monk chants, making both as unique as they are for the Film/{{Monsterverse}}.
** His instrumental but instantly recognizable arrangement of Yuji Koseki's just as iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOX1Ivyz7k Mothra's Song]], even including the drumbeats from the original ''Mothra'' movie. And now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_cK9B8Yqk with vocals]] courtesy of Elise Locklove.
** Then, he does an [[https://youtu.be/lOO8Um_jmLI epic rendition]] of Music/BlueOysterCult's [[https://youtu.be/myqSETD5_bs Godzilla]] for the movie's End Credits, by adding the same orchestral feel as the main theme (complete with the same Japanese Monk chants), and [[Music/SystemOfADown Serj fuckin' Tankian]] on vocals.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sgqLhllHQI Dreaded God]], the main theme of ''Godzilla 2000'', is an amazing piece, which truly cements Godzilla's status as the destructive, yet imposing and sometimes misunderstood force of nature he is, and which also marks an awesome beginning for the Millenium era. The track is particularly good, with its vocals giving a sense of awe for the title character. One thing that is nice is that the American version of the film placed Godzilla's roar at the end of the track, making it sound even better.

** He honors Akira Ikufube through two tracks: first with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6FvFfVmngs Rebirth]]", which is a re-imagining of the original Godzilla theme (remembered more fondly for [[spoiler: Godzilla's re-emergence from the deep after Dr. Serizawa's last act of compassiontoeards him]]), and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0FeOrK6rk his take on the main Godzilla theme]]. Both feature harder-hitting orchestral melodies and additional Japanese Monk chants, making both as unique as they are for the Film/{{Monsterverse}}.