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Title |
| King of the Monsters:
Godzilla (Perfect
Collection 4) |
| International Title |
| [Compilation] |
Music
By:
Various
Record Label: Toho Music
| Running
Time: 56:23/57:43 |
Discs:
2 |
| Release:
October 2006 |
CD
Number: Bonus Disc G-4 (Set) |
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| Comments |
After starting
out the "Perfect Collection" line with disappointing
bonus discs like the Godzilla compilation (GX-1),
the company does a full 180 degree turn around with the
excellent two disc bonus set found in the fourth box.
Instead of dealing with stuff that most soundtrack collectors
are likely familiar with, this disc features a number
of very rare, peculiar, and yet still very interesting
to have material. The beginning of the first disc, however,
is mostly stuff that people who have collected the various
song compilations on LP, or the Godzilla Song Book
(VPCD-81381),
are likely well versed in. For those who haven't, though,
then stuff like the "Go! Go! Godzilla" should
certainly make for an interesting "maiden listen"
on this bonus set.
Now if one is wondering why the cover of this disc, which
like other bonus CDs in the "Perfect Collection"
is a direct recreation of a previous LP cover, features
kaiju like Ganimes and Gezora, look no further than the
"Roars (50 Monster Roars)" track on this disc.
To explain, this is a radio drama created specifically
for the record which features two actors stumbling across
various monsters, several of them from outside the Godzilla
series, as their roars and other sound effects are heard.
Original music also accompany's this track, making it
a fairly nice, if not cheesy, addition. The climax of
this five minute piece features Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan
taking care of the other monsters, and then concludes
with the actors thanking the three kaiju. The other "radio
drama" on this disc is one called "Story",
although sadly this is hardly original as it's a heavily
abridged version of the movie Godzilla
vs. Hedorah (1971), which has been edited down
to a brisk running time of only 14 minutes. There is some
new dialogue, read by film actors Hiroyuki Kawase (who
played Ken Yano in the film) and Saburo Iketani (the news
reader from the movie), to add some additional narration
since so much of the movie is being skipped. So it should
still be of interest to some.
The second disc starts off with some more radio dramas,
this time part of a trilogy referred to as "Our Monster
Unit", each of which is 13-14 minutes long and was
released to its own LP in 1971 (the covers of all of these
are also located in the booklet of this CD). Personally,
since these were all aimed at children, I was very surprised
at how dialogue heavy they are. In fact, the monsters
hardly even show up at all during the course of each,
while there isn't much music to be heard either. Not surprisingly,
the last "chapter" is the most interesting of
the three, from an action standpoint. Suffice to say,
though, if one can't understand Japanese, these tracks
aren't really going to hold one's interest, although it
is neat to hear the new kaiju's roars.
Following the radio dramas, comes a nice selection
of Zone Fighter
(1973) songs and accompanying karaoke versions off
of older LP records. Also, unlike a lot of "singles",
all of this stuff was actually utilized in the show
at one point or another. Most of this stuff is done
by Masato Shimon, whom most will be familiar with
for his work on the Jet Jaguar song in Godzilla
vs. Megalon (1973), which also starts off
the first disc in the set. The other song here is
done by the lead actor in the TV series, Kazuya
Aoyama. As for the best track from this selection,
it's easily the karaoke version of "I am Garoga",
which is a great guitar heavy theme that was used
in the show to great effect and is one of my favorite
cues from the program. It was also one of the few
themes left off VAP's release of the score (VPCG-84210),
so suffice to say as I was pretty pleased to see it
included here. Now if only they would have brought
along the non-karaoke version too...
As a side note, this CD lacks a obi-strip (the piece
of paper that normally wraps around the outside of
the case). Consequently, Toho Music rectified this
by including one for this CD in the following Perfect
Collection, #5.
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| Tracks |
Disc 1
- Godzilla and Jet Jaguar Punch-Punch-Punch
By: Masato Shimon
- Defeat Gigan
By: Susumu Ishikawa, Composer:
Kunio Miyauchi
- Rock Rock Godzilla
By: Masato Shimon
- Defeat Megalon
By: Masato Shimon
- The Bride of Godzilla
By: Masato Shimon
- Go! Go! Godzilla
By: Susumu Ishikawa
- Godzilla March (No Chorus)
By: Susumu Ishikawa, Composer:
Kunio Miyauchi
- Story (Godzilla vs. Hedorah)
- Roars (50 Monster Roars)
Bonus Tracks
- Rock Rock Godzilla (Another Version)
By: Masato Shimon
- The Bride of Godzilla (Another Version)
By: Masato Shimon
- Godzilla March (Dialogue with no Sound Effects)
By: Susumu Ishikawa, Composer:
Kunio Miyauchi
- Defeat Gigan (No Chorus)
By: Susumu Ishikawa, Composer:
Kunio Miyauchi
- Intro: Defeat Megalon (No Dialogue)
By: Masato Shimon
Disc 2
- Our Monster Unit: T (Tadashi) Children's Volume
- Our Monster Unit: Underwater Monster Bullwara
- Our Monster Unit: Galaxy Monster Kirasuta
Zone
Fighter (1973) - Theme Song
and Single Collection
- Zone: The Human Meteor (TV Size)
- Zone's Fighting Spirit March (1 Chorus)
By: Masato Shimon
- Meteor Victory (One Chorus · 1st Lyric)
- Meteor Victory (One Chorus · 2nd Lyric)
- Meteor Victory (One Chorus · 3rd Lyric)
- Zone's Fighting Spirit March (1 Chorus)
By: Kazuya Aoyama
- Zone: The Human Meteor (TV Size · Karaoke)
- I am Garoga (Karaoke)
- Zone's Fighting Spirit March (Karaoke)
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