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Akira Ifukube
Composer Akira Ifukube was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido. Largely self-taught, Ifukube sought to compose quintessentially Japanese classical music, for example by incorporating traditional folk melodies into orchestral pieces. Ifukube’s powerful, ethnically flavored compositions were strongly influenced by his interactions with the indigenous Ainu people when he lived in the town of Otofuke, Hokkaido. Famous for film scores including the classic Godzilla, he is also remembered as a music educator, and composed soundtracks for the scientific films of renowned snow crystal researcher Ukichiro Nakaya. Among his best-known pieces are Ritmica Ostinata and Sinfonia Tapkaara.
Akira Ifukube
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