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Akira Ifukube
2006Feb, 8

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese classical and film music composer, best known for his works on the Godzilla franchise.

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