Japanese golden age and tokusatsu

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Japanese golden age and tokusatsu · In the 1950s Japanese film drew worldwide attention. Fumio Hayasaka, Akira Kurosawa's regular composer, wrote a bolero modelled on Ravel for Rashōmon (1950) and mixed Japanese and Western sounds in Shichinin no samurai (1954). After his death in 1955, his pupil Masaru Sato took over the work for Kurosawa. For Yōjimbō (1961), Sato wrote a rough, almost comical theme. Akira Ifukube gave Gojira (1954) a heavy, repeated march motif. He also made the monster's roar, using a double bass. In this way tokusatsu, the Japanese special-effects film, acquired a musical voice of its own.

Listening

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  Godzilla Main Title (Godzilla 1954) · Akira Ifukube, 1954
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  Seven Samurai · Fumio Hayasaka, 1954
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  Titles · Masaru Sato, 1961

In School of Rock

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See also

• Romanticism
• Kabuki and shamisen
• Japanese New Wave and arthouse