Destroy All Monsters! : 50th Anniversary Edition (ADV, 2003)

Here's the ADV CD release of the soundtrack to Destroy All Monsters!, which was packaged with their "Special Edition" DVD of the flick from a few years back....

Track Listing:

1. Toho Mark (Main Title)

2. Title Credit

3. Monster Land

4. Moon Base I

5. Unusual Change in Monster Land

6. Moon Base II

7. Sy-3

8. Unmanned Underground Center

9. Kilaak Aliens, No. 1

10. Monster Land Escape

11. Unknown Metal

12. Discovery of the Monster Control

13. Radan Come Flying

14. Gigantic Monsters Attack Tokyo

15. Missile Operations to Protect a Capital

16. Ruins

17. Godzilla, Anguirus vs. Defense Squad

18. Radan's Pursuit

19. Kilaak Aliens, No. 2

20. Moon Base & Sy-3

21. Sy-3 Sally

22. Plunging Exploration Crew

23. Kilaak's Entity

24. Break the Remote Control

25. Monsters on the Earth Gather

26. Decisive Battle in Fuji I

27. Decisive Battle in Fuji II

28. Destruction of the Underground Dome

29. Fire Dragon Pursuit

30. Ending

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Godzilla- KIng of the Monsters (Wonderland Records, 1977)

My first exposure to this little audio treasure as a child was via a neighbor kid, who owned a copy of this vinyl, which I finally bought years later in my teens when his mother was having a yardsale. Interestingly enough, due to the fact that I didn't own a turntable that worked at the time, I never got to listen to it, and it's one of those curious things from my teens that disappeared during my divorce.

A company whose name escapes me at the moment re-released it on audio cassette as a quick cash-in on the 1998 Tri-Star movie...I purchased a copy then...and, I honestly believe I've never listened to that copy, either.

It wasn't until about three years ago, when I ran across yet another vinyl copy of it did I actually finally get the chance to listen to it again after about 20 years, and surprisingly it still holds up...

It's a fun slice of late 1970s children's audio...with what I believe to be Herb Trimpe artwork on the cover swiped from the first issue of the Marvel Comics Godzilla series from around the same period this album was produced....

Track Listing:

01 Godzilla Versus Amphibion
02 Godzilla Versus The Alien Invasion

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Godzilla: 50th Anniversary Edition (Music Composed By Akira Ifukube, 2004)

Godzilla is a great love of mine. His cinematic adventures brought me great joy as a child, and continue to do so to this day...

I've equated it with the type of love and admiration that one feels for professional wrestlers, especially those not old enough to understand the concept of "kayfabe" (the suspension of disbelief that exists within the fandom of the sport, i.e., it's not staged...it's real) that drew me to the Toho Titan as a kid.

Track Listing:

1. Godzilla Approaches (Sound Effects) (0:49)
2. Godzilla Main Title (1:31)
3. Ship Music/Sinking of Eikou-Maru (1:06)
4. Sinking of Bingou-Maru (0:23)
5. Anxieties on Ootojima Island (0:50)
6. Ootojima Temple Festival (1:21)
7. Stormy Ootojima Island (1:53)
8. Theme for Ootojima Island (0:34)
9. Japanese Army March I (0:42)
10. Horror of the Water Tank (0:42)
11. Godzilla Comes Ashore (1:52)
12. Godzilla’s Rampage (2:25)
13. Desperate Broadcast (1:12)
14. Godzilla Comes to Tokyo Bay (1:25)
15. Intercept Godzilla (1:27)
16. Tragic Sight of the Imperial Capital (2:18)
17. Oxygen Destroyer (3:11)
18. Prayer for Peace (2:48)
19. Japanese Army March II (0:21)
20. Godzilla at the Ocean Floor (6:20)
21. Ending (1:41)
22. Godzilla Leaving (Sound Effects) (1:04)

Bonus Tracks

23. Main Title (Film Version) (2:03)
24. First Landing (Film Version) (3:37)
25. Tokyo in Flames (Film Version) (2:17)
26. Last Assault (Film Version) (2:21)

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