Akira Ifukube, 91, the composer who brought the giant movie lizard Godzilla to life with a trademark anthem and high-pitched roar, has died. He was 91. Ifukube died Wednesday of multiple organ failure ...

Akira Ifukube, best known in the West as the composer of the “Godzilla” theme, died Feb. 8 in Tokyo of multiple organ failure. He was 91. Born in Kushiro, Hokkaido — Japan’s northernmost main island — ...

Inoue Makoto’s delightfully simple description, spoken softly from behind his synthesizer, didn’t quite do justice to the strange beauty of what went down last Friday at Japan Society, when the ...