Mondo – Godzilla vs Mothra 2LP Eco Variant Vinyl Record
Details
Edition size: 2000
Mastered by Darren Page
Packaging details: 140g vinyl, numbered gatefold sleeve, screen-printed D side
Pressed at GZ
Rpm: 33 1/3
Vinyl weight: 140g
The Big G is back, but has Godzilla bitten off more than it can chew? 1992’s GODZILLA VS MOTHRA is a triple threat treasure, with Godzilla battling the legendary Mothra and its dark doppelganger Battra, unleashed by a meteorite and is intent on destroying Mothra and, subsequently, the world. Throw in a rogue archaeologist, his ex-wife, and a multinational company exploiting the minute Mothra Cosmos twins, and you have a thrilling kaiju adventure with a stunning score by the original Godzilla composer, the brilliant Akira Ifukube. GODZILLA VS MOTHRA is undoubtedly one of Ifukube’s most outstanding scores, bringing together the traditional booming brass and bass that accompanies Godzilla and Battra with a more ethereal sensibility for Mothra and her mission to save the Earth. Godzilla’s theme is stomping in the foreground, and Battra gets similar material with a gigantic doom-laden motif for his destructive power. But the “Sacred Springs” theme for Mothra is a match for any of them, with Ifukube using it in minor and major modes, with a gorgeous rendition with a female chorus at the climax of the score, illustrating once again that when it comes to the music of Godzilla, Akira Ifukube is the master. Charlie Brigden
TRACKLIST
Side 1
The Giant Meteorite Draws Near
Main Title
The Ruins of the Ayutthaya Dynasty
The Golden Statue of Buddha
The Temple Collapses
The Iceberg Disaster
Infant Island
The Suspension Bridge Falls
Midori’s Letter
The Mural in the Cave
Discovery of the Giant Egg
The Legend of the Cosmos
The Larval Battra Appears
The Giant Egg in Tow
Battra Attacks Nagoya
Battra vs. the Self-Defense Forces
Side 2
Godzilla Appears
The Larval Mothra’s Birth
The Hotel in Manila
Mothra Crosses the Sea
Mothra’s Landing
Mothra and the Cosmos
The Cocoon on the National Diet Building
Godzilla from the Fuji Volcano
The Appearance of Imago Mothra
Side 3
Imago Battra Emerges
Godzilla vs. the Self-Defense Forces
The Luminous Fairies
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Ocean Halo
Mothra Heads into Outer Space
Rolling Title – Ending
Side 4
Etched
