CineSavant Column

Tuesday February 11, 2025

 

Hello!

Michael McQuarrie again saves the day. Someone uploaded a freaky Godzilla- related audio track that I almost need explained to me … a dance mix incorporating Toho monster signature roars.

We always loved the way Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and their brethren arrived on screen with the fade up of a logo, and a mighty roar. I likened the pattern to the way Disney and Warners began their cartoons with giant faces of the featured animated characters … at the cartoon matinees, even three-year-olds understood they were going to see Mickey Mouse or Porky Pig, and the cheering commenced.

Anyway, we found this track amusing … we think it’s called “Godzilla’s Coming to Town”:

 

Howl: The Grunts and Growls of Toho Monsters.
 


 

And a worthy blast from the past … from 2012, enjoy the A Capella grandeur of

 

Petra Haden’s Psycho.
 

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