The trumpeting "Godzilla Theme" for this film completely undermines Manabe's score, which is actually quite good (his score for Toho's vampire trilogy is quite effective, IMHO). Manabe was not only one of Akira Ifukube's pupils, but he also provided the scores for two important post-war films directed by Nagisa Oshima, CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) and NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN (Nihon-no Yoru to Kiri), both 1960. If you'd like, David, I can burn a CD for you of the complete HEDORAH score.

As for "Give Back the Sun!" (Kaese! Taiyo-o!), the original title of "Save the Earth", Manabe wrote, composed and arranged the song (with Japanese lyrics by director Yoshimitsu Banno). For the US version, Adyran Russ sings over the absent vocal of karaoke track provided by Toho to AIP for the opening and club scenes. Other interludes in the last part of the film are different arrangements of Manabe's song, which must be the work of Hemric. Manabe is a member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and the song must be registered with them. Several of Manabe's works and scores are registered with ASCAP via JASRAC, including SMOG MONSTER: ASCAP ACE: MANABE RIICHIRO.

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