© 1999 Lawrence Tuczynski

Title Yog, Monster From Space
Japanese Title Gezora-Ganime-Kameba:
Kessen! Nankai no daikaijū
Movie also known as: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijū
Supesu Amiiba
Space Amoeba
CD Label Futureland / Toshiba EMI Japan
CD Number TYCY-5508
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Number of tracks 38
Running time 60:12
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture 1997
Movie Released in Japan 1970
Movie Released in U.S. 1971
DVD Released in U.S. Feb. 28, 2006
for a review of the DVD go to http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1874amoe.html

REVIEW

May 10, 2000

This CD is a nice mix of different tempos and the music here has very little repetition and not much in the way of recycled music. Track # 7 is a piano "calypso" style tune that sounds more like something Masaru Satoh would do rather than Akira Ifukube. Tracks # 10 and # 34 are jungle native tunes with # 10 having the vocal chanting while # 34 is instrumental and listed as the karaoke version. This sounds very similar to another jungle chant heard in another Toho film ("Mothra" or "King Kong vs. Godzilla"). The chanting on track # 10 is a little faster paced and higher pitched, like it's sung by children, than the way it sounds in the other film. A lot of the cues on this disc are very short and under one minute. Tracks # 29 through # 34 are alternate takes while tracks # 35, 36 & 37 are sound effects. The last track, # 38, is the audio to the film trailer.

Overall this was a very enjoyable disc and holds up pretty well as a stand-alone listening experience.

US Title: Yog, Monster from Space
Toho Monster Movies: Special Collection #11

Japanese Title: Toho Kaiju Eiga Senshu 11:Gezora Ganime Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaiju
Toho Kaiju Eiga Senshu 11

  1. Main Title
  2. Launching of the Helios
  3. The Helios Heads into Outer Space
  4. The Helios in Crisis
  5. Return of the Helios
  6. The Appearance of Gezora1
  7. Background Music on Board
  8. Strange Lights in the Cave
  9. Gezora Attacks
  10. The Prayer Of Selgio Island
  11. Undersea Probe I
  12. Undersea Probe II
  13. The Helios Underwater
  14. The Terror Of Gezora
  15. Gezora Comes Ashore
  16. Gezora vs. the Humans
  17. Cosmic (or Space) Lifeforms on the Move I
  18. The Appearance of Ganime
  19. Cosmic (or Space) Lifeforms on the Move II
  20. Obata and the Space Lifeform I
  21. Obata and the Space Lifeform II
  22. The Wedding Ceremony
  23. Remains of the Dead Bat(s)
  24. The Appearance of Kameba
  25. Obata's Resistance
  26. Ganime vs. Kameba
  27. The End Of The Cosmic Lifeform
  28. Ending

    29. Collection of Other Takes, etc.

  29. M1T1
  30. M10AT1
  31. M20T1
  32. M23T1
  33. M Drum(s)
  34. M10 Karaoke The Prayer Of Selgio Island

    35. Collection of Sound Effects

  35. Gezora's Cry
  36. Ganime's Cry
  37. Kameba's Cry
  38. "Yog, Monster from Space" Movie Trailer