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|birthday        =May 29, 1928
|birthday        =May 29, [[1928]]
|birthplace      =Toro City, [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =Rumoi, [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
|first            =Santa to chidai no yama (1952)
|death            =December 5, [[1999]] (aged 71)
|notable          =Yojimbo (1961)
|deathplace      =[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|first            =''Santa and Chiyonoyama'' (1952)
|notable          =''Yojimbo'' (1961)
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'''Masaru Sato''' {{Nihongo|佐藤 勝|Satō Masaru}} was a [[Japan]]ese musical composer, born in Toro City, Hokkaidō on May 29, 1928. His film scores usually appeared in films directed by [[wikipedia:Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa]], films casting [[wikipedia:Yujiro Ishihara|Yujiro Ishihara]], and several [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] films. Sato passed away on December 5, 1999.
'''Masaru Sato''' {{Nihongo|佐藤 勝|Satō Masaru}}, also romanized '''Masaru Satoh''', was a [[Japan]]ese [[:Category:Composers|composer]]. Considered one of the world's premier film composers in his time, Sato scored over 300 films,<ref name="Ryfle1">{{cite book|title=[[Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"]]|first=Steve|last=Ryfle|author-link=Steve Ryfle|date=1998|publisher=ECW Press|page=75}}</ref> including frequent collaborations with directors [[wikipedia:Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa]]<ref name="Kalat">{{cite book|title=[[A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series]]|first=David|last=Kalat|date=1997|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers|page=3}}</ref> and [[Jun Fukuda]].<ref name="Ryfle1"/> He was the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' series' second-ever composer after [[Akira Ifukube]], scoring four of the [[:Category:Godzilla Films|franchise's films]] as well as a handful of [[Toho]]'s other [[tokusatsu]] productions. Sato passed away at age 71 on December 5, [[1999]].
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==Kaiju Scores==
==Selected filmography==
===Composer===
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[The H-Man|H-Man]]'' (1958)
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) ["Godzilla and Minilla" from ''Son of Godzilla'', "Mechagodzilla vs. Anguirus" from ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'']
*''The Blue Stigma'' (1978)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004) ["Godzilla and Minilla" from ''Son of Godzilla'', "Mechagodzilla vs. Anguirus" from ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''; uncredited]
==Trivia==
*An unrelated Sato, [[Naoki Sato]], would later compose the soundtrack to [[2023]]'s ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]''.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/sato.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1994)]  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201018001000/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/sato.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1994; archived)]
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Masaru Sato
Masaru Sato
Born May 29, 1928
Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan
Died December 5, 1999 (aged 71)
Tokyo, Japan
First work Santa and Chiyonoyama (1952)
Notable work Yojimbo (1961)
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Masaru Sato (佐藤 勝,   Satō Masaru), also romanized Masaru Satoh, was a Japanese composer. Considered one of the world's premier film composers in his time, Sato scored over 300 films,[1] including frequent collaborations with directors Akira Kurosawa[2] and Jun Fukuda.[1] He was the Godzilla series' second-ever composer after Akira Ifukube, scoring four of the franchise's films as well as a handful of Toho's other tokusatsu productions. Sato passed away at age 71 on December 5, 1999.

Selected filmography

Composer

Trivia

External links

References

This is a list of references for Masaru Sato. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ryfle, Steve (1998). Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G". ECW Press. p. 75.
  2. Kalat, David (1997). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series. McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers. p. 3.

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