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'''Masaru Sato''' (May 29, 1928 – December 5, 1999) was a [[Japan]]ese musical composer, born in Toro City, Hokkaidō. His film scores usually are used in films directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]], films casting Yujiro Ishihara, and several [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] films.
'''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]].
==Scores==
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*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Half Human]]''
===Composer===
*''[[H-Man (1958 film)|H-Man]]''
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958)
*''Submersion of Japan''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' ["MechaGodzilla vs. Anguirus"]
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
==External Links==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/sato.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1994)]  
*''The Blue Stigma'' (1978)
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*''[[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==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201018001000/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/sato.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1994; archived)]
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:07, 23 December 2023

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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