Welcome to Wikizilla! — Please log in or sign up to contribute.

"Gamera March"

From Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
"Gamera March"
Performed by Daiei Children's Chorus
Composed by Kenjiro Hirose
Lyrics by Hidemasa Nagata
Heard in Gamera vs. Viras, Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, Gamera vs. Zigra, GAMERA -Rebirth-
Pencil-icon.gif Please help improve this article by contributing useful information or discussing ideas on its talk page.

The "Gamera March" (ガメラマーチ,   Gamera Māchi) is a theme song for Gamera introduced in Gamera vs. Viras and subsequently heard in Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, and Gamera vs. Zigra. It succeeded the "Song of Gamera" introduced in Gamera vs. Gyaos. The song was famously parodied in episode 312 of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. An instrumental version is used as the end credits song for the final episode of GAMERA -Rebirth-.

Lyrics

Japanese version

First verse

ガメラ! (Gamera!)
ガメラ! (Gamera!)
いかすぞガメラ! (Gamera is cool!)
いかすぞガメラ!(Gamera is cool!)
いかすぞガメラ! (Gamera is cool!)
日!月!火!水! (Sun! Moon! Fire! Water!)
日!月!火!水! (Sun! Moon! Fire! Water!)
日光遮る、悪魔の虹だ! (Demonic rainbow blocks sunlight!)
冷凍怪獣、来るなら来い! (Come and get it, ice kaiju!)
跳ねたぞ! 飛んだぞ! ゴーゴーゴー! (It jumped! It flew! Go! Go! Go!)
火炎噴射でやっつけろ! (Defeat it with the fire blast!)
いかすぞガメラ! (Gamera is cool!)
いかすぞガメラ!(Gamera is cool!)
いかすぞガメラ! (Gamera is cool!)

Second verse

ガメラ! (Gamera!)
ガメラ! (Gamera!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)
月!火!水!木! (Moon! Fire! Water! Wood!)
月!火!水!木! (Moon! Fire! Water! Wood!)
月光やぶる、殺人音波 (Killer sonic wave rips moonlight!)
マッハ怪獣、いつでも来い! (Come and get it at anytime, mach-flying kaiju!)
光った! よけたぞ! ゴーゴーゴー! (It glowed! It dodged! Go! Go! Go!)
くわえて離すな、ふきとばせ! (Bite and don't let it go, blow it away!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)
がんばれガメラ! (Go for it Gamera!)

Third verse

ガメラ! (Gamera!)
ガメラ! (Gamera!)
つよいぞガメラ! (Gamera is strong!)
つよいぞガメラ!(Gamera is strong!)
つよいぞガメラ! (Gamera is strong!)
火!水!木!金! (Fire! Water! Wood! Gold!)
火!水!木!金! (Fire! Water! Wood! Gold!)
火星か金星、どこかの星の (Either Mars or Venus, from a planet somewhere)
宇宙怪獣、何でも来い! (Come and get it, whoever space kaiju!)
切ったぞ! 突いたぞ! ゴーゴーゴー! (It slashed! It gored! Go! Go! Go!)
回転ジェットで、体当たり (Fly spinning and ram into it)
つよいぞガメラ! (Gamera is strong!)
つよいぞガメラ!(Gamera is strong!)
つよいぞガメラ! (Gamera is strong!)

English translation (Neptune Media)

Gamera!
Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
M! M! J! V!
M! M! J! V!
Monsters coming from Mars,
Or some other alien world?
Come on, space monsters!
Bring it on!
Let's cut and poke!
Okay, go-go-go!
Using spinning jets,
He will win!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!

Mystery Science Theater 3000 version

Gamera! Gamera!
Gamera is really neat!
Gamera is filled with meat!
We've been eating Gamera!
Shell!
Teeth!
Eyes!
Flames!
Claws!
Breath!
Scales!
Fun!!
Dr. Forrester is kind of a jerk,
And Frank is really dumb, too
We have to take part in these lame experiments
But do we complain?
No!
No!
Yes!
Huh?
So we hi-keeba all over the place
And talk of a thousand wonderful days
Gamera is really sweet!
He is filled with turtle meat!
Now we have commercial sign!

Trivia

  • The song's three verses reference Barugon, Gyaos, and Viras, in order, respectively.
  • The "Daiei Children's Chorus" (大映児童合唱団,   Daiei Jidō Gasshōdan) was a group of children who were "randomly gathered from neighborhood".[1]
  • Noriaki Yuasa wanted the song to be used in the 1995 film Gamera the Guardian of the Universe,[2] and one of the early scripts for the film included the song at the climax.[3]
  • In The Great Yokai War: Guardians Anecdote: Heian Hundred Demon Tales (妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚,   Yōkai Daisensō: Gādianzu Gaiden: Heian Hyakkitan), a spin-off novelization of The Great Yokai War: Guardians[4] which gives the Black Tortoise (玄武,   Genbu) similar abilities to Gamera,[5][6] various yokai in Kyoto praised her by singing a modified version of the "Gamera March" which incorporated lyrics from the "Song of Gamera." This scene also references "The Myth" and the GeGeGe no Kitarō theme song, as lyrics of the former were inserted to describe the relationship between Gamera and yokai and humans, and the tumult by yokai in the scene is described as a "sports festival in the graveyard at night."[7]
  • The theme song to the 2021 biopic Nezura 1964, "Nezura March," pays homage to the "Gamera March".[8]

Videos

"Gamera March" parody from episode 312 of Mystery Science Theater 3000
A "Gamera March" music video
Gamera -Rebirth- Edition

References

This is a list of references for Gamera March. 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. ↑ Shunichi Karasawa, 1995, ガメラを創った男 - 評伝：映画監督・湯浅憲明, Aspect Corporation
  2. ↑ Shunichi Karasawa, 2001, 大怪獣ガメラ 秘蔵写真集, Interview on Hidemasa Nagata, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
  3. ↑ Shusuke Kaneko, 1998, ガメラ監督日記, Shogakukan Inc.
  4. ↑ 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝　平安百鬼譚
  5. ↑ 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚 – 齢70歳の安倍晴明が登場！ ラスボスとのバトルには玄武(亀)が火炎を吐き、回転しながら空を舞う…って！ガメラ登場か。
  6. ↑ Gamera on GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki
  7. ↑ Hirokazu Minemori, 2021, The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, pp.265-271, Media Works Bunko, Kadokawa
  8. ↑ @nezura1964 (26 November 2020). "本日11月27日は『大怪獣ガメラ』公開日！
    祝ガメラ55周年！
    そんな記念日に「ガメラマーチ」をオマージュした「ネズラマーチ」を大公開！
    是非お聴きください♪

    「ネズラマーチ (Short Ver.)」
    歌唱：マッハ文朱
    ボイス：斉藤麻衣
    作曲：今堀拓也
    作詞：横川寛人
    演奏：オーケストラ・トリプティーク"    . X.

Songs
Godzilla songs
"Godzilla's Theme" • "Prayer for Peace" • "The Giant Demon God" • "Mothra's Song" • "Sacred Springs" • "Mahara Mothra" • "Call Happiness" • "Mothra's Song" (1966) • "Monster March" • "Return the Sun!" • "Defeat Hedorah" • "Go! Go! Godzilla" • "Godzilla March" • "Godzilla and Jet Jaguar: Punch! Punch! Punch!" • "Defeat Megalon" • "Miyarabi's Prayer" • "Defeat Mechagodzilla" • "Godzilla" (Michael Sembello) • "Bride of Godzilla" • "Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult) • "Godzilla: Love Theme" • "The Psychic Chorus" • "Echoes of Love" • "Godzilland" • "Come With Me" • "The Theme of GODZILLA" • "Kiryu Squad Song" • "We're All To Blame" • "Trampling Tokyo" • "Persecution of the Masses" • "Black Angels" • "Defeat is No Option" • "Who Will Know" • "Under a Burning Sky" • "WHITE OUT" • "THE SKY FALLS" • "live and die" • "Evergreen" • "Pray" • "The Hollow Earth" • "Goodbye Old Friend" • "Godzi Godzi Chibi Godzilla" • "Hold On, I'm Coming" • "in case..." • "Aoi" • "ALAPU UPALA" • "INTO THE DEEP"
Mothra songs
Gamera songs
Other Toho songs
TV songs

Comments

Showing 26 comments. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and avoid role-playing and excessive punctuation. Comments which violate these guidelines may be removed by administrators.

Loading comments...
Daiei
Era Icon - Showa.png
Era Icon - Gamera.png


Retrieved from "https://wikizilla.org/w/index.php?title=Gamera_March&oldid=410726"