Here's a bit of a surprise: Futureland did tamper with the original recordings for many of their releases.
Well, it's not unexpected that some work would have needed to be done to make those old tapes suitable for their first-time release in complete form. But hopefully that work was more "restorative" than "transformative". Perhaps the tapes had deteriorated even further by the time Toho Music stepped in.
If one wants introductory album to Ifukube's film music, grab VAP's Akira Ifukube Melodious Compile (VPCD-81225). It has a good sampling of Ifukube's film music covering a variety of genres, plus samplings of his stage music and more. I can't recommend it enough.
That is certainly a fine release. A worthy companion (which I'm sure you have) is VAP's 2-disc "50th Anniversary Toho Movie Music File", which features Ifukube's music from over 40 Toho films from 1947-1978 (usually a main title and another representative track for the post-1958 selections).
... The Futureland release states that the cue was intended to be used when Godzilla and Anguirus fall into the ocean after their initial confrontation. However, the Perfect Collection release states that the cue was thought to have been chosen for the scene where the engine in Kobayashi's plane stops ... The cue number, DB-5 M-2, suggests that it could very well be the latter. Unfortunately, the cue sheets for both the primary and secondary sets of tapes (like many of Toho's scores, it was primarily recorded onto two sets of tapes aside from the pre-scoring) don't provide anything on the cue other than its recording date (April 17, 1955) and its duration (15"). Funny enough, the cue can work for both sequences.
Thank you for this info! The mystery of the two different titles was driving me crazy, and this clears it up.
