Death Waltz / Mondo (2023)
Even though they left Godzilla vs Biollante out of their Heisei series soundtracks (I'm not going to let that one go), that didn't stop Mondo and Death Walt from digging int the Millennium series of films at the same time. Once again, these weren't released in chronological order and they also never released on of the soundtracks from this series either, but I'll try to add some order to the chaos by starting with the soundtrack for the first film in the series Godzilla 2000: Millennium.
The movie holds a special place in my heart as it was the first real Godzilla film I got to see in a movie theater (1998 remains a fever dream). I think the last time a Godzilla movie played in American theaters before this was Godzilla 1985, which neither of my parents took me to. Granted, the version I got to see of Godzilla 2000 in the theaters was a dubbed version (Let's Get Ready to Crumble, as the poster said), it still made the movie special and take on a larger than life feel.
The movie itself is fine. I actually like the human story quite a bit with the dude and his daughter running the self made Godzilla tracking business that's one step ahead of the government. The heelish government guy also does a lot of the heavy lifting in this movie pulling over dramatic faces when the plot points hit. The Godzilla suit design is great, but the building smashing is only OK. He's also got a monster fight with Orga, which is pretty boring if I'm being honest. Still, a solid if not spectacular film.
The soundtrack is by Takayuki Hattori, of Godzilla vs Space Godzilla soundtrack fame. Like that soundtrack, this one is kind of boring. It's mostly kind of quite for the bulk of the movie and really only gets goinf when it brings in some of the classic Ifukube music from earlier G movies. The vinyl on this is lovely, though I'm not sure the cover artwork itself feels like it fits the vibe of the movie even though the plastic clear slipcover thing is pretty neat. I'm just happy it exists at all, which is more than I can say about two other soundtracks that Mondo should have released.
Godzilla 2000: Millennium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbiNOQhDiCE&ab_channel=LandWarriorII
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