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The Weird Way Godzilla’s Original Roar Was Created
By DEBOPRIYAA DUTTA
Godzilla's roar has evolved over the years. The monster's distinctive disyllabic roar was crafted by Akira Ifukube, and originally resembled a shrill "Skreeeonk!"
This was not an easy task to accomplish, especially in 1954, when most creature sounds were created organically with minimal reliance on technological tweaks.
Due to a limited budget and the need to work with what was readily available, Ifukube decided to try to create the sound with a half-broken contrabass lying on-site.
Ifukube made Godzilla's 'melancholy, ear-splitting cry' by drawing a leather glove across the strings of a contrabass and manipulating the resulting sound in an echo chamber.