- He created Godzilla's trademark roar by rubbing a contrabass with a resin-coated leather glove, and then reverberated the sound that was produced. He also created Godzilla's thunderous footsteps by beating a kettle drum with a thick rope knotted at the end.
- Along with director Ishirô Honda, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, Ifukube was one of the four men who would become known as the four fathers of Godzilla.
- He was president of the Tokyo College of Music from 1976 to 1987.
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