
Moguera
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Moguera".
Sep 15, 2026
Sam Reaper Talks Godzilla and Survival
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61:48Sam ReaperGUEST
So I'm going to say number five.
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61:53Sam ReaperGUEST
is going to be Moguera.
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61:56Sam ReaperGUEST
Oh,
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61:57Sean RussellHOST
okay.
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61:58Sean RussellHOST
Moguera,
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62:00Sam ReaperGUEST
I really like the style.
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62:02Sam ReaperGUEST
Even though back then, Moguera looked weird and crummy and everything.
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62:07Sam ReaperGUEST
But with this style, when he was in Godzilla vs.
ASTS 060: Listening To... GODZILLA! (The Heisei Era)
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64:09Brian McVickerHOST
Here is Hattori's theme for Birth Island from his score for Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla.
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64:17Brian McVickerHOST
¶¶ ¶¶ Hattori's score provides new themes for both titular monsters, as well as Mogera, which is a mechanized flying attack ship built by the Japanese from the wreckage of Mechagodzilla, itself which was rebuilt from Mechagidera.
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65:41Brian McVickerHOST
Hattori's Mogera theme is a sprightly march in the mold of Ifukubi's for the Japanese Self-Defense Force.
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66:12Brian McVickerHOST
¶¶ In terms of musically characterizing both Godzilla and Space Godzilla, Hattori's approach lacks the weighty, thundering quality of Ifukubi and so doesn't quite make the same impact, no pun intended.
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67:00Brian McVickerHOST
For example, here is his Godzilla 1994 theme, which seems to be better suited to the determined nature of the G-Force squad than it does to the Big G itself.