Editing Godzilla (section)

====Roar====
Godzilla has a distinctive disyllabic roar (transcribed in several comics as ''Skreeeonk!''),<ref>Stradley, R., Adams, A., et al. ''Godzilla: Age of Monsters'' (February 18, 1998), Dark Horse Comics; Gph edition. {{ISBN|1569712778}}</ref><ref>Various. ''Godzilla: Past Present Future'' (March 5, 1998), Dark Horse Comics; Gph edition. {{ISBN|1569712786}}</ref> which was created by composer [[Akira Ifukube]], who produced the sound by rubbing a pine tar-resin-coated glove along the string of a [[Double bass|contrabass]] and then slowing down the playback.<ref name="npr"/> In the American version of ''Godzilla Raids Again'' (1955) titled ''Gigantis the Fire Monster'' (1959), Godzilla's roar was mostly substituted with that of the monster [[Anguirus]].{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=74}} From ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) to ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991), Godzilla was given a deeper and more threatening-sounding roar than in previous films, though this change was reverted from ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) onward.<ref>David Milner, [http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm "Takao Okawara Interview I"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224172354/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm |date=February 24, 2021 }}, ''Kaiju Conversations'' (December 1993)</ref> For the 2014 American film, sound editors Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl refused to disclose the source of the sounds used for their Godzilla's roar.<ref name="npr">{{cite news|last1=NPR Staff|title=What's In A Roar? Crafting Godzilla's Iconic Sound|newspaper=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/312839612/whats-in-a-roar-crafting-godzillas-iconic-sound|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> Aadahl described the two syllables of the roar as representing two different emotional reactions, with the first expressing fury and the second conveying the character's soul.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|last1=Ray|first1=Amber|title='Godzilla': The secrets behind the roar|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/05/22/godzilla-roar-interview-timeline-video|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref>