You & The Explosion Band OST Lupin III

Yuji Ohno, is a Japanese jazz musician born in 1941. He’s principally known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime-television series, of which Lupin III and the feature film The Castle of Cagliostro are his most well known works. Ohno is also well-known as a member of a jazz trio with bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Lenny White.

First LP from a series of five albums of Lupin The 3rd original soundtracks released between 1978 to 1981. Yuji Ohno plays with his new group called You & The Explosion Band formed in particular for the soundscape of Lupin III. The band is accompanied by a horn section featuring Takeru Muraoka, Jake H Conception and Shigeharu Mukai plus s string ensemble conducted by Minoru Suzuki (The Suzuki Group). Titles include opening & ending themes from the first season, I Miss You Babe, (Yes I Do) sung by Sandi A Hohn, and Lovin’ You (Lucky) by Tom Snyder from GODIEGO. Most of the songs are introduced by some dialogue samples extracted from the episodes of Lupin III, starring the main characters.

All tracks arranged, composed and produced by Yuji Ohno.