Theme from Lupin III

Yuji Ohno & You & The Explosion Band · 1978 · Lupin III, série télévisée, 1977-1978

Context

Yuji Ohno, a jazz pianist, wrote and arranged the Lupin III theme, which opens the album Lupin III Original Soundtrack (Columbia, 1978), drawn from the second television series (1977). The source consulted generally classifies this music as jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Japanese jazz, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

Sources

• EN: List of Lupin III soundtracks
• EN: Yuji Ohno

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