Lupin III TV Special Seven Days Rhapsody Original Soundtrack "Seven Days Rhapsody"

This isn't so much a soundtrack as a Yuji Ohno Lupin Jazz Album in a soundtrack's clothing. I like Ohno's Jazz CDs, but in a different way from the soundtracks, which usually feature a larger, more exciting sound than the normally low-key Jazz CDs. But this CD is basically a continuation of the last Jazz album, with lots of slow- to medium-paced music and not a lot of extra instruments. The two standouts on this CD are "Super Hero" and "Magnum Dance." The former is a saxophone-performed instrumental of the original, somewhat silly Lupin classic, and the latter is a funky, pounding variation of a song from the very first Lupin LP-- And it has one of those "wokka wokka" disco guitars to boot! These two tracks may not make the CD worth the price, but they definitely save it from getting one star. Let me close by saying that if this had been advertised as a Yuji Ohno Jazz album, I'd be using different criteria to evaluate it and it might get a 3 or 4. But I expect something grander from a full-blown Lupin soundtrack, and under that description this CD just doesn't deliver. Of course, I haven't seen the movie. Maybe the whole thing takes place in a jazz club-- But I kind of doubt it.