[1988] Masao Yagi - Kaitou Ruby Original Soundtrack (Full Album)

Tracklist: 1. Kaitou Ruby [0:00] 2. The Martinson Case ~ As Time Goes By [4:08] 3. A Girl Upstairs [7:07] 4. Easy Game [8:14] 5. On The Plum Hill [9:34] 6. Hello Mary Lou [13:58] 7. Poetry In Motion [16:13] 8. Tatoeba Forever (Movie Version) [18:46] 9. Xanadu [21:43] 10. Bubble Bath [23:49] 11. More And More [25:17] 12. The More I Know You [27:42] 13. Kaitou Ruby (Movie Version) [31:24] BGM by Masao Yagi "Kaitou Ruby" Strings & Horns Arranged By – Katsuhisa Hattori Composed & Arranged By – Eiichi Ohtaki Lyrics By – Makoto Wada Vocals – Kyoko Koizumi "Tatoeba Forever (Movie Version)" Arranged By – Masao Yagi Composed By, Lyrics By – Makoto Wada Vocals – Kyoko Koizumi & Hiroyuki Sanada "Kaitou Ruby (Movie Version)" Arranged By – Masao Yagi Composed By – Eiichi Ohtaki Lyrics By – Makoto Wada Vocals – Kyoko Koizumi CD ripped/scanned by me, scan fixes by Kaleia78 This is the original soundtrack to the 1988 movie of the same name. Do not be fooled by the album's total length! Despite being almost 36 minutes long, this album indeed contains all of the music used in the film. Well, almost. Having seen the movie myself, there was literally only just one track in the movie which the soundtrack omitted for whatever strange reason—it is a synth track that plays during the few nightmare scenarios that Hiroyuki Sanada's character dreams of throughout the movie. Considering the album's length, this absolutely could have been added in and I can't possibly imagine why it wasn't. Even stranger was the inclusion of "Hello Mary Lou" and "Poetry In Motion"—they are not used in the movie as insert songs and quite literally just exist as background songs that play quietly while Sanada & Koizumi's characters talk with each other in a restaurant. Anyways, that aside... what do I think of the BGM? Going to completely honest... this is just me being absolutely picky. I do think the soundtrack is really good—the only issue I take with it is that there weren't enough easy-listening pieces on it. The sneaky-themed musical bits of the movie's soundtrack are well composed and do fit within the context of the movie but I just don't have that much of a strong attachment to them to justify listening to those same tracks outside of the movie. Each to their own though. As far as favs go I really adore "The More I Know You", it's the perfect way to end the album before the ending credits song comes in. Enjoy!