Desperado: The Soundtrack

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Desperado: The Soundtrack
Desperado - Original Soundtrack.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
Genre
Length59:33
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Label Epic
Sony
Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack chronology
El Mariachi
(1993)
Desperado: The Soundtrack
(1995)
Four Rooms
(1995)
Los Lobos chronology
Music for Papa's Dream
(1995)
Desperado
(1995)
Colossal Head
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Desperado: The Soundtrack is the film score to Robert Rodriguez's Desperado . It was written and performed by the Los Angeles rock bands Los Lobos and Tito & Tarantula, performing traditional Ranchera and Chicano rock music. Other artists on the soundtrack album include Dire Straits, Link Wray, Latin Playboys, and Carlos Santana. Musician Tito Larriva has a small role in the film, and his band, Tito & Tarantula, contributed to the soundtrack as well. [2]

Contents

The album track "Mariachi Suite" by Los Lobos was awarded a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1995 Grammy Awards. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Canción del Mariachi ("Morena de Mi Corazón")" Cesar Rosas Los Lobos and Antonio Banderas 2:06
2."Six Blade Knife [fn 1] " Mark Knopfler Dire Straits 4:34
3."Jack the Ripper [fn 2] "
  • Link Wray
  • Milt Grant
Link Wray & His Ray Men 2:31
4."Manifold de Amour" Latin Playboys 2:03
5."Forever Night Shade Mary"
  • Hidalgo
  • Pérez
Latin Playboys3:00
6."Pass the Hatchet"
  • Earl Stanley Oropeza
  • Ray Theriot
  • Roger Leon Jr.
Roger & the Gypsies3:00
7."Bar Fight [fn 3] "Los LobosLos Lobos1:54
8."Strange Face of Love [fn 4] " Tito Larriva Tito & Tarantula 5:51
9."Bucho's Gracias / Navajas Attacks [fn 5] "Los LobosLos Lobos3:56
10."Bulletproof [fn 6] "Los LobosLos Lobos1:42
11."Bella"
Carlos Santana 4:29
12."Quédate Aquí"Mildred Villafañe Salma Hayek 2:05
13."Rooftop Action [fn 7] "Los LobosLos Lobos1:36
14."Phone Call [fn 8] "Los LobosLos Lobos2:16
15."White Train (Showdown) [fn 9] "LarrivaTito & Tarantula5:57
16."Back to the House That Love Built [fn 10] "LarrivaTito & Tarantula4:41
17."Let Love Reign"Los LobosLos Lobos3:22
18."Mariachi Suite"Los LobosLos Lobos4:22
Total length:59:33

Footnotes

  1. Features dialogue "There He Was" by Steve Buscemi
  2. Features dialogue "The Bartender Never Gets Killed" by Cheech Marin
  3. Features dialogue "Is There Something in the Guitar Case?" by Antonio Banderas and Cheech Marin
  4. Features dialogue "But You Had to Do It the Hard Way" by Antonio Banderas
  5. Features dialogue "I Use It to Pick Up Girls" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
  6. Features dialogue "Forgive Me, Father" by Antonio Banderas and Steve Buscemi
  7. Features dialogue "You Look Great" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
  8. Features dialogue "Easier to Destroy Than to Create" by Antonio Banderas
  9. Features dialogue "Bring Your Guitars" by Antonio Banderas
  10. Features dialogue "Did I Thank You?" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Desperado - The Soundtrack". Spotify . Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  3. Aldama, Frederick Luis (2014). The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez. University of Texas Press. p. 43. ISBN   9780292761247.