Desperado: The Soundtrack

Desperado: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	August 15, 1995
Genre	Chicano rock Ranchera Rock Pop
Label	Epic/Sony
Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack chronology
Four Rooms (1995) Desperado (1995) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Los Lobos chronology
Music for Papa's Dream (1995) Desperado (1995) Colossal Head (1996)

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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.

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

Track listing

1. "Canción del Mariachi" ("Morena de Mi Corazón") (Los Lobos and Antonio Banderas) 2:06
2. "Six Blade Knife" (Dire Straits) 4:34
3. "Jack the Ripper" (Link Wray) 2:31
4. "Manifold de Amour" (Latin Playboys) 2:03
5. "Forever Night Shade Mary" (Latin Playboys) 3:00
6. "Pass the Hatchet" (Roger & The Gypsies) 3:00
7. "Bar Fight" (Los Lobos) 1:54
8. "Strange Face of Love" (Tito & Tarantula) 5:51
9. "Bucho's Gracias/Navajas Attacks" (Los Lobos) 3:56
10. "Bulletproof" (Los Lobos) 1:42
11. "Bella" (Carlos Santana) 4:29
12. "Quédate Aquí" (Salma Hayek) 2:05
13. "Rooftop Action" (Los Lobos) 1:36
14. "Phone Call" (Los Lobos) 2:16
15. "White Train (Showdown)" (Tito & Tarantula) 5:57
16. "Back to the House That Love Built" (Tito & Tarantula) 4:41
17. "Let Love Reign" (Los Lobos) 3:22
18. "Mariachi Suite" (Los Lobos) 4:22

Personnel

• Tom Baker – mastering
• Antonio Banderas – speech
• Steve Berlin – mixing
• Richard Bosworth – engineer, mixing engineer
• Steve Buscemi – speech
• Bill Jackson – engineer, mixing
• Tito Larriva – producer
• Los Lobos – producer
• Cheech Marin – speech
• Charlie Midnight – producer
• Thom Panunzio – mixing
• Karyn Rachtman – executive producer
• Robert Rodriguez – executive producer
• Cesar Rosas – engineer
• Carlos Santana – performer
• Quentin Tarantino – speech
• David Tickle – mixing

References

External links

• Desperado: The Soundtrack at AllMusic