Desperado: The Soundtrack
1995 soundtrack album by Various artists
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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]
| Desperado: The Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | August 15, 1995 | |||
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| Length | 59:33 | |||
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| Labels | Epic Sony | |||
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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. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 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 & His Ray Men | 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[fn 3]" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 1:54 |
| 8. | "Strange Face of Love[fn 4]" | Tito Larriva | Tito & Tarantula | 5:51 |
| 9. | "Bucho's Gracias / Navajas Attacks[fn 5]" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Bulletproof[fn 6]" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 1:42 |
| 11. | "Bella" |
| Carlos Santana | 4:29 |
| 12. | "Quédate Aquí" | Mildred Villafañe | Salma Hayek | 2:05 |
| 13. | "Rooftop Action[fn 7]" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 1:36 |
| 14. | "Phone Call[fn 8]" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 2:16 |
| 15. | "White Train (Showdown)[fn 9]" | Larriva | Tito & Tarantula | 5:57 |
| 16. | "Back to the House That Love Built[fn 10]" | Larriva | Tito & Tarantula | 4:41 |
| 17. | "Let Love Reign" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 3:22 |
| 18. | "Mariachi Suite" | Los Lobos | Los Lobos | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 59:33 | |||
Footnotes
- Features dialogue "There He Was" by Steve Buscemi
- Features dialogue "The Bartender Never Gets Killed" by Cheech Marin
- Features dialogue "Is There Something in the Guitar Case?" by Antonio Banderas and Cheech Marin
- Features dialogue "But You Had to Do It the Hard Way" by Antonio Banderas
- Features dialogue "I Use It to Pick Up Girls" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
- Features dialogue "Forgive Me, Father" by Antonio Banderas and Steve Buscemi
- Features dialogue "You Look Great" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
- Features dialogue "Easier to Destroy Than to Create" by Antonio Banderas
- Features dialogue "Bring Your Guitars" by Antonio Banderas
- Features dialogue "Did I Thank You?" by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
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
- Andy Kravitz -Engineer