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Desperado: The Soundtrack

Desperado: The Soundtrack
Desperado - Original Soundtrack.jpg
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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

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.


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