Desperado: The Soundtrack

Desperado: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
Genre
Length59:33
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
LabelEpic
Sony
Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack chronology
Four Rooms
(1995) 		Desperado: The Soundtrack
(1995) 		From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996)
Los Lobos chronology
Music for Papa's Dream
(1995) 		Desperado
(1995) 		Colossal Head
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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]

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

  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.