DESPERADO: THE SOUNDTRACK

Desperado: The Soundtrack
Desperado: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 15, 1995
Genre	Chicano rock; Ranchera; Hard rock;
Length	59:33
Language	English; Spanish;
Label	Epic; Sony
Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack chronology
Los Lobos chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
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"	David Hidalgo Louie Pérez	Latin Playboys	2:03
5.	"Forever Night Shade Mary"	Hidalgo Pérez	Latin Playboys	3:00
6.	"Pass the Hatchet"	Earl Stanley Oropeza Ray Theriot Roger Leon Jr.	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 Chester Thompson Sterling Crew	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

^ 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