Desperado: The Soundtrack

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.

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