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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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

Charts Chart (1996) Peakposition

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