| Desperado: The Soundtrack | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | Desperado - Original Soundtrack.jpg |
| Length: | 59:33 |
| Label: | Epic Sony |
| Chronology: | Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack |
| Prev Title: | Four Rooms |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | From Dusk Till Dawn |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
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.[1]
The album track "Mariachi Suite" by Los Lobos was awarded a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1995 Grammy Awards.[2]