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La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1987 American biographical film of the same name, released on June 30, 1987 by Slash Records and Warner Bros. Records in North America and London Recordings in the rest of the world.
On December 6, 2024, Chalamet's performance of "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Girl from the North Country" [7] were released as singles from the album.[8] [9] [10] The soundtrack was released through Columbia Records on December 20, five days prior to the film's release, with a 16-track vinyl LP is scheduled for January 24, 2025, and a 23-track CD set for February 28.
La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. [1] [2] [3] The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck and Joe Pantoliano ...
Why Valdez didn't direct more movies after La Bamba became a hit. Despite La Bamba's worldwide success, Valdez’s only major directing credit after La Bamba was 1994’s comedy Western TV movie ...
Los Lobos covered the song in 1987 for the soundtrack of the 1987 Ritchie Valens biographical movie La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Their version reached number 18 in the United Kingdom [4] and number 21 in the U.S. [2] It was also a track on Cars: The Video Game.
[14] [15] In 1981, Valdez reprised his role in the film adaptation of the same name, for which he also co-wrote the original music. [8] [9] [16] He also composed music for the play as well. [13] In 1987, Valdez served as an associate producer of La Bamba, the biopic based on the life of Ritchie Valens.
It is also featured in a scene from the 1987 hit film about Valens, La Bamba in which the song was sung by Los Lobos. The Belmonts released a remake on the Laurie label, Laurie 3080, in 1961, after they had split with Dion. It was not a hit, but was later reissued on a collector's label because of its musical value.
"Gold" is a song by English pop band Spandau Ballet, released on 5 August 1983 as the fourth single from their third album, True.The song was written by the band's guitarist/songwriter Gary Kemp as an homage to the film themes of composer John Barry and was especially influenced by his scores for the James Bond series.