End music to the film Rango

StanleyAccrington · March 2017

Saw this film yesterday and the end music was fab. Kind of manic Mexican mariachi meets Brian Setzer! I'm not cyberstuf savvy enough to upload one of those link thingy bobs. ....but it's on the Tube if you fancy having a listen.

EricTheWeary · March 2017

I've never seen the film but a lot of the soundtrack ( including the Rango theme) was performed by Los Lobos and mariachi meets Setzer sounds like them. Highly underrated band in my opinion.

EricTheWeary · March 2017

This? I think that's Los Lobos but is clearly an homage to Dick Dale. You need more Dick in your ode Stanley.

boogieman · March 2017

EricTheWeary said:

This? I think that's Los Lobos but is clearly an homage to Dick Dale. You need more Dick in your ode Stanley.

He's right you know, that sounds like a pastiche of Dick Dale's "Misirlou". Dick Dale had Middle Eastern roots, a lot of his early stuff has echoes of it. He was a really innovative guitarist, he basically invented the surf guitar sound and worked with Leo Fender in the 60s developing amps that could stand up to the punishment of his constant gigging. He's turned into a big of a nutter as he's got older, apparently he's bought a huge ranch in the US and built a landing strip on it to welcome the aliens when they arrive.

EricTheWeary · March 2017

boogieman said:

EricTheWeary said:

This? I think that's Los Lobos but is clearly an homage to Dick Dale. You need more Dick in your ode Stanley.

He's right you know, that sounds like a pastiche of Dick Dale's "Misirlou". Dick Dale had Middle Eastern roots, a lot of his early stuff has echoes of it. He was a really innovative guitarist, he basically invented the surf guitar sound and worked with Leo Fender in the 60s developing amps that could stand up to the punishment of his constant gigging. He's turned into a big of a nutter as he's got older, apparently he's bought a huge ranch in the US and built a landing strip on it to welcome the aliens when they arrive.

That was supposed to be 'in your life' and ode is a weird typo/autocorrect.

Volume, aggression, exotic scales - some regard him as the grandfather of heavy metal. I heard him interviewed on Radio 4 once and he was saying something like I can play anything and played some flamenco but I like to play this and went bambambambambambam into the Misirlou riff.

earwighoney · March 2017

boogieman said:
He's right you know, that sounds like a pastiche of Dick Dale's "Misirlou". Dick Dale had Middle Eastern roots, a lot of his early stuff has echoes of it. He was a really innovative guitarist, he basically invented the surf guitar sound and worked with Leo Fender in the 60s developing amps that could stand up to the punishment of his constant gigging. He's turned into a big of a nutter as he's got older, apparently he's bought a huge ranch in the US and built a landing strip on it to welcome the aliens when they arrive.

Agree about Dick Dale, and I think his cover of Misirlou is one of the finest cover versions of all times.