These days Im into a lot of Latin or mexicana flavored romantic scores. Heres a few that I enjoyed.

Can anyone point out some more good scores besides these:

1)A Walk in the Clouds-Jarre
2)Il Postino-Bacalov
3)Under Fire-Goldsmith
4)The Treasure of Sierra Made-Steiner
5)Ruby Cairo-Barry
6)Rio Conchos-Goldsmith

Thanks!

Amer

If you like RIO CONCHOS, then 100 RIFLES is for you. But RIFLES is even more "kich-ass" as I believe they say.

Other butt-kicking south-of-the-border stuff in Bernstein's MAGNIFICENT SEVEN scores and Fielding's WILD BUNCH (with guitar work not unlike UNDER FIRE).

Still on westerns, yes, why not Morricone's Italian take on the Tijuana trumpet in the spaghettis.

More Goldsmiths - HIGH VELOCITY. Set in the Phillipines, rather far from the Mexican border too. Iberian and Asian influences (guitar, marimba, flute, seed shakers), and CABO BLANCO (South American set action with Charles Bronson).

For Cuban Gloria Estefan-type modern scores, Dave Grusin's work for the Robert Redford film HAVANA is good, and his RANDOM HEARTS has some Miami grooves.

For the authentic Argentina/ Cuba connection, try Schifrin's CHE!

And for really authentic Latin American stuff seen through a Greek prism, well there's always Mikis Theodorakis? STATE OF SIEGE (though it's dramatically thin).

Oh yeah, correct, shifting back to Hollywood's Europe, how far out of place would EL CID be in your collection? Or Horner's MASK OF ZORRO with its Iberian flamenco. Geographical net's stretching to breaking point.