Ry Cooder – Music From The Motion Picture "Alamo Bay" (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1985

Music From The Motion Picture "Alamo Bay" is an LP by Ry Cooder from 1985 released on the Slash label.

About this album

Ry Cooder’s Alamo Bay soundtrack is a taut, characterful score that turns blues, country and border music into a vivid portrait of conflict and place. Written for Louis Malle’s 1985 film, it sits comfortably among Cooder’s most distinctive soundtrack work, where spare instrumental ideas carry the emotional weight of the story without ever feeling generic. Themes such as “Theme From Alamo Bay” and “Glory” show his gift for melodic economy, while the darker cues underline the film’s social unease. It is a fine example of how Cooder could make Americana sound both historically grounded and sharply contemporary.