All my friends that have seen this movie in Mexico have said it’s one of the year’s funniest and the soundtrack is raising a lot of eyebrows because of the tremendous talent that has been assimilated on the album doing Mexican standards. Camilo Lara (aka Mexican Institute of Sound) and Carlos Cuaron are directly responsible for the vision of the sound portion of the movie, and they have outdone themselves again (they worked on the Y Tu Mama Tambien soundtrack together). Their ability to nail  some of the funny scenes with the appropriate music isn’t as easy as it looks and the several stabs at Cheap Trick’s classic is done triumphantly. The soundtrack as available over at iTunes on Cinco De Mayo; it hits other digital stores On May 19th And physical retail stores On June 9th. Rudo y Cursi opens In NYC And LA on May 8th; throughout the country later in May And June.

‘RUDO Y CURSI’ TRACK-LISTING
1. Tato “El Cursi” Verduzco (Gael Garcia Bernal) – Quiero Que Me Quieras
2. Los Odio feat. Juan Son – I Want You To Want Me
3. Juana Molina – Rudo Y Cursi
4. Devendra Banhart – Lindo Cihuatlán
5. Mexican Institute of Sound feat. Saúl Hernández (Jaguares) – Árboles De La Barranca
6. Niña Dioz – Prefiero El Asfalto (Por Puro Gusto)
7. Jóvenes y Sexys – Amor Platónico
8. Los Látigos – Besos Y Caricias
9. Adanowsky – Historia Sin Fin
10. Dios Malos – Sueño De Amor
11. Quiero Club – Quiero Que Me Quieras
12. Kumbia Queers – El Dolor De Micaela
13. No Somos Machos Pero Somos Muchos – Amor del Cielo
14. Black Lips – Árboles De La Barranca (via P4k)
15. Quiero Club feat. HC – Pegadito
16. Disco Ruido! – Mi Amor Contiki (Guaca Tiki Mix)
17. Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Árboles De La Barranca

Here are some thoughts from the movie’s Director and Soundtrack Producer,Carlos Cuaron-

“While stuck in Mexico City’s morning traffic, I was listening to a CD, which was also stuck inside my car. Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” drumbeat started up (the Budokan version) and lead singer Robin Zander drove me to sing along with him. I did it, feeling ridiculous, and to make things worse, I even sang the lyrics in Spanish. That is how I discovered Tato “El Cursi” Verdusco’s single for the film.

If Tato can sing Cheap Trick’s song in his own way, why not invite other musicians from different genres to re-make the songs that appear throughout the film, mostly norteñas, cumbias, and rancheras? I’m pretty sure that more than one musician came out of the “genre closet” during the preparation of all this madness.

In the early editing stages of the film, I noticed that every time the character Batuta was in his car, he needed to be listening to music. What type of music can he listen to in his red ’81 Corvette, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, a chain, a dangling earring and even sometimes a Panamian hat? The answer was immediate: Muzak or Ray Conniff. Barry Manilow would not have been the right choice. The great Bon wrote such beautiful music that could lead even the most demanding genre worshipers to nirvana.”