Best of 1985:Ry Cooder "Paris, Texas" (OST) (1985)

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Paris, Texas (soundtrack)
release date: 1985
format: cd (1988 RE) / vinyl (2025 RE, 40th Anniversary, red vinyl)
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,48]
producer: Ry Cooder
label: Warner Bros. - nationality: USA

Tracklist: 1. "Paris, Texas" (4 / 5) - 2. "Brothers" - 3. "Nothing Out There" - 4. "Canción Mixteca" (5 / 5) (live version with Harry Dean Stanton) - 5. "No Safety Zone" - 6. "Houston in Two Seconds" (4 / 5) - 7. "She's Leaving the Bank" - 8. "On the Couch" - 9. "I Knew These People (feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski)" - 10. "Dark Was the Night"

Soundtrack by Ry Cooder to the movie "Paris, Texas" from 1984 directed by Wim Wenders.

Ry Cooder plays a twangy Americana guitar accompanied by two other perfectly skilled musicians: Jim Dickinson and David Lindley. Together they play music by dusty angels, and it suits this fantabulous movie like... cheese and red wine... a Ferrari and my garage... a pink sweater on Nastassja Kinski... like... hand in glove. I love the music just the way I love the movie by Wenders, which I may have seen 4 or 5 times and haven't found boring or too long yet. The music on this album is just perfect for an evening listening to old vinyl records, and I don't really need any other company - this is more than just fine. In my mind, this is by far Cooder's best album.
[ movie trailer ]

Edit 2026:
The 40th Anniversary edition is pressed on red vinyl and comes with the original cover art.

1985 Favourite releases: 1. Ry Cooder Paris, Texas - 2. The Smiths Meat Is Murder - 3. The Pogues Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

'my' alternate CD version and the 2001 remaster