Los Lobos Settles Sony Music Lawsuit Over ‘Desperado’ Movie Soundtrack Royalties
The Chicano rock band is still suing a different Sony subsidiary over the La Bamba film soundtrack.
Los Lobos has reached a settlement with Sony Music Entertainment over royalties for "Canción del Mariachi," the band's collaboration with Antonio Banderas from the 1995 western Desperado. According to a court filing, the band and Sony Music have jointly agreed to dismiss the breach of contract lawsuit. An attorney for Los Lobos declined to share any details of the settlement.
The lawsuit was filed in December 2025, alleging that Sony and Milan Records, its distribution arm, had failed to pay digital royalties despite the song's increased popularity. Sony broadly denied these claims in its initial response to the lawsuit. The band still has another pending lawsuit against Sony Pictures Entertainment, related to royalties from their 1987 cover of "La Bamba" for the film La Bamba.
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