Soundtrack review - "Johnny Handsome" (1989) ****

Ry Cooder did plenty of superb scores for Walter Hill - this was one of his best. Cooder was obviously inspired by the film's southern setting and reacted with an atmospheric, pungent score. The main theme is beautiful but the real stand outs for me were the rocking "Clip Joint Rhumba" and "Cajun Metal" (these tunes just say "Walter Hill movie" for me - tough, swaggering pieces) and the achingly lovely "I Like Your Eyes". The album is more consistently successful than the film.