Soundtrack - Sahara (2005)

The soundtrack is replete with pop songs, most of them even showed up in the film. From "Stay With Me" by The Faces, to standards like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Magic Carpet Ride", the songs don't really serve the film except to provide filler music. There was even a point where a sequence that was ripe for an orchestral score cue was instead covered with Dr. John's "Right Place Wrong Time". That isn't to say that there was no score, in fact, Clint Mansell's score was quite good, in a big orchestral James Bond kind of way. Unfortunately, the album doesn't even give us a taste of that, instead providing us with the African percussion (and vocal) filled "Boat Montage".

As this is a "Music from and Inspired By" album, with the tracks "In a Foreign Land" by The Kings (because they're in Africa), "On the Road Again" by Canned Heat (because it's a traveling song), "Time Loves a Hero" by Little Feat, "Fire on the Mountain" by The Marshall Tucker Band and "I'm On Fire" by Dwight Twilley.

Track listing

01.  The Faces - Stay With Me  - 4:40

02.  Grand Funk - We're An American Band  - 3:27

03.  Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama  - 4:46

04.  Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride  - 4:21

05.  Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time  - 2:54

06.  Head East - Never Been Any Reason  - 5:12

07.  The Kinks - In A Foreign Land  - 3:04

08.  Dwight Twilley - I'm On Fire  - 3:16

09.  Canned Heat - On The Road Again  - 3:27

10.  Little Feat - Time Loves A Hero   3:47

11.  The Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain  - 3:56

12.  Boat Montage  - 2:20

Release Date:  April 5, 2005

Label:  Rykodisc

Genre:  Soundtrack, World Music

Total Time:  45:10