The Golden Globe award nominated soundtrack to Rumble Fish was composed and performed by Stewart Copeland, the drummer from The Police, in his first film soundtrack project.

Stewart in the music video for "Don't Box Me In", which was released as a single from the soundtrack.

 

Queen Ida and her Bon Temps Zydeco band performed their song

"Tyrone" in the background of the Carnival scenes.

Queen Ida more recently played at Francis Ford Coppola's 60th birthday party!

 

Another musical performance in the film but again, not included on the soundtrack is

by the pool hall band who provide a funky bass line to the scenes of

the Motorcycle Boy playing pool, as Rusty-James and Steve watch.

They are not mentioned anywhere which is intriguing for fans of their sound.

If anyone recognises them, let me know and we can solve this long time mystery!

They are also shown in the Music header at the top of the page.