McFarland, USA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2015 film McFarland, USA directed by Niki Caro for Walt Disney Pictures, starring Kevin Costner, Maria Bello and Morgan Saylor. The film is scored by Antônio Pinto who previously collaborated with Caro on The Vintner's Luck (2009).
Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes wrote an original song for the film, titled "Juntos (Together)" and was released as a single on January 20, 2015. The soundtrack was released on February 17, 2015, featuring Pinto's score, the earlier released single and selections of songs from the film.
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Reception
Alex Reif of LaughingPlace wrote "There will surely be those that buy it solely for the songs and they should be entranced by the score. Those that buy it for the score are getting a great selection of compositions from the film but may be disappointed that the full film score isn't available."
Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter and Justin Chang of Variety noted the "guitar-based" score accompanying the film to be "swelling". Andy Vasoyan of Neon Tommy wrote "the score put together by Antonio Pinto leaves nothing to chance". Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the music rocks with a hearty Latin beat".
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic: