The A Million Miles Away soundtrack includes music by Calexico, Devo and Y La Bamba. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Alejandra Márquez Abella’s 2023 Amazon movie. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings, and then browse cast/character summaries in the Know the Cast section.

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A Million Miles Away stars Michael Peña as José, a California field worker who dreams of working for NASA. Rosa Salazar co-stars as Adela, the protagonist’s supportive wife. The storyline follows José as he pursues his personal and professional goals. Composer Camilo Lara (Gentefied) scored the 121-minute Amazon film; music supervisors Javier Nuño (Acapulco) and Joe Rodriguez (Acapulco) handled the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in A Million Miles Away, an adaptation of José M. Hernández’s 2012 book Reaching for the Stars.

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A Million Miles Away Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2023 Amazon Movie

• “California Dreamin'” by Calexico (00:00:00): The A Million Miles Away soundtrack song scores the opening sequence. Seven-year-old José (Juan Pablo Monterrubio) rests in a field. He runs to his mother while carrying a corn husk.
• “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians (00:04:00): José answers a math question. The track plays as Miss Young (Michelle Krusiec) smiles. The music continues during a bedroom scene.
• “El Hilo del Pueblo” by Jose Alfredo Jimenez (00:16:00): Salvador (Julio Cesar Cedillo) starts his engine. He arrives in Stockton, California with his family. The music plays again at 01:51:00.
• “Contrabando Y Traición” by Los Tigres del Norte (00:17:00): A 1985 sequence begins. José sings the A Million Miles Away soundtrack song while driving. The tune is featured again at 01:11:00 and 01:46:00.
• “El Corrido de Emiliano Carranza” by Latin Music Publishing (00:21:00): An outdoors sequence begins. José talks to Beto (Bobby Soto). The characters discuss an outdoors research facility.
• “No Lo Puedo Creer” by Mario Gastelum (00:25:00): José meets with Julia (Veronica Falcón). He speaks to Salvador during an exterior transition scene. Music plays lightly from a speaker system.
• “True” by Spandau Ballet (00:28:00): José fills out a NASA application. The A Million Miles Away soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Lety (Marilyn Uribe) enters the room.
• “This Land Is Your Land” by The Kingston Trio (00:29:00): An exterior montage begins. José visits a car lot with Beto. He meets Adela (Rosa Salazar) for the first time.
• “When Your Heart Goes Crazy” by Durwood Haddock (00:30:00): An office scene continues. Adela talks about José’s car investment. Music plays lightly from a speaker system.
• “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley (00:33:00): Adela agrees to a date with José. The A Million Miles Away soundtrack song kicks in during a transition scene. José drives and then parks his vehicle.
• “Whip It” by Devo (00:38:00): José looks at a document. He carries a box during an office scene. The track scores a montage sequence.
• “Hoy Me He Vuelto a Equivocar” by Wilkins (00:41:00): An interior scene begins. José meets Adela’s mother (Mercedes Hernández). Music plays lightly from a speaker system.
• “Querida” by Juan Gabriel (00:45:00): José inquires about being alone with Adela. The A Million Miles Away soundtrack song continues during a transition scene. José marries Adela.
• “Smile Now, Cry Later” by Sunny & The Sunliners (00:52:00): Adela talks to José. The track continues during a transition scene. José hangs out with Beto.
• “La Cama de Piedra” by Cuco Sanchez (01:07:00): José talks to Sturckow (Garret Dillahunt) about working for NASA. An exterior scene begins. José hangs out with his in-laws.
• “Deja Que Salga La Luna” by Ashley Ciarra and Haziel Chenoa Lopez Diaz (01:18:00): Beto passes away. An interior scene begins. Marisa (Ashley Ciarra) sings the A Million Miles Away soundtrack song during a memorial gathering.
• “Mas Alla del Sol” by Joan Sebastian (01:26:00): José jogs during an exterior scene. Music plays from his earbuds. The volume increases as he stares at a building.
• “Michoacan” by Y La Bamba (01:33:00): José joins a NASA space crew. The music continues during a transition scene. José speaks during a NASA press conference.

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The A Million Miles Away soundtrack also includes:

• “Me Vas a Nagar Tres Veces” by Fredy Rodriguez
• “Corrido de Pancho Villa” by Arimar Velazquez
• “The Bigger the Boom” by Shawn O. Thomas and John B. Miller
• “Put Ya Hands Up” by Latin Music Publishing
• “Dale, Dale, Dale” by Traditional
• “Es Facil” by Fermin Sanchez

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.