First of all, I wrote and played all of Macchio's parts right from the beginning, including teaching him 4 days a week, for 2 months even before we started filming. ' I worked on the music for Crossroads from day one. Update- Arlen answers the critics! Read on below for yet more depth to the legend. We were thrilled and thought we'd finally got the real deal when Arlen himself originally wrote us here at the Rewind with the following inside track on the story, but as you'll see, not everyone was impressed - or convinced. Legendary guitarist Arlen Roth (no relation to David) was hired to coach Ralph on convincing guitar fakery. Since the movie's release there has been much speculation and mis-information on the final guitar duel. OK, without delay, lets get straight into the legend. The classical music that he plays to win the head cutting contest (in which the devil's choice fumbles the notes) is actually Paganini's 5th Caprice. This is also not on the soundtrack CD but is available on his ' Rondo alla Turka' CD. The classical piece used at the beginning of 'Crossroads' is 'Turkish March' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged for guitar and Performed by William Kanengiser. He says that he couldn't release the duel beacuse the Film company had the rights, but now he finally could.

Steve Vai has added in his new solo album ( Elusive Light and Sound 1) the entire guitar duel, plus some extra music that was never released. Beware though, the dazzling Vai guitar solo pieces, including the crowning finale piece 'Eugene's Trick Bag' are not included on the soundtrack release. Neoclassical ahoy! Terrific slide guitar and blues score from Ry Cooder whilst Steve Vai provides all the technical wizardry. Mozart, William Kanengiser Add Missing Score Track

Crossroads soundtrack