---
name: "Tito Larriva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tito-larriva"
fi1m_id: "tito-larriva"
imdb_id: "nm0488644"
tmdb_id: 53763
wikidata_id: "Q331461"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:47:49.987150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tito Larriva

## Identity

Tito Larriva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tito-larriva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tito-larriva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0488644
- **TMDB ID:** 53763
- **Wikidata ID:** Q331461
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Larriva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53763

Composer. Born 1 January 1953 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
- **Active:** 1984–2003
- **Also known as:** Tito & Tarantula
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Larriva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53763

## Biography

Tito Larriva is a Mexican-born American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He led the Los Angeles punk band The Plugz, one of the earliest groups in the West Coast punk scene, and later formed Tito & Tarantula.

The Plugz scored the 1984 film *Repo Man* and contributed several tracks to its soundtrack. Larriva has composed for other films and frequently appears in supporting roles in the work of director Robert Rodriguez, including *Desperado* (1995), *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003) and *Machete* (2010).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003), Fi1m 56, as Cab Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico.md)
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Titty Twister Guitarist & Vocalist — [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Machete* (2010), as Culebra Cruzado
- *Tito & Tarantula: Live At The Continental Club* (2009), Writer
- *Grindhouse* (2007), as Henchman (segment "Machete") (uncredited)
- *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003), as Cab Driver — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico.md)
- *The Million Dollar Hotel* (2000), as Jesu
- *Just a Little Harmless Sex* (1999), as Chuey
- *Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller* (1998), as Band Member · Original Music Composer
- *Dream with the Fishes* (1997), Music
- *Trojan War* (1997), as Tattoo Man
- *She's So Lovely* (1997), as Lead Singer
- *Scorpion Spring* (1996), as Bartender
- *Freeway* (1996), Additional Music
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), as Titty Twister Guitarist & Vocalist — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)
- *Desperado* (1995), as Tavo · Additional Music
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Ricky Garbanzo (voice)
- *Boys on the Side* (1995), as Indigo Girls' Band
- *Somebody to Love* (1994), as Tito
- *Double Trouble* (1992), as Reg
- *Eyes of an Angel* (1991), as Cissy
- *Session Man* (1991), as Mouse
- *Born in East L.A.* (1987), as Oscar
- *True Stories* (1986), as Ramon
- *Repo Man* (1984), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)
- *The Pee-wee Herman Show* (1981), as Hammy · Writer

## Gallery

- ![Tito Larriva](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-099df2240cda.jpg) Tito Larriva — crazyjaneski from Prague, Czech Republic, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Tito_Larriva.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-22cb60d236cb.jpg) Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010. — Michael Brandtner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_b.jpg/1280px-Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-a61125916dec.jpg) Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010. — Michael Brandtner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_d.jpg/1280px-Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_d.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-e83bcfb1106a.jpg) Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010. — Michael Brandtner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_e.jpg/1280px-Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010%2C_e.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-8b4fb931934a.jpg) Tito & Tarantula at their concert in Bremen, Germany on July 21st 2010. — Michael Brandtner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010.jpg/1280px-Tito_%26_Tarantula%2C_Bremen_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sala Colonial Norte Madrid , 14-Nov-2008](https://film.one/media/person/118207/gallery-05b1ae2a72a6.jpg) Sala Colonial Norte Madrid , 14-Nov-2008 — Mario from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Tito_%26_Tarantula_-_Tito_Larriva_-_Madrid_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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