[2] The album cover shows leading actor in the movie Mickey Rourke in a boxing gym wearing his equipment looking directly into the camera.

[3] The background behind and aside the photograph is dark blue and has writing concerning the album title, main actors and performers of the soundtrack on it.

[5] The soundtrack was originally released under Virgin Records in September 1988 in North America[6] and for the rest of the world – notably Europe – in November later the same year.

[11] Although it is unknown if the soundtrack album did reach any national charts, it had sold more than 100,000 copies in Italy[12] and also gained a Gold record in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling more than 500,000 copies in the country and more than 600,000 worldwide.

[9] AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann awards the soundtrack three out of five possible stars, giving it an average soundtrack album rating,[6] reviewing: Eric Clapton's score to the Mickey Rourke film Homeboy consists largely of bluesy instrumental pieces performed by Clapton, keyboard player Michael Kamen, bassist Nathan East, and drummer Steve Ferrone.