Manuel Esperón

1911–2011 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Biography

Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011) was a Mexican song writer and composer. He wrote many songs for Mexican films, including Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! for the 1941 film of the same name, Cocula for El peñón de las ánimas (The Rock of Souls) (1943), and Amor con Amor Se Paga for Hay un niño en su futuro (1952). Other Esperón compositions have become Latin standards such as Yo Soy Mexicano, Noche Plateada and No Volveré which was used in the first episode of the 2001 soap opera El juego de la vida. Among other performers, Chavela Vargas, Pedro Infante, Los Panchos, and Jorge Negrete have made his songs well-known. His fame in the USA derives from when his song The Three Caballeros was used in the Disney film The Three Caballeros (1944). In 1989 Esperón was awarded the Premier National Prize of Mexico for Art and Traditional Culture (de Artes y Tradiciones Populares). In 2001, he was given a tribute at the Palace of Fine Arts in the historical center of Mexico City. Until his Death in 2011 he was the honorary President for life of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico. His songs continued to be used in filmmaking and television productions.

Sound 236

1990s

1991
Mi Querido Viejo
Original Music Composer
70
1990
Por Tu Maldito Amor
Original Music Composer
68

1980s

1989
Acorralado
Music
1985
Rafaga De Plomo
Original Music Composer
Masacre en el río Tula
Original Music Composer
1984
Cruz de olvido
Original Music Composer
No vale nada la vida
Music Director
El regreso del carro rojo
Music
1983
Mundo mágico
Original Music Composer
Todo un hombre
Original Music Composer
El sexo de los pobres
Original Music Composer
1982
Una gallina muy ponedora
Original Music Composer
San Miguel el alto
Original Music Composer
El rey de los albures
Original Music Composer
1981
Te Solte la Rienda
Music

1970s

1979
357 Magnum
Original Music Composer
Los Reyes del Palenque
Original Music Composer
La sotana del reo
Original Music Composer
1977
Chanoc on the Island of the Dead
Original Music Composer
1976
Chin Chin el teporocho
Original Music Composer
Red Zone
Original Music Composer
1975
Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes
Original Music Composer
1973
Las tarántulas
Original Music Composer
1972
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
Original Music Composer
1970
La mujer de oro
Original Music Composer
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Original Music Composer

1960s

1969
Santo vs. Capulina
Original Music Composer
El crepúsculo de un dios
Original Music Composer
The Sin of Adam and Eve
Music
1968
Stranger in the House
Original Music Composer
Agente 00 Sexy
Original Music Composer
The Angels of Puebla
Original Music Composer
Báñame mi amor
Original Music Composer
1967
La guerrillera de Villa
Original Music Composer
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Original Music Composer
1966
The Two Rivals
Original Music Composer
Juan Pistolas
Original Music Composer
Juan Colorado
Original Music Composer
70
Los Cuatro Juanes
Original Music Composer
La vida de Pedro Infante
Original Music Composer
La cigüeña distraída
Original Music Composer
La Valentina
Original Music Composer
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Original Music Composer
1965
Los reyes del volante
Original Music Composer
¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
Music
Los tales por cuales
Original Music Composer
Escuela para solteras
Original Music Composer
Guadalajara en verano
Original Music Composer
1964
La edad de piedra
Original Music Composer
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
Original Music Composer
Así amaron nuestros padres
Original Music Composer
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Original Music Composer
Canción del alma
Music
1963
México de mis recuerdos
Music
El rey del tomate
Original Music Composer
Yo, el mujeriego
Original Music Composer
1962
¡En peligro de muerte!
Original Music Composer
Los cinco halcones
Original Music Composer, Music Director
The White Horse
Music
1961
El analfabeto
Original Music Composer
Muchachas que trabajan
Original Music Composer
Juana Gallo
Music
69
Martín Santos, El llanero
Music
1960
The Phantom of the Operetta
Original Music Composer
Amor en la sombra
Music
Bala Perdida
Music Director