Manuel Esperón
Sound
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.
Known for
Sound231
movieMi Querido Viejo
1991
Original Music Composer
moviePor Tu Maldito Amor
1990
Original Music Composer
movieAcorralado
1989
Music
movieRafaga De Plomo
1985
Original Music Composer
movieMasacre en el río Tula
1985
Original Music Composer
movieCruz de olvido
1984
Original Music Composer
movieNo vale nada la vida
1984
Music Director
movieMundo mágico
1983
Original Music Composer
movieTodo un hombre
1983
Original Music Composer
movieEl sexo de los pobres
1983
Original Music Composer
movieUna gallina muy ponedora
1982
Original Music Composer
movieEl rey de los albures
1982
Original Music Composer
movie357 Magnum
1979
Original Music Composer
movieLos Reyes del Palenque
1979
Original Music Composer
movieLa sotana del reo
1979
Original Music Composer
movieChanoc on the Island of the Dead
1977
Original Music Composer
movieChin Chin el teporocho
1976
Original Music Composer
movieRed Zone
1976
Original Music Composer
movieChanoc en el foso de las serpientes
1975
Original Music Composer
movieLas tarántulas
1973
Original Music Composer
movieChanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
1972
Original Music Composer
movieLa mujer de oro
1970
Original Music Composer
movieChanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
Original Music Composer
movieSanto vs. Capulina
1969
Original Music Composer
movieEl crepúsculo de un dios
1969
Original Music Composer
movieStranger in the House
1968
Original Music Composer
Requiem por un canalla
1968
Original Music Composer
movieAgente 00 Sexy
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Angels of Puebla
1968
Original Music Composer
movieBáñame mi amor
1968
Original Music Composer
Tres mil kilómetros de amor
1967
Original Music Composer
movieLa guerrillera de Villa
1967
Original Music Composer
movieUn dorado de Pancho Villa
1967
Original Music Composer
movieThe Two Rivals
1966
Original Music Composer
movieJuan Pistolas
1966
Original Music Composer
movieJuan Colorado
1966
Original Music Composer
movieLos Cuatro Juanes
1966
Original Music Composer
movieLa vida de Pedro Infante
1966
Original Music Composer
movieLa cigüeña distraída
1966
Original Music Composer
movieLa Valentina
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966
Original Music Composer
movieLos reyes del volante
1965
Original Music Composer
movieLos tales por cuales
1965
Original Music Composer
movieEscuela para solteras
1965
Original Music Composer
movieLa edad de piedra
1964
Original Music Composer
movie¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
1964
Original Music Composer
Napoleoncito
1964
Original Music Composer
movieAsí amaron nuestros padres
1964
Original Music Composer
movieLos amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964
Original Music Composer
movieEl rey del tomate
1963
Original Music Composer
movieYo, el mujeriego
1963
Original Music Composer
movie¡En peligro de muerte!
1962
Original Music Composer
movieLos cinco halcones
1962
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieEl analfabeto
1961
Original Music Composer
movieMuchachas que trabajan
1961
Original Music Composer
movieJuana Gallo
1961
Music
movieThe Phantom of the Operetta
1960
Original Music Composer
movieBala Perdida
1960
Music Director
Una estrella y dos estrellados
1960
Original Music Composer
movieFlor de canela
1959
Original Music Composer
movieLa vida de Agustín Lara
1959
Music Director
movieRefifí entre las mujeres
1958
Original Music Composer
movieTrip to the Moon
1958
Original Music Composer
moviePretty sky!
1957
Music
movieEl gato sin botas
1957
Original Music Composer
movieComedians of the League
1957
Original Music Composer
movieThe Innocent
1956
Original Music Composer
movieMusic School
1955
Original Music Composer
movieLa Vida No Vale Nada
1955
Original Music Composer
movieLa mujer X
1955
Music
movieLos líos de Barba Azul
1955
Original Music Composer
movieSchool for Tramps
1955
Original Music Composer
movieWatch Out for Love
1954
Original Music Composer
movieEl hombre inquieto
1954
Original Music Composer
movieEl mil amores
1954
Original Music Composer
movieMulata
1954
Music
movieThe Abduction
1954
Original Music Composer
movieReto a la vida
1954
Original Music Composer
movieDos tipos de cuidado
1953
Original Music Composer
movieAnxiety
1953
Original Music Composer
movie¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
1953
Original Music Composer
moviePepe El Toro
1953
Original Music Composer
movieEl vagabundo
1953
Original Music Composer
movieMe traes de un ala
1953
Original Music Composer
movieFrom the Village to TV
1953
Original Music Composer
movieA Place Close to Heaven
1952
Original Music Composer
moviePor ellas aunque mal paguen
1952
Original Music Composer
movieLos hijos de María Morales
1952
Original Music Composer
movieAngélica
1952
Music
movieLa loca
1952
Music
movieLa miel se fue de la luna
1952
Original Music Composer
movieFar from Heaven
1952
Original Music Composer
movie¡Acá las Tortas!
1951
Original Music Composer
movieDaughter of Deceit
1951
Original Music Composer
movieMy Outlaw Brother
1951
Original Music Composer
movieHeart of beast
1951
Music, Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieTierra baja
1951
Original Music Composer
movieEl Siete Machos
1951
Original Music Composer
movieEntre tu amor y el cielo
1950
Original Music Composer
movieHuellas del pasado
1950
Original Music Composer
movieInmaculada
1950
Music
movieCuando acaba la noche
1950
Original Music Composer
moviePiña madura
1950
Music
movieSi fuera una cualquiera
1950
Original Music Composer
movieNo desearás la mujer de tu hijo
1950
Original Music Composer
movieDoña Diabla
1950
Original Music Composer
movieRed Rain
1950
Music
movieThe Possession
1950
Original Music Composer
movieThe Great Madcap
1949
Original Music Composer
movieLa mujer del puerto
1949
Original Music Composer
movieLas puertas del presidio
1949
Original Music Composer
moviePerez Family
1949
Music, Original Music Composer
movieMidnight
1949
Original Music Composer
movieDicen que soy mujeriego
1949
Original Music Composer
movieYou the Rich
1948
Original Music Composer
movieAlgo flota sobre el agua
1948
Original Music Composer
movieSi Adelita se fuera con otro
1948
Original Music Composer
movieWe the Poor
1948
Original Music Composer
movieMay God Forgive Me
1948
Original Music Composer
movieSoledad
1947
Music
movieThe Three Garcías
1947
Original Music Composer
movieVuelven los García
1947
Music Director
movieLa barca de oro
1947
Original Music Composer
movieLa insaciable
1947
Original Music Composer
movieGran Casino
1947
Original Music Composer
La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
1947
Original Music Composer
movieNuestros maridos
1946
Sound Recordist
movieTragic Weddings
1946
Music, Songs, Music Sound Design and Processing
movieEl puente del castigo
1946
Original Music Composer, Sound Recordist
movieEl socio
1946
Sound Recordist, Original Music Composer
movieSol y sombra
1946
Music, Sound Recordist
moviePepita Jiménez
1946
Sound Recordist
movieCantaclaro
1946
Music
movieAmor Prohibido
1945
Original Music Composer
movieBugambilia
1945
Music
movieCanaima
1945
Music
movieNosotros
1945
Music
movieTwilight
1945
Music Sound Design and Processing
movieAmok
1944
Sound Engineer, Original Music Composer
movieEscándalo de estrellas
1944
Original Music Composer
movieGran Hotel
1944
Original Music Composer
movieLa Fuga
1944
Music
movieMéxico de mis recuerdos
1944
Original Music Composer
movieViva Mi Desgracia
1944
Original Music Composer
movieDivorciadas
1943
Sound Recordist
movieAdiós juventud
1943
Music, Songs
movieRomeo y Julieta
1943
Original Music Composer
movieTentación
1943
Sound Recordist
movieWild Flower
1943
Sound
movieMaría Eugenia
1943
Original Music Composer
movieEl circo
1943
Original Music Composer
movieEl rebelde (Romance de Antaño)
1943
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Rock of Souls
1943
Songs, Music Arranger
movieYo bailé con Don Porfirio
1942
Original Music Composer
movieThe Three Musketeers
1942
Original Music Composer
movieAlejandra
1942
Original Music Composer
movieCuando viajan las estrellas
1942
Original Music Composer
movieLas cinco noches de Adán
1942
Original Music Composer
movieAllá en el bajio
1942
Original Music Composer
movie¿Quién te quiere a tí?
1942
Original Music Composer
movieLo que el viento trajo
1941
Original Music Composer
movieEl jefe máximo
1940
Original Music Composer
movieA Macabre Legacy
1939
Original Music Composer
movieLa bestia negra
1939
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieMientras México duerme
1938
Original Music Composer
movieHombres del mar
1938
Original Music Composer
Acting5
movieCanto a mi tierra
1938
Vagabundo (as Los Cuatro Vagabundos)
Crew2
movieVen a cantar conmigo
1967
Compositor
movieLas tres alegres comadres
1952
Compositor