Known For
Sound
Born
Jan 02, 1939
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Credits
54 titles
Nacho Méndez
Biography
Mexican musician, composer, actor and playwright. He lived in Mexico from 1939 to 1964; in Brazil from January to May 1964; in Spain from May to December of the same year; in Mexico from 1965 to 1968; in California, USA, from 1968 to 1970; in Sweden in 1970; in Spain in 1971; in Mexico from 1971 to 1989; in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, from 1982 to 1994 and, from then on, in Mexico City. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Música of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and at the Escuela Libre de Música. He also studied with maestro Moacir Santos in Brazil. He began his artistic career in 1959, in Mexico, in the group "Los Vocalistas". His first composition was the "Jingle" Burbujita de la Sal de Uvas Picot. The work with which he has obtained greater satisfaction is the music of the film "Angeles y Querubines". He has composed some songs in co-authorship with Raúl Astor, Paco Ignacio Taibo and Germán Dehesa. He was awarded the Diosa de Plata for best film music for the movie "Ángeles y Querubines". Diosa de Plata for best film music, for the film "Víbora Caliente". Ariel for best film music, for the film "Las Noches de Paloma". Within his professional activity, he has scored forty-seven feature films. He has written original music for six theatrical plays; four themes for television programs, and more than one hundred "jingles" or commercials.
Known For
Filmography
Noche, Boleros y Son
Self - Host
Mónica y el Profesor
Hasta que los cuernos nos separen
Music
Soy libre
Original Music Composer
Caceria de un fugitivo
Music
Mi compadre Capulina
Music
Los machos estan fatigados
Original Music Composer
Katy Meets the Aliens
Original Music Composer
El rey de los taxistas
Music
Escápate conmigo
Music
Herencia maldita
Music
The Highway Killer
Original Music Composer
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Music
Mauro el mojado
Music
Chiquita pero picosa
Original Music Composer
Fiebre de Amor
Music
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Music
Massacre in Rio Grande
Music
Katy Caterpillar
Original Music Composer
Siete En La Mira
Music
The Death of the Jackal
Music
Charrito
Original Music Composer
Ya nunca más
Music
God's Crooked Lines
Original Music Composer
Don Ratón y Don Ratero
Music
Lobo Salvaje
Music
Lagunilla 2
Music
El sexo de los ricos
Music
Noche de juerga
Music
Novia, esposa y amante
Music
Taste of Blood
Music
Frontera
Music
Nora la Rebelde
Music
En la trampa
Music
The Illegal
Music
Matar por matar
Music
En Defensa Propia
Music
The Nights of Paloma
Music
Soy el hijo del gallero
Music
Free Love
Music
Hot Snake
Original Music Composer
Paper Flowers
Music
The Mexican
Original Music Composer
Fantoche
Music
The Mansion of Madness
Original Music Composer
Angels and Cherubs
Music
El Topo
Orchestrator
Matrimonio y Sexo
Music
Paula
Music
Dangerous Game
Music