---
name: "Max Jocson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-jocson"
fi1m_id: "max-jocson"
imdb_id: "nm0423496"
tmdb_id: 1186137
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:02:35.241020+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."
---

# Max Jocson

## Identity

Max Jocson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-jocson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-jocson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0423496
- **TMDB ID:** 1186137
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1186137

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1186137

## Biography

Max Jocson is a Filipino composer. He provided the original music for Lino Brocka’s *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975).

Jocson scored several Philippine films of the 1970s and 1980s, including *Itim* (1976), *Jaguar* (1979), *Bona* (1980), *Cain at Abel* (1982) and *Broken Marriage* (1983).

*Sources: criterion.com, watch.plex.tv, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Fi1m 87, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *A Foggy Night* (1993), Music
- *Lucia* (1992), Music
- *Dreaming Filipinos* (1991), Music
- *Lord, Bakit Ako Pa?* (1988), Music
- *Vagabond Woman* (1988), Music
- *Broken Marriage* (1983), Music
- *Cain and Abel* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Anak* (1982), Music
- *Caught in the Act* (1981), Music
- *Controversial* (1981), Music
- *Playgirl* (1981), Music
- *Jaguar* (1979), Music
- *The Rites of May* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)
- *Manila... A Filipino Film* (1975), Music

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