---
name: "Raúl Lavista"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raul-lavista"
fi1m_id: "raul-lavista"
imdb_id: "nm0006165"
tmdb_id: 234726
wikidata_id: "Q6101270"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 October 1913"
died: "19 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:42:45.575021+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."
---

# Raúl Lavista

## Identity

Raúl Lavista

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raul-lavista
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raul-lavista
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006165
- **TMDB ID:** 234726
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6101270
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Lavista, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6101270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006165/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/234726

Composer. Born 31 October 1913 in Mexico City, Mexico. Died 19 October 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 October 1913, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Died:** 19 October 1980
- **Also known as:** Raul Lavista
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Lavista, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6101270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006165/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/234726

## Biography

Raúl Lavista was a Mexican composer of film scores. Born in Mexico City on 31 October 1913, he worked extensively during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and received credit for music on more than three hundred productions between the 1930s and his death on 19 October 1980 in the same city.

He composed the scores for several films directed by Luis Buñuel, including *Macario* (1960), *The Exterminating Angel* (1962) and *Simon of the Desert* (1965), as well as many other titles such as *Los tres huastecos* (1948) and *Even the Wind Is Afraid* (1968). Lavista was the father of photographer Paulina Lavista and uncle of composer Mario Lavista. He received six Ariel Awards for his work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, es.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), Fi1m 87, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)

## Complete filmography (213)

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

- *The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema* (2016), Music
- *The Ghost of the Lake* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Everyone's Hell So Feared* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Johnny Chicano* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Adriana del Rio, actriz* (1979), Music
- *The Holy War* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Broken Flag* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *New World* (1978), Music
- *Drizzle* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *La Güera Rodríguez* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Paper Flowers* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Brothers of the Wind* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Cuartelazo* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Gorilla's King* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Fungi Man* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Survive!* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Blacker Than the Night* (1975), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon* (1975), Music
- *...And Woman Made Man* (1975), Music
- *Sangre derramada* (1975), Music
- *Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño* (1975), Music
- *Rapine* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Braid* (1975), Music
- *Before the Corpse of a Leader* (1974), Music
- *Island of Lost Souls* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Guns and Guts* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Wild Wind* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Invasion of the Dead* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Peluquero de señoras* (1973), Music
- *Eva and Dario* (1973), Music
- *The Flesh of the Gallows* (1973), Music
- *A Twelve Year Old Pirate* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Innocent* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Night of a Thousand Cats* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Doña Macabra* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Arruza* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Mi niño Tizoc* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Incredible Professor Zovek* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Desire in Autumn* (1972), Music
- *The Days of Love* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza!* (1972), Music
- *The Enemy Blood* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Fallaste corazón* (1970), Music
- *Rubí* (1970), Music
- *Tres noches de locura* (1970), Music
- *The Young Animals* (1970), Music
- *Unethical Behaviour* (1970), Music
- *Perverse Doll* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *La trinchera* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Andante* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Door and the Butcher's Wife* (1969), Music
- *The Butcher’s Wife* (1969), Music
- *The Book of Stone* (1969), Music
- *Autopsy of a Ghost* (1968), Music
- *Even the Wind Is Afraid* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *There are not Crosses in the Sea* (1968), Music
- *Chewing Gum* (1968), Music
- *Dos pintores pintorescos* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *La soldadera* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Que hombre tan sin embargo* (1967), Music
- *Adios cuñado* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Dos meseros majaderos* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *You Only Come at Night* (1966), Music
- *Cada quién su lucha* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Distant Wind* (1966), Sound, Original Music Composer
- *El tragabalas* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *La recta final* (1966), Music
- *El señor doctor* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Mar sangriento (La gaviota roja)* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Adventure at the Center of the Earth* (1965), Music
- *Simon of the Desert* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The She-Wolf* (1965), Music Director
- *Tarahumara (Further and farther)* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Llanto por Juan Indio* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *In the Hondo Park* (1965), Music
- *August Afternoon* (1965), Music
- *Encounter* (1965), Music
- *The Little Priest* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Dile que la quiero* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Autumn Days* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Paper Man* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Heart of a Child* (1963), Music Director
- *La Bandida* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Heaven and Earth* (1962), Music
- *El lobo blanco* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Santo vs. the Vampire Women* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Santo vs. the Zombies* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)
- *My Son, the Hero* (1961), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Then God Named It Earth* (1961), Sound
- *The White Rose* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Conqueror of the Moon* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *El Violetero* (1960), Music
- *For the Love of Mike* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Shadow of the Tyrant* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Macario* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *El jinete solitario en El valle de los desaparecidos: La venganza del jinete solitario* (1960), Music
- *The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Infierno de almas* (1960), Music
- *La Cucaracha* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Yo pecador* (1959), Sound
- *Isla para dos* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Thirst for Love* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Smile of the Virgin* (1958), Music
- *Enchanted Island* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Tom Thumb* (1958), Music
- *El gran premio* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Land of Men* (1958), Music
- *Tizoc* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *El bolero de Raquel* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Boodle* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Los amantes* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Beast of Hollow Mountain* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Historia de un marido infiel* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Hidden One* (1956), Music
- *Up and Down* (1956), Music
- *Arm in Arm Down the Street* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Melodías de amor* (1955), Music
- *A Life in the Balance* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Medallion of Crime* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *X Murderer* (1955), Music
- *Tailored gentleman* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The River and Death* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *La gitana blanca* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Wuthering Heights* (1954), Music
- *Romance de fieras* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Return to Youth* (1954), Music
- *The Witch* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Doubt* (1954), Music
- *The Boy and the Fog* (1953), Music
- *Lo que no se puede perdonar!..* (1953), Music
- *Mr. Photographer* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Las infieles* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Mujeres que trabajan* (1953), Music
- *The Coward* (1953), Music
- *Por el mismo camino* (1953), Music
- *The Brute* (1953), Music
- *The Revived Monster* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Forgotten Faces* (1952), Music
- *Prefiero a tu papá* (1952), Sound
- *The Atomic Fireman* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman Without Love* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *El derecho de nacer* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Absentee* (1952), Music
- *Night Falls* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Si yo fuera diputado* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Cárcel de mujeres* (1951), Music
- *Full Spead Ahead* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *My General's Wives* (1951), Music
- *Crimen y castigo* (1951), Music
- *In the Palm of Your Hand* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Girls in Uniform* (1951), Music
- *Susana* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Los hijos de la calle* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Apartment house* (1951), Music
- *By the False Door* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *La loca de la casa* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Over the Waves* (1950), Music
- *El sol sale para todos* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Without a Face* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *No desearás la mujer de tu hijo* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Sheep* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Confidencias de un ruletero* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *El rencor de la tierra* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Seminarian* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Hay lugar para... dos* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Zorina* (1949), Music
- *Arriba El Norte* (1949), Music
- *Felipe de Jesús* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Woman I Lost* (1949), Music
- *La dama del velo* (1949), Music
- *El dolor de los hijos* (1949), Music
- *A Family Like Many Others* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Cuando los padres se quedan solos* (1949), Music
- *Black Angels* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Rosenda* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Sofia* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Get Off at the Next Corner!* (1948), Music
- *Los tres huastecos* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Women in the Night* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *When the Brave Cry* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Other* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Nuestros maridos* (1946), Music
- *¡Ya tengo a mi hijo!* (1946), Music
- *Everybody's Woman* (1946), Music
- *Bugambilia* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The White Monk* (1945), Music
- *Flor de durazno* (1945), Music
- *Twilight* (1945), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Murallas de pasión* (1944), Music
- *Divorciadas* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Another Dawn* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Hooray for Women!* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Morenita clara* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Qué hombre tan simpático* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Story of a Great Love* (1942), Music
- *El conde de Montecristo* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *¿Quién te quiere a ti?* (1942), Music
- *La gallina clueca* (1941), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *La casa del rencor* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *El hijo de Cruz Diablo* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *El rápido de las 9.15* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *You’re Missing the Point* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Midnight Ghost* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Viviré otra vez* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Odio* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *La canción del huérfano* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Una luz en mi camino* (1939), Music

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