Born Manuel Parada de la Puente on May 19, 1902 in Corona, Spain.
And died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 26, 1980. His
biography has often been confused with the Argentinian tango guitarist and
composer of the same name who lived from 1902-1980. Our Manuel Parada trained
at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, he studied under the esteemed Conrado del
Campo. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, he enlisted with the National
side. Thanks to his friendship with the film director José Luis Sáenz de
Heredia, he managed to break into the film world with Sáenz de Heredia's “Raza”
(1941), a war film pseudonymously written by General Franco himself. After
that, Parada composed more scores for similar propaganda pieces as well as a
myriad of comedies and melodramas. In the 1960s, his career declined, partially
(one assumes) on account of the falls from grace that were characteristic of
the long history of the Franco regime, partially because of the appearance of a
new generation composed of the likes of Luis de Pablo, Carmelo Bernaola and
Antón García Abril. Parada nevertheless remained the regular composer of
Francoist filmmaker Rafael Gil.
In recent years music historians have questioned his credits
because during the 1960s and 1970s both Italy and Spain granted tax credits to
film producers and production companies if they used a specific number of
national actors and crew members in their films. It was later discovered by
historians that often Spanish and Italian names were listed in the credits to
obtain these tax credits when they actually had nothing to do with that
particular film. Manuel Parada’s name has come up often for this practice.
PARADA, Manuel (Manuel Parada de la Puente) [6/26/1911, San Felices de los
Gallego, Salamanca, Spain
– 7/10/1973, Madrid, Madrid, Spain]
- composer, conductor, arranger, songwriter, musician (guitar), singer.
The Terror of Oklahoma – 1959 (co)
Shadow of Zorro –
1962 (co)
The Terrible
Sheriff – 1962 (co)
Welcome Padre
Murray - 1962
Zorro the Avenger
– 1962
4 Bullets for Joe
– 1963
Heroes of the
West – 1963 (co)*
Implacable Three
– 1963 (co)
The Sign of the
Coyote – 1963 (co)*
Charge of the 7th
– 1964 (co)
The Man of the
Cursed Valley – 1964 (co)
Outlaw of Red River – 1964 (co)
Welcome Padre
Murray - 1964
Assault on Fort Texan
– 1965
A Fistful of Knuckles – 1965 (co)
Kid Rodelo – 1965
(co)*
The Outlaw of Red River – 1965
Ringo, the Lone
Rider – 1968 (co)*
Taste of
Vengeance – 1968 (co)*
*Available on CD
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