Rey Valera, played by Ramon Khino ‘RK’ Bagatsing, relives the inspirations—people, situations, communities, and times—that spurred him to compose some of his most popular and deeply meaningful Original Pilipino Music hits across the decades of his iconic career.
Rey chooses ten of his OPM blockbusters to weave a tapestry of the human condition and his reflections on the stories of what make the Filipino a Filipino and composites of some of the people he encountered in his life.
REY immerses into why and how he was able to create Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko, Malayo Pa Ang Umaga, Mr. DJ, Pangako sa Yo, Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo, Maging Sino Ka Man, Kung Kailangan Mo Ako, Tayong Dalawa, Ako si Superman, and some of the greatest hit songs performed by Rico J. Puno, superstar male OPM performer from the 1970s and 1980s to the early 2000s.
Rey reveals and returns to the original intent and circumstances of each of these signature songs in their contextual history or life settings. Some of the songs are often associated with or remembered as soundtracks of memorable Filipino movies, but their origins tell different stories. Origin stories matter.
In alpabetical order – Aljur Abrenica, Rico Barrera, Gelli de Belen, Josh de Guzman, Christopher de Leon, Lotlot de Leon, Jenine Desiderio, Meg Imperial, Ronnie Lazaro, Gian Magdangal, Carlo Mendoza, Ara Mina, Arlene Muhlach, Pekto Nacua, Eric Nicolas, Dennis Padilla, Epy Quizon, Arman Reyes, Ariel Rivera, Ricky Rivero, Rosanna Roces, Lloyd Samartino, Shira Tweg, Lou Veloso, and Gardo Versoza.
Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko (The Music of Rey Valera) is an anthology and origin film of the life and career of Rey Valera, centering on the inspirations behind his Original Pilipino Music chartbusters.
Produced by Saranggola Media and directed by Joven Tan, and top-billed by critically-acclaimed Filipino actor RK Bagatsing, the film is told in segments devoted to the Rey Valera selected hits.
Within the film are segment tributes to the late Rico J. Puno for whom Rey wrote.
There is a standalone segment on Ako Si Superman which Rey intended for Rico J. Puno but the “Total Performer” was unable to record them, though he suggested that Rey sing it himself and for which Rey gained spotlight attention.
