The songs were composed by National Artist for Music Felipe de Leon, with lyrics by National Artist for Literature and Music Levi Celerio. When “Bagong Lipunan”— remixed and rearranged into ...

who put forward a vision for a “new society” or bagong lipunan ... its lyrics were written by National Artist for Music and Literature Levi Celerio. A modern version of the song was used ...

The melody is “awful,” the lyrics “forgettable ... anthem and even with the ‘Bagong Lipunan,’” he added. “It sounds too much like a pop song that you would want to hear, but ...