Miguel Gustavo (24 March 1922 – 22 January 1972) was a Brazilian journalist, and songwriter.

[1] Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1922, he started as a disc jockey for Radio Vera Cruz in 1941 and stood out as a jingle composer, in addition to having also made hits as a composer of sambas and marches.

He continued in 1950 composing jingles, including Casas da Banha, which caused controversy for using an excerpt from the melody "Jesus, the joy of men" by J. S. Bach.

For the 1970 World Cup in Mexico he composed the anthem Pra Frente Brasil and the melody became a symbol of the Selection.

[2] Miguel Gustavo died in 1972 and was buried in the Caju Cemetery, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.