Carlos Rafael Rivera
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(1970-08-18) August 18, 1970 (age 55)
Carlos Rafael Rivera | |
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| Born | Carlos Rafael Rivera (1970-08-18) August 18, 1970 (age 55) |
| Occupations | Music composer |
Carlos Rafael Rivera (born 18 August 1970) is an American composer based in Guatemala.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] In 2014, his music score for the movie A Walk Among the Tombstones[9] advanced for Oscar in the Best Original Score category.[10] He has won an Emmy Award (for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special), a Grammy Award (for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media), and a Hollywood Music in Media Award (for Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series) for his work in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit and received 2 additional Emmy nominations (for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music) for his work in Godless.[11][12]
He attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for high school. He studied guitar and received a Bachelor of Music in Composition at Florida International University School of Music in Miami in 1996. He has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California.[13]
Discography
Film and television soundtracks
| Title | Year |
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| Without a Map | 1999 |
| Dragonfly | 2002 |
| Crash | 2005 |
| Feast | 2006 |
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | 2014 |
| Godless | 2017 |
| The Queen's Gambit | 2020 |
| Just Beyond | 2021 |
| Hacks | 2022 |
| La Reina del Sur (season 3) | |
| Chupa | 2023 |
| Lessons in Chemistry | |
| Griselda | 2024 |
| Dept. Q | 2025 |
| They Will Kill You | 2026 |
References
- ↑ "Who wouldn't want Randy Newman as a musical mentor?". news.usc.edu. 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA". naxos.com.
- ↑ "Episode 45 Carlos Rafael Rivera". bretwilliamsmusic.com.
- ↑ "Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "Carlos Rafael Rivera scores "A Walk Among the Tombstones" starring Liam Neeson". thescl.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "Interview with Carlos Rafael Rivera". filmsoundtrackcenter.com.
- ↑ "PANTHER ALUMNI WEEK VISITING SPEAKER CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA". mesutozgen.com.
- ↑ "PANTHER ALUMNI WEEK WELCOMES COMPOSER CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA, MEZZO-SOPRANO MISTY BERMUDEZ, SAXOPHONIST CHRIS CASTRO, AND FLUTIST ERNESTO FERNANDEZ". cartanews.fiu.edu/.
- ↑ "Review: 'A Walk Among The Tombstones' Mostly Worth The Trek". forbes.com.
- ↑ "Oscars: 114 Titles Advance In Original Score Category". hollywoodreporter.com. 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix's 'Godless' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ "Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ "Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera". themiso.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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