Carlos Rafael Rivera | |
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Birth name | Carlos Rafael Rivera |
Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
Occupations | Music composer |
Carlos Rafael Rivera (born 18 August, 1970) is an American composer based out of Guatemala. In 2014, his music score for the movie A Walk Among the Tombstones advanced for Oscar in the Best Original Score category. 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 Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020) and received two 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 another Netflix miniseries Godless (2017).
Education
He attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for high school. He studied guitar and received a Bachelors 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.
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 |
References
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- "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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