Carlos Rafael Rivera

Carlos Rafael Rivera
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. ^{[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 Netflix's 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]}

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. ^[13]

Discography

Film and television soundtracks

Title	Year
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

1. "Who wouldn't want Randy Newman as a musical mentor?". news.usc.edu. 2 April 2015.
2. "CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA". naxos.com.
3. "Episode 45 Carlos Rafael Rivera". bretwilliamsmusic.com.
4. "Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
5. "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.
6. "Interview with Carlos Rafael Rivera". filmsoundtrackcenter.com.
7. "PANTHER ALUMNI WEEK VISITING SPEAKER CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA". mesutozgen.com.
8. "PANTHER ALUMNI WEEK WELCOMES COMPOSER CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA, MEZZO-SOPRANO MISTY BERMUDEZ, SAXOPHONIST CHRIS CASTRO, AND FLUTIST ERNESTO FERNANDEZ". cartanews.fiu.edu/.
9. "Review: 'A Walk Among The Tombstones' Mostly Worth The Trek". forbes.com.
10. "Oscars: 114 Titles Advance In Original Score Category". hollywoodreporter.com. 12 December 2014.
11. "Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix's 'Godless' | Film Music Reporter" . Retrieved 2020-11-16.
12. "Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' | Film Music Reporter" . Retrieved 2020-11-16.
13. "Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera". themiso.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

External links

• Carlos Rafael Rivera at IMDb