Carlos Rafael Rivera

Carlos Rafael Rivera
Born
Carlos Rafael Rivera

(1970-08-18) August 18, 1970 (age 55)
OccupationsMusic 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 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]

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
Dept. Q 2025
They Will Kill You 2026

References