Carlos Rafael Rivera

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] Carlos also composed music for the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017)[11] and The Queen’s Gambit (2020), for which he won an Emmy Award (Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special) and a Hollywood Music in Media Award (Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series).[12]

Carlos Rafael Rivera
Birth nameCarlos Rafael Rivera
Born1970 (age 51–52)
Occupation(s)Music composer

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 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

References
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  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.
  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.
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