Carlos Rafael Rivera | |
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Birth name | Carlos Rafael Rivera |
Born | 1970 (age 51–52) |
Occupation(s) | 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] 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]
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 |
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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 |
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.