Carlos Rafael Rivera (born 18 August 1970) is an American composer based in 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 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.
Education He attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for high school. He studied guitar and received a Bachelor 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 +TitleYearWithout a Map1999Dragonfly2002Crash2005Feast2006A Walk Among the Tombstones2014Godless2017The Queen's Gambit2020Just Beyond2021Hacks 2022La Reina del Sur (season 3)Chupa 2023Lessons in ChemistryGriselda2024Dept. Q2025They Will Kill You2026
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