Carlos Rafael Rivera
Carlos Rafael Rivera is an American composer based out of 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, a Grammy Award, and a Hollywood Music in Media Award for his work in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit and received 2 additional Emmy nominations for his work in Godless.
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.