About

Carlos Rafael Rivera is a Grammy and three-time Emmy Award-winning composer and educator with a versatile career across Film, TV, and Performing Arts. Best known for his critically acclaimed score for Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and directed by Scott Frank, Rivera earned his second Primetime Emmy, a Grammy, and several other prestigious awards including the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Award, BMI Film & TV Visual Media Award, Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA), and two International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards.

In recent years, Rivera scored Apple TV's Lessons in Chemistry, starring Brie Larson, garnering two SCL nominations and winning his third Emmy. His upcoming projects include Netflix's Griselda, starring Sofia Vergara, Bleecker Street's Ezra, and continued collaborations with Scott Frank on AMC Network's Monsieur Spade and Netflix's Department Q.

Rivera's diverse scoring portfolio also includes the Emmy-winning Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones featuring Liam Neeson, Netflix's Chupa, Disney+’s Just Beyond, and HBO Max’s Hacks, starring Jean Smart, for which he won the World Soundtrack Award and BMI Film & TV Visual Media Award.