Germaine Franco(I)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Germaine Franco is a Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer, percussionist, conductor, and music producer whose extensive resume and inventiveness, has made her a trailblazer in the fields of film, television, and immersive media music. Franco is the first Latina to win a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media with her score for Encanto, and the first woman to score a Disney animated feature film. She received the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature for Coco and Encanto. She recently completed work on the Netflix hit, The Mother. Additional highlight projects include her breakout scores for Margarita and the Sundance Festival darling Dope.
Her work has been performed by The Chicago Philharmonic, The National Symphony Orchestra, The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and The Los Angeles Master Chorale, among others.
Beyond the screen Franco is active in various philanthropic and music education endeavors. She is a board member with the Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights and has been a featured speaker or guest artist at many prestigious organizations including: UCLA, USC, The Juilliard School, Brown, Northwestern University, Emerson College, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sundance Film Festival, Databricks, and Shipt.
Franco holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in music from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Her master teachers include John Ashton Thomas, John Powell, Emil Richards, Phil Kraus, Buster Bailey, and Luis Conte.
Her work has been performed by The Chicago Philharmonic, The National Symphony Orchestra, The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and The Los Angeles Master Chorale, among others.
Beyond the screen Franco is active in various philanthropic and music education endeavors. She is a board member with the Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights and has been a featured speaker or guest artist at many prestigious organizations including: UCLA, USC, The Juilliard School, Brown, Northwestern University, Emerson College, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sundance Film Festival, Databricks, and Shipt.
Franco holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in music from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Her master teachers include John Ashton Thomas, John Powell, Emil Richards, Phil Kraus, Buster Bailey, and Luis Conte.
