Germaine Franco
Film composer and songwriter Germaine Franco's varied background includes work in television, documentaries, and video games, but the California native is best known for her work on family films such as Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), Disney's Coco (2017, and the Grammy-winning Encanto (2021). She was the first female composer to be hired by DreamWorks Animation and Pixar, and the first Latina composer to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A percussionist and keyboardist, Germaine Franco first studied composing at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1984. She returned to the university for her subsequent master's and started earning composing credits on film shorts in the early '90s. Her first feature film as composer was 1993's The Tent Show (aka La Carpa). She followed that with work in various music departments as a composer's assistant, score production coordinator (The Bourne Supremacy, Horton Hears a Who!), music producer (TV's Fargo), and orchestrator (Kung Fu Panda 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2) throughout the 2000s and 2010s. In the meantime, she collected occasional composing credits on independent films like 2007's 3 Américas, 2012's Margarita, and 2015's Dope, which earned her a Black Reel Award nomination for Outstanding Original Score. Franco soon joined composer Michael Giacchino and songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez on the music team of the Disney-Pixar animated musical Coco, as songwriter and additional music composer alongside Adrián Molina. While the Lopezes won an Oscar for their contribution, "Remember Me," all five of them won an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production.
With Franco's star on the rise, in 2018 she was the main composer for the Starz series Vida, in addition to other work for TV, and she provided scores for the comedy films Tag and Public Disturbance. Among her scoring output in 2019 was Dora and the Lost City of Gold, with composer John Debney. She followed that with music for the Curious George franchise, scores for the Netflix films Work It and The Sleepover, and continued work on the animated TV series The Casagrandes, which featured Franco's theme music. In 2021, she penned the score for the Disney animated feature Encanto, which featured songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Franco also performed her own keyboards and Latin and orchestral percussion on the score recording. A major commercial success, Encanto's soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 and took home the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
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Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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Encanto: La fantastique famille Madrigal (Bande Originale Française du Film)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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The Mother (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Netflix Music on 5 May 2023
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Encanto (Banda Sonora Original en Español)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Elenco
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Colonna Sonora Originale)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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Kung Fu Panda: Land Of Awesomeness (Music From Universal Beijing Resort's)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Back Lot Music on 20 Sep 2021
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Curious George: Go West Go Wild (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Back Lot Music on 8 Sep 2020
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Curious George: Royal Monkey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Back Lot Music on 6 Sep 2019
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Encanto: Ένας Κόσμος Μαγικός (Τραγούδιa από την Ταινία)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto: Enas Kosmos Magikos - Ithopii tou
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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Encanto (Originele Nederlandstalige Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tag (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lakeshore Records on 15 Jun 2018
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Encanto (Alkuperäinen Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Энканто (Оригинальный саундтрек)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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ミラベルと魔法だらけの家 (オリジナル・サウンドトラック)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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Encanto (Trilha Sonora Original em Português)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Elenco
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
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Nasze Magiczne Encanto (Muzyka z filmu)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Nasze Magiczne Encanto - Obsada
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Originalt Dansk Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Korean Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Originalt Norsk Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encanto (Mandarin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto - Cast
Film Soundtracks - Released by Walt Disney Records on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo