Germaine Franco

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GERMAINE FRANCO is a Grammy winning, Oscar, and Emmy nominated composer, music producer, and percussionist, who combines her passion for music with her technical and orchestral expertise for film, television, concerts, and interactive media formats. Her extensive resume and inventiveness, has made her a trailblazer in the industry.

Her latest interactive, immersive project was a live-action event collaboration with acclaimed director Carlos López Estrada and his Antigravity Academy production team, in conjunction with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Silent House Productions, and Nexus Studios. The event, Noche UFC: For Mexico, For All Time premiered at The Sphere, Las Vegas, featuring state of the art immersive visual and sonic experiences.

Franco is well known for her score to Encanto. She is the first woman to score a Disney animated feature. The soundtrack album for the film reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart in 2022 for several weeks. Beyond her work in animation Germaine has also scored the immensely popular action thriller The Mother directed by Niki Caro, starring Jennifer Lopez. The film is one of Netflix’s highest performing feature film releases to date with a reported 250 million hours viewed, reaching more than 250 million people worldwide.

Her television work includes the hit shows Vida and The Casagrandes. Germaine has also contributed scores to hit comedy feature films Little, directed by Tina Gordon, Tag, directed by Jeff Tomsic, and the Sundance Festival darling Dope, directed by Rick Famuyiwa. While also contributing scores to massive interactive theme park installations at Universals Studios Hollywood DreamWorks Theatre Featuring Kung Fu Panda ride attraction, and Universals Beijing Resorts Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness.

Franco has performed as a percussionist with several major international orchestras and artists, including the Belgian Radio Orchestra, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Hollywood Symphony, the World Orchestra, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Jack Black, Sergio Mendes, Sheila E. and Judith Hill. Franco performs percussion on all of her scores.

Germaine’s work has been performed in concert halls around the world, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall with The Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The San Francisco Symphony, The Puerto Rico Symphony, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Symphony, The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Taipei Symphony Orchestra. The Encanto and Coco Live concerts have reached millions of audiences in concerts around the world.

Additional award wins include two Annie Awards, a Variety Artisan Award, A Clio award for use of Music in Film/Video Advertising, a Society of Composers and Lyricists Award, and the ASCAP Shirley Walker Award.

Franco holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and an honorary doctorate in music from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

In The Beginning – For Mexico, For All Time – UFC 306
  1. In The Beginning – For Mexico, For All Time – UFC 306
  2. Mexico Today And Tomorrow – For Mexico, For All Time – UFC 306
  3. A Life Apart – The Mother
  4. Mother Daughter Theme (Orchestral Version) – The Mother
  5. Into The Headlights – The Mother
  6. To The Tower – The Mother
  7. Her Racing Heartbeat – The Mother
  8. Who’s Your Birth Mother – The Mother
  9. El Malecón Chase Pt1 – The Mother
  10. El Malecón Chase Pt3 – The Mother
  11. I Need You – Encanto
  12. Antonio’s Voice – Encanto
  13. Las Hermanas Pelean – Encanto
  14. Mirabel’s Cumbia – Encanto
  15. Mirabel’s Discovery – Encanto
  16. The House Knows – Encanto
  17. Hola, Casita! – Encanto
  18. Pre Show Intro – Kung Fu Panda – Universal Studios Hollywood
  19. Spirit Realm – Kung Fu Panda – Land Of Awesomeness
  20. Royal Palace – Kung Fu Panda – Land Of Awesomeness
  21. The Legend Of Dragon – Kung Fu Panda – Land Of Awesomeness
  22. Margo’s Family – The Sleepover
  23. Step Drop Lesson – Work It
  24. WI_Quinn Is Distracted – Work It
  25. Welcome Home Boys – Tag
  26. Seatbelts On – Tag
  27. Now Or Never – Tag
  28. Higher Power Lockdown – Tag
  29. Complimentary Donuts – Tag
  30. Doves Loophole – Tag
  31. Juice Box Life Force – Dora
  32. Moon Gate – Dora
  33. Camino Real De Parapata – Dora
  34. Need To Explore High School – Dora
  35. Waking Up Little – Little
  36. Jordans Glasses – Little
  37. I’m Back – Little
  38. First I Love You – Someone Great
  39. Argument On Gay Street – Someone Great
  40. Motion And Light – Walk With Me
  41. Stillness String Quartet – Walk With Me
  42. Going Home – Margarita
  43. Tango de Las Mujeres – Margarita
  44. Washing Dishes – Margarita
  45. Proud Corazón – Coco
  46. The World Es Mi Familia – Coco
  47. Un Poco Loco – Coco
  48. The Box – Shovel Buddies
  49. Fasten Your Belt – Shovel Buddies
  50. Floor It – Shovel Buddies
  51. Assets Frozen – Dope
  52. Land Of The Remembering – Book Of Life
  53. XIbalba La Muerte – Book Of Life
  54. Main Theme – The Casagrandes