Germaine Franco2022-04-20T15:58:18-07:00February 9th, 2022|Awards, News|
Germiane Franco has been nominated for Best Original Score for her work on the Walt Disney Animation film Encanto. Germaine had this to say about the achievement. So excited to receive the call today from Tom MacDougall, President, Walt Disney [...]
Germaine Franco2022-04-20T15:58:21-07:00January 19th, 2022|Awards, News|
Germaine Franco, who became the first Latina to ever join the Music Branch in 2019, is the only woman represented among the shortlisted for the animated musical “Encanto.” Fresh off her Golden Globe nom, she could become one of the [...]
Germaine Franco2022-01-19T10:37:49-08:00January 19th, 2022|News|
The soundtrack to the Walt Disney animated musical film Encanto surges to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 15), as the set jumps 7-1 in its sixth week on the list. It’s the first soundtrack to [...]
Germaine Franco2021-11-02T21:29:27-07:00November 2nd, 2021|News|
Germaine Franco recently completed work on Walt Disney Animation's latest film Encanto. Germaine worked on the film for over a year and enjoyed crafting a score that weaved in and out of the songs of the wonderfully talented Lin Manuel [...]
Germaine Franco2021-03-04T12:30:00-08:00March 4th, 2021|News|
Germaine is featured in the Variety article Composers of Color Crash Through Awards Conversation by Jon Burlingame. Read the full story. Germaine kindly thanks Jon and Variety for their support. You can read more articles from Variety featuring Germaine via [...]
Germaine Franco2022-04-20T15:58:22-07:00March 4th, 2021|Awards, News|
Germaine Franco has been nominated for an ASCAP Composers' Choice Award for the 2020 TV Theme of the Year for the main title theme to The Casagrandes co-written with Lalo Alcaraz & Michael Rubiner. The nominees for the ASCAP Composers’ [...]
Germaine Franco2020-12-30T16:05:57-08:00December 30th, 2020|News, Projects|
Germaine Franco’s score to Little, directed by Tina Gordon Chism, has been selected by Laura Karpman, governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Music Branch, as one of five great films scored by women. Learn more about [...]
Germaine Franco2020-12-30T13:19:03-08:00December 30th, 2020|News|
Germaine Franco participated in the annual Variety Music for Screens week event on November 30th, 2020. She participated in the “State of Scoring” composers panel presented by ASCAP alongside fellow composers; Amanda Jones (“A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Love in [...]
Germaine Franco2020-12-01T11:12:08-08:00December 1st, 2020|Events, News|
Germaine Franco participated in the annual Variety Music for Screens week event on November 30th, 2020. She participated in the “State of Scoring” composers panel presented by ASCAP alongside fellow composers; Amanda Jones (“A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Love in [...]
Germaine Franco2020-11-01T11:19:48-08:00October 24th, 2020|Events, News|
On October 23, 2020 Germaine Franco, Holly Sedillos, and Federico Ramos presented music for over 400 hundred families from around Los Angeles via Zoom. Germaine presented songs that she composed for the Disney/Pixar feature film COCO. Federico performed solo guitar [...]
