About Luis
Luis is a music composer in Los Angeles. His career has spanned three decades. When he is not busy composing music for podcasts, you might find him composing music for a film score or composing music for a TV show. He started out playing, recording, and touring with musical luminaries including Grammy award winner Patty Griffin, REM’s Peter Buck, Alejandro Escovedo, Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark, Beatnik jazz legend Mose Allison, and Blue Note Recording artist Kevin Hays. For the last twenty years, he’s been working as a composer and arranger. He has composed music for feature films, television shows, theater productions, and award-winning podcasts. Over the years, he has worked as a music director and has created iconic theme songs such as the theme music for Revisionist History or for No Stupid Questions.
More about Luis
You’ve heard his music in feature films such as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and Bernard and Huey. He wrote the score to 70’s spy thriller 18 1/2. He co-wrote the theme song to NBC’s Ring City. His music has been licensed and used on Duck Dynasty, Music City, animated shows, and reality shows. He is responsible for composing theme songs and original music for Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast, Pullitzer Prize winner Jake Halpern’s Deep Cover “El Man” and “Mobland” Podcast, People I (Mostly) Admire, What’s Your Problem with Jacob Goldstein (formerly of Planet Money), and A Slight Change of Plans, and for Freakonomics Radio.
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From Malcom Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell gave Luis a shoutout on last season of Revisionist History on a bonus episode. Gladwell sets up a short interview with Luis and mentions how the music has helped shape the podcast.
“I’m still in shock that Malcolm Gladwell referred to me as a ‘musical genius’ and thanked me for ‘five years of making him sound fantastic.’ Click the button below to listen for yourself. Interview starts around minute 14:50…
The Ambies
Did you know that Luis is a nominee for Best Original Score and Music Supervision for this year’s Ambie Awards?!? The Ambies are like the Emmy’s of the podcast world!
See the full list of Ambie nominees here.
Ring City USA
Theme Music composed for the NBC SC show premiering on Nov. 19, 2020. The Theme Song was composed by Luis Guerra and Jimmy Messer aka “Dos Hurtin’ Dogs”. The shoe has been picked up for 2021! Stay tuned for more updates to come.
Take a look at Ring City’s Instagram here.
Projects
Projects range from TV and film to podcast and feature documentaries. In addition to composing, he has worked as a music director, as a supervising composer, and as a music consultant for clients. Luis also continues his work as an arranger for music producers.