Germaine Franco is the first woman to score a Disney animated feature film with 2021's [tt=2953050], for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, an SCL Award nomination for Outstanding Original Score, and an Annie Award nomination for Best Music in a Feature. Germaine co-wrote and produced five of Coco's six original songs with co-director, Adrian Molina, including "Un Poco Loco" and "Proud Corazón", and provided additional music. Franco serves on the Advisory Board for Women In Media and The Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights. On International Women's Day 2018, Univision celebrated her work as one of "15 Latinas Who are Changing The World As We Know It," alongside Rita Moreno and Emma Gonzalez. Recently, Franco scored Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness for Universal Studios Beijing, which garnered an SCL Award nomination for Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media. In 2020 she scored two No.1 Netflix films, Work It, directed by Laura Terruso, and The Sleepover, directed by Trish Sie. Franco completed two feature films for Universal Animation, Curious George: Go West, Go Wild and Curious George: Royal Monkey. She co-wrote and produced the main title theme song for the hit Nickelodeon show The Casagrandes. In 2019, Franco scored two of the six top-grossing box office films in Hollywood, Little and Dora and the Lost City of Gold, out of the six films scored by women composers that year. Additional scores include Tag, directed by Jeff Tomsic, and Dope, directed by Rick Famuyiwa. Her work is heard in concert halls around the world including the Walt Disney Concert Hall with The Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Puerto Rico Symphony, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Philharmonic, among others. Show less «