Carmen Rizzo (born April 8, 1964) is an American record producer, mixer, programmer, DJ, remixer and recording artist, based in Los Angeles. The two-time Grammy nominee has worked with Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold, Alanis Morissette, Dido, Jem, Niyaz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Khaled, Tiësto, BT, Esthero, A.R. Rahman and Pete Townshend.
Spanning a record-making career of nearly two decades, Rizzo has worked with record producers Trevor Horn, David Foster, Marius De Vries and Rob Cavallo. In addition to collaborating with Tuvan throat singers Huun Huur Tu, Rizzo also co-founded the world/electronic act Niyaz with Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian (with three #1 iTunes albums), and contributed original music to the David Lynch Foundation album alongside Moby and Peter Gabriel. Rizzo has released his own solo electronic albums: Lost Art of the Idle Moment (2005), Ornament of an Imposter (2008), and Looking Through Leaves (2010), with invited musicians and vocalists as contributors and The Space Left Behind. Rizzo's music also appears in numerous movies and TV shows including CSI Miami and True Blood.
Rizzo is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and served on the board of Governors & Trustees (Grammy) as well as on the Producer & Engineering Advisory Board. In these roles Rizzo was partly responsible for introducing the category of Best Electronic Album. Rizzo participated in and hosted the HBO documentary The Song Story, which documents three unsigned music artists produced by him.
As a composer, Rizzo is represented by the William Morris Agency. In addition to scoring films for director Michael Apted, he composed the score for the film Perfect Sisters with Oscar-nominated actress Abigail Breslin and Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, as well as the end title for the video game, Uncharted 2. Rizzo is represented by Global Positioning Services in Santa Monica, California.
He is also a member of Didon, a collaboration with Tunisian-Canadian singer Meriem Ben Amor who have been two-time Juno Award nominees for Global Music Album of the Year for their albums Malak at the Juno Awards of 2025,"Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025. and Bab El Mdina at the Juno Awards of 2026.Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 27, 2026.
Selected discography Year Artist Album/Song(s) Details2013 Lea CappelliForthcoming AlbumProducer, engineer, mixer, co-writerCarmen RizzoRomancia EPProducer, engineer, mixer, co-writer2012NiyazSumudProducer, programmer, mixer, musician2011Carmen RizzoThe Space Left BehindProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer2010Carmen RizzoLooking Through LeavesProducer, engineer, programmer, mixerA.R Rahman & DidoIf I Rise from 127 HoursRemixer2009Huun Huur Tu & Carmen RizzoEternalProducer, engineer, programmer, mixerLal MeriLal MeriProducer, engineer, mixer, musician2008Carmen RizzoOrnament of An ImposterProducer, engineer, programmer, mixerNiyazNine HeavensProducer, programmer, musician2007Kate HavnevikMelanktonProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, musicianJesDisconnectMixer2006Carmen RizzoThe Lost Art of the Idle MomentProducer, engineer, programmer2005ColdplayX&YEngineer, programmer, RemixerNiyazNiyazProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, musician2004Rachel FullerCigarettes & HouseworkProducer (with Pete Townshend)2003DeleriumChimeraProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, writerMichael NymanSangamProducer, engineerCarla Werner"Wanderlust" from DepartureProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, writerCarmen Rizzo"Beso" feat. Kinnie Starr, from ThirteenProducer Engineer, programmer, mixer, writer2002Conjure OneSleepRemixerPaul OakenfoldBunkkaProducer, engineer, remixer, mixer, musician, writerAlanis MorissetteUnder Rug SweptEngineer, programmer, mixer2001Perry FarrellSong Yet to Be SungEngineer, programmer, mixerGrant Lee PhillipsMobilizeProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer2000Supreme Beings of LeisureSupreme Beings of LeisureProducer, engineer, mixer1999Mel CNorthern StarEngineer, mixerPoviLife in VolcanoesProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, musicianBeth Nielsen Chapman"Message in a Bottle" from Message in a Bottle Motion PictureProducer, engineer, programmer, mixer, musicianAlanis Morissette"Still" from DogmaProgrammer, musician1998Alanis Morissette"Uninvited" from City of AngelsEngineer, programmer, musician1996Doyle BramhallDoyle Bramhall IIEngineer, mixerFreakpowerMore of Everything for EverybodyMixer1994SealSeal IIEngineer, programmer, mixer, musician1993Ray CharlesMy WorldMixerLes Rita MitsoukoSystème DEngineer, mixer
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