Camilo Lara

Mexico City’s Camilo Lara, the genius behind Mexican Institute of Sound, isn’t just cranking out dance floor bangers—he’s basically everywhere. Dude’s fingerprints are all over Hollywood and streaming giants. He’s dropped scores, songs, and weirdly catchy incidental tracks for stuff like Gentefied, Narcos: Mexico, Home on Apple+, and even HBO’s Coyotl and Ugly. Oh, and if you caught the wild synth moments in Thor: Love and Thunder? That’s him, too. He’s worked on everything from Y Tu Mamá También to Vacation Friends and, honestly, his music’s been snuck into shows like Breaking Bad, Californication, Ugly Betty, and plenty more. Camilo even got a Grammy nod for his music supervision, helped Pixar nail the vibe in Coco (yeah, he cameoed), and somehow found time to host a radio station in Grand Theft Auto V—talk about range. His own albums, like Distrito Federal (NPR called it one of the year’s best), are just another part of his musical universe, and he’s produced for a ridiculous list of people—Calexico, Los Ángeles Azules, Natanael Cano, Norah Jones, Band of Horses, you name it. Metallica, Beck, the Beastie Boys, and even Morrissey have hit him up for remixes. The guy’s everywhere, really. Time, El Pais, and Quien all named him one of the most influential people in Mexico and Latin America. Bottom line? If you’ve heard something cool in a movie or show lately, odds are Camilo Lara had something to do with it.