He is the composer for "The Titan Games" on NBC (hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson),[1] "Death by Magic" (Netflix), "To Tell The Truth" (ABC).
He has been the musical director and Conductor for the Grammy Awards Premiere Show (2017, 2019 and 2024), six editions of the Latin Grammys "Person of the Year" Concert galas (Placido Domingo, Caetano Veloso, Alejandro Sanz, Shakira, Miguel Bosé and José Jose), Mike Patton, Jordan Smith's PBS Christmas Special (featuring David Foster) for various of the American Idol concert tours', The Tonight Show, and for touring and recording musicians including Christina Aguilera, Pink,[2] Thalía, and Lady Gaga.
in Arranging/Orchestration from Berklee College of Music in Boston and a master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California.
[5] For the Lady Gaga song, "Americano", on the 2011 album, Born This Way, Alara recruited the all-female mariachi group Trio Ellas.
[9] Alara was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year in the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards for his production of Lafourcade's Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol.