Marcelo Zarvos
{{short description|Brazilian pianist and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Portuguese name|Uchoa|Zarvos}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marcelo Zarvos
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos
| birth_date =
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| alma mater = Berklee College of Music
| occupation = Composer, pianist
| genres = Film score, soundtrack, jazz, ambient, new-age, electronic
| instruments = Piano, keyboards, synthesizer
| years_active =
| spouse = {{marriage|Janel Moloney|2010}}
| children = 2
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Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and film composer.
Early life
Zarvos was born in São Paulo. He began in classical music in his teens and studied at the Berklee College of Music. He later attended the California Institute of the Arts, and graduated with a BFA in Music in 1992.{{cite web |title= BFA Graduation Piano Recital: Marcelo Zarvos |url=https://posters.calarts.edu/bfa-graduation-piano-recital-marcelo-zarvos/ |website=California Institute of the Arts |access-date=April 18, 2023}}
Career
He is more known for jazz and had success with the album Dualism accompanied by saxophonist Peter Epstein. He has done several film scores including Kissing Jessica Stein, The Door in the Floor, Sin Nombre, and Boynton Beach Club. Most recently, he composed the score for American Ultra (2015), starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, and The Choice, starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer.
His music has been recorded a number of times by the string quartet ETHEL. He composed the score for the 2007 film The Air I Breathe, starring Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emile Hirsch, and Forest Whitaker. In 2011 he composed the score for Beastly, which stars Vanessa Hudgens{{Cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018615.html?categoryId=26&cs=1 |title=Births and Hitched |work=Variety |date=May 3, 2010 }} and The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster. He also composed the score for the 2012 film Won't Back Down which stars Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Holly Hunter. In 2012 he composed the score for The Words which stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, and Dennis Quaid.
Filmography
=Theatrical films=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Director ! scope="col" |Notes |
| scope="row" | 2000
|Hilary Birmingham |{{N/A}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2001
|{{N/A}} |
| The Buffalo War
|Matthew Testa |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2002
|2wks, 1yr |{{N/A}} |
| Xingu: Land of No Shame
|Michael Engel |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2003
|Michael Burke |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2004
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" | 2005
|{{N/A}} |
| Our Brand Is Crisis
|Rachel Boynton |{{N/A}} |
| Four Lane Highway
|Dylan McCormick |{{N/A}} |
| Escape Artists
|Michael Laurence |{{N/A}} |
| Boynton Beach Club
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2006
|Matt Tauber |{{N/A}} |
| Ira & Abby
|Robert Cary |{{N/A}} |
| Hollywoodland
|{{N/A}} |
| The Good Shepherd
|Composed with Bruce Fowler |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2007
|{{N/A}} |
| The Air I Breathe
|{{N/A}} |
| Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot
|Tod Harrison Williams |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2008
|{{N/A}} |
| Winged Creatures
|{{N/A}} |
| New York, I Love You
|Joshua Marston segment |
| Last Stop 174
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2009
|{{N/A}} |
| Sin Nombre
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2010
|{{N/A}} |
| Remember Me
|Allen Coulter |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2011
|{{N/A}} |
| The Beaver
|{{N/A}} |
| Friends with Kids
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2012
|{{N/A}} |
| The Bay
|Barry Levinson |{{N/A}} |
| Won't Back Down
|Daniel Barnz |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2013
|Bruno Barreto |{{N/A}} |
| The Hot Flashes
|Susan Seidelman |{{N/A}} |
| Enough Said
|Nicole Holofcener |{{N/A}} |
| The Face of Love
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2014
|{{N/A}} |
| The Humbling
|Barry Levinson |{{N/A}} |
| Adult Beginners
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2015
|{{N/A}} |
| Rock the Kasbah
|Barry Levinson |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2016
|{{N/A}} |
| Cell
|Tod Williams |{{N/A}} |
| The Choice
|Ross Katz |{{N/A}} |
| Fences
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2017
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2018
|Nicole Holofcener |{{N/A}} |
| Mapplethorpe
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" | 2019
|Robin Bissell |{{N/A}} |
| Breakthrough
|{{N/A}} |
| Otherhood
|{{N/A}} |
| Human Capital
|{{N/A}} |
| Dark Waters
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2020
|Glendyn Ivin |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2021
|Antoine Fuqua |{{N/A}} |
| A Journal for Jordan
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2022
|{{N/A}} |
| Emancipation
|Antoine Fuqua |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2023
|{{N/A}} |
| Big George Foreman
|{{N/A}} |
| May December
|Todd Haynes |Adaptation and re-orchestration of Michel Legrand's score for The Go-Between{{Cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/movies/may-december-natalie-portman-julianne-moore-may-kay-letourneau-douglas-sirk-inspirations/ |title= How Todd Haynes' May December channeled Mary Kay Letourneau and classic female melodramas |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= September 26, 2023 |url-status= live |access-date= December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117163845/https://ew.com/movies/may-december-natalie-portman-julianne-moore-may-kay-letourneau-douglas-sirk-inspirations/ |archive-date=November 17, 2023 }} |
| The Equalizer 3
|Antoine Fuqua |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2024
| Max Eggers |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2025
|{{N/A}} |
| KPop Demon Hunters
| Chris Appelhans | First score for an animated film |
=Television films=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Director ! scope="col" |Notes |
| scope="row" | 2009
|{{N/A}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2010
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2011
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2013
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2019
|{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2022
|{{N/A}} |
=Short films=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Director ! scope="col" |Notes |
| scope="row" | 1998
|Uma História de Futebol |Paulo Machline |{{N/A}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2000
|The Happy Prince (Alba E Garcia- Rivas) |{{ubl|Garcia Rivas Alba|Alba Enid Garcia}} |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2002
|Abbie Down East |Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff |{{N/A}} |
| Baseado em Estórias Reais
|Gustavo Moraes |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2003
|La sexta sección |Alex Rivera |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2005
|The Foster Son |Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2006
|Cosmic Collisions |Carter Emmart |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2008
|The Receiver |Anne Devereux |{{N/A}} |
| scope="row" | 2013
|Presque pareil |Élisabeth Desbiens |{{N/A}} |
=Television series=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Notes |
| scope="row" | 2009
|Episode: The Band That Wouldn't Die |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2010–2013
|39 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2013–2020
|82 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2014
|13 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2014
|53 episodes |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2015–2017
|Z: The Beginning of Everything |10 episodes |
| One Mississippi
|12 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2019
|7 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2020
|15 episodes |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060717161804/http://www.zarvos.com/bio.html Zarvos.com bio page]
- {{IMDb name|0953616|Marcelo Zarvos}}
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Category:Brazilian jazz pianists
Category:Brazilian film score composers
Category:Brazilian male film score composers
Category:Musicians from São Paulo
Category:Berklee College of Music alumni
Category:21st-century Brazilian pianists
Category:21st-century Brazilian male musicians
Category:Brazilian male jazz musicians
Category:Varèse Sarabande Records artists
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