Marcelo Zarvos

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Marcelo Zarvos
Born
Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos

São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater Berklee College of Music
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist
Partner Janel Moloney
Children2

Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and composer.

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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. [1]

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 [2] 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

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2000 Tully Hilary Birmingham
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
The Buffalo WarMatthew Testa
20022wks, 1yr Chris McKay
Xingu: Land of No ShameMichael Engel
2003 The Mudge Boy Michael Burke
2004 The Door in the Floor Tod Williams
2005 Strangers with Candy Paul Dinello
Our Brand Is Crisis Rachel Boynton
Four Lane HighwayDylan McCormick
Escape ArtistsMichael Laurence
Boynton Beach Club Susan Seidelman
2006 The Architect Matt Tauber
Ira & Abby Robert Cary
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro Composed with Bruce Fowler
2007 You Kill Me John Dahl
The Air I Breathe Jieho Lee
Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot Tod Harrison Williams
2008 What Just Happened Barry Levinson
Winged Creatures Rowan Woods
New York, I Love You Joshua Marston Joshua Marston segment
Last Stop 174 Bruno Barreto
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Antoine Fuqua
Sin Nombre Cary Joji Fukunaga
2010 Please Give Nicole Holofcener
Remember Me Allen Coulter
2011 Beastly Daniel Barnz
The Beaver Jodie Foster
Friends with Kids Jennifer Westfeldt
2012 The Words Brian Klugman
The Bay Barry Levinson
Won't Back Down Daniel Barnz
2013 Reaching for the Moon Bruno Barreto
The Hot Flashes Susan Seidelman
Enough Said Nicole Holofcener
The Face of Love Arie Posin
2014 Little Accidents Sara Colangelo
The Humbling Barry Levinson
Adult Beginners Ross Katz
2015 American Ultra Nima Nourizadeh
Rock the Kasbah Barry Levinson
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Susanna White
Cell Tod Williams
The Choice Ross Katz
2017 Wonder Stephen Chbosky
2018 The Land of Steady Habits Nicole Holofcener
Mapplethorpe Ondi Timoner
2019 The Best of Enemies Robin Bissell
Breakthrough Roxann Dawson
Otherhood Cindy Chupack
Human Capital Marc Meyers
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
2020 Penguin Bloom Glendyn Ivin
2021 The Guilty Antoine Fuqua
A Journal for Jordan Denzel Washington
2022 Deep Water Adrian Lyne
Emancipation Antoine Fuqua
2023 Flamin' Hot Eva Longoria
Big George Foreman George Tillman Jr.
May December Todd HaynesAdaptation and re-orchestration of Michel Legrand's score for The Go-Between [3]
The Equalizer 3 Antoine Fuqua
2024 The Front Room Max Eggers
Sam Eggers
2025 Nonnas Stephen Chbosky

Television films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2009 Taking Chance Ross Katz
2010 You Don't Know Jack Barry Levinson
2011 Too Big to Fail Curtis Hanson
2013 Phil Spector David Mamet
2019 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Antoine Fuqua
2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie David Hollander

Short films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1998Uma História de FutebolPaulo Machline
2000The Happy Prince (Alba E Garcia- Rivas)
  • Garcia Rivas Alba
  • Alba Enid Garcia
2002Abbie Down EastEllen-Alinda Verhoeff
Baseado em Estórias ReaisGustavo Moraes
2003La sexta secciónAlex Rivera
2005The Foster SonEllen-Alinda Verhoeff
2006Cosmic CollisionsCarter Emmart
2008The ReceiverAnne Devereux
2013Presque pareilÉlisabeth Desbiens

Television series

YearTitleNotes
2009 30 for 30 Episode: The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010–2013 The Big C 39 episodes
2013–2020 Ray Donovan 82 episodes
2014 Extant 13 episodes
2014 The Affair 53 episodes
2015–2017 Z: The Beginning of Everything 10 episodes
One Mississippi 12 episodes
2019 The Loudest Voice 7 episodes
2020 FreeRayshawn 15 episodes

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References

  1. "BFA Graduation Piano Recital: Marcelo Zarvos". California Institute of the Arts. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. "Births and Hitched". Variety. May 3, 2010.
  3. "How Todd Haynes' May December channeled Mary Kay Letourneau and classic female melodramas". Entertainment Weekly . September 26, 2023. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.