Marcelo Zarvos

Marcelo Zarvos
Born
Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos

São Paulo, Brazil
GenresFilm score, soundtrack, jazz, ambient, new-age, electronic
OccupationsComposer, pianist
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards
Spouse
(m. 2010)

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.[1]

Career

He is known for his jazz compositions 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, Boynton Beach Club, The Air I Breathe, Sin Nombre, Beastly,[2] The Beaver, Won't Back Down, The Words, American Ultra, The Choice, Wonder, A Journal for Jordan, Emancipation, Flamin' Hot, Big George Foreman, May December and KPop Demon Hunters. His music has been recorded a number of times by the string quartet Ethel.

Personal life

He is married to Janel Moloney, and they have two children.

Filmography

Theatrical films

Year Title Director Notes
2000 Tully Hilary Birmingham N/a
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Charles Herman-Wurmfeld N/a
The Buffalo War Matthew Testa N/a
2002 2wks, 1yr Chris McKay N/a
Xingu: Land of No Shame Michael Engel N/a
2003 The Mudge Boy Michael Burke N/a
2004 The Door in the Floor Tod Williams N/a
2005 Strangers with Candy Paul Dinello 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 Susan Seidelman N/a
2006 The Architect Matt Tauber N/a
Ira & Abby Robert Cary N/a
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter N/a
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro Composed with Bruce Fowler
2007 You Kill Me John Dahl N/a
The Air I Breathe Jieho Lee N/a
Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot Tod Harrison Williams N/a
2008 What Just Happened Barry Levinson N/a
Winged Creatures Rowan Woods N/a
New York, I Love You Joshua Marston Joshua Marston segment
Last Stop 174 Bruno Barreto N/a
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Antoine Fuqua N/a
Sin Nombre Cary Joji Fukunaga N/a
2010 Please Give Nicole Holofcener N/a
Remember Me Allen Coulter N/a
2011 Beastly Daniel Barnz N/a
The Beaver Jodie Foster N/a
Friends with Kids Jennifer Westfeldt N/a
2012 The Words Brian Klugman N/a
The Bay Barry Levinson N/a
Won't Back Down Daniel Barnz N/a
2013 Reaching for the Moon Bruno Barreto N/a
The Hot Flashes Susan Seidelman N/a
Enough Said Nicole Holofcener N/a
The Face of Love Arie Posin N/a
2014 Little Accidents Sara Colangelo N/a
The Humbling Barry Levinson N/a
Adult Beginners Ross Katz N/a
2015 American Ultra Nima Nourizadeh N/a
Rock the Kasbah Barry Levinson N/a
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Susanna White N/a
Cell Tod Williams N/a
The Choice Ross Katz N/a
Fences Denzel Washington N/a
2017 Wonder Stephen Chbosky N/a
2018 The Land of Steady Habits Nicole Holofcener N/a
Mapplethorpe Ondi Timoner N/a
2019 The Best of Enemies Robin Bissell N/a
Breakthrough Roxann Dawson N/a
Otherhood Cindy Chupack N/a
Human Capital Marc Meyers N/a
Dark Waters Todd Haynes N/a
2020 Penguin Bloom Glendyn Ivin N/a
2021 The Guilty Antoine Fuqua N/a
A Journal for Jordan Denzel Washington N/a
2022 Deep Water Adrian Lyne N/a
Emancipation Antoine Fuqua N/a
2023 Flamin' Hot Eva Longoria N/a
Big George Foreman George Tillman Jr. N/a
May December Todd Haynes Adaptation and re-orchestration of Michel Legrand's score for The Go-Between[3]
The Equalizer 3 Antoine Fuqua N/a
2024 The Front Room Max Eggers
Sam Eggers
N/a
2025 Nonnas Stephen Chbosky N/a
KPop Demon Hunters Chris Appelhans,
Maggie Kang
Original songs by Danny Chung, Ido, Vince, Kush, Ejae, Jenna Andrews, Stephen Kirk, Lindgren, Mark Sonnenblick, and Daniel Rojas

Television films

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

Short films

Year Title Director Notes
1998 Uma História de Futebol Paulo Machline N/a
2000 The Happy Prince
  • Garcia Rivas Alba
  • Alba Enid Garcia
N/a
2002 Abbie Down East Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff N/a
Baseado em Estórias Reais Gustavo Moraes N/a
2003 La sexta sección Alex Rivera N/a
2005 The Foster Son Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff N/a
2006 Cosmic Collisions Carter Emmart N/a
2008 The Receiver Anne Devereux N/a
2013 Presque pareil Élisabeth Desbiens N/a

Television series

Year Title Notes
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

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.