Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos São Paulo, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Berklee College of Music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist |
| Partner | Janel Moloney |
| Children | 2 |
Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and composer.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Theatrical films
[edit]Television films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Uma História de Futebol | Paulo Machline | — |
| 2000 | The Happy Prince (Alba E Garcia- Rivas) |
|
— |
| 2002 | Abbie Down East | Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff | — |
| Baseado em Estórias Reais | Gustavo Moraes | — | |
| 2003 | La sexta sección | Alex Rivera | — |
| 2005 | The Foster Son | Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff | — |
| 2006 | Cosmic Collisions | Carter Emmart | — |
| 2008 | The Receiver | Anne Devereux | — |
| 2013 | Presque pareil | Élisabeth Desbiens | — |
Television series
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "BFA Graduation Piano Recital: Marcelo Zarvos". California Institute of the Arts. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ "Births and Hitched". Variety. May 3, 2010.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
 | This article on a Brazilian composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Living people
- New-age pianists
- Brazilian jazz pianists
- Brazilian film score composers
- Brazilian male film score composers
- Musicians from São Paulo
- Berklee College of Music alumni
- Male jazz pianists
- 21st-century Brazilian pianists
- 21st-century Brazilian male musicians
- Brazilian male jazz musicians
- Varèse Sarabande Records artists
- Brazilian composer stubs