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Marcelo Zarvos

Marcelo Zarvos

Composer · Born January 1, 1969 (57) · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Primetime Emmy nominee

Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and composer. 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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1969 (57)
From
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Works as
Composer
Titles
76 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 10% in 30 days

What are Marcelo Zarvos' films like?

Across their 64 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
22%
Morality
17%
Survival
15%
Society
10%
Power
6%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds21 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 64 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 16 · Dark 29

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 52 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 16 · Charged 26 · Intense 22

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 35 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 41 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 33 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 27 · Engaged 29 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 19 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 30

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 41 · Open-ended 17 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
36
Melancholic
34
Hopeful
25
Warm
13
Dread
10
Other
59

How their films linger

Hopeful28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet35
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marcelo Zarvos' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 58 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marcelo Zarvos' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • KPop Demon Hunters(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Nonnas(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Good American Family(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • The Front Room(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Spacewoman(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • May December(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cassandro(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer 3(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • White Men Can't Jump(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Big George Foreman(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Diplomat(2023)

    Show 14 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Flamin' Hot(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Emancipation(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • American Gigolo(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Ray Donovan: The Movie(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • A Journal for Jordan(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Guilty(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Day Sports Stood Still(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Penguin Bloom(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Human Capital(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Homemade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Dark Waters(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Otherhood(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Loudest Voice(2019)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Breakthrough(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Best of Enemies(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Chaperone(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Mapplethorpe(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Land of Steady Habits(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Wonder(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Fences(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • One Mississippi(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Cell(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Our Kind of Traitor(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Choice(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Z: The Beginning of Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Compositor

  • Rock the Kasbah(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • American Ultra(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Humbling(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Affair(2014)

    Show 53 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Adult Beginners(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Extant(2014)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Little Accidents(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Face of Love(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Enough Said(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Hot Flashes(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Ray Donovan(2013)

    Show 82 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Phil Spector(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Reaching for the Moon(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Won't Back Down(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Bay(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Words(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Friends with Kids(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Too Big to Fail(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Beaver(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Beastly(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • You Don't Know Jack(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Please Give(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Remember Me(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Brooklyn's Finest(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Band That Wouldn't Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Taking Chance(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Winged Creatures(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Sin Nombre(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Last Stop 174(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • What Just Happened(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • New York, I Love You(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • American Loser(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Four Lane Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • You Kill Me(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Air I Breathe(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Good Shepherd(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Architect(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Hollywoodland(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Strangers with Candy(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Ira & Abby(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Boynton Beach Club(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Door in the Floor(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Sixth Section (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • The Mudge Boy(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Baseado em Estórias Reais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Tully (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • 2wks, 1yr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Kissing Jessica Stein(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Buffalo War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • A Soccer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • 1972 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • De Noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 86 titles, 84 of them dated from 1998 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Wonder (2017)

$315M worldwide

Highest rated

Wonder (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music85 of 86: 85 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thOther crew1 of 86: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s24 · crew2010s40 · crew2020s19 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2009–2010.

  1. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  2. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Marcelo Zarvos' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 68; across their 64 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Midcredits score across 76 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th23
  • 25th to 49th24
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

36 of their 76 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser36
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · composer

Spacewoman (2024)

96th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Wonder (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 56/100 in their films, across 47 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Marcelo Zarvos' work okay for kids?

Across up to 43 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles10–90 · median 32 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity43 titles14–59 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity31 titles24–79 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs28 titles12–60 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense26 titles12–75 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Marcelo Zarvos work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marcelo Zarvos' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Barry Levinson shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles