---
name: "Antonio Pinto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antonio-pinto"
fi1m_id: "antonio-pinto"
imdb_id: "nm0684620"
tmdb_id: 8576
wikidata_id: "Q604223"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T00:44:55.584987+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Antonio Pinto

## Identity

Antonio Pinto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antonio-pinto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** antonio-pinto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0684620
- **TMDB ID:** 8576
- **Wikidata ID:** Q604223
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Pinto_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8576

Composer. Born 1 January 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **Active:** 1998–2019
- **Also known as:** Antonio Alves Pinto
- **Frequently works with:** [Asif Kapadia](https://film.one/person/asif-kapadia.md), [James Gay-Rees](https://film.one/person/james-gay-rees.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 75 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Documentary 3, Sport 3, Thriller 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $186m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Pinto_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8576

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Amy*](https://film.one/film/amy.md) (81), [*Diego Maradona*](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lord of War*](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Antônio Pinto, also credited as Antônio Alves Pinto, is a Brazilian film score composer. Born in 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, he is the son of cartoonist Ziraldo and the brother of film-maker Daniela Thomas.

He composed the score for *Central Station* (1998), in collaboration with Jaques Morelenbaum. His other credits include *City of God* (2002), *Lord of War* (2005), *Senna* (2010), *Amy* (2015) and *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019). He has frequently worked with director Asif Kapadia on documentary films.

Pinto has received a World Soundtrack Award and an ASCAP award, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Diego Maradona* (2019), Fi1m 76, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md)
- *Amy* (2015), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/amy.md)
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Trash* (2014), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/trash.md)
- *Senna* (2010), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)
- *Lord of War* (2005), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *City of God* (2002), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-god.md)
- *Central Station* (1998), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/central-station.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beast Race* (2026), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kenny Dalglish* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Malês* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Battle* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Vitória* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Flight Risk* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *2073* (2024), Music
- *Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The End* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Buscapé* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Halftime* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Crime Stories: India Detectives* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Nine Days* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Awake* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Me You Can't See* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Pelé* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Marighella* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Joe Bell* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil Next Door* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Acqua Movie* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Spider* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Diego Maradona* (2019), Music — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md)
- *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *O Banquete* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Seamstress* (2017), Music Supervisor
- *Shot Caller* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Little Secret* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Custody* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Operações Especiais* (2015), Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Director
- *Self/less* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Amy* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/amy.md)
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Happily Ever After?* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Trash* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/trash.md)
- *Bald Mountain* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Host* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Snitch* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Odyssey* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Get the Gringo* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *VIPs* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Senna* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)
- *Lula, the Son of Brazil* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Adrift* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Love in the Time of Cholera* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *City of Men* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Stranger* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *10 Items or Less* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *All the Invisible Children* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Lord of War* (2005), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *Collateral* (2004), Additional Music — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Crónicas* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Nina* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Open Window* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *City of God* (2002), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-god.md)
- *At the Edge of the Earth* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Behind the Sun* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *News from a Personal War* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Central Station* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/central-station.md)
- *Socorro Nobre* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Nutty Boy* (1995), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Antonio Pinto](https://film.one/media/person/87933/gallery-e7d206c66a4e.jpg) Antonio Pinto — Instituto Ayrton Senna, cropped by Sturm, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Premiere_-Senna-_%285146830432%29_-_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Manish Pandey (Roteiro), Asif Kapadia (Direção), James Gay-Reels (Produção), e Antônio Pinto (Trilha Sonora). (Foto: Carina Zaratin) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/87933/gallery-ba2d24f8cf8d.jpg) Manish Pandey (Roteiro), Asif Kapadia (Direção), James Gay-Reels (Produção), e Antônio Pinto (Trilha Sonora). (Foto: Carina Zaratin) (2010) — Instituto Ayrton Senna, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Premiere_%22Senna%22_%285146227889%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Antônio Pinto (Trilha Sonora), James Gay-Reels (Produção), Viviane Senna, Asif Kapadia (Direção) e Manish Pandey (Roteiro). (Foto: Carina Zaratin) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/87933/gallery-cbd88d3a9242.jpg) Antônio Pinto (Trilha Sonora), James Gay-Reels (Produção), Viviane Senna, Asif Kapadia (Direção) e Manish Pandey (Roteiro). (Foto: Carina Zaratin) (2010) — Instituto Ayrton Senna, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Premiere_%22Senna%22_%285146830432%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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