---
name: "Ed Cortês"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-cortes"
fi1m_id: "ed-cortes"
imdb_id: "nm1028753"
tmdb_id: 8575
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T01:21:28.791300+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."
---

# Ed Cortês

## Identity

Ed Cortês

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-cortes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-cortes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1028753
- **TMDB ID:** 8575
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1028753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8575

Composer. Born 2 July 1965 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 July 1965, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Active:** 2002–2005
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1028753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8575

## Biography

Ed Cortês is a Brazilian composer and musician. Born in São Paulo on 2 July 1965, he is the son of composer and conductor Edmundo Villani-Côrtes. He began as a clarinettist in classical orchestras before moving into jazz as a saxophonist and clarinettist. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Cortês has composed for more than fifty feature films. He co-composed the score for *City of God* (2002) with Antônio Pinto and worked on *Behind the Sun* (2001). In 1998 he co-founded the audio production company Supersonica with Pinto; he later founded Tentaculo. His other credits include *Lord of War* (2005) as orchestrator and scores for *Beyond the Universe* (2022) and *Burning Betrayal* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, edcortes.com.br, ahshow.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lord of War* (2005), Fi1m 65, Orchestrator — [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)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Buddies and the Heir* (2026), Music
- *The Park Maniac* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Overwhelming Women 2.0* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *George Of Cappadocia* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl Who Killed Her Parents: The Confession* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Burning Betrayal* (2023), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Tire 5 Cartas* (2023), Music
- *Barraco de Família* (2023), Music
- *Boil* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Universe* (2022), Music
- *The Girl Who Killed Her Parents* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Boy Who Killed My Parents* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Truffle Hunters* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Flush* (2020), Music, Producer
- *By Those Hands That Lead Me* (2020), as Bruno · Producer
- *Way Back Home* (2019), Music
- *The Beginning of Life: The Series* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Beginning of Life* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Farewell* (2014), as Theme Song Performance
- *Crô* (2013), Music
- *La Riña* (2008), as Compositor
- *Not by Chance* (2007), Orchestrator, Music, Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Lord of War* (2005), Orchestrator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *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
- *E No Meio Passa Um Trem* (1998), as Compositor

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