---
name: "Marcelo Zarvos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcelo-zarvos"
fi1m_id: "marcelo-zarvos"
imdb_id: "nm0953616"
tmdb_id: 55177
wikidata_id: "Q1338827"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-09T19:25:11.712894+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."
---

# Marcelo Zarvos

## Identity

Marcelo Zarvos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcelo-zarvos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcelo-zarvos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0953616
- **TMDB ID:** 55177
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1338827
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Zarvos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55177

Composer. Born 1 January 1969 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos, Marcelo U. Zarvos
- **Frequently works with:** [Denzel Washington](https://film.one/person/denzel-washington.md), [Todd Black](https://film.one/person/todd-black.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 69 (2), 2020s 74 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 2, Action 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $700m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Zarvos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55177

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*May December*](https://film.one/film/may-december.md) (84), [*KPop Demon Hunters*](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md) (76), [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wonder*](https://film.one/film/wonder.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*The Equalizer 3*](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Marcelo Zarvos is a Brazilian composer and pianist. Born in São Paulo in 1969, he began studying classical music in his teens and trained at the Berklee College of Music and the California Institute of the Arts, from which he graduated with a BFA in Music in 1992.

Zarvos has composed scores for numerous films and television series. His credits include *Wonder* (2017), *Fences* (2016), *The Equalizer 3* (2023), *May December* (2023) and the series *The Diplomat* (2023). He has collaborated repeatedly with directors including Antoine Fuqua and Todd Haynes. He is married to actress Janel Moloney.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *May December* (2023), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *The Equalizer 3* (2023), Fi1m 60, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md)
- *Wonder* (2017), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Fences* (2016), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/fences.md)
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

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

- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *Nonnas* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Good American Family* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Front Room* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *May December* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *Cassandro* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Equalizer 3* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md)
- *White Men Can't Jump* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Big George Foreman* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Flamin' Hot* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Emancipation* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *American Gigolo* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Journal for Jordan* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Guilty* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Day Sports Stood Still* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Penguin Bloom* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Human Capital* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Homemade* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dark Waters* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Otherhood* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Loudest Voice* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *What's My Name | Muhammad Ali* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Breakthrough* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Best of Enemies* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Chaperone* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Mapplethorpe* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Land of Steady Habits* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Wonder* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Fences* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fences.md)
- *One Mississippi* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Cell* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Our Kind of Traitor* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Choice* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), as Compositor
- *Rock the Kasbah* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *American Ultra* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Humbling* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Adult Beginners* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Extant* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Little Accidents* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Face of Love* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Enough Said* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Hot Flashes* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Phil Spector* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Reaching for the Moon* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Won't Back Down* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Bay* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Words* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Friends with Kids* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Too Big to Fail* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Beaver* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Beastly* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *You Don't Know Jack* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Please Give* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Remember Me* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Brooklyn's Finest* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Band That Wouldn't Die* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Taking Chance* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Winged Creatures* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Sin Nombre* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Last Stop 174* (2008), Music
- *What Just Happened* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *American Loser* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Four Lane Highway* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *You Kill Me* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Air I Breathe* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)
- *The Architect* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Hollywoodland* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Strangers with Candy* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Ira & Abby* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Boynton Beach Club* (2005), Music
- *The Door in the Floor* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Sixth Section* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Baseado em Estórias Reais* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Tully* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *2wks, 1yr* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Kissing Jessica Stein* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Buffalo War* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *A Soccer Story* (1998), Music
- *De Noche*, Original Music Composer
- *1972*, Original Music Composer

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