Because of his skill with layered stories and emotive undertones, Brazilian-born Zarvos has become the go-to composer for filmmakers like Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, Please Give, the recent Amazon series One Mississippi), Antoine Fuqua (Brooklyn’s Finest), Tod Williams (The Door In The Floor, Cell), Ross Katz (Adult Beginners, The Choice), Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and Barry Levinson (The Humbling, You Don’t Know Jack, Rock The Kasbah).
A classically trained pianist and composer, Zarvos earned his BFA from Cal Arts. He burst onto the film landscape in the early 2000s with his score for Kissing Jessica Stein and with the film adaptation of the John Irving novel, The Door In The Floor. Zarvos’ credits include The Good Shepherd, The Words, Brooklyn’s Finest, The Face Of Love, Reaching For The Moon (Flores Raras), Sin Nombre, Hollywoodland, Adult Beginners, The Humbling, Little Accidents, American Ultra and Enough Said.
Twice nominated for Primetime Emmy® Awards (for You Don’t Know Jack and Taking Chance), Zarvos’ television work includes Too Big To Fail, The Big C, Extant the HBO movie Phil Spector, the Amazon series One Mississippi and Z: The Beginning Of Everything, the limited series The Romanoffs for Amazon and two current Showtime series The Affair and Ray Donovan.
Zarvos’ recent projects include The Land Of Steady Habits written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, The Choice (based on the Nicholas Sparks novel) and Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith and directed by Ondi Timoner.
- Parisian Sunset – Jonathan Hartman
- Arrival in New York – Marcelo Zarvos
- After The Ball – Charles K. Harris
- She’s A Whole Lotta Love – Jonathan Hartman
- Searching the archives – Marcelo Zarvos
- Carlisle Argument – Marcelo Zarvos
- Oh God of Loveliness (Traditional)
- High Noon – Jonathan Hartman
- At The Citrus Ball – Jonathan Hartman
- I’m Just Wild About Harry – Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
- First Day of Class – Marcelo Zarvos
- Meet My Brother – Marcelo Zarvos
- Giving Flowers – Marcelo Zarvos
- You Are So Small When You Go To Sleep (Traditional)
- Immaculate Mary (Traditional)
- Big Papas Strut – Jonathan Hartman
- Arabesque No. 1 – Claude Debussy
- Family Goodbyes – Marcelo Zarvos
- Long Lost Mother – Marcelo Zarvos
- Good News – Marcelo Zarvos
- Gypsys Lament – Jonathan Hartman
- Poboys and Beignets – Jonathan Hartman
- Lil Boy Blue – Jonathan Hartman
- Liebestraum No.3 in A Flat, S.541 – Franz Liszt
- Looking For Louise – Marcelo Zarvos
- Norma at the Door – Edward Lyle Barton, Marcelo Zarvos
- Sneaking Out – Marcelo Zarvos
- Packing For Home – Marcelo Zarvos
- Divorce Talks – Marcelo Zarvos
- Norma & Joseph – Marcelo Zarvos