Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Sound March 5, 1887

Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, March 5, 1887 – Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist and guitarist, described as "the most…

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Rio, I Love You

Rio, I Love You

4.8 2014 Movie
Green Mansions

Green Mansions

5.7 1959 Movie
Copland, Bernstein

Copland, Bernstein

2014 Movie
Clay

Clay

5.8 1942 Movie
The Discovery of Brazil

The Discovery of Brazil

7.3 1937 Movie
Planeta Amazônia

Planeta Amazônia

2022 Movie
Regresso

Regresso

2017 Movie
South of the Border with Disney

South of the Border with Disney

8.0 1942 Movie
Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca

Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca

9.0 1987 Movie
Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

2022 Movie
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

7.3 2005 Movie
Amazonas, Amazonas

Amazonas, Amazonas

6.9 1966 Movie

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Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, March 5, 1887 – Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist and guitarist, described as "the most significant creative figure in 20th century in Brazilian classical music", and becoming the best-known South American composer of all time.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    A Carta de Helena

    Movie Songs

  2. 2024
    Curitiba: Urban Maze

    Movie Music

  3. 2023
    Villa-Lobos em Paris

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2023
    Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2022
    Planeta Amazônia

    Movie Music Arranger

  6. 2022
    Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2019
    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2019
    The Little Dominos Jingle Bells

    Movie Music

  9. 2017
    Regresso

    Movie Music

  10. 2015
    Andrea Bacchetti in Concert

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2014
    Rio, I Love You

    Movie Music

  12. 2014
    Copland, Bernstein

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2005
    Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  14. 1988
    Fantasies of Brazil

    Movie Music

  15. 1987
    Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 1983
    The Flower of Pain

    Movie Music

More credits
  1. 1978
    Diário da Província

    Movie Music

  2. 1978
    Reformatory of the Depraved

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1976
    Cajaíba - Lição das Coisas - O Fazendeiro do Ar

    Movie Music

  4. 1974
    Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável

    Movie Music

  5. 1972
    João and the Knife

    Movie Music

  6. 1966
    Amazonas, Amazonas

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1964
    Retrato de Villa-Lobos

    Movie Ele mesmo (arquivo)

  8. 1959
    Green Mansions

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1950
    Swain

    Movie Music

  10. 1943
    Dois artistas nacionais - Portinari e Villa Lobos

    Movie Self

  11. 1942
    South of the Border with Disney

    Movie Self

  12. 1942
    Clay

    Movie Music

  13. 1937
    The Discovery of Brazil

    Movie Music