André Moraes
André Moraes, born André Torres Moraes on March 6, 1977, in Brasília, Brazil, is a Latin Grammy–nominated musician, film director, music producer, and soundtrack composer. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over twenty years and has been married to actress Ana Carolina Machado since August 24, 2010.
He started studying classical music and blues guitar at age 6, inspired by his father. He later studied film music with David Tygel and Gabriel Yared. As a teenager, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and helped form the music group Infierno, which toured and released an album.
In 1997, at age 20, he wrote his first soundtrack for No Coração dos Deuses (In the Heart of the Gods), directed by his father, working with Mike Patton of Faith No More. Since then, he has composed 45 film scores, eight short-film scores, and music for four TV shows. Notable scores include Assalto ao Banco Central, Meu Tio Matou um Cara, O Coronel e o Lobisomem, Melhor Trilha Sonora, Viva Sapato! and Lisbela e o Prisioneiro.
Moraes has produced albums for artists such as Dante XXI by Sepultura and Chris Pitman (Guns N’ Roses), as well as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Igor Cavalera, Jair Rodrigues, Jorge Mautner, and Mart’nália. He has written for theater and television, and acted in Out of Tune by Walter Lima Júnior and The Man Who Challenged the Devil, for which he also composed the soundtrack.
As a director, he has shot many short films and music videos, including "De Você" by Pitty (nominated for Video of the Year at the 2008 MTV Video Music Brazil) and "We’ve Lost You" by Sepultura. He released a solo album featuring Mike Patton. In 2004 he played guitar in the biographical film Cazuza – O Tempo Não Pára. His first feature film Payback (Entrando Numa Roubada) came out in 2015; he wrote, directed, and composed its soundtrack. The film features percussionist Omar Hakim and bassist Lee Sklar. He is the founder and owner of Autorama Films.
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