Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro, May 11, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2023) was a Brazilian singer, composer and guitarist. Along with Roberto Menescal, he was one of the young figures of bossa nova. It was part of a more activist bossa nova, proposing the return of the rhythm to its roots in samba.

Filmography

• 2024Entre a Lei e a Luta — Carlos Lyra
• 2009Travessia
• 1998The Patriot — Music
• 1984Para Viver Um Grande Amor — Music, Theatre Play
• 1979Nos Tempos da Vaselina — Music
• 1974The Sign of Scorpio — Eduardo
• 1972Eu Transo, Ela Transa — Music
• 1971A Secretary's Intimacies — Original Music Composer
• 1969Patsy My Love — Original Music Composer
• 1966The Priest and the Girl — Musical
• 1963Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes — Original Music Composer
• 1963Pretty But Wicked — Music
• 1962Cat Skin — Music
• 1962Five Times Favela — Original Music Composer
• 1959Pistoleiro Bossa Nova — Songs

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2023Samuel Wainer — Self (archive footage)
• O Canto Livre de Nara Leão — Self
• 2020Garoto - Vivo Sonhando — Self
• 2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self
• 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas — Self
• 2015André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music — Self
• 2013Dossiê Jango — Self
• 2008Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world — Self
• O Som do Vinil — Self
• 2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self
• 2005Vinicius de Moraes — Self
• 2004MPB dos Tempos da Repressão — Self
• 2002JK – O Menino que Sonhou um País — Self
• 1999Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer — Self