Heitor Pereira

Heitor Pereira
Birth name	Heitor Teixeira Pereira
Also known as	Heitor TP
Born	(1960-11-29) November 29, 1960 Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Genres	Pop rock, film score, electronic, soul
Occupation(s)	Musician Composer
Instruments	Guitar, keyboards
Years active	1980s–present
Associated acts	Ivan Lins Simply Red Hans Zimmer Pharrell Williams
Website	www.heitorpereira.com

Heitor Teixeira Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ejˈtoɾ tejˈʃejɾɐ peˈɾejɾɐ]) (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and record producer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and several famous musicians, such as Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d. lang, Milton Nascimento, and Jack Johnson; and currently works as a film score composer, as well as a musician at Hans Zimmer's studio, he is best known for being the composer of the Despicable Me franchise. Although primarily a guitarist, he also provided backing vocals live for the Simply Red song "Thrill Me".

In 1994, he released a solo album in the UK called Heitor TP, which featured guest appearance from Mick Hucknall on the track "Manchester". Heitor left Simply Red to concentrate on his solo career. He played guitar and composed additional music for soundtracks like Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, The Road to El Dorado, Pearl Harbor, I Am Sam, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Rango, Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

In 2003, Pereira contributed the song "Remember Me" for the soundtrack for Something's Gotta Give.

In 2006, Heitor Pereira won a Grammy Award for 'Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist' on a version of the song "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" by Chris Botti and Sting.

In 2011, he played guitar on the soundtrack of the film, Cowboys & Aliens.

Albums

• Heitor TP (1987)
• Heitor (1994)
• Untold Stories (2001)

Film scores

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2001	Spy Kids	Robert Rodriguez	Dimension Films	with John Debney, Danny Elfman, Robert Rodriguez, Los Lobos, Gavin Greenaway and Harry Gregson-Williams
	Riding in Cars with Boys	Penny Marshall	Columbia Pictures Gracie Films	with Hans Zimmer
2002	11'09"01 September 11	Anthology film with 11 co-directors	Various companies	with Michael Brook One of the 11 composers collaborating in this film.
	Dead in the Water	Gustavo Lipsztein	Lionsgate	N/A
	Real Women Have Curves	Patricia Cardoso	HBO Films	N/A
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Guy Ferland	Miramax Films Artisan Entertainment	N/A
	Haven	Frank E. Flowers	Haven Distribution	N/A
2006	Curious George	Matthew O'Callaghan	Universal Pictures Universal Animation Studios Imagine Entertainment	N/A
	Ask the Dust	Robert Towne	Paramount Classics	with Ramin Djawadi
	Blind Dating	James Keach	Samuel Goldwyn Films	N/A
	Two Weeks	Steve Stockman	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
2007	Suburban Girl	Marc Klein	Image Entertainment	N/A
	Illegal Tender	Franc. Reyes	Universal Pictures	N/A
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Raja Gosnell	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
2009	The Canyon	Richard Harrah	Magnolia Pictures	N/A
	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Universal Pictures	with Hans Zimmer

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Norton Virgien	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Direct-to-video film
	Despicable Me	Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	with Pharrell Williams
2011	From Prada to Nada	Angel Garcia	Lionsgate Pantelion Films	N/A
	A Little Bit of Heaven	Nicole Kassell	Millennium Entertainment	N/A
	The Little Engine That Could	Elliot M. Bour	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Direct-to-video film
	The Smurfs	Raja Gosnell	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	N/A
2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Lev L. Spiro	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment	Direct-to-video film
2013	Despicable Me 2	Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	with Pharrell Williams
	The Smurfs 2	Raja Gosnell	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	N/A
2014	If I Stay	R. J. Cutler	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
2015	Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	Phil Weinstein	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Direct-to-video film
	Minions	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	N/A
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Fergal Reilly Clay Kaytis	Columbia Pictures Rovio Animation	N/A
2017	Despicable Me 3	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination	with Pharrell Williams
	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature	Cal Brunker	Open Road Films Red Rover International ToonBox Entertainment Gulfstream Pictures	N/A
	Please Stand By	Ben Lewin	Magnolia Pictures	N/A
2018	Show Dogs	Raja Gosnell	Global Road Entertainment Riverstone Pictures	N/A
	Smallfoot	Karey Kirkpatrick	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group	N/A
2019	Playmobil: The Movie	Lino DiSalvo	STXfilms StudioCanal DMG Entertainment On Animation Studios Pathé	N/A
	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Thurop Van Orman	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Rovio Animation	N/A

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2021	PAW Patrol: The Movie	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	N/A
	My Little Pony: A New Generation	Robert Cullen José Ucha	Netflix Entertainment One Boulder Media	Songs by Alan Schmuckler and Michael Mahler
2022	The Valet	Richard Wong	Hulu Pantelion Films	N/A
	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination	N/A
	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Joel Crawford	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	Replaced Henry Jackman Also songwriter on Fearless Hero with Dan Navarro & Paul Fisher and Por Que Te Vas with Gaby Moreno
2023	PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	N/A
2024	Despicable Me 4	Chris Renaud	Universal Pictures Illumination	with Pharrell Williams

External links

• Official website
• Heitor Pereira at the Internet Movie Database