Heitor Pereira
Heitor Teixeira Pereira (born 29 November 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and 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".
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Heitor Pereira

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- Name
- Heitor Pereira
- Birth Name
- Heitor Teixeira Pereira
- Birthplace
- Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Born
- 29 November 1960
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Fields
- music · film score
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Heitor Teixeira Pereira (born 29 November 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and 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".
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He also collaborates with film directors Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda, Raja Gosnell, and Cal Brunker. In 1994, he released a solo album in the United Kingdom 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, Madagascar, The Simpsons Movie, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Rango, and Cowboys & Aliens. 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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Heitor Pereira • Birth Name — Heitor Teixeira Pereira • Alias — Heitor TP • Birthplace — Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil • Born — 29 November 1960 • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer • Genre — Film score, pop rock, electronic, soul • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1980s–present • Past Member Of — Simply Red • Website — https: www.heitorpereira.com/
Albums
Albums
• Heitor TP (1987) • Heitor (1994) • Untold Stories (2001)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1960
Heitor Pereira was born 29 November 1960.
Film scores
• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 2001 — Spy Kids — Robert Rodriguez — With John Debney, Danny Elfman, Robert Rodriguez, Los Lobos, Gavin Greenaway and Harry Gregson-Williams • Riding in Cars with Boys — Penny Marshall — With Hans Zimmer • 2002 — 11'09"01 September 11 — Anthology film with 11 co-directors — With Michael Brook One of the 11 composers collaborating in this film. • Dead in the Water — Gustavo Lipsztein • Real Women Have Curves — Patricia Cardoso • 2004 — Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights — Guy Ferland • Haven — Frank E. Flowers • 2005 — Madagascar — Eric Darnell Tom McGrath — Additional music Score composed by Hans Zimmer • 2006 — Curious George — Matthew O'Callaghan — Pereira's first score for an animated film • Ask the Dust — Robert Towne — With Ramin Djawadi • Blind Dating — James Keach • Two Weeks — Steve Stockman • 2007 — Suburban Girl — Marc Klein • Illegal Tender — Franc. Reyes • 2008 — Beverly Hills Chihuahua — Raja Gosnell • 2009 — The Canyon — Richard Harrah • It's Complicated — Nancy Meyers — With Hans Zimmer • 2010 — Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! — Norton Virgien — Direct-to-video film • Despicable Me — Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin — With Pharrell Williams • 2011 — From Prada to Nada — Angel Garcia • A Little Bit of Heaven — Nicole Kassell • The Little Engine That Could — Elliot M. Bour — Direct-to-video film • The Smurfs — Raja Gosnell • 2012 — Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! — Lev L. Spiro — Direct-to-video film • 2013 — Despicable Me 2 — Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin — Original songs and themes by Pharrell Williams • The Smurfs 2 — Raja Gosnell • 2014 — If I Stay — R. J. Cutler • 2015 — Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle — Phil Weinstein — Direct-to-video film • Minions — Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda • 2016 — The Angry Birds Movie — Fergal Reilly Clay Kaytis • 2017 — Despicable Me 3 — Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda — Original songs and themes by Pharrell Williams • The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature — Cal Brunker • | Please Stand By — Ben Lewin • 2018 — Show Dogs — Raja Gosnell • Smallfoot — Karey Kirkpatrick — Original songs by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick • 2019 — Playmobil: The Movie — Lino DiSalvo — Also songwriter with Anne Preven and Stephan Moccio • The Angry Birds Movie 2 — Thurop Van Orman • 2021 — Paw Patrol: The Movie — Cal Brunker • My Little Pony: A New Generation — Robert Cullen José Ucha — Original songs by Alan Schmuckler and Michael Mahler • 2022 — The Valet — Richard Wong • Minions: The Rise of Gru — Kyle Balda • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Joel Crawford — Replaced Henry Jackman Also songwriter on Fearless Hero with Dan Navarro & Paul Fisher and Por Que Te Vas with Gaby Moreno • 2024 — Despicable Me 4 — Chris Renaud — Original songs and themes by Pharrell Williams • 2026 — Animal Farm — Andy Serkis — Replaced Nitin Sawhney • The Angry Birds Movie 3 — John Rice
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q462109: Heitor Pereira
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- “Heitor Pereira”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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