Heitor Pereira

Known for SoundBorn 1960-11-29 (age 65)Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Heitor Teixeira Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation:[ejˈtoʁ tejˈʃejɾɐ peˈɾejɾɐ]) (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer. 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". 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 UK called Heitor TP, which featured a 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" to 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 film Cowboys & Aliens soundtrack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Heitor Pereira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The BRIT Awards

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Greetings From Planet Smurf

Love Tap

My Little Pony: A New Generation

The Valet

Classic Albums

PAW Patrol: The Movie

If I Stay

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Despicable Me

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

Despicable Me 4

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Sonic Sea

Despicable Me 2

Rango

Smallfoot

Madagascar

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Please Stand By

Riding in Cars with Boys

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Despicable Me 3

Madly Madagascar

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

It's Complicated

Merry Madagascar

Curious George

Minions

A Little Bit of Heaven

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

September 11

The Angry Birds Movie

The Trident

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

Animal Farm

The Little Engine That Could

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

Show Dogs

Two Weeks

Real Women Have Curves

Blind Dating

Playmobil: The Movie

The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs

Spy Kids