Known For
Sound
Born
Nov 29, 1960
Place of Birth
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Credits
60 titles
Heitor Pereira
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Original Music Composer
Animal Farm
Original Music Composer
Despicable Me 4
Original Music Composer
Lula
Music
The Trident
Original Music Composer
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Original Music Composer
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Original Music Composer
There Are No Saints
Original Music Composer
The Valet
Original Music Composer
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Original Music Composer
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Original Music Composer
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Original Music Composer
Playmobil: The Movie
Original Music Composer
Smallfoot
Original Music Composer
Greetings From Planet Smurf
Self - Musician
Show Dogs
Original Music Composer
Please Stand By
Original Music Composer
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Original Music Composer
Despicable Me 3
Original Music Composer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
The Angry Birds Movie
Original Music Composer
Sonic Sea
Music Score Producer
Minions
Original Music Composer
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Original Music Composer
If I Stay
Original Music Composer
The Smurfs 2
Original Music Composer
Despicable Me 2
Original Music Composer
Madly Madagascar
Original Music Composer
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
Original Music Composer
The Smurfs
Original Music Composer
Brad & Gary
Original Music Composer
The Little Engine That Could
Original Music Composer
Rango
Musician
A Little Bit of Heaven
Original Music Composer
From Prada to Nada
Original Music Composer
Despicable Me
Original Music Composer
It's Complicated
Party Musician
Merry Madagascar
Original Music Composer
The Canyon
Original Music Composer
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Original Music Composer
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Musician
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Original Music Composer
Love Tap
Music
Suburban Girl
Original Music Composer
Blind Dating
Original Music Composer
Two Weeks
Original Music Composer
Curious George
Original Music Composer
Ask the Dust
Original Music Composer
Madagascar
Additional Music
Haven
Original Music Composer