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". 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.
Albums Heitor TP (1987) Heitor (1994) Untold Stories (2001)
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 BrookOne 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 DarnellTom McGrath Additional musicScore 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 RenaudPierre 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 RenaudPierre 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 CoffinKyle Balda 2016 The Angry Birds Movie Fergal ReillyClay Kaytis 2017 Despicable Me 3 Pierre CoffinKyle 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 CullenJosé 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 JackmanAlso 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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