# Heitor Pereira

Heitor Teixeira Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation:) (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 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 |
| 2001 | 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. |
| 2002 | Dead in the Water | Gustavo Lipsztein | Lionsgate | — |
| 2002 | Real Women Have Curves | Patricia Cardoso | HBO Films | — |
| 2004 | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights | Guy Ferland | Miramax Films Artisan Entertainment | — |
| 2004 | Haven | Frank E. Flowers | Haven Distribution | — |
| 2005 | Madagascar | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation SKG PDI/DreamWorks | Additional music Score composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | Curious George | Matthew O'Callaghan | Universal Pictures Universal Animation Studios Imagine Entertainment | Pereira's first score for an animated film |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust | Robert Towne | Paramount Classics | with Ramin Djawadi |
| 2006 | Blind Dating | James Keach | Samuel Goldwyn Films | — |
| 2006 | Two Weeks | Steve Stockman | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — |
| 2007 | Suburban Girl | Marc Klein | Image Entertainment | — |
| 2007 | Illegal Tender | Franc. Reyes | Universal Pictures | — |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Raja Gosnell | Walt Disney Pictures | — |
| 2009 | The Canyon | Richard Harrah | Magnolia Pictures | — |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin | Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment | with Pharrell Williams |
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada | Angel Garcia | Lionsgate Pantelion Films | — |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Nicole Kassell | Millennium Entertainment | — |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could | Elliot M. Bour | Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios | Direct-to-video film |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Raja Gosnell | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation | — |
| 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 |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Raja Gosnell | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation | — |
| 2014 | If I Stay | R. J. Cutler | Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — |
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Phil Weinstein | Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios | Direct-to-video film |
| 2015 | Minions | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda | Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment | — |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Fergal Reilly Clay Kaytis | Columbia Pictures Rovio Animation | — |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda | Universal Pictures Illumination | with Pharrell Williams |
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Cal Brunker | Open Road Films Red Rover International ToonBox Entertainment Gulfstream Pictures | — |
| 2017 | Please Stand By | Ben Lewin | Magnolia Pictures | — |
| 2018 | Show Dogs | Raja Gosnell | Global Road Entertainment Riverstone Pictures | — |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | Karey Kirkpatrick | Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group | — |
| 2019 | Playmobil: The Movie | Lino DiSalvo | STXfilms StudioCanal DMG Entertainment On Animation Studios Pathé | — |
| 2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Thurop Van Orman | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Rovio Animation | — |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2021 | Paw Patrol: The Movie | Cal Brunker | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment | — |
| 2021 | 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 | — |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Kyle Balda | Universal Pictures Illumination | — |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Chris Renaud | Universal Pictures Illumination | with Pharrell Williams |