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Heitor Pereira
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…
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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.
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2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Movie Original Music Composer
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2026
Animal Farm
Movie Original Music Composer
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2024
Despicable Me 4
Movie Original Music Composer
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2024
Lula
Movie Music
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2023
The Trident
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
There Are No Saints
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
The Valet
Movie Original Music Composer
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2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Movie Original Music Composer
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2021
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Movie Original Music Composer
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2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Movie Original Music Composer
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2019
Playmobil: The Movie
Movie Original Music Composer
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2018
Smallfoot
Movie Original Music Composer
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2018
Greetings From Planet Smurf
Movie Self - Musician
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2018
Show Dogs
Movie Original Music Composer
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2018
Please Stand By
Movie Original Music Composer
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2017
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Movie Original Music Composer
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2017
Despicable Me 3
Movie Original Music Composer
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2017
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Movie Self
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2016
The Angry Birds Movie
Movie Original Music Composer
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2016
Sonic Sea
Movie Music Score Producer
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2015
Minions
Movie Original Music Composer
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2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Movie Original Music Composer
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2014
If I Stay
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
The Smurfs 2
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
Despicable Me 2
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
Madly Madagascar
Movie Original Music Composer
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2012
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
The Smurfs
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
Brad & Gary
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
The Little Engine That Could
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
Rango
Movie Musician
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2011
A Little Bit of Heaven
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
From Prada to Nada
Movie Original Music Composer
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2010
Despicable Me
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
It's Complicated
Movie Party Musician
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2009
Merry Madagascar
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
The Canyon
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Movie Original Music Composer
