Heitor Pereira

Heitor Pereira
Heitor Pereira
Birth name	Heitor Teixeira Pereira
Also known as	Heitor TP
Born	November 29, 1960 (age 60); Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Genres	Pop rock, film score, soundtrack, soul
Occupation(s)	Musician; Composer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1980s–present
Associated acts	Ivan Lins; Simply Red; Hans Zimmer; Pharrell Williams;
Website	www.heitorpereira.com

Heitor Teixeira Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ejˈtoɾ tejˈʃejɾɐ peˈɾejɾɐ]) (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d. lang, Milton Nascimento^[1] and Jack Johnson;^[2] and currently works as a film score composer, as well as a musician at Hans Zimmer's studio. Although primarily a guitarist, he also provided backing vocals live for the Simply Red song "Thrill Me".

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	with Hans Zimmer
2002	11'09"01 September 11	Anthology film with 11 co-directors	Various companies	One of the 11 composers collaborating in this film.
	Dead in the Water	Gustavo Lipsztein	Lionsgate	N/A
	Real Women Have Curves	Patricia Cardoso	HBO Films	N/A
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Guy Ferland	Miramax Films Artisan Entertainment	N/A
2004	Haven	Frank E. Flowers	Haven Distribution	N/A
2006	Curious George	Matthew O'Callaghan	Universal Pictures Universal Animation Studios	N/A
	Ask the Dust	Robert Towne	Paramount Classics	with Ramin Djawadi
	Blind Dating	James Keach	Samuel Goldwyn Films	N/A
	Two Weeks	Steve Stockman	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
2007	Suburban Girl	Marc Klein	Image Entertainment	N/A
2007	Illegal Tender	Franc. Reyes	Universal Pictures	N/A
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Raja Gosnell	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
2009	The Canyon	Richard Harrah	Magnolia Pictures	N/A
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	N/A
	A Little Bit of Heaven	Nicole Kassell	Millennium Entertainment	N/A
	The Little Engine That Could	Elliot M. Bour	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Direct-to-video film
	The Smurfs	Raja Gosnell	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	N/A
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	N/A
2014	If I Stay	R. J. Cutler	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
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	N/A
2016	The Angry Birds Movie^[3]	Fergal Reilly Clay Kaytis	Columbia Pictures Rovio Animation	N/A
2017	Despicable Me 3	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	with Pharrell Williams
	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature^[4]	Cal Brunker	Open Road Films Red Rover International ToonBox Entertainment Gulfstream Pictures	N/A
	Please Stand By	Ben Lewin	Magnolia Pictures	N/A
2018	Show Dogs^[5]	Raja Gosnell	Global Road Entertainment Riverstone Pictures	N/A
2018	Smallfoot	Karey Kirkpatrick	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group	N/A
2019	Playmobil: The Movie^[6]	Lino DiSalvo	STXfilms StudioCanal Lionsgate On Animation Studios Wild Bunch Pathé	N/A
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2^[7]	Thurop Van Orman	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Rovio Animation	N/A

2020s[]

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2021	PAW Patrol: The Movie	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	N/A
2022	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	N/A

References[]

^ "Milton Nascimento - Yauaretê". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
^ "Albums". Heitor Pereira. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
^ "Heitor Pereira to Score 'Angry Birds' Movie". Film Music Reporter. 28 August 2015.
^ "Heitor Pereira to Score 'The Nut Job 2'". Film Music Reporter. 25 May 2016.
^ "Heitor Pereira to Score Raja Gosnell's 'Show Dogs'". Film Music Reporter. Film Music Reporter. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ "Heitor Pereira to Score Animated 'Playmobil' Movie". Film Music Reporter. 21 June 2017.
^ "Heitor Pereira to Return for 'The Angry Birds Movie 2'". Film Music Reporter. 21 August 2018.

External links[]

Official website
Heitor Pereira at IMDb

[1] "Milton Nascimento - Yauaretê". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-19.

[2] "Albums". Heitor Pereira. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-06.

[3] "Heitor Pereira to Score 'Angry Birds' Movie". Film Music Reporter. 28 August 2015.

[4] "Heitor Pereira to Score 'The Nut Job 2'". Film Music Reporter. 25 May 2016.

[fmr-showdogs-5] "Heitor Pereira to Score Raja Gosnell's 'Show Dogs'". Film Music Reporter. Film Music Reporter. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[6] "Heitor Pereira to Score Animated 'Playmobil' Movie". Film Music Reporter. 21 June 2017.

[7] "Heitor Pereira to Return for 'The Angry Birds Movie 2'". Film Music Reporter. 21 August 2018.

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