Heitor Pereira

Heitor Teixeira Pereira Portuguese pronunciationejˈtoʁ 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 kd lang Milton Nascimento and Jack Johnson and currently works as a film score composer as well as a musician at Hans Zimmers 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 Somethings 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia