Heitor Pereira

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Heitor Pereira
Birth name	Heitor Teixeira Pereira
Also known as	Heitor TP
Born	(1960-11-29) November 29, 1960 Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupations	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 musician, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d. lang and Jack Johnson;^[1] and is currently working as a film music composer 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, I Am Sam, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Madagascar.

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

Untold Stories (2001)
Heitor TP (1994)
Heitor TP (1987)

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	Dead in the Water	Gustavo Lipsztein	Lionsgate	N/A
2002	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	N/A
2013	The Smurfs 2	Raja Gosnell	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	N/A
2015	Minions	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	N/A
2015

References

↑ "Albums". Heitor Pereira. Retrieved 2013-08-06.

External links

Official website
Heitor Pereira at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Simply Red

Mick Hucknall Fritz McIntyre Tim Kellett Tony Bowers Chris Joyce David Fryman Sylvan Richardson Ian Kirkham Aziz Ibrahim Heitor Pereira Gota Yashiki Shaun Ward Dee Johnson Steve Lewinson Velroy Bailey Sarah Brown Tim Vine Kenji Suzuki John Johnson Mark Jaimes Wayne Stobbart Kevin Robinson Chris De Margary Andy Wright Pete Lewinson Dave Clayton

Studio albums	Picture Book Men and Women A New Flame Stars Life Blue Love And The Russian Winter Home Simplified Stay

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits It's Only Love The Very Best of Simply Red Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits

Related articles	Discography Mick Hucknall discography

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76526366 LCCN: no2001011574 ISNI: 0000 0001 0917 8479 GND: 134782666 BNF: cb14214968b

Persondata
Name	Pereira, Heitor
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian musician
Date of birth	November 29, 1957
Place of birth	Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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