- Nico Abondolo
- musician: bass
- Mark Adams
- musician: french horn
- Eun-Mee Ahn
- musician: violin
- Sam Allison
- assistant score recording engineer
- Slamm Andrews
- music editor
- Edward Atkatz
- musician: percussion
- Philip Ayling
- musician: oboe
- Rick Baptist
- musician: trumpet
- Steve Becknell
- musician: french horn
- Marissa Benedict
- musician: trumpet
- Wayne Bergeron
- musician: trumpet
- Charlie Bisharat
- musician: violin
- Chris Bleth
- musician: oboe
- Gary Bovyer
- musician: clarinet
- Jacqueline Brand
- musician: violin
- Rob Brophy
- musician: viola
- Reid Bruton
- score vocalist
- Darius Campo
- musician: violin
- Dustin Capulong
- assistant music recording engineer
- Chuck Choi
- score recordist
- Heather Clark
- musician: flute
- Stuart Clark
- musician: clarinet
- Andrew Coleman
- music recording engineer
- Kevin Connolly
- musician: violin
- Rose Corrigan
- musician: bassoon
- Jason Dale
- assistant score mixing engineer
- Grace Davidson
- vocalist: soprano
- Tim Davies
- conductor
- Steven Richard Davis
- assistant music recording engineer (as Steve Davis)
- Brian Dembow
- musician: viola
- Drew Dembowski
- musician: bass
- Greg Dennen
- scoring crew (as Greg Dennon)
- Jeff Driskill
- musician
- Andrew Duckles
- musician: viola
- David Duke
- musician: french horn
- E. Duke-Kirkpatrick
- musician: cello
- Bruce Dukov
- musician: violin
- Steve Erdody
- musician: cello
- Christine Ermacoff
- musician: cello
- Lori j Falzone chavez
- Orchestrations Coordinator
- Judith Farmer
- musician: bassoon
- Alma L. Fernandez
- musician: viola
- Richard Feves
- musician: bass
- Chuck Findley
- musician: trumpet
- Elsie Fisher
- lead singer / playback singer
- Marlo Fisher
- musician: viola
- Donald T. Foster
- musician: clarinet (as Donald Foster)
- Geoff Foster
- music engineer: choir
- Bruce Fowler
- musician: trombone / orchestrator
- Walt Fowler
- musician: trumpet / orchestrator
- Matthew Funes
- musician: viola
- Elizabeth Gallardo
- assistant score mixing engineer
- Julie Gigante
- musician: violin
- Rick Giovinazzo
- orchestrator
- Tom Gire
- additional music by
- William Kenneth Goldman
- score vocalist
- Mark Graham
- head of music preparation
- Endre Granat
- concertmaster
- Eleanor Grant
- Vocalist
- Gary Grant
- musician: trumpet
- Gavin Greenaway
- music director
- Keith Greene
- musician: viola
- Alan Grunfeld
- musician: violin
- Josh Gudwin
- assistant music recording engineer
- Oren Hadar
- scoring mixer: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
- Larry Hall
- musician: trumpet
- Trevor Handy
- musician: cello
- Tamara Hatwan
- musician: violin
- Vicki Hiatt
- supervising music editor
- Dan Higgins
- musician
- Paula Hochhalter
- musician: cello
- Jim Honeyman
- music preparation
- Scott Hosfeld
- musician
- Ghazi Hourani
- assistant music recording engineer (as Azi Hourani)
- Greg Huckins
- musician
- Alex Iles
- musician: trombone
- Brandon Jones
- assistant score mixing engineer
- Dennis Karmazyn
- musician: cello
- Kevin Kaska
- orchestrator
- Roland Kato
- musician: viola
- Daniel Kelley
- musician: french horn (as Dan Kelley)
- Jenny Kim
- musician: french horn
- Mike Knobloch
- music executive
- Steven Kofsky
- music production services (as Steve Kofsky)
- Christian Kollgaard
- musician: bass
- Gina Kronstadt
- musician: violin
- Armen Ksajikian
- musician: cello
- Steve Kujala
- musician: flute
- Timothy Landauer
- musician: cello
- Mike Larson
- assistant music recording engineer
- Tim Lauber
- scoring crew
- Guillermo Lefeld
- assistant score recording engineer
- Natalie Leggett
- musician: violin
- Dimitrie Leivici
- musician: violin
- Phillip Levy
- musician: violin
- Dane Little
- musician: cello
- Timothy Loo
- musician: cello
- Charlie Loper
- musician: trombone
- Shawn Mann
- musician: viola
- Fabian Marascuillo
- score mixing engineer
- Darrin McCann
- musician: viola
- Malcolm McNab
- musician: trumpet
- Ed Meares
- musician: bass
- Alan Meyerson
- music scoring mixer / score recordist
- James Miller
- musician: trombone
- Victoria Miskolczy
- musician: viola
- John Mitchell
- musician
- Yvonne S. Moriarty
- musician: french horn
- Charlie Morillas
- musician: trombone
- Kenneth Munday
- musician: bassoon
- Kathy Nelson
- music supervisor
- Joey Newman
- conductor: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
- Satoshi Mark Noguchi
- assistant music recording engineer (as Satoshi Noguchi) / score mixing assistant
- Brian O'Connor
- musician: french horn
- Phil O'Connor
- musician: clarinet
- Michael O'Donovan
- musician: bassoon
- Jenny O'Grady
- choral coordinator
- Jenni Olson
- flute / musician: flute
- Bruce Otto
- musician: trombone
- Eric Overholt
- musician: french horn
- Sid Page
- musician: violin
- Alyssa Park
- musician: violin
- Heitor Pereira
- musician
- Joel C. Peskin
- musician (as Joel Peskin)
- Katia Popov
- musician: violin
- Satnam Ramgotra
- musician: mouth perc &percussion
- Bill Reichenbach
- musician: trombone
- Lynda Richardson
- choir master
- Rafael Rishik
- musician: violin
- Ramon Rivas
- assistant music recording engineer
- Mark Robertson
- musician: violin
- Tim Rodier
- music preparation
- Rob Roots
- musician
- William Roper
- musician: tuba
- Geraldine Rotella
- musician: flute
- Jessica Rotter
- singer
- Peter Rotter
- orchestra contractor
- Czarina Russell
- music studio manager: Remote Control Productions / studio manager: Remote Control Productions
- Carl Rydlund
- orchestrator
- Rob Schaer
- musician: trumpet
- George Scholes
- musician: cello
- Daniel Scolari
- assistant music editor
- Jacob Shea
- additional arrangements
- David Shostac
- musician: flute
- Andrew Shulman
- musician: cello
- Jeanne E. Skrocki
- musician: violin
- David Speltz
- musician: cello
- John Sponsler
- additional music by
- Denis St. Amand
- scoring crew
- Tereza Stanislav
- musician: violin
- Tom Steel
- scoring crew
- Phillip A. Teele
- musician: trombone
- James Thatcher
- musician: French horn
- Sarah Thornblade
- musician: violin
- Martin Tillman
- musician
- Doug Tornquist
- musician: tuba
- Cecilia Tsan
- musician: cello
- Michael Valerio
- musician: bass
- Josefina Vergara
- musician: violin
- Shalini Vijayan
- musician: violin
- James Walker
- musician: flute
- David Walther
- musician: viola
- Chris Westlake
- composer: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
- Roger Wilkie
- musician: violin
- Pharrell Williams
- composer: songs / composer: theme music
- Ralph Williams
- musician: clarinet
- Phillip Yao
- musician: french horn
- John Yoakum
- musician
- Andrew Zack
- score coordinator
- Hans Zimmer
- score producer
- Bob Zimmitti
- musician: percussion
- Sebastian Zuleta
- assistant music recording engineer / music technical engineer
- Sven Faulconer
- music programmer (uncredited)
- Geoff Foster
- music engineer (uncredited)
- Jerry Goldsmith
- composer: Universal Theme (uncredited)
- Alan Kaplan
- musician: trombone (uncredited)
- Scott McRae
- music preparation (uncredited)
- Daniel Rojas
- musician: guitars (uncredited)
