Pedro Camacho

Pedro Macedo Camacho is a Portuguese composer of classical music as well as film and video game scores. He is best known for his scores to Star Citizen and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.

Pedro Camacho
Camacho in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Pedro Macedo Camacho
Origin	Funchal, Portugal
Occupation	Composer
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1995–present
Website	musicbypedro.com

Biography

Camacho was born in Funchal, a city in Madeira, and started learning composition with Argentinean composer Roberto Pérez in his home city's Conservatoire and Arts School.

After three years, Camacho moved to Lisbon, where he continued his studies in the National Conservatoire for another four years with composer and teacher Eurico Carrapatoso. As a pianist, Camacho started with teacher and musicologist, Robert Andres, and then with the Portuguese teacher, Melina Rebelo.

Pedro continued to learn with Carrapatoso until 2006 and, after his long classical training on composition and orchestration, Pedro was taught film scoring in Berklee College of Music.

Camacho claims that composing has been an important part of his life since he was ten years old, when he started composing short musical pieces using the vintage tracker program OctaMED on an Amiga 500.

Camacho's career in concert music only began in 2011, when he was commissioned to write the Requiem to Inês de Castro by Orquestra Clássica do Centro [pt] which premiered in March 2012.^[1] In this concert Camacho's composition teacher, Eurico Carrapatoso, also adapted one of his works to serve as opening to the Requiem.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Works

Video games

Year	Title	Developer
2007	Fury	Auran, Codemasters
	Crime City	Games2Gaze[7][8][9]
	Audiosurf	Invisible Handlebar
	Color Trail	Real Time Solutions[10]
	Darwin the Monkey	Rocksolid Games[11]
	Days of Sail	immersionFX[12][13][14]
	Bonnie and Clyde	Mediaramas[15]
2008	A Vampyre Story	Autumn Moon Entertainment[16]
	Sacred 2: Fallen Angel	Ascaron
	Zeno Clash	Ace Team[17]
2009	Fairytale Fights	Playlogic Game Factory[18]
	Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island	Autumn Moon Entertainment[19]
2010	GooseGogs	Crimson Cow[20]
2011	Afterfall: InSanity	Nicolas Entertainment Group
2018	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	MachineGames[21]
2020	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Blizzard Entertainment[22]
2021	Chorus	Fishlabs[23]
TBA	Star Citizen	Cloud Imperium Games[24]

Other projects

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Stilt Walkers[25]	Film
2010	Dom Duardos[26][27]	Theater
	3DMark11	Software
2012	Requiem to Inês de Castro, Op. 1[28]	Concert music
2013	Caixa Geral de Depósitos "Turn Around"	Commercial
	Sonae's Maxmat	Commercial
2019	Te Deum[29]	Concert Music
2020	Gatorade China[30]	Commercial
2021	From the Dark[31]	Concert Music

IGF 2008 Excellence in Audio Award won by Camacho for his work on Audiosurf

Dutch Games Awards 2010 Best Audio Design Award won by Camacho for his work on Fairytale Fights

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2008	Independent Games Festival Excellence in Audio Award [32]	Audiosurf	Won
2010	Dutch Games Awards Best Audio Design [33][34]	Fairytale Fights	Won
2015	Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards [35]	Star Citizen	Nominated
2017	Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity[36][37][38]	AMCV Doctors	Nominated
2018	D.I.C.E. Awards[39]	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Nominated
2022	13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Score - Video Game[40]	CHORUS	Won
2022	13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Song - Video Game[41]	CHORUS Main Theme featuring Úyanga Bold	Nominated

References

1. "Requiem de Inês de Castro – Orquestra Clássica do Centro". Direcção Regional de Cultura do Centro. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
2. "Coimbra inova com primeiro concerto digital em Portugal". Diário de Notícias Nacional. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
3. "Engenheiro madeirense compôs Requiem a Inês de Castro". Diário de Notícias Regional. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
4. "Samsung coloca Tecnologia ao serviço da Música". Samsung Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
5. "Concerto para orquestra, coro e tablets (vídeo)". Computer World Portugal. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
6. "Samsung coloca a tecnologia ao serviço da música". zwame.pt. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
7. "Crime City official page with music streaming from Pedro Macedo Camacho's soundtrack". Games2Gaze. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
8. "immersionFX's Blog describing Crime City's soundtrack". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
9. "Forum post by developer immersionFX". immersionFX. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
10. "Color Trail online flash version". iciba.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
11. Usher, William. "Darwin the Monkey Review". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
12. "Official Days of Sail website". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
13. "Days of Sail page at immersionFX's Blog". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
14. "Test de Sailing Simulation sur PC". jeuxvideo.com. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
15. Zadicoff, Matias. "Bonnie and Clyde official trailer page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
16. Broomhall, John (November 2008). "Heard About A Vampyre Story". Develop Magazine. No. 59. p. 57.
17. "Zeno Clash. Interview with Carlos Bordeu". playhard.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
18. "Official Forum Soundtrack Post". fairytalefights.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
19. "A visit to Pedro's studio". Pumpkin Post. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
20. "GooseGogs – The Game". goosegogs.de. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
21. ""Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Credits". MobyGames.
22. "Shadowlands Credits". Wowhead.com.
23. Hall, Charlie (September 23, 2021). "Chorus is a high-concept, AAA-quality space shooter that encourages exploration". Polygon. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
24. Reahard, Jef (27 November 2013). "CIG releases Star Citizen livestream vids, tops $33 million". Massively. AOL. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
25. Alexis, Van der haeghe. "Stilt Walkers official movie download page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
26. "Newspaper news about Dom Duardos from Gil Vicente". dnoticias. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
27. "Audiokinetic interview with Pedro Macedo Camacho" (PDF). audiokinetic. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
28. "Pedro e Inês: o Futuro do Passado". cister.fm. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
29. Te Deum (Pedro Camacho) World Premiere Concert, 9 January 2020, archived from the original on 2021-12-17, retrieved 2021-07-09
30. "Realizador português cria anúncio internacional para a Gatorade". Marketeer. 24 September 2020.
31. From the Dark (Pedro Camacho) World Premiere Concert, 28 December 2021, retrieved 2021-12-30
32. "2008 IGF winners". igf.com. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
33. "Fairytale Fights Credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
34. "Dutch Game Awards 2010 Winners". Dutch Game Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
35. "Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards". MPSE. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
36. Portugal, Fuel, AMCV - "Doctor", retrieved 2019-03-05
37. "The Work". lovethework.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
38. "RECOGNITION". PEDRO BEXIGA & MARCELO LOURENÇO. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
39. "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details". www.interactive.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
40. "2022 HMMA Nominations - Hollywood Music In Media Awards". www.hmmawards.org. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
41. "2022 HMMA Nominations - Hollywood Music In Media Awards". www.hmmawards.org. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

External links

• Official website