Pedro Camacho

Pedro Macedo Camacho is a Portuguese composer of classical and religious music as well as film and video game scores. He is known for his Requiem to Inês de Castro and his score for Star Citizen.

For the Puerto Rican triple jumper, see Pedro Camacho (athlete).
Pedro Camacho
Camacho in 2014
Background information
Birth namePedro Macedo Camacho
OriginFunchal, Portugal
Occupation(s)Composer
InstrumentsPiano
Years active1995–present
Websitemusicbypedro.com

Biography

Camacho was born in Funchal, a city in Portugal, 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. Under his guidance, Camacho received an A+ classification every year, becoming the only student ever to achieve this score.

As a pianist, Camacho started with teacher and musicologist, Robert Andres, and then with the Portuguese teacher, Melina Rebelo. He got an A in the final exam in Lisbon. Camacho was one of the very few students to finish the eight years' learning program in four years' time.

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.

Side by side with this classical learning process, Camacho started learning jazz theory, composition and piano with the pianist Jorge Borges and, more recently, in the Portuguese Jazz School, Hot Clube Portugal.

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 which was premiered on March 28, 2012.[1] In this concert Camacho's composition teacher, Eurico Carrapatoso, also adapted one of his works to serve as opening to the Requiem. The world premiere was a huge success and, later that year, Camacho's Requiem, dedicated to Carrapatoso, was selected as the main work for the world's first digital concert with an orchestra and choir, sponsored by Samsung.[2][3][4][5][6]

Works

Video games
Year Title Developer
2007 Fury Auran, Codemasters[7]
2007 Crime City Games2Gaze[8][9][10]
2007 Audiosurf Invisible Handlebar[11]
2007 Color Trail Real Time Solutions[12]
2007 Darwin the Monkey Rocksolid Games[13]
2007 Days of Sail immersionFX[14][15][16]
2007 Bonnie and Clyde Mediaramas[17]
2008 A Vampyre Story Autumn Moon Entertainment[18][19]
2008 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (additional music) Ascaron[20]
2008 Zeno Clash (promo music) Ace Team[21]
2009 Fairytale Fights Playlogic Game Factory[22]
2009 Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island Autumn Moon Entertainment[23]
2010 GooseGogs Crimson Cow[24]
2011 Afterfall: InSanity (additional music, trailer music) Nicolas Entertainment Group[25]
2018 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (composer, additional music) MachineGames
2020 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (composer, additional music) Blizzard Entertainment [26]
TBA Star Citizen Cloud Imperium Games[27]

Other projects
Year Title Notes
2006 Stilt Walkers[28] Film
2010 Dom Duardos[29][30] Theater
2010 3DMark11 Software
2012 Requiem to Inês de Castro, Op. 1[31] Concert music
2013 Caixa Geral de Depósitos "Turn Around" Commercial
2013 Sonae's Maxmat Commercial
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
2001 Lisbon Conservatory of Music, Best Composition Student Award n/a Won
2006 Games2006 International Festival Best Soundtrack Global RTS Nominated
2006 MI7 Best Music Award [32] Hellgate: London Won
2008 Independent Games Festival Excellence in Audio Award [33][34] Audiosurf Won
2010 Dutch Games Awards Best Audio Design [35][36] Fairytale Fights Won
2015 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards [37] Star Citizen Nominated
2017 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity [38][39][40] AMCV Doctors Nominated
2018 D.I.C.E. Awards[41] Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 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. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  6. "Samsung coloca a tecnologia ao serviço da música". zwame.pt. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  7. "Fury credits page at mobygames.com". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  8. "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.
  9. "immersionFX's Blog describing Crime City's soundtrack". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  10. "Forum post by developer immersionFX". immersionFX. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  11. "Audiosurf credits page at mobygames.com". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  12. "Color Trail online flash version". iciba.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  13. Usher, William. "Darwin the Monkey Review". Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  14. "Official Days of Sail website". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  15. "Days of Sail page at immersionFX's Blog". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  16. "Test de Sailing Simulation sur PC". jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  17. Zadicoff, Matias. "Bonnie and Clyde official trailer page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  18. Broomhall, John (November 2008). "Heard About A Vampyre Story". Develop Magazine (59). p. 57.
  19. "A Vampyre Story credits page at mobygames.com". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  20. "Sacred 2: Fallen Angel credits page at mobygames.com". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  21. "Zeno Clash. Interview with Carlos Bordeu". playhard.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  22. "Official Forum Soundtrack Post". fairytalefights.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  23. "A visit to Pedro's studio". Pumpkin Post. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  24. "GooseGogs – The Game". goosegogs.de. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  25. "Afterfall: Insanity Credits". mobygames. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  26. "Shadowlands Credits". Wowhead.com.
  27. 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.
  28. Alexis, Van der haeghe. "Stilt Walkers official movie download page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  29. "Newspaper news about Dom Duardos from Gil Vicente". dnoticias. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  30. "Audiokinetic interview with Pedro Macedo Camacho" (PDF). audiokinetic. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  31. "Pedro e Inês: o Futuro do Passado". cister.fm. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  32. "Competition Winner". MI7. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  33. "2008 IGF winners". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  34. "2008 Independent Games Festival Winners". IGF. Archived from the original on 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  35. "Fairytale Fights Credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  36. "Dutch Game Awards 2010 Winners". Dutch Game Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  37. "Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards". MPSE. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  38. Portugal, Fuel, AMCV - "Doctor", retrieved 2019-03-05
  39. "The Work". lovethework.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  40. "RECOGNITION". PEDRO BEXIGA & MARCELO LOURENÇO. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  41. "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details". www.interactive.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
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