Pedro Camacho
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Background information | |
Birth name | Pedro Macedo Camacho |
Origin | Funchal, Portugal |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Instruments | Piano |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website | musicbypedro.com |
Pedro Macedo Camacho is a Portuguese composer of classical music as well as film and video game scores. He is known for his Requiem to Inês de Castro, his score for Star Citizen and for his contribution to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
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. 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 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 |
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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 |
2015 | Witcher 3 | CD Projekt Red[21] |
2018 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | MachineGames |
2020 | World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | Blizzard Entertainment[22] |
2021 | Chorus | Fishlabs[23] |
TBA | Star Citizen | Cloud Imperium Games[24] |
Other projects[]
Year | Title | Notes |
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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 |
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Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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2001 | , Best Composition Student Award | n/a | Won |
2008 | Independent Games Festival Excellence in Audio Award [31] | Audiosurf | Won |
2010 | Dutch Games Awards Best Audio Design [32][33] | Fairytale Fights | Won |
2015 | Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards [34] | Star Citizen | Nominated |
2017 | Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity[35][36][37] | AMCV Doctors | Nominated |
2018 | D.I.C.E. Awards[38] | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Coimbra inova com primeiro concerto digital em Portugal". Diário de Notícias Nacional. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "Engenheiro madeirense compôs Requiem a Inês de Castro". Diário de Notícias Regional. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "Samsung coloca Tecnologia ao serviço da Música". Samsung Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "Concerto para orquestra, coro e tablets (vídeo)". Computer World Portugal. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "Samsung coloca a tecnologia ao serviço da música". zwame.pt. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "immersionFX's Blog describing Crime City's soundtrack". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Forum post by developer immersionFX". immersionFX. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Color Trail online flash version". iciba.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ Usher, William. "Darwin the Monkey Review". Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Official Days of Sail website". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Days of Sail page at immersionFX's Blog". immersionFX. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Test de Sailing Simulation sur PC". jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ Zadicoff, Matias. "Bonnie and Clyde official trailer page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ Broomhall, John (November 2008). "Heard About A Vampyre Story". Develop Magazine (59). p. 57.
- ^ "Zeno Clash. Interview with Carlos Bordeu". playhard.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Official Forum Soundtrack Post". fairytalefights.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ "A visit to Pedro's studio". Pumpkin Post. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ "GooseGogs – The Game". goosegogs.de. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ ""World of Warcraft" features Portuguese musician".
- ^ "Shadowlands Credits". Wowhead.com.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (September 23, 2021). "Chorus is a high-concept, AAA-quality space shooter that encourages exploration". Polygon. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Alexis, Van der haeghe. "Stilt Walkers official movie download page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "Newspaper news about Dom Duardos from Gil Vicente". dnoticias. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Audiokinetic interview with Pedro Macedo Camacho" (PDF). audiokinetic. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Pedro e Inês: o Futuro do Passado". cister.fm. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ Te Deum (Pedro Camacho) World Premiere Concert, archived from the original on 2021-12-17, retrieved 2021-07-09
- ^ "Realizador português cria anúncio internacional para a Gatorade". Marketeer.
- ^ "2008 IGF winners". igf.com. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Fairytale Fights Credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Dutch Game Awards 2010 Winners". Dutch Game Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards". MPSE. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ^ Portugal, Fuel, AMCV - "Doctor", retrieved 2019-03-05
- ^ "The Work". lovethework.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "RECOGNITION". PEDRO BEXIGA & MARCELO LOURENÇO. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details". www.interactive.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
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- Living people
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- Tracker musicians
- Berklee College of Music alumni