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Pedro Camacho
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| Birth name | Pedro Macedo Camacho |
| Origin | Funchal, Portugal |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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.
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 which premiered in March 2012. In this concert Camacho's composition teacher, Eurico Carrapatoso, also adapted one of his works to serve as opening to the Requiem.
Works
Video games
| Year | Title | Developer |
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| 2007 | Fury | Auran, Codemasters |
| Crime City | Games2Gaze | |
| Audiosurf | Invisible Handlebar | |
| Color Trail | Real Time Solutions | |
| Darwin the Monkey | Rocksolid Games | |
| Days of Sail | immersionFX | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Mediaramas | |
| 2008 | A Vampyre Story | Autumn Moon Entertainment |
| Sacred 2: Fallen Angel | Ascaron | |
| Zeno Clash | Ace Team | |
| 2009 | Fairytale Fights | Playlogic Game Factory |
| Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island | Autumn Moon Entertainment | |
| 2010 | GooseGogs | Crimson Cow |
| 2011 | Afterfall: InSanity | Nicolas Entertainment Group |
| 2018 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | MachineGames |
| 2020 | World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 2021 | Chorus | Fishlabs |
| TBA | Star Citizen | Cloud Imperium Games |
Other projects
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2006 | Stilt Walkers | Film |
| 2010 | Dom Duardos | Theater |
| 3DMark11 | Software | |
| 2012 | Requiem to Inês de Castro, Op. 1 | Concert music |
| 2013 | Caixa Geral de Depósitos "Turn Around" | Commercial |
| Sonae's Maxmat | Commercial | |
| 2019 | Te Deum | Concert Music |
| 2020 | Gatorade China | Commercial |
| 2021 | From the Dark | Concert Music |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2008 | Independent Games Festival Excellence in Audio Award | Audiosurf | Won |
| 2010 | Dutch Games Awards Best Audio Design | Fairytale Fights | Won |
| 2015 | Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards | Star Citizen | Nominated |
| 2017 | Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity | AMCV Doctors | Nominated |
| 2018 | D.I.C.E. Awards | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Nominated |
| 2022 | 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Score - Video Game | CHORUS | Won |
| 2022 | 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Song - Video Game | CHORUS Main Theme featuring Úyanga Bold | Nominated |
