Pedro Camacho

Infobox musical artist
Name = Pedro Macedo Camacho
Img_capt = Pedro Camacho, Composerdeletable image-caption
Background = Composer
Birth_name = Pedro Macedo Oliveira Camacho
Born = birth date and age|1979|9|4
Origin = Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Occupation = Composer, Record Producer and Civil Engineer
Years_active =1995–2005 (composition studies)
2006–present (professional composer / producer)
URL = [http://www.musicbypedro.com MusicbyPedro.com]

Pedro Macedo Camacho, born September 4, 1979 in the city of Funchal, Portugal, is an award-winning film and video game composer.

Biography

Pedro Macedo Camacho started learning composition with the talented Argentine maestro and composer Roberto Pérez in his home city's Conservatoire and Arts School.

After three years he moved to Lisbon where he continued his studies in the National Conservatoire for another four rewarding years with one the best composers and teachers in Portugal, Eurico Carrapatoso.Under his guidance, Pedro got A+ classification every year, becoming the only student ever to achieve this score.

As a pianist he started with the Croatian teacher and musicologist, Robert Andres, and then with the Portuguese teacher, Melina Rebelo. He got an A in the final exam in Lisbon. Also Pedro was one of the very few students to finish the eight years' learning program adopted in Portugal for musical theory and ear practice in four.

Composing is an important part of Pedro's life since he was ten years old, when he started composing short musical pieces on the vintage OctaMED program, a tracker for Amigas 500.

Side by side with this classical learning process, Pedro continuously started learning Jazz Theory, Composition and Piano with the pianist Jorge Borges and, more recently, in the most famous Portuguese Jazz School, "Hot Clube Portugal".

Games

*2008 - A Vampyre Story - Autumn Moon Entertainment / Crimson Cow
*2008 - Sacred 2 - Ascaron
*2007 - Fury - Auran / Codemasters / Gamecock
*2007 - Audiosurf: ride your music - Experimental Games
*2007 - Darwin the Monkey - Rock Solid Games
*2007 - Days of Sail - immersionFX
*2006 - Global RTS - Moxy Studios
*2006 - Battle Forge Online - Evologique Entertainment

Trailers

*2007 - Fury Cinematic Trailer - Auran / Gamecock

CG Short Films

*2007 - Bonnie and Clyde - Mediaramas
*2006 - Stilt Walkers - Van Der Haeghe Alexis

Demos

*2007 - Rob Papen PREDATOR synth - Featured Demo - [http://www.robpapen.com/synths/predator/mp3.php link]
*2006 - Rob Papen BLUE synth - Featured Demo - [http://www.robpapen.com/synths/blue/mp3.php link]

Awards and Nominations

2008 - IGF 2008 Excellence in Audio Award Winner - Audiosurf, Invisible Handlebar, LLC - [http://www.igf.com/02finalists.html#Audiosurf link]

2006 - I MI7 Contest Winner - MI7 are Peter Gabriel business partners and main Solid State Logic stockholders - [http://community.mi7.com/contests/contest_show/6 link]

2006 - Featured Rob Papen's BLUE Synth Demo - [http://www.robpapen.com/synths/blue/mp3.php link]

2006 - Honorable Mention for Best Soundtrack, Global RTS - GAMES2006 International Festival

2001 - Best Composition Student Award - Lisbon Conservatoire

External links

* [http://www.musicbypedro.com Pedro Macedo Camacho Studios]
* [http://www.myspace.com/pedrocamacho Official MySpace]
* [http://www.pedrocamacho.com Pedro Macedo Camacho Personal Page]