
Composer
Portugal

Composer
Portugal
ABOUT:
IGF Excellence in Audio award-winning composer Pedro Macedo Camacho writes and orchestrates high quality music for video games and films.
His successful and solid classical composition background, excellent synthesis/electronica skills and Jazz experience gave an unique and distinctive sound to his numerous cinematic projects like Vampyre Story series (Autumn Moon Entertainment), the top-selling Audiosurf (Steam), Sacred 2 (Ascaron), Fury (Codemasters), among others.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Pedro is his Hardcore Gaming nature.
Pedro is always trying to find ways on how to improve his work and working hard to bring new quality standards to this very competitive entertainment industry.
NOTE:
Pedro Macedo Camacho was one of the very rare students to get an A+ classification in Composition, Harmony and Orchestration on Lisbon Conservatoire (est. 1835) under Portuguese Senior Composer Eurico Carrapatoso's guidance, considered to be one of the greatest composition teachers in the country ever.
Creating not only great orchestrations that support the visuals but also composing memorable melodies and themes.
Composing complex interactive original soundtracks using Wwise and Fmod.
(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Games industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
(Music industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Blue Synth and Predator Synth Featured Demos
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
December 2004 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Inspector Engineer in Port Constructions / Repairs.
Project Analysis
(Computer Games industry)
March 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Computer Games industry)
October 2007 — September 2008 (1 year)
Additional Music
(Computer Games industry)
January 2008 — February 2008 (2 months)
Promotional Music
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
IGF 2008 Excellence in Audio Award Winner
Original Soundtrack Composer, Sound FX Supervision
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 2007 — November 2007 (6 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2007 — April 2007 (2 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
October 2006 — November 2006 (2 months)
Full Original Soundtrack
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
March 2004 — December 2004 (10 months)
External Consultant for APRAM,S.A. (Inspector Engineer)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
August 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Structural Engineer - Bridges and Tunnels
Eng., Structural / Civil Engineering, 1997 — 2002
Composition, Analysis, Orchestration, Piano 1997 — 2001
A+ every year in Composition, Analysis and Orchestration with famous Portuguese senior composer and teacher, Eurico Carrapatoso.
Composition, Music Theory, Piano 1995 — 1997
Composition classes with talented Argentinean Maestro, Roberto Pérez.
G.A.N.G.,SPA,IGDA,OE, filmcommunity.com, VGM
IGF 2008 Excellence in Audio Award Winner
MI7 Best Music Award, 2006
Honorable Mention for Best Soundtrack in GAMES2006 Festival Portugal, 2006
Best Composition Student Award in Lisbon Conservatoire (est. 1835), 2001