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[[File:PedroCamacho Image.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Pedro Camacho]]]]

'''Pedro Macedo Camacho''' is a Portuguese composer for music featured in [[Star Citizen]].<ref name="musicbypedro">[http://www.musicbypedro.com/biography/ Pedro Camacho bio]</ref>{{WP|Pedro Camacho|text=Pedro Camacho}}<ref name="jumppoint">[[Pedro Camacho]], [[David Ladyman]] and [[Ben Lesnick]],  ''Behind the Screens: Composers'', [[Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 3-10, 2018-04-27.</ref> He lives on the Madeira Islands in Portugal. He had been composing Star Citizen music since 2012. His first work was the 300i ship commercial.<ref name="atvinterview">[https://youtu.be/05RO97iqy58?t=1335 ATV Interview - Pedro Camacho on Youtube]{{trx|url=around-the-verse-episode-2-21}}</ref>

==Music==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name!!Album!!Type!!Source
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|SynthQuest Blue||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Ship commercial||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/star-citizen-synthquest-blue Soundcloud]
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|Majesty Of Space||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Theme music||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/star-citizen-majesty-of-space Soundcloud]
|-
|Mission Preparations 1||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Launcher music||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/star-citizen-mission-prep-launcher-music Soundcloud]
|-
|First Light (ft [[Julie Elven]])||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Ship commercial||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/first-light-starfarer-trailer Soundcloud]
|-
|Star Citizen Main Theme||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Star Citizen theme||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/star-citizen-main-theme Soundcloud]
|-
|Majesty Of Space (Orchestra version)||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Theme music||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/majesty-of-space Soundcloud]
|-
|Hero March||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||[[Arena Commander]] combat||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/hero-march Soundcloud]
|-
|Serenity||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||[[Starmap|ARK Starmap]] web app||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/serenity Soundcloud]
|-
|SciFi Homage||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||[[Arena Commander]] theme||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/scifi-homage Soundcloud]
|-
|My Home||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Theme music||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/my-home Soundcloud]
|-
|Battle of Centauri||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Theme music||[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/battle-of-centauri Soundcloud]
|-
|Hornet Theme|| ||Ship Commercial||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0gZES2pTWk Youtube]
|-
|What is Speed?|| ||Ship Commercial||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBzrUwB6Qo Youtube]
|-
|This One is Mine|| ||Ship Commercial||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDs7RDKCag Youtube]
|-
|Freelancer|| ||Ship Commercial||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO7RxsZpcKc Youtube]
|-
|Dare to Dream|| ||Ship Commercial||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR07oZC0QHU Youtube]
|-
|Into the Unknown|| ||Web Game||[https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14323-Into-The-Unknown-A-Carrack-Her-Crew RSI Website]
|-
|Inspiring Star Citizen|| ||Trailer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbZLbb0_RBI Youtube]
|-
|Alpha 2.0.0 Trailer Music|| ||Trailer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4zCCjBwOA Youtube]
|-
|Alpha 2.6.0 Trailer Music|| ||Trailer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSnSuV9jz8 Youtube]
|-
|Star Marine Trailer (ft [[CelicaSoldream]])|| ||Trailer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if3E9QYhQ88 Youtube]
|-
|Moon|| ||Launcher music||
|-
|Colton Was Here|| ||[[Lorville]] Approach||[https://youtu.be/PfXB5jnGXBQ?t=2303 Youtube]
|-
|Lullaby to CaseyB<ref name="Email from Pedro">https://starcitizen.tools/File:LullabytoCaseyBCitation.png</ref>|| ||[[Central Business District (Lorville)|Central Business District]]||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ0xY4nSGP4 Youtube]
|-
|Mind Games|| ||[[Star Marine (ilfonic)]] ingame||[https://youtu.be/cir3w-wIx9U?t=96 Youtube]
|-
|Review: Successful|| ||[[Arena Commander]] victory||
|-
|Review: Unsuccessful|| ||[[Arena Commander]] loss||
|-
|Into the Void|| ||[[Arena Commander]] death||
|-
|My Home is in the Stars|| ||[[Port Olisar]] (formerly)||
|-
|Speed Activated||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||[[Arena Commander]] racing||[https://youtu.be/sbZLbb0_RBI?t=66 Youtube]
|-
|Storm is Coming||Star Citizen Original Soundtrack||Theme music||
|-
|The Stars are Mine|| ||Galactic Tour theme||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMGs63MsSBI Youtube]
|}

== Other works ==
He has composed music for several games such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgl5Y7EXT48 ''Audiosurf''] (2007), ''Civilization V,<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/maria-theme Portuguese Nation Theme (Maria)], Soundcloud</ref> Wolfenstein, World of Wacraft: Shadowlands.''<ref name=":0" />

When he started working on Star Citizen he was also hired to work on ''The Witcher 3'',<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/pedrocamacho/witcher-3 Witcher 3 Theme], Soundcloud</ref> initially to help the main composer then as a composer, and at some point had to choose between the two games and chose Star Citizen.<ref name=":1" />

==Trivia==

*He was a huge [[Wing Commander (series)|''Wing Commander'']] fan. He played [[Wing Commander I|''Wing Commander I'']] with his father.<ref name="atvinterview" /><ref>[https://youtu.be/KrZpSPup9l4 Inside Cloud Imperium Games: Orchestral Recording Session]</ref>
*He sent an email to [[Chris Roberts]] on the day that his son was born, saying that he would want to work for him. Chris read it, and Pedro started composing music for ''Star Citizen''.<ref name="atvinterview" />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjD1wiTBmM One of his first ever MIDI tracks] was bought by Cloud Imperium Games for ''Star Citizen''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Jump Point|title=Composers Pedro Camacho|volume=06|month=04|startpage=03|endpage=10|accessdate=}}</ref>
*He started playing games at three years old, with his father. He has played games every single day of his life since then. He played most Spectrum 48k Games, then Commodore 64, then Commodore Amiga 500 (then 600 then 1200). He had around 500 games for Amiga systems, Sega Mega Drive [Genesis], etc, including ''Wing Commander'' which was one of his favorites.<ref name=":0" />
*He was playing ''Starcraft'' professionally as "Overmind" in the Electronic Sports League, was part of a korean clan for a bit, was a clan leader in the portuguese scene, participated in tournaments.<ref name=":1">[https://youtu.be/tZhSAIdT39M Journey through Star Citizen Music with Pedro Camacho],Pulsar 42, YouTube, 16 Jun 2019</ref>

==See also==

*[https://youtu.be/05RO97iqy58?t=1335 ATV Interview - Pedro Camacho on Youtube]{{trx|url=around-the-verse-episode-2-21}}
*[https://youtu.be/KrZpSPup9l4 Inside Cloud Imperium Games: Orchestral Recording Session]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFe3N5gHEdc Beacon 2024 Panel: Star Citizen, La musique dans le verse avec Pedro Camacho]

==References==
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