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Pedro Macedo Camacho is the lead composer for music featured in Star Citizen.<ref name="musicbypedro">Pedro Camacho bio</ref>Template:WP<ref name="jumppoint">StarCitizen:Pedro Camacho, StarCitizen:David Ladyman and StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick, Behind the Screens: Composers, Jump Point, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 3-10, 2018-04-27.</ref> He lives on the Madeira Islands in Portugal. He started composing for Star Citizen in 2012. His first public work for Star Citizen was the 300i ship commercial, which was composed days before the his first son was born, 29 June 2013.<ref name="atvinterview">ATV Interview - Pedro Camacho on YouTubeTemplate:Trx</ref>
Star Citizen Music
He was a huge Wing Commander fan. He played Wing Commander I with his father who passed away shortly after.<ref name="atvinterview" /><ref>Inside Cloud Imperium Games: Orchestral Recording Session</ref>
When he saw the kickstarted campaign video he sent an email to StarCitizen:Chris Roberts with some of his latest classical work, Requiem Inês de Castro and some video game music he had been composing for several years. Chris responded and Pedro started composing music for Star Citizen.<ref name="atvinterview" />
One of his first ever MIDI tracks, composed in early 2006, was bought by Cloud Imperium Games for Star Citizen.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite Jump Point</ref>, which was a demo for the Synthesyzer Rob Papen's Blue.
When he started working on Star Citizen he was also hired to work on The Witcher 3,<ref>Witcher 3 Theme, Soundcloud</ref> initially to help the main composer then as a composer himself, and at some point he had to choose between the two games and chose Star Citizen.<ref name=":1" />
He described his music in this project as a tribute to all SciFi fans, a warm thank you to all backers and a homage to his father.<ref>"My music in this project is a tribute to all SciFi fans, a warm thank you to all backers and a homage to my father.", @pedrocamacho, Twitter, Sep 14, 2025</ref>
He also wrote that the New Babbage Theme was a homage to his daughter, born in 2017. "She can lift an entire house with her laugh and bursts of happiness" and that was the motif for that theme.<ref>"I composed this track when my little girl was 1 year old. Microtech is such an ice cold planet and New Babbage is like a spark of joy in that planet just my little girl is to my own world. It is dedicated to her. She can lift an entire house with her laugh and bursts of happiness. I composed this track to mimic what I feel with her burst of energy!", @pedrocamacho, Twitter, Sep 14, 2025</ref>
List
| Name | Album | Type | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin 400i | Ship commercial | Soundcloud | ||
| Grimhex 2 | Grimhex ambient | Soundcloud | ||
| New Babbage | New Babbage theme | Soundcloud | ||
| Creating a Better World (to Vangelis) | Lorville ambient | Soundcloud | ||
| Grimhex | Grimhex ambient | Soundcloud | ||
| Fragile | Soundcloud | |||
| New Day | Soundcloud | |||
| This Is Not Your Home | Soundcloud | |||
| War (Artemis Explorers) | Soundcloud | |||
| SynthQuest Blue | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Ship commercial | Soundcloud | |
| Majesty Of Space | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Theme music | Soundcloud | |
| Mission Preparations 1 | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Launcher music | Soundcloud | |
| First Light (ft StarCitizen:Julie Elven) | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Ship commercial | Soundcloud | |
| Star Citizen Main Theme | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Star Citizen theme | Soundcloud | |
| Majesty Of Space (Orchestra version) | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Theme music | Soundcloud | |
| Hero March | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | StarCitizen:Arena Commander combat | Soundcloud | |
| Serenity | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | ARK Starmap web app | Soundcloud | |
| SciFi Homage | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | StarCitizen:Arena Commander theme | Soundcloud | |
| My Home | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Theme music | Soundcloud | |
| Battle of Centauri | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Theme music | Soundcloud | |
| Hornet Theme | Ship Commercial | YouTube | ||
| What is Speed? | Ship Commercial | YouTube | ||
| This One is Mine | Ship Commercial | YouTube | ||
| Freelancer | Ship Commercial | YouTube | ||
| Dare to Dream | Ship Commercial | YouTube | ||
| Into the Unknown | Web Game | RSI Website | ||
| Inspiring Star Citizen | Trailer | YouTube | ||
| Alpha 2.0.0 Trailer Music | Trailer | YouTube | ||
| Alpha 2.6.0 Trailer Music | Trailer | YouTube | ||
| Star Marine Trailer (ft StarCitizen:CelicaSoldream) | Trailer | YouTube | ||
| Moon | Launcher music | |||
| Colton Was Here | StarCitizen:Lorville Approach | YouTube Soundcloud | ||
| Lullaby to CaseyB<ref name="Email from Pedro">https://starcitizen.tools/File:LullabytoCaseyBCitation.png</ref> | Central Business District | YouTube | ||
| Mind Games | StarCitizen:Star Marine (ilfonic) ingame | Soundcloud | ||
| Review: Successful | StarCitizen:Arena Commander victory | |||
| Review: Unsuccessful | StarCitizen:Arena Commander loss | |||
| Into the Void | StarCitizen:Arena Commander death | Soundcloud | ||
| My Home is in the Stars | StarCitizen:Port Olisar (formerly) | |||
| Speed Activated | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | StarCitizen:Arena Commander racing | YouTube | |
| Storm is Coming | Star Citizen Original Soundtrack | Theme music | Soundcloud | |
| The Stars are Mine | Galactic Tour theme | YouTube |
Other works
He has composed music for several games such as Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Wolfentein 2, Audiosurf Audiosurf (2007), Civilization V,<ref>Portuguese Nation Theme (Maria), Soundcloud</ref> Wolfenstein, World of Wacraft: Shadowlands.<ref name=":0" />
He won Best Score – Video Game at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2022 for his work on Chorus, performed by the StarCitizen:Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir.<ref>Hollywood Music in Media Awards Winner 2022 for Best Video Game Score, fourformusic.com, 17.11.2022</ref><ref>BEACON 2024 Panel: Star Citizen, La musique dans le verse avec Pedro Camacho, BE@Con Events, YouTube, May 23 2024</ref>
Early Life
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" />
Trivia
- At 220 APM on StarCraft 1 in 2000-ish, he was playing it 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, and participated in tournaments.<ref>"220 APM on Star Craft 1 in 2000-ish", @pedrocamacho.bsky.social, Bluesky, May 28, 2025</ref><ref name=":1">Journey through Star Citizen Music with Pedro Camacho,Pulsar 42, YouTube, 16 Jun 2019</ref>
- Jean Michel Jarre Concerts in China have always been a great influence to him on the Star Citizen soundtrack.<ref>"@jeanmicheljarre Concerts in China with my father’s annotations from late 80s. This has always been great influence to me on #starcitizen @robertsspaceind soundtrack. Thank you JMJ.", Pedro Macedo Camacho, Facebook, November 8 2024</ref>
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