Pedro Camilo
- Composer
- Actor
Singer-songwriter, musician, composer and producer, Pedro Camilo is an
established artist in his home country. He has achieved many successes,
starting from the early age of 11 years old with the teenage pop group
Onda Choc which sold many platinum albums during Pedro's participation
in the group (87/88). In 1997 Pedro Camilo, together with his band
mates Nelson Rosado, Sérgio Rosado and Telmo Miranda hit the charts
with boy band Sétimo Céu. The self titled album, released by Polygram,
included the ballad Foi Só Um Olhar, Pedro's lead song which quickly
climbed up the charts becoming the band's greatest hit. In 1999 Pedro
signed with BMG and released his first solo album, Dono Do Tempo. The
rock ballad Espaço Protegido, considered by some one of the best love
songs ever, became Pedro's love anthem. In 2003 the 2nd solo album,
Meant To Be was released. Produced by Luis Gil Bettencourt the album
recordings took place on the Azores islands of Terceira, São Miguel and
Pico, Boston, MA and L.A. where the final recordings and mixing took
place with the help of Nuno Bettencourt. The album included the songs
Meant To Be (which stayed 4 weeks on Nr.1 on the charts representing
the soundtrack album for Morangos Com Açúcar TV series) and Hello, also
used as main character theme song for Queridas Feras TV series. The
songs Godless, Free, Can't Breathe and One Last Time all reached Nr. 1
on SoundClick Rock charts. One Last Time received a honorable mention
from Billboard World Music Contest jury. In 2006 Pedro Camilo released
his 3rd solo album, Stories Of A Recent Past from which 3 singles were
extracted, Só De Nós Dois which became main character's song for Doce
Fugitiva TV series, Dás-me O Mundo also included in the soundtrack
album for Fala-me De Amor TV series and Dá-me Uma Razão, also included
in Morangos Com Açúcar IV TV series soundtrack album. Besides his solo
work Pedro Camilo has also produced albums and singles for other
artists, advertising campaigns and sports events and his music has been
widely used in TV Series and TV and radio commercials. Pedro has also
participated in a few TV series either as special guest star or guest
character.