Richard Beadle, Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator.
Richard began his career playing piano in and around London after graduating from the University of Westminster. This was followed by two years as Musical Supervisor aboard various cruise ships including the inaugural cruise of European Vision, host of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, Italy. He has also toured Scandinavia as a piano / vocalist.
Richard has played for Westlife on Top Of The Pops, cd:uk, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Take Away and This Morning among others. He is also composer of the scores to the recent films Vibrations, The Mighty Tykes & Old Boy Racers as well as producing the critically acclaimed Perfectly Frank, an album of modern versions of songs from The Rocky Horror Show.
He has also composed for various commercial and corporate projects. He has worked on the solo career of Brian McFadden as well as playing with The Drifters. He worked on the European production of Cabaret and was Assistant Musical Director on the Olivier award winning Our House at London's Cambridge Theatre. He has been Musical Director on four tours of The Rocky Horror Show, both in Europe and the UK an most recently been Musical Director of the national tours of Blood Brothers and Fame & Grease. Richard is currently Musical Director of Grease at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Richard works extensively as a composer, arranger and orchestrator.
Music Demos
(Demos are mp3 - 128kbps)
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Latin Montuno - Latin influenced piano & brass theme featuring live trumpet section and latin piano & drums |
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| Nutwood Productions - Funky, upbeat production ident with industrial groove featuring strings and powerful drums |
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| Church Theme - Lush string orchestra theme in epic filmic tradition |
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| Brass Theme - Warm, and rich trumpet led theme featuring live brass octet |
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| Arctic - Dark, cold repetitive string orchestra theme with repetitive piano accompaniment |
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| Whales - Epic, stirring orchestral piece with string led melodic centre |
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| Chill out - Laid-back groove based cue with in a relaxed trance style with soulful vocal |
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| Well Done - Short, comic and funky cue with staccato drum and organ effects |
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| Zip Theme - Frenetic guitar led funky groove with Wurlitzer accompaniment |
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| One More Sleep - Beautiful, romantic ballad featuring the vocals of Ashleigh Gray. Words & music by Richard Beadle |
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