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The music in Alpha Team is simply credited to "Beat Revolution". I haven't looked *extensively* but as far as I can tell that's all that's really known for sure.

 

I was trying to figure out who exactly is behind Beat Revolution, but it's not a name you can get clearly relevant results for easily on google. Best I've come up with so far is this:

http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Fletcher_Beasley

I'm thinking maybe this guy did the music for the game (at least partially), given that page, and this amusing dub of the Alpha Team intro done by a student of his:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZAe2G8HsOQ

"This was my sound design project I did at the Entertainment Technology program. Under the tutelage of Fletcher Beasley."

 

So yeah. I'm guessing he was probably involved at least to some degree, though the fact that they credited "Beat Revolution" instead of just him makes me wonder if other people were involved too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anybody know more?

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Back in 2008, when I was recording the Alpha Team soundtrack, I did a Google search for "Beat Revolution" and found their website, which contained music samples from their work (including a small snippet of the Alpha Team main theme).  Unfortunately, as I went searching for it again just now to give you a link... I can't find it at all.  The domain name must have expired or something.

 

So, because I knew this would keep me up at night otherwise, I went digging.  First stop: the Wayback Machine.  Just on a hunch, I tried "beatrevolution.com", and to my surprise, I got a positive result on the first try.  Here it is!  And... it's completely broken.  Thanks, Flash.  But, it's a start.

 

From what little I recall, I think it was a music production company that dabbled in different genres (but, since this was eight years ago, take what I say with a grain of salt... blimey, was it really that long ago that I recorded the Alpha Team soundtrack?). Perhaps along the lines of Bob & Barn Ltd., which did the BIONICLE: The Game soundtrack... except "Bob" and "Barn" refer to two specific people (Paul Arnold and Andrew Barnabas, respectively), so then again, perhaps this analogy doesn't quite work... but then again, the "About Us" page shows the pictures of two guys, so maybe it does work...

 

So, if it's a company with a website that no longer exists, then perhaps they're no longer in business?

 

tl;dr Beat Revolution had a website, not anymore, Wayback Machine version is missing a lot of stuff, and I just casually showed up again at RRU after months (years?) of inactivity without making a big deal out of it.

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I noticed their website seemed to be loading a random background music track each time I refreshed the page, until one time I got the Deep Sea Orb Factory build music (the full loop of it, even, though in sorta low audio quality). Which isn't really helpful I guess, but interesting.

 

Edit: There's an old html version of their site that works! https://web.archive.org/web/20010309174728/http://www.beatrevolution.com/

 

... and, uh, their "About Us" page isn't exactly helpful. :\ 

 

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Our talented composers have years of experience in all aspects of the music industry having composed and produced music for a wide range of sources including film, television, records, commercials and the interactive industry. 

Our staff experience includes music and audio direction for Adrenalin Interactive and Digital Domain, composition for Hum Music + Sound and Groove Addicts and engineering for Ocean Way and Record One Studios. 

Real world experience providing the highest quality within the reality of tight budgets, schedules and technological constraints.

 

Ah yes, "Our talented composers" certainly helps our search :af: 

 

Edit: Whoa whoa whoa, wait, on the samples page! https://web.archive.org/web/20070707213207/http://www.beatrevolution.com/mp3/Legotheme.mp3 That's definitely not the version of the theme heard in-game! That is, it seems higher quality. It's not the full thing though. :c

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I just did some more snooping... as per the norm, you might observe.

 

The 2011 version of the Beat Revolution website is called "peter kerekes music and sound" on the tab, which prompted further investigation.   Peter Kerekes is the co-owner of Beat Revolution, and was also a composer and sound designer, from 2000-2007 (incidentally, the trademark for Beat Revolution's logo was cancelled by 2008).  He currently works at NMD Music and Sound as a freelance composer, music producer, and sound designer.  Some more searching around LinkedIn yielded another name: Fletcher Beasley, a composer / music producer / mixer / technology specialist who was a partner and composer for Beat Revolution from 2000-2006.

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