Beatles Cirque du Soleil soundtrack album coming November 21st
The soundtrack to The Beatles LOVE, the Beatles-Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas musical, will be released on November 21st. The album features 26 newly created "mashups" of material from the group's original master tapes, creating a musical "tapestry" mixing elements from different Beatles songs to form entirely new pieces.
The Beatles' company Apple issued a description of the new album, explaining that, "... if you can imagine 'Strawberry Fields Forever' beginning with John (Lennon's) original demo before going into an early take of the song and then climaxing in a musical collage including the piano solo from 'In My Life' and the harpsichord pattern from 'Piggies' or 'Get Back,' prefaced by the 'A Hard Day's Night' opening guitar chord, the guitar and drum solos from 'The End' and segued into 'Glass Onion,' you will begin to get the picture."
The project was compiled and produced by the group's legendary producer George Martin and his son Giles Martin at London's Abbey Road Studios, where the group recorded nearly their entire catalogue between 1962 and 1970.
The 26-track soundtrack to The Beatles LOVE includes the songs "Because," "Get Back," "Glass Onion," "I Am The Walrus," "Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing," "Blackbird/Yesterday," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows," "Octopus's Garden," "Lady Madonna," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "A Day In The Life," "Hey Jude," "All You Need Is Love," and others.
The Las Vegas partnership between the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil was spearheaded by the late George Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, who became friends while following the Formula One racing circuit. It was Harrison who pitched the idea to Paul McCartney and went on to attend a Las Vegas Cirque performance with him in 2000, and Harrison's enthusiasm for the project convinced McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono to agree to the project.
We asked Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, if George would be as impressed with The Beatles LOVE production as everyone else is: "Yeah, I do (laughs). I know he was really excited about it and he kind of pushed for that project to happen. It was something he really, really wanted to happen, and so I'm sure he would have enjoyed it."
The Beatles LOVE is now running in Las Vegas at The Mirage.
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The Beatles' company Apple issued a description of the new album, explaining that, "... if you can imagine 'Strawberry Fields Forever' beginning with John (Lennon's) original demo before going into an early take of the song and then climaxing in a musical collage including the piano solo from 'In My Life' and the harpsichord pattern from 'Piggies' or 'Get Back,' prefaced by the 'A Hard Day's Night' opening guitar chord, the guitar and drum solos from 'The End' and segued into 'Glass Onion,' you will begin to get the picture."
The project was compiled and produced by the group's legendary producer George Martin and his son Giles Martin at London's Abbey Road Studios, where the group recorded nearly their entire catalogue between 1962 and 1970.
The 26-track soundtrack to The Beatles LOVE includes the songs "Because," "Get Back," "Glass Onion," "I Am The Walrus," "Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing," "Blackbird/Yesterday," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows," "Octopus's Garden," "Lady Madonna," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "A Day In The Life," "Hey Jude," "All You Need Is Love," and others.
The Las Vegas partnership between the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil was spearheaded by the late George Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, who became friends while following the Formula One racing circuit. It was Harrison who pitched the idea to Paul McCartney and went on to attend a Las Vegas Cirque performance with him in 2000, and Harrison's enthusiasm for the project convinced McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono to agree to the project.
We asked Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, if George would be as impressed with The Beatles LOVE production as everyone else is: "Yeah, I do (laughs). I know he was really excited about it and he kind of pushed for that project to happen. It was something he really, really wanted to happen, and so I'm sure he would have enjoyed it."
The Beatles LOVE is now running in Las Vegas at The Mirage.
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