The Beatles' "Love" soundtrack previewed
New York journalists got a sneak preview on November 1st of the upcoming The Beatles LOVE soundtrack, from the show now running in Las Vegas at The Mirage, which features newly created "mashups" using key elements of several dozen Beatles classics.
The music, which was presented in 5.1 stereo, included such highlights as a new medley featuring elements of "Drive My Car," "The Word," and "What You're Doing," which is used to create an entirely new piece, which mixes in bass lines and guitar parts from other songs -- including Paul McCartney's guitar solo from "Taxman," which seamlessly morphs into his slide guitar part from "Drive My Car."
Giles Martin, the son of the Beatles' legendary producer George Martin, who co-produced the project with his father, answered questions after the 45-minute preview of the soundtrack.
Among the details revealed:
The only new music used in the production was George Martin's score to accompany Take One of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," which only featured George Harrison on acoustic guitar and vocals and John Lennon on organ. He said Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison originally wasn't crazy about the idea of using the early long-unreleased version. Giles explained that his dad was particularly nervous in writing the new arrangement, which in the end Olivia loved. The original version of the track was included on 1996's The Beatles Anthology 3.
Giles, who's now 37, said while he was growing up his father downplayed his Beatles past, likening it to a man who was romantically involved with a gorgeous woman in his past, yet is no longer with her.
The Beatles LOVE will be released on November 21st. A special edition featuring a DVD-Audio/DVD-video hybrid will also released.
In other Beatles-related news:
George Michael is lending the piano John Lennon used to composed his 1971 pacifist anthem "Imagine" to an antiwar exhibition to be held in Dallas.
Gigwise.com reported that Michael, who purchased the upright brown piano in 2000 for over $3.18 million, has had it shipped to the U.S. from Britain to appear in an exhibition organized by his partner Kenny Ross, which also features war photographs by Don McCullin, taken in Afghanistan, Beirut and Vietnam.
Ross told Reuters that, "Dallas is George Bush's home. It's a great place to remind people how important it is that we find peace."
Lennon can be seen rehearsing "Imagine" on the mini-upright piano in the 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon, which features footage from the song's recording sessions.
The music, which was presented in 5.1 stereo, included such highlights as a new medley featuring elements of "Drive My Car," "The Word," and "What You're Doing," which is used to create an entirely new piece, which mixes in bass lines and guitar parts from other songs -- including Paul McCartney's guitar solo from "Taxman," which seamlessly morphs into his slide guitar part from "Drive My Car."
Giles Martin, the son of the Beatles' legendary producer George Martin, who co-produced the project with his father, answered questions after the 45-minute preview of the soundtrack.
Among the details revealed:
The only new music used in the production was George Martin's score to accompany Take One of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," which only featured George Harrison on acoustic guitar and vocals and John Lennon on organ. He said Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison originally wasn't crazy about the idea of using the early long-unreleased version. Giles explained that his dad was particularly nervous in writing the new arrangement, which in the end Olivia loved. The original version of the track was included on 1996's The Beatles Anthology 3.
Giles, who's now 37, said while he was growing up his father downplayed his Beatles past, likening it to a man who was romantically involved with a gorgeous woman in his past, yet is no longer with her.
The Beatles LOVE will be released on November 21st. A special edition featuring a DVD-Audio/DVD-video hybrid will also released.
In other Beatles-related news:
George Michael is lending the piano John Lennon used to composed his 1971 pacifist anthem "Imagine" to an antiwar exhibition to be held in Dallas.
Gigwise.com reported that Michael, who purchased the upright brown piano in 2000 for over $3.18 million, has had it shipped to the U.S. from Britain to appear in an exhibition organized by his partner Kenny Ross, which also features war photographs by Don McCullin, taken in Afghanistan, Beirut and Vietnam.
Ross told Reuters that, "Dallas is George Bush's home. It's a great place to remind people how important it is that we find peace."
Lennon can be seen rehearsing "Imagine" on the mini-upright piano in the 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon, which features footage from the song's recording sessions.
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