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Beatles background music in Beatles movies
24 July 2010
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sarah machinella
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Okay, bad title aside…

As I'm sure most of you have noticed, in Beatles movies, their songs are used as background music, but in a different style, e.g. orchestral.

There wouldn't be any in Let it Be (for obvious reasons), but I've noticed some in the others.

She Loves You and All My Loving were in MMT, as circus music and orchestral music respectively.

A Hard Day's Night was in the restaurant scene in Help !, as well.

Can anyone think of any others?

24 July 2010
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I think A Hard Day's Night was in part of The Very Famous Plan background music.

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Not in a Beatles movie, but I think a cover version of I'm Looking Through You was used in Ghost Town.

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24 July 2010
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Actually, I think that was the original, if my memory is right

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Paulrus said:

Actually, I think that was the original, if my memory is right


Spot on! It is the original. My mistake.

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24 July 2010
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MrBig said:

Not in a Beatles movie, but I think a cover version of I'm Looking Through You was used in Ghost Town.


There was a cover of that song on The Muppet Show, where ghosts sang it. a-hard-days-night-paul-11

Paulrus said:
 

There wouldn't be any in A Hard Day's Night or Let it Be (for obvious reasons), but I've noticed some in the others.

Can anyone think of any others?


 

There actually was one in A Hard Day's Night called “This Boy (Ringo's Theme)”, which has become my favorite instrumental of a Beatles song because of it. It played while Ringo was “parading”. a-hard-days-night-george-9

This doesn't really count as “background music”, but in Yellow Submarine , when they arrive in Pepperland and need to wake up the old man, they sing a tiny part of “Think For Yourself ” to recover him. (Was it featured in full? I was just looking at the songtrack and it has it there. I don't think it was full in the movie though…?) a-hard-days-night-ringo-4

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25 July 2010
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Oh yeah, I forgot about This Boy . Now I feel stupid… Ahahaha

I don't remember Think For Yourself being in it, but I haven't seen the movie in a while. I'll have to watch it again

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In “A Hard Day's Night,” there's a lower-key instrumental version of “A Hard Day's Night.”

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25 July 2010
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Okay, I got rid of the bit about AHDN … -_-

Ahaha, well there aren't any in Let it Be at least.

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