Watch a Short Documentary Film About the Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’

A brief documentary movie in regards to the final Beatles tune, “Now and Then,” is out now.

The 12-minute film, written and directed by Oliver Murray, chronicles the making of the monitor, which will likely be launched on Nov. 2. It contains new commentary from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson, plus archival clips of George Harrison.

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You possibly can watch the movie under.

The Historical past Behind ‘Now and Then’

“Now and Then” stems from a demo Lennon recorded previous to his dying in 1980, a tape that was then given to the surviving Beatles by Yoko Ono. Within the mid ’90s, McCartney, Starr and Harrison teamed up with producer Jeff Lynne to work on “Now and Then” in addition to different misplaced Lennon tapes. These classes yielded two full songs, “Free as a Chook” and “Actual Love,” which appeared on Anthology 1 and Anthology 2, respectively.

“Now and Then” was left unfinished, largely as a result of issues with the audio high quality of the tape, till now.

“Again in 1995, after a number of days within the studio engaged on the monitor, George felt the technical points with the demo had been insurmountable and concluded that it was not potential to complete the monitor to a excessive sufficient normal,” Harrison’s widow, Olivia, mentioned in an earlier press launch. “If he had been right here at present, [son] Dhani and I do know he would have whole-heartedly joined Paul and Ringo in finishing the recording of ‘Now and Then.'”

In 2021, Jackson’s filmmaking crew used a brand new form of de-mixing expertise for the three-part The Beatles: Get Again, a course of that was then utilized to Lennon’s authentic demo tape. The vocal was lastly in a position to be separated from the piano half, making it simpler to assemble a brand new tune. Whereas McCartney and Starr recorded new tracks, Harrison’s beforehand recorded acoustic guitar elements had been added on.

“It was extremely touching to listen to them working collectively after all of the years that Dad had been gone,” Sean Ono Lennon added. “It is the final tune my dad, Paul, George and Ringo received to make collectively. It’s like a time capsule and all feels very meant to be.”