soundtrack album film debut solo release english musician george_harrison album issued beatles apple record label solo album member band songs instrumental pieces occasional non english vocals slowed spoken word segment track dream scene harrison recorded album november february sessions taking place london indian city bombay following indian styled compositions beatles film soundtrack promote indian classical music introducing rock audiences musical instruments relatively little known west including harrison main collaborator project classical pianist orchestral arranger contributors include indian classical musicians harrison recorded western rock music selections album feature contributions band guest appearances sessions harrison recorded pieces appeared soundtrack album beatles song inner light originated time bombay album release november marked end harrison direct involvement indian music inspired later collaborations including music festival india album cover consists painting american artist director film contrasting worlds separated wall small gap allowing visual access harrison omitted list performing musicians leading assumption merely produced arranged music reissue recognises contributions keyboards guitar album remastered release apple executive supplied liner note essay viewed curiosity rock music critics recognised western eastern sounds precursor 1980s world music trend album title inspired oasis hit song music influenced sound oasis fellow band harrison soundtrack film available dvd early disc september year album reissued remastered form apple years harrison box set addition bonus tracks background soundtrack director film george_harrison formal musical project outside beatles created time immersed discovery indian classical music coincided period harrison minimal interest beatles recent activities album sgt film magical mystery tour having met beatles band shooting film help offered soundtrack project harrison bee dropped october harrison viewed intrigued storyline lonely professor played irish actor obsessed glamorous female neighbour vogue model played hole wall separating apartments harrison biographer writes lack dialogue left acres room music speak cosmic helped beneath touched themes come george_harrison critically celebrities fame concept composition allowing artistic control harrison treated soundtrack opportunity educate rock pop audiences indian music following use indian musical instruments work beatles harrison chose write pieces known instruments included like traditionally religious ceremonies similar type strings addition provide selections familiar rock music genre harrison key collaborator project trained pianist musical arranger melodies harrison sang sheet music indian musicians describes harrison fellow traveler musicians shared appreciation indian classical music writes harrison needed collaborator musical ideas natural choice beatles producer orchestral arranger soundtrack music written harrison songs beatles period including indian styled blue jay way composed pieces keyboard instruments piano organ guitar harrison later described went preparing score regular wind watched film spot music watch wrote book recording studio piece record recording recording sessions began november emi abbey road studios london day harrison recorded player taping pieces titled india backwards backwards tones november carried work selections line included players authors suggest recordings musical cues film excluded soundtrack album piece harrison incorporated dream scene album period harrison worked london studio according contemporary issue magazine work continued abbey road december sessions officially harrison producer directed recording songs love minimal input martin beatles london session indian musicians january harrison recorded album january bombay india contrast recording carried abbey road music taped bombay captured track machine converted book beatles anthology harrison recalls managing director personally delivered stereo recorder train calcutta bombay studio similarly inadequate resulting traffic noise street appearing pieces park following return england january harrison recorded western music soundtrack abbey road work january according final mixing began 31st late session took place february extra sound effects added dream scene harrison finished album going india february fellow wives meditation course having allocated budget harrison eventually spent recording film soundtrack paying difference recorded bombay backing track inner light beatles final single product london sessions song place remain unreleased late 1990s contributing musicians reissue album sleeve credits found inaccurate incomplete authors observes indian names comments incorrect recording information supplies track track line musicians omitted official credits provides list indian musical instruments appear album similarly given mention sleeve harrison appear performers original album sleeve commentators traditionally credited producer arranger sessions consulting book guitar gently credits harrison performing musician recognises track track list changes performer credits reissue include harrison piano guitar indian selections having personnel london love harrison keen source writes work best musicians india indian players fascinated following western rules harmony harrison compositions according author included regular khan father contributions recorded abbey road studios musicians arrived london december musicians bombay recruited student like harrison harrison sent telegram das december requesting sessions players tar bow played string instrument similar performed das played bass original album credits listed multi past work included film scores vocalists played contributed played appear album credits western selections contributed substantially london sessions playing piano providing orchestral arrangements trumpet main participants rock oriented pieces liverpool instrumental group comprising guitars keyboards bass drums writes harrison played piano guitar album addition according harrison provided steel guitar cowboy music credited album sleeve contributions piano organ played majority parts album contributors included track ski ing played credited release pseudonym appearance marked collaborations harrison participating dutch designers fool simon created psychedelic themed sets film known theme tune bbc television came sessions harrison asked suggest harmonica player musical content according addition appears album film contained nineteen harrison musical cues tracks ranging seconds couple minutes length omitted soundtrack album nineteen selections appear range minute half minutes duration copies original vinyl pieces lacked mastering selections instead presented number distinct album tracks reduced indian selections instruments provide like backing harrison chosen instrument plays main musical theme album opens consists response parts red lady western instrumentation includes describes like piano piano drums plays types hand drums named title classical music park features alternating solos tracks appear film recognises harrison dry humor piano driven drilling home subject dramatic changing pitch key tape sped film portion sound feel track instrumentation piano horns credits having played author writes effectiveness drilling home piano instantly mood crowded saloon frontier town laurel hardy pursuit track bombay recorded piece featuring doubled followed legs consists parts ski ing plays describes tone guitar riff heavy credit electric guitar parts taped backwards said thing tape george backwards guitar like sounds guitars recorded london fast paced indian piece featuring khan backed dream scene combination segments taped london bombay harrison edited song consists distinct pieces section featuring phase shifted instrumentation singing describes fragile male female indian voices love duet music delivered backwards played tape loops vocals pan stereo image opening section gives way charging piano answered host continues terms abrupt white noise nightmare trumpet solo marks start portion dream scene dual harmonica parts interspersed police backwards tape loops song fades slowed spoken voice sound church bells notes dream scene recorded months experimental sound revolution released double album beatles party rock tune featuring accompaniment similar style band song equally recalls beatles instrumental flying recorded includes effected lead guitars resembles sound human voice according phase shifted treatment acoustic rhythm guitar additional drums percussion possibly played writing adrian thrills described track 60s george experimental indian pieces love scene crying form medley track featuring khan response parts unprecedented indian music time khan later said thrilled result love scene play like lovers romantic mood described titled crying features tones according similar sounding tar listed album credits harrison recording crying end save world closing song album england country styled cowboy music includes backing reilly harmonica harrison according begins bow played string instrument crying soon joined played indian percussion track bed easter write correct title early copies album glass box given instead indian piece follows bed opens piano riff harrison description complemented steel guitar added song includes backing big bass high speed indian writes features describes tune based minor mode progression styled like variations guitar gently recorded london song features words short stream consciousness piano melody supported instrumentation organ acoustic guitar drums percussion views piece soundtrack best collective work adding moving music close fit scene covered mute passage implied lust aging academic turns compassion character suicide attempt witnesses harrison melody strongly appearance human feeling film album closes singing male indian voice chants sacred term musical backing writes piece early example harrison blending chants western harmonies concept explore productions krishna temple post beatles songs sweet lord awaiting film premiere aftermath harrison attended world premiere held cannes film festival accompanied wife expected film producers purchase soundtrack rights issue album independently declined leading suggest harrison release beatles new label apple album release solo album member beatles impressed accuracy harrison music illustrated enhanced images screen writes asked harrison provide soundtrack film planned western title role harrison declined later supplied incidental music film produced going contribute soundtracks films productions 1980s including shanghai surprise author writes scoring film got indian music genre harrison system taking filming documentary june harrison decided abandon studies return instrument guitar legacy soundtrack project harrison cited bombay sessions inspiration collaborations music festival india subsequent north american tour featured indian musicians harrison worked january album artwork cover american artist painted picture style belgian painting shows formally dressed man separated huge red brick wall group happy bathing indian writes apple executive harrison invited help run beatles label early later recalled gill submission nice painting missed essence hope gill harrison requested brick removed wall deemed important fellow chance character chance film cover harrison chose photo berlin wall designers manipulated mirrored represent corner taylor describes result innovative time wall look proud sharp liner sleeve designed rear face appeared upside relative america copies berlin wall image mistakenly printed exciting cover sure easter opinion included sleeve insert black white photograph harrison taken friend beatles residency hamburg germany release originally scheduled release late august coincide label launch marked singles result parts ski ing cowboy music included apple film designed promote new label distributor emi international sales conferences delayed scheduled date instead appeared november weeks beatles release date november britain apple catalogue number december america apple consisted print advertising including page advertisement december issue billboard magazine apple prepared poster superimposed details gill painting photo harrison album failed chart united_kingdom performed surprisingly united_states non vocal soundtrack album billboard albums listings sixteen week chart run peaking number weeks march cash box charts album peaked numbers respectively placed canada rpm albums chart germany peaked number having print 1970s remastered issued june apple campaign reissue entire catalogue booklet contained liner notes taylor photo harrison working indian musicians november prepared director cut omitted musical cues appeared original film soundtrack album instead repeated tracks ski ing cowboy music different points film harrison supplied tape containing pieces recorded led song place composition released single january harrison credited producer incorporated song new audio film harrison played recording according article credit performer portions ski ing party appear documentary george_harrison living material world discuss participation project march harrison soundtrack film available dvd disc album remastered reissued september harrison box set apple years booklet includes liner note essay author introduction indian composer bonus tracks reissue adds previously unreleased indian piece alternate instrumental inner light place reissue series overseen harrison son interview music journalist described personal favourite father apple solo albums adding deep psychedelic record people haven heard record thing listen box set reception contemporary reviews album received little attention music critics release instrumental film soundtrack writes films filming giving glowing review march issue magazine wrote harrison music replaces dialogue vocal like cinema silent days cannon guardian cited individual projects paul_mccartney evidence musical ideas related beatles added playing albums threat beatles dissolution increasingly apparent later village_voice critic robert_christgau referred harrison soundtrack single sentence review hot rats album saying frank want movie music listen review harrison experimental album rolling_stone said clearly shows harrison musician conversely book beatles illustrated record nme journalists dismissed soundtrack album film real music manages surface bombay recorded pieces tyler continued little harrison indian musicians excellence general 1980s harrison dismissive western music album calling loads horrible stuff police american film score composer described greatest soundtrack heard according presenter retrospective assessment professional reviews review allmusic writes album influence firmly driver seat score given atmospheric indian music fascinating musically slender sounds east west superimposed care world harrison second experimental release undoubtedly proved dangerous thing musician magazine said release beatles related soundtrack album treasures music sound like head trip mind billboard reviewer rated vital reissue signifying release compilation merits special artistic archival commercial interest described album variously sequence themes tone poems intriguing treat reflective writing rolling_stone described soundtrack rarely seen film harrison music inventive album remains best works edition gave release stars grouped electronic sound interesting established fans january featured magazine hidden gems series album obscure piece beatles instead fascinating experiment popular music interesting figures comments context creation time rock roll changing daily basis beatles leading strange depths began venture creating fresh unique sounds biographers opinions beatles biographers easter write styles extremely interesting listening experience describes album charming indian western sounds rough guide beatles attractive sequence indian pop endured better movie writes range explored western cues astonishing adds indian cuts varied showing open minded listeners country music considers companion spirit double tracking lead instruments indian pieces comments significance harrison recording india january regard beatles held firm artistic visions group earnest praises dream scene particular describing musical acid trip rivals sgt pepper sheer freak effect views assured varied collection music perfectly complemented exotic ordinary film depicted selections highlights soundtrack role describes beautiful example harrison ability create legs delicate charming composition concludes harrison debut solo album provides fascinating summary patterns musical activity stimulated growth psychedelic underground progressive scenes late 1960s key moment development preparations life beatles reviewing apple years paste magazine notes moments psychedelic pop album western tracks writes indian selections performances players lovely far short convey music hypnotic power second disc describes particularly enjoyable listen piano sound effects tape loops rock textures create sound opining authentic indian music stands hypnotic entertaining writing vintage rock perry views album effectively playground harrison ideas adds listening sheer delight review uncut writes tracks sound like exploded beatles album includes miniature pub knees band drilling home bones early acid rock songs williams concludes music documents innocent optimism worth listen writing website new zealand herald critic considers dream scene far psychedelic piece time adding end revolution coming describes album variously peculiar terrific interesting different harrison solo albums cultural influence legacy credits having established harrison pioneer global music easter similarly describe album early example eventually known world music mixing western music types globe book dawn west considers harrison principal figure introduction indian music western audiences groups rock musicians responsible world music writing mojo magazine described groundbreaking blend bombay london comments liner note essay harrison decision travel source professionally record non western music unprecedented pop musician writes album influence acts oasis scene bands oasis took title international hit harrison album like sees obvious example legacy rock sound adopted lyrical influences harrison work band single cover harrison produced song identical guitar riff ski ing resulting writing credit harrison track listing songs george_harrison noted red lady park drilling home guru legs ski ing dream scene party love scene crying cowboy music bed glass box singing reissue bonus tracks place performed inner light alternative instrumental personnel
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