A soundtrack album has been released for the Norwegian drama Beatles. The album features the film’s original score composed Magne Furuholmen who is best known as a member of the pop group a-ha. Also included are cover versions of the classic Beatles songs Come Together by Apparatjik (feat. Icona Pop & Erik Hassle) and Yesterday by Furuholmen hied by Peter Flinth is based on the bestselling novel by Lars Saabye Christensen and tells the story about four Norwegian youngsters growing up in the 60s and 70s, modeling themselves on their musical heroes: The Beatles. The drama starring Louis Williams, Håvard Jackwitz , Ole Nicolai Myrvold Jørgensen and Halvor Tangen Schultz opened in Norwegian theaters last month.
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a-ha’s Magne Furuholmen to Score ‘Beatles’ Movie
Magne Furuholmen, best known as a member of the international pop group a-ha, has signed on to compose the original score, as well as supervise the recordings of other music for the upcoming film Beatles. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Lars Saabye Christensen and tells the story about four Norwegian youngsters growing up in the 60s and 70s, modeling themselves on their musical heroes: The Beatles. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg whose last feature Kon-Tiki was nominated in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category at this year’s Academy Awards are directing the film from a script by Axel Hellstenius (Elling). Jørgen Storm Rosenberg (The Bothersome Man) is producing the project through his production company and has signed a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI that several of The Beatles’ original recordings can be used in their entirety in the film.