All Together Now

Although the contract between The Beatles (Apple Corp.) and Cirque du Soleil stipulated only the Beatles' original music would be used in the show - and therefore it would be the first Cirque du Soleil production ever to forgo a live band and depend strictly on recorded musical backing - the show was able to use everything from the Beatles' recording vaults, including alternate versions, demos, and out-takes, as well as mixing and matching various individual tracks, so that, for example, musical director Giles Martin mashed up Ringo's stuttering drum track from "Tomorrow Never Knows" with Harrison's "Within You Without You," and combined "Lady Madonna" with "Hey, Bulldog."