Iain Softley & Don Was On The Music Of Backbeat

Our latest guests on Soundtracking are director Iain Softley and musician Don Was, who joined me earlier this year to discuss the 40th Anniversary of Backbeat. Starring Stephen Dorf, Iain Hart and Sheryl Lee, Backbeat charts the early days of The Beatles and their pre-fame Hamburg days, focussing on primarily focussing on bassist Stuart Sutcliffe's relationship with John Lennon and photographer Astrid Kirchherr. Backbeat features no original Beatles songs, but rather tracks they performed during their live shows in Hamburg, Don produced these and also wrote the score.