Backbeat Soundtrack Backbeat is the original soundtrack of the 1994 film Backbeat starring Stephen Dorff(Stuart Sutcliffe), Sheryl Lee(Astrid Kirchherr), Gary Bakewell(Paul McCartney) and Ian Hart(John Lennon). The music was produced by Don Was.  The soundtrack does not feature any Lennon-McCartney compositions, presumably for budgetary reasons. However, the film does include many songs covered by the Beatles as part of their well-known Hamburg/Cavern Club repertoire. Among these are "Twist and Shout" (later to appear on their debut album "Please Please Me") and "Long Tall Sally" (later released on an EP of the same name).