English classical musician John Barham was one of the contributors in London, and played piano and flugelhorn on the track. The song has been recognised by several reviewers as a sonically adventurous work. Some of these writers highlight "Dream Scene" as a forerunner to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Revolution 9" – a more widely known sound collage piece, to which Harrison also contributed, that was released on the Beatles' White Album.
Background and inspiration
George Harrison was offered the film score project for Wonderwall by the film's director, Joe Massot, in October 1967. Given his status as a junior songwriter in the Beatles to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the project afforded Harrison his first opportunity to compose extensively for a single project. He accepted the assignment on the understanding that he had a free rein to create whatever music he wanted.
The lack of dialogue in Massot's film ensured that its soundtrack played an important role in the narrative. The story concerns an ageing scientist's voyeuristic interest in the glamorous life of his next-door neighbour, a fashion model. In the context of 1960s Swinging London, the contrast between their existences, on either side of a connecting wall, symbolised the division between traditional norms and the younger generation's progressive thinking.
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