Editing George Martin (section)

====''Yellow Submarine'' soundtrack====
In early 1967, [[Brian Epstein]] and media producer [[Al Brodax]] signed a contract to have the Beatles provide four original songs to support an animated feature film, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''. The Beatles were initially contemptuous of the project, planning to relegate only their weakest songs to the soundtrack.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=241, 303}} The first song recorded for the film was [[George Harrison]]'s "[[Only a Northern Song]]", which was debuted during the ''Sgt. Pepper'' sessions but rejected for inclusion by the other band members and Martin.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=206, 241}} The second was "[[All Together Now (Beatles song)|All Together Now]]", a children's sing-along recorded without Martin's involvement.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=250, 253}} The third was "[[It's All Too Much]]", also recorded without Martin in attendance.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=258}} The final original song for the film, "[[Hey Bulldog]]", was not recorded until February 1968.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1990|p=134}}

Martin composed the film's orchestral scores, which comprised the second half of the film's soundtrack album. Martin composed these pieces while the Beatles retreated to India during the spring of 1968.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=303}} Martin claimed to take inspiration for the score from [[Maurice Ravel]], "the musician I admire most".{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=305}}

The ''Yellow Submarine'' film debuted on 17 July 1968 and was favourably received by critics.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=319}} However, Martin chose to re-record the album's score after the film's release, delaying the soundtrack's release until January 1969.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=320}} ''[[Yellow Submarine (album)|Yellow Submarine]]'' reached no. 2 in the US and no. 3 in the UK. Martin and three of the Beatles received a 1970 Grammy nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Sound Track Album]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy Award Ceremony 1970 – Grammy Award Winners 1970 |website=awardsandshows.com |url=https://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>