Here is the official site, with song samples:
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And the soundtrack listing with the only non-cast members performing are Bono (Lucy, Walrus) and Joe Cocker (Come Together):
And a Synopsis from Entertainment Weekly:
Lugging a Statue of Liberty through the jungle, gallivanting in fields with Bono, dancing in formation on the streets of Manhattan sporting business suits and briefcases...just another day at the office for Julie Taymor and her cast and crew as they filmed this mind-bending Beatles musical.
The reported $45 million production follows two young lovers, Jude and Lucy (Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood), as they travel from prewar innocence to '60s hippie radicalism. And, as is typical of Taymor — the creative force behind the movies Titus and Frida, as well as the Broadway production of The Lion King — the film mixes theatricality, surrealism, and over-the-top fantasy.
With only 30 minutes of dialogue, most of the story is told through 33 ''reimagined'' Beatles songs, which are all sung by the actors. It was up to Taymor's composer/companion Elliot Goldenthal and music producer T Bone Burnett (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) to make the Fab Four material work. ''The challenge was to create something fresh and new,'' says Taymor. ''If it was too close to the originals, we might as well have had the original people singing them.''
Taymor insisted that all the actors (including U2 frontman Bono, who cameos as the psychedelic Dr. Robert) perform their songs live, which was particularly challenging during several underwater sequences. ''This whole movie was: What the hell are we doing?'' says Wood. ''We're naked in a pool in New York and we're singing really fast underwater. We had no idea what was going on, but it made every day an adventure.''
Taymor has since encountered a few unexpected adventures of her own. After shooting wrapped, she found herself in the middle of a well-publicized fight with Revolution Studios head Joe Roth over Universe's final edit. Taymor now downplays the dustup, suggesting that her back-and-forth with Roth was just part of the usual filmmaking process. ''Almost no director has final cut anymore,'' she says. ''Not even Martin Scorsese.'' According to Taymor, she and Roth finally worked out a compromise edit that they both could live with. And at least one early viewer seems pleased with it: Paul McCartney. Taymor says she sat next to the legendary musician at a screening in London and ''he loved it. Under his breath he was mouthing the songs.'' Hmm, wonder if he could do that underwater.
"Girl"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)
"Helter Skelter"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)
"Hold Me Tight"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Lisa Hogg (cast members)
"All My Loving"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast members)
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Performed by TV Carpio (cast member)
"With A Little Help From My Friends"
Performed by Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess & Dorm Buddies (cast members)
"It Won't Be Long"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)
"I've Just Seen A Face"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)
"Let It Be"
Performed by Carol Woods, Timothy T. Mitchum (cast members)
"Come Together"
Perfomed by Joe Cocker, Martin Luther (cast members)
"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)
"If I Fell"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)
"I Want You"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast)
"Dear Prudence"
Performed by Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, TV Carpio (cast members)
"Flying"
Performed by The Secret Machines (not cast members)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines
"Blue Jay Way"
Performed by The Secret Machines (not cast members)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines
"I Am The Walrus"
Performed by Bono (cast member)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines
"The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"
Performed by Eddie Izzard (cast member)
"Because"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, TV Carpio, Martin Luther
"Something"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)
"Oh Darling"
Performed by Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (cast members)
"Strawberry Fields"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (cast members)
"Revolution"
Perfomed by Jim Sturgess (cast members)
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Performed by Martin Luther (cast member)
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast member)
"Blackbird"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)
"Hey Jude"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast member)
"Don't Let Me Down"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)
"All You Need Is Love"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs (cast members)
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Performed by Bono (this is an end title song and is not performed on camera as a character of the movie)
