Free as a Bird rose into the US top 10 and earned The Beatles a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

The making of Free as a Bird is covered in the expanded Beatles Anthology, now streaming on Disney+, with Episode Nine featuring more unseen footage and reflections from McCartney, Harrison, and Starr.

Directed by Oliver Murray, the film uses never-before-seen 1994 footage and has been restored to UHD 4K in 2025 by Park Road Post.

A new film, Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn, examines how the surviving Beatles—Paul, George, and Ringo—used a unfinished John Lennon demo to finish the track, aided by producer Jeff Lynne, with unseen studio footage.

The documentary explores Lennon’s influence and how the trio approached completing the song in his absence, weaving in reflections from the participants.

The Anthology project has been restored in 4K and remixed in Dolby Atmos, with nine episodes re-staging the reunion narrative and adding a new completion angle to the sessions.

A Song Reborn signals the broader return of Anthology as a resource on music, history, and the enduring power of friendship among the band members.

In 2025, Giles Martin remastered the Anthology collection into three double albums that reveal the early evolution of songs that would become iconic, while Anthology 4 adds 13 unreleased demos and session takes.

Besides the music, the Anthology lineup expands with three double albums of remastered rarities and a fourth release, Anthology 4, featuring 13 unreleased demos and session takes that enrich the overall story.

New 2025 mixes of Free As A Bird and Real Love have been created by Jeff Lynne, bringing the original producer back into the tracks.

Historically, The Beatles Anthology began in 1970 and evolved into a 1992-1995 documentary project that yielded new music like Free As A Bird and Real Love; Now And Then was completed in 2023, with refreshed 2025 mixes of Free As A Bird and Real Love curated by Giles Martin.

The narrative sits within The Beatles’ creative process and the 1995 archival releases, underscoring the track’s lasting impact.