MUSIC
Chaplin & Music
“Mother usually brought me to the theatre at night in preference to leaving me alone in rented rooms”
A Woman of Paris music
Article about the creation of a new score for “A Woman of Paris” by The conductor Timothy Brock
Restoration of City Lights score
An Interview with Timothy Brock who restored the score to “City Lights”...
Chaplin as a composer
Extract from « Charlie Chaplin » by Theodore Huff, published by Henry Schuman Inc., New York 1951
MUSIC: Lyrics
Beautiful wonderful eyes lyrics
It is thought that this song was composed with this film in mind, but the theme is not used in the “City Lights” score…
Animal Trainer lyrics
Limelight is the first film in which Chaplin’s own music and lyrics came together to the cinema screen.
Eternally
As in Chaplin’s scores to City Lights and Modern Times the heroine’s presence is often accompanied by the same musical theme…
Song from Modern Times (Titine)
When Chaplin sang this song in Modern Times it was the very first time that the world heard his voice, after 2 decades of silent pantomime.
You are the song
The Freak was a project that Chaplin worked on in the late sixties, a dramatic comedy about a girl with wings…
Sing a song
This tune was recorded in 1925 by the Abe Lyman orchestra. As a publicity stunt, Chaplin conducted the band during the recording session…
Weeping Willows
Chaplin’s own recording of this song exists in the Chaplin archives, but the tape has unfortunately deteriorated and the sound needs considerable restoration.
