MUSIC


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Chaplin & Music (en)

“Mother usually brought me to the theatre at night in preference to leaving me alone in rented rooms”

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A Woman of Paris music (en)

Article about the creation of a new score for “A Woman of Paris” by The conductor Timothy Brock


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Scores of Chaplin music (en)

Where to find Chaplin’s music scores…

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Chaplin recordings (en)

Where to find Chaplin Music recordings…


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Restoration of City Lights score (en)

An Interview with Timothy Brock who restored the score to “City Lights”...


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Chaplin as a composer (en)

Extract from « Charlie Chaplin » by Theodore Huff, published by Henry Schuman Inc., New York 1951


MUSIC: Lyrics


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Smile Lyrics (en)

Music by Charles Chaplin, Lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons

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Beautiful wonderful eyes lyrics (en)

It is thought that this song was composed with this film in mind, but the theme is not used in the “City Lights” score…

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Animal Trainer lyrics (en)

Limelight is the first film in which Chaplin’s own music and lyrics came together to the cinema screen.


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This is my song (en)

Music and Lyrics by Charles Chaplin for The Countess From Hong Kong 1966

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Eternally (en)

As in Chaplin’s scores to City Lights and Modern Times the heroine’s presence is often accompanied by the same musical theme…

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Swing little girl (en)

Music and Lyrics by Charles Chaplin for the soundtrack of The Circus 1968


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Song from Modern Times (Titine) (en)

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.

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You are the song (en)

The Freak was a project that Chaplin worked on in the late sixties, a dramatic comedy about a girl with wings…

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Sing a song (en)

This tune was recorded in 1925 by the Abe Lyman orchestra. As a publicity stunt, Chaplin conducted the band during the recording session…


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Weeping Willows (en)

Chaplin’s own recording of this song exists in the Chaplin archives, but the tape has unfortunately deteriorated and the sound needs considerable restoration.