The Essential Film Music Collection
Music composed by Charles Chaplin and Carl Davis.
2 CD set including Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Circus, The Gold Rush, A Countess from Hong Kong, City Lights, The Kid, Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight and music composed by Carl Davis for The Floorwalker , The Fireman, The Vagabond, One A.M, The Count, The Pawnshop, Behind the Screen, The Rink, Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant and The Adventurer.
Please see: Silva Screen Records
“City Lights” soundtrack
Music of City Lights Recording of the original 1931 score, conducted by Carl Davis with The “City Lights” Orchestra
Recorded in 1989, distributed by Silva Screen records, but their licence has expired so it may be hard to find.
Charlie Chaplin and The Fureys
A CD of Chaplin songs, called “Charlie Chaplin and The Fureys”, produced by Josephine Chaplin. Here’s the introductory text, which explains what is on the CD: “My father was one of the only filmmakers of the last century to compose his own music for his films, and he obviously also took great pleasure in writing humorous or romantic lyrics. In the cellar of his house in Switzerland there was a box of tapes he made while working on his compositions, from which we took the song “A Million Dollars”. Adding that to the more well-known songs from the films, I have been able to put together this first ever compilation of Chaplin singing his own songs.
However my father wrote many other songs that he did not record himself singing, and the CD would not have been complete without them. He loved Ireland and Irish music, and I have admired the Fureys for years, so they were my ideal choice to perform them. The Fureys’ unique talent contributes immensely to maintaining Chaplin’s musical spirit. Josephine Chaplin”
Available from MK2 Music
Oh that Cello !
Recorded by Thomas Beckmann, cello arrangements of Chaplin songs.
Available from Jaro Records
Eternally
A Guitar/Bass duo play music composed by Chaplin:
“Now that it’s ended, Mandolin serenade, Sing a song, Falling star, Without you, Beautiful, wonderful eyes, Eternally, The spring song, You are the song, Weeping willows, Smile”
The music played by Manfred Junker (guitars) and German Klaiber (bass) is sweet, relaxing and jazzy.
Songs using The Great Dictator s speech
Nommo by Slovo
Track 6: On the song “Di Wengi Sane” you can hear Charlie Chaplin’s speech taken from his 1940 film The Great Dictator .
Please see: Slovo
The Black Noodle Project
Track 6: On the song “Room for everyone” you can hear Charlie Chaplin’s speech taken from his 1940 film The Great Dictator .
Available from Musea
Troublemakers
Track 17: Funki Porcini “The big sea” contains elements of the speech from The Great Dictator by Charles Chaplin.
Available from MK2 Music
Lalouzz “Another day in paradise”
Track 3: “Burned out” contains elements of the barber’s speech from The Great Dictator by Chaplin
Available from Lalouzz
