When you listen to the disc one of this recording, the first thing you\'ll notice is where Chaplin\'s musical language originated. Chaplin was reared in the music halls of London and his music reflects that origin. It is over-the-top, based on popular music, and never subtle. Every moment on screen is telegraphed explicitly in the score through musical gestures that have become cliche. On the one hand, this approach is expected; Chaplin\'s films were mostly silent, so the music spoke where the words could not. But still, the music is often manipulative in the worst way and without the glory of Chaplin\'s physicality to snare your attention, the defects of this music are all too evident. This is not to say that the music is bad; it really isn\'t. The problem is that it is mediocre. It is light and diverting, but not very unified or complex. The one exception is the gem of a score for Modern Times. Modern Times was the last outing of Chaplin\'s beloved Little Tramp character and just as the movie remains one of his absolute best, the score stands above the others he composed. In it, you can hear Chaplin experimenting with orchestral tone colors, bouncing the main theme back and forth among instruments in as playful a manner as the Tramp bounces around the factory where he works. Chaplin even incorporates industrial sounds into the score, certainly one of the first times that happened in a film score. Unfortunately, on this release Modern Times takes up a scant four minutes. Not nearly long enough.
Spearheading this release was the conductor/composer Carl Davis. Davis is probably best known for his incessantly catchy music for the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice and his adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan for Topsy-Turvy, but he is also well-respected for his conducting of film scores throughout England. It was this reputation that probably brought him to write Chaplin\'s "Mutuals," a collection of music for twelve of Chaplin\'s short films that is collected on disc two of this release.
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So, musically, an interesting release by Silva Screen. If you enjoy silent film-age music, this score will be a treasure. If you\'ve never encountered Chaplin\'s music, it is worth a listen. Carl Davis\'s contribution certainly makes an impression. But overall, I can\'t see this score getting repeated listenings. What I haven\'t told you, however, is that the liner notes to this release are outstanding and worth their weight in gold by themself, even if you have to pan for it yourself alongside the Tramp.
According to the official documents, the music score was composed by Chaplin himself, and arranged with the assistance of Alfred Newman, who had collaborated with Chaplin on the music score of his previous film City Lights. Newman and Chaplin had a falling out near the end of the Modern Times soundtrack recording sessions, leading to Newman's angry departure.
According to film composer David Raksin, Chaplin wrote the music as a young man wanting to make a name for himself. He would sit, often in the washroom, humming tunes and telling Raksin to "take this down". Raksin's job was to turn the humming into a score and create timings and synchronization that fit the situations. Chaplin was a violinist and had some musical knowledge, but he was not an orchestrator and was unfamiliar with synchronization. Along with Edward B. Powell, Raksin did receive screen credit for the music arrangements.[9] Raksin later created scores for films including Laura and The Day After.
Analyzing Modern Times leads us to get a deeper understanding of what Chaplin was trying to achieve by creating and producing this film. The film explores several themes relating to how the times were during the release of this movie,[10][unreliable source?] including man vs machine, the powerlessness of the poor, and concern for unemployment, poverty, and crime. Chaplin displays the subject with the absence of words, emphasizing the significance of extreme body movements and various music clips to convey this story.
Richard Schickel talks about the collection of essays he has edited, The Essential Chaplin. Greats such as Winston Churchill, Graham Greene, James Agee and Alistair Cooke weigh in on the legendary film actor and director.
"In 1968, thanks to the foresight of Jerome Hill, a filmmaker and a visionary philanthropist, there arose an occasion to create in New York a film museum dedicated exclusively to film as an art. Lengthy discussions took place to determine the purposes and functions of the new museum. It was decided that one of its main functions would be to serve as a continuous critical tool in the investigation of the essential works created in cinema. Therefore it was decided to create what became known as the Essential Cinema Repertory collection.
Chaplin grew up in extreme poverty with an absent father and a mother who was committed to a mental institution when he was 14. He began performing in music halls at an early age, traveling to America to find work in the burgeoning film industry. It was at Keystone Studios that he created the Little Tramp, a lovable vagabond who finds himself in one hilarious situation after another.
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We will send you some promotional material. We will also send you a timecoded DVD for your rehearsals approximately one month before your first screening date. Please note that the conductor will have only visual cues written on the score to work from. Depending on the film, the timecoded DVD will either be mute or it will contain sound effects only (no music). The timecode appears for reference only - it does not correspond to anything marked on the actual score. The conductor should therefore rely on the visual cues written on the score, and not the timecode on the practice DVD.
Some of the films (for example, City Lights and Modern Times), have a sound-effects only soundtrack, and in the case of Modern Times it even includes recorded dialogue scenes and Chaplin singing the nonsense song. If you turn off the sound on a commercially available DVD and play live music instead, you will be missing some very important sound.
You should also take out an insurance policy to cover damage to the film while it is in your custody. The value of a feature 35 mm print is 4,000 euros. It is 1,000 euros for a DCP, HDCAM or DigiBeta. You will also need to pay for transport costs from London or Bologna, depending on the title, and back. The music score hire is approximately 800 euros, plus deposit, transport costs and insurance.
All of the films made by Chaplin before 1918 are in public domain. He did not compose any music for these films. These may be accompanied by the music of your choice. However, different people or companies may have copyright in and to any image restoration they have carried out on the films, or in and to the music put on a particular video or DVD to accompany the films. Therefore, we strongly advise you to seek authorization for screening such copyright material. We can put you in touch with the rights holders of the best restored materials if you so request. be457b7860
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