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My new album The Real Charlie Chaplin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is out today!
The day is finally here, friends. I hope that you can take the time to listen to these cues from The Real Charlie Chaplin. It was such a joy to make this score and also a huge learning process. I'm really proud of where it landed and thrilled to be sharing it with you today. Coinciding with Bandcamp Friday, this soundtrack album also marks the creation of my label Up in the Attic Records.
Let me know what you think and please share it with your friends!
- Rob
Fall 2023 Newsletter
COMPOSER ROBERT HONSTEIN RELEASES DEBUT FILM SCORE:
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN SOUNDTRACK
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 1ST, 2023
BOSTON, MA (October 27th, 2023) – With fifty minutes of original music, The Real Charlie Chaplin marks composer Robert Honstein’s first foray into the world of film music. Each cue reflects the various sides of the dynamic actor-comedian and his life, from his mesmerizing on-camera antics to the tumultuous and secretive personal life. Much like the documentary narrative, the music follows his harsh childhood, through the years of stardom and scandal, to the later years of fatherhood and mystery.
The film premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival, and the soundtrack was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition in the 43rd News & Documentary Emmys. Directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, the film received documentary award nominations from the Zurich Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, British Independent Film Award, with three Critics’ Choice nominations. The documentary began streaming on Showtime in December 2021 and premiered in UK theaters in February 2022.
Hi friends,
Hope you all have been able to stay cool for this scorcher of a summer! I was lucky enough to make a quick trip to Finland for a performance of my new Endless Landscape at Avanti's Summer Sounds festival, followed by a short visit to MASS MoCA for a stellar performance of An Economy of Means by Doug Perkins at the Bang on a Can Loud weekend, and finally an amazing week in Del Mar, California, teaching at the Del Mar International Composers Symposium. As we head into the fall, I'm excited to give you a season preview and share some new music, upcoming performances and albums in the works.
If you've been following my Facebook Page or Twitter, you'll know that my score for The Real Charlie Chaplin was honored with a News & Documentary Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music Composition! It continues to be a fun adventure and hope to be able to share more news about the soundtrack soon.
No Exit New Music will premiere a new work of mine for soprano and chamber ensemble in April, and you can check out the ever-expanding season calendar here.
For all the saxophonists and sax/perc. duos out there, Echolocate for alto/soprano sax and marimba is now available for purchase. More info here.
Lastly, an album featuring my An Index of Possibility, Down Down Baby, and Lost and Found, will be released in the spring, with superb performances by TIGUE, New Morse Code, and Michael Compitello. More info coming soon.
Other News
Check out new score follow videos of Olmsted and Arctic, and subscribe to my YouTube channel for new releases.
Other Sheet Music Releases: Evergreen for two percussionists and Endless Landscape for eleven instruments are both now available in PDF and Print Formats.
Alysa Pires's choreography to Conduit: II. Pulse will be programmed by the Alberta Ballet in the Fall. Tickets here.
thanks for tuning in,
Robert
I am excited to announce that the film score for The Real Charlie Chaplin has been nominated for a Outstanding Music Composition Emmy in the category of News & Documentaries!
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And as a reminder, The Real Charlie Chaplin is streaming through DOC NYC from November 13-28. More info here.
Hi friends!
After making the rounds at film festivals across the globe, The Real Charlie Chaplin, a documentary featuring my original score, will premiere on Showtime Saturday, December 11th at 8:00pm ET/PT.
If you want to watch the film before December, it will be presented live at DOC NYC (November 12, 6:45pm at the Cinépolis Chelsea) and AFI FEST in Los Angeles (November 14, 12:15pm at the TCL Chinese Theatre). DOC NYC will also be streaming the film November 13-28, 2021. There will also be a limited theatrical release Cinema Village (New York) and Laemmle Monica (Los Angeles) starting Friday, November 19. The film will premiere in UK cinemas on March 4th, 2022.
I am very proud of the final score which features about 60 minutes of original music cues. The score was recorded in March and the film premiered at Telluride in September. On the music side of the project, I’d like to give a shout out to the musicians who recorded the score as well as those that helped behind the scenes:
Issy Gleicher, flute
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Karl Larson, piano
Matt Evans, percussion
David Degge, dulcimer
Clara Kim, violin
Lauren Cauley, violin
Hannah Levinson, viola
Mariel Roberts, cello
Pat Swoboda, bass
Bridget Samuels, music supervision
Jon Senge, copyist
David Stevens, project manager
Ryan Streber, Engineer, Oktaven Audio
Thanks for tuning in,
Robert
We are excited to let you know about three important releases this fall!
Evergreen, for two percussionists, had its live premiere in September, featuring the outstanding Seattle-based Arx Duo. They have upcoming performances in Bellevue, WA (livestreamed), Omaha, NE, and Mission Woods, KS.
The brand new Echolocate, commissioned for saxophone and percussion by the Hutchens/Myers Duo, receives its premiere October 26th at the University of South Carolina.
My first film score for The Real Charlie Chaplin is making the festival rounds this Fall. See a review here. It premiered a Telluride and will be released in theaters this fall and then air on Showtime.
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN. Courtesy of SHOWTIME / TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL