The Real Charlie Chaplin:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album)
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David Stevens, (857) 245-5213, Abstraction.MusicGroup@gmail.com
News and Updates
February 19, 2024 - Interview and Feature on Soundtrack Your Life
December 9, 2023 - Interview and Feature on Visions in Sound
October 29, 2023 - Press Release on Broadway World
October 28, 2023 - Press Release on Musical America
Credits
Recorded March 2021, Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY
Tracking, Editing, & Mixing by Ryan Streber
Mastering by Ryan Streber
Design by Laura Grey
Artwork by Liam Achaibou
Musicians
Violin - Clara Kim
Violin - Lauren Cauley
Viola - Hannah Levinson
Cello - Mariel Roberts
Bass - Pat Swoboda
Flute - Isabel Gleicher
Clarinet - Gleb Kanasevich
Piano - Karl Larson
Percussion - Matt Evans
Hammered Dulcimer - David Degge
Lap Steel - Robert Honst
All music from the film The Real Charlie Chaplin
Jamey Spinney and Peter Middleton, Directors
Bridget Samuels, Music Supervisor
Ⓟ & ⓒ 2023 Robert Honstein, All Rights Reserved
Composer Robert Honstein releases debut film score:
The Real Charlie Chaplin Soundtrack
REleased 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.
Tracks
1. Chaplin and the Tramp (01:28)
2. 1889 (01:09)
3. London (01:43)
4. I Stopped New York (01:02)
5. All the Adulation (03:59)
6. The Chaplin Studio (02:33)
7. London 1921 (01:03)
8. The Attic Room (02:42)
9. The Tramp Can’t Talk (00:51)
10. Lita 0 (00:49)
11. Lita 1 (01:58)
12. Lita 2 (01:47)
13. Hitler Chaplin (02:51)
14. Prologue (00:54)
15. Death of the Tramp (01:18)
16. Speeches (01:13)
17. Get Chaplin (02:45)
18. Hopper and Hoover (01:11)
19. Joan Barry (02:31)
20. Oona 1 (01:25)
21. 43 Years (01:18)
22. Exile (02:19)
23. A Father, Part 1 (03:32)
24. A Father, Part 2 (02:29)
25. Voices (01:15)
26. Oona 2 (02:02)
27. Jane (02:00)
Total Length: 49 minutes 36 seconds
Press
“Beautiful music from Robert Honstein and some handsome cinematography by James Blann for the cleverly deployed reenactments do a lot to drive this narrative forward.”
— Dan Mecca, The Film Stage
Nominated for Outstanding Music Composition in the 43rd News & Documentary Emmys