Chaplin was a composer too?
I was watching Limelight tonight and I noticed that Charlie Chaplin is credited as "Music". Does that mean he actually composed the music or did he just select it? Was he a composer as well as an actor?
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As Walt said in the comments, Chaplin composed for many of his pictures. This article claims that he employed more formally trained musicians to arrange and orchestrate some of his scores, but he composed the melodies.
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Was Charlie Chaplin a good composer?
Music through his Life Although musically untrained, Chaplin nevertheless has the advantages of a musical inheritance from his ballad-singer father, the natural endowment of a quick ear, and a superb sense of rhythm, a taste for the art, experience with it on the stage, and an amateur performer's devotion to it.Did Chaplin write music?
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films.What is Chaplin known for?
Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From \u201cEasy Street\u201d (1917) to \u201cModern Times\u201d (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. He was best known for his character, the naive and lovable Little Tramp.Did Charlie Chaplin play a musical instrument?
Beyond the cello and violin, Chaplin also played the piano and several other keyboard instruments. He often used the piano when composing his music.[Best Version] The Great Dictator Speech - Charlie Chaplin + Time - Hans Zimmer (INCEPTION Theme)
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