Name: Charlie Chaplin Modern Times
Start: 2024-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Sage Gateshead

Organization

Admin

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Conductor

Stefan Geiger

Orchestra

Northern Sinfonia

Charlie Chaplin Modern Times

Gateshead

United Kingdom

Sage Gateshead

Sage One

Charlie Chaplin Modern Times: Mordern Times OST Chaplin, C.

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Mordern Times OST

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Comedy. Physicality. Laugh out loud hilarious.
Who’s on Stage
Royal Northern Sinfonia with a guest conductor who specialises in performances of classic film music, Stefan Geiger.

What they’re playing
Charlie Chaplin’s soundtrack to his film, Modern Times, written by the actor himself and performed to a live screening of the movie.

What's happening in the music?
Modern Times is, on the surface, a typical, very physical, Chaplin comedy, but it has some very serious underlying messages. It explores the conflict between man and machine and the affects of automation on work. With the rise of AI, this film has lost none of its topicality…

Chaplin’s music beautifully underpins the film, essential in coveting its humour, emotion and powerful themes.

An all-time great
Modern Times is often seen as one of the greatest films of all time. Film review site Rotten Tomatoes has an approval rating for it of 98%, with it’s own review saying “”A slapstick skewering of industrialised America, Modern Times is as politically incisive as it is laugh-out-loud hilarious.”

Whistle while you work
Chaplin played the violin and had some musical knowledge, but it didn’t extend to writing out music for a full orchestra. So he used to instead sit (often in the bathroom) and whistle or hum the tunes as they came to him. His assistant, composer David Raskin would then take these raw tunes and write them out for orchestra, working out how they’d synchronise with the action.

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