Editing Modern Times (film) (section)

==Music==
According to the official documents, the music score was composed by Chaplin himself, and arranged with the assistance of [[Alfred Newman (composer)|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.

The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard "[[Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)|Smile]]", first recorded by [[Nat King Cole]]. A cover of this song by [[Jimmy Durante]] was also used in the trailer for the 2019 film ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'', in which the lead character also watches scenes from a showing of ''Modern Times'' after sneaking into a movie theatre.

''Modern Times'' was the first film where Chaplin's voice is heard as he performs [[Léo Daniderff]]'s comical song "''Je cherche après Titine''". Chaplin's version is also known as "The Nonsense Song", as his character sings it in [[gibberish]]. The lyrics are nonsensical but appear to contain words from French and Italian; the use of deliberately half-intelligible wording for comic effect points the way towards Adenoid Hynkel's speeches in ''[[The Great Dictator]]''.

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.<ref>David Raksin & C.M. Berg, Music Composed by Charles Chaplin: Auteur or Collaborateur? Journal of the University Film Association, 1979.</ref> Raksin later created scores for films including ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'' and ''[[The Day After]]''.