2004 – Film Score
Description: These pieces are from Paper Clips, a wonderful documentary that I scored. The film tells the story of the town of Whitwell, Tennessee, and its junior high school’s project designed to teach their kids the scale of the Holocaust by collecting 6 million paper clips — a project that involves the whole town and beyond. I tried to match the somber but hopeful tone of the story with compositions to reflect the Appalachian setting, with the overtones of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. Our team traveled to Nashville to record singer Alison Krauss on several songs, including a haunting version of the traditional dance tune “Jubilee.”
Paper Clips Orchestral Theme
Paper Clips – Cues featuring Janice Martin (violin), Greg Watkins (bass), Robert Sullivan (guitar), and Lukasz Czyner (cello)
Paper Clips – Cues featuring vocalist Alison Krauss
I saw Paper Clips for the first time today and couldn’t help but be drawn in by your magnificent music. Yours was the first name I looked for in the credits. The score is beautiful, haunting and touches the heart as it adds depth to the emotional tone of the film. It is magnificent. Pure genius. Are these pieces available on CD? If not, I will content myself with visiting this site every now and then to listen to your wonderful work.
~Carl Wilson
Hi Carl Wilson
Thanks so much. That is a film that continues to give back to me. I loved writing the score to that.
Yrs
Charlie
Hi Charlie,
I was absolutely taken with the music score of paperclips, and it took me a year to find you!
Thank you for your amazing work.
– Sara Weissberg
I just watched this in school and as a film student, I couldn’t help but admire the beautiful score that accompanied this documentary. Is there anyway to get this soundtrack downloaded or bought outside the film?
Hi Zachary.
I just saw your comment on my website. thanks for the nice words.
Unfortunately there is no Paperclips CD available. yrs Charlie
So Charlie. You need to find a way to get Jubilee out to a wider audience. It’s unbelievably beautiful.
Paul
p.s. A long long time ago, Elliot Berlin was a roommate.
Were you ever able to find “Jubilee” from Paper Clips? I agree it is outstanding. Don’t understand why it can’t be found somewhere!
HI Charlie, I absolutely love your version of Jubilee. I am wondering if I can sing it in a virtual dulcimer concert. I cannot find you in ASCAP or BMI. Here is my website: http://www.ThomasinaLevy.com Your version is so moving. People cry when I sing it.
And my bio:
Thomasina Levy, Connecticut State Troubadour (2005/2006), is a poet and an award winning, internationally recognized mountain dulcimer player, singer, and song writer whose performances weave together the best of traditional and contemporary folk music. Her music has been aired in over twenty countries across the globe. Described as a charismatic performer, she touches audiences with a simplicity, humanity, and strength drawn from the deep roots of the folk tradition. She has released 5 solos albums. She co-produced her latest 2018 recording titled, “Parallel Universe,” with Grammy winning cellist David Darling. This outstanding instrumental album is signed and distributed with the renowned label, Hearts of Space Records. Her CD, “Chasing Cloud Shadows” has been aired in over twenty countries across the globe. It has been described as “pure sunlight, a dazzling marriage of new and traditional folk music, jazz, country and bluegrass that makes for an hour of joyous listening.” Her recording project, “Out of Many We Are One,” received the 2011 NAMA Award for Best Song/Single of the Year. In 2019, she also received a NAMA Award for Song of the Year on her track Walk in Beauty from her album Parallel Universe.
Certified Arts Trainer- Principles of Nonviolence- CTnonviolence.org
Loved your score for Paper Clips! But where can I find a downloadable copy of Allison Kraus’s “Jubilee”??? Just beautiful.