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- Smile is one of my favorite songs of all time, and I’ve always wanted to arrange it. Today seemed like a particularly apt day to bring a little sunshine to everyone, so at the last minute I decided to get a little crew together to make it happen.
Much love to everyone!
"Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, and Geoffrey Parsons
Soprano: Erin Bentlage
Alto: India Carney
Tenor: Kenton Chen
Bass and arrangement: Ben Bram
Filmed by Ryan Parma
Mixed by Ed Boyer
Edited by Alex Green
*Hi I'm from Brazil. Where is the thousand likes button?*
I've had an extremely saddening day today and I'm glad that you arranged this. It really made my day better. Thank you.
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i wish you all the best
Praying for you ❤️
Perfect tuning in a difficult but superb arrangement! Absolutely lovely!
My choir teacher showed my class this song months ago and i still come back to listen to this beautiful arrangement
Just sang this arrangement at my dad's memorial. Thank you for this.
Ben Bram does love to arrange in 5 part harmony... (Pentatonix, etc.) As an arranger myself, I have to say I love it too. 5 part harmony is the best! There are chords you can do with 5 parts (including but not limited to 9th chords) that you just can't with a quartet! (Most of the song was in 4 parts though.) Truly a great arranger and a great arrangement. :) Loved the rich chords, and also the attention to guiding us through the challenging lyrics of the song, simultaneously sad and upbeat, with an appropriately serious, but also ringing and joyful arrangement. Thanks, Ben Bram.
This song makes me sad in a happy way
I feel you.
Hello from Brazil!!! Wonderful 🤩I want to see more videos like this.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
One of the most beautiful vocal arranging I ever heard in my life! God bless Carlito's soul, all the love in the world and these wonderful young singers and their arranger! Roberto Sion, Brasil
Stunning vocal blending... tight as you'll ever hear! Fabulous arrangement! Bravo!
Fantastic arrangement. Harmonic discoveries to die for. I cried. Thank you so much.
I echo the other comments, and want to add how much I appreciate the fact that the singers kept their eyes open, made eye contact and facial expressions! Too many singers so g with eyes closed most or all of the time.
The intermingling of alto and tenor lines are pure brilliant. So easy to ignore the middle parts and the intricacies involved in making up the full chords. Excellent arrangement!
それぞれのパートにフレーズがあり、バッハのニ声などの技法を想い描くことができる。本物が少ない中でこれぞアカペラ。私を満足させてくれました。譜面を作成した過程か素晴らしいと思いました。
That was amazing! I'm absolutely blown away by this genius arrangement.
❤️ beautiful rendition ❤️ of a classic song
Thank you 🙌🥰
Absolutely mind-blowing harmony, timing arrangement and composition. This is medicine to lift the weight of covid 19 from anyone listening. The hairs stand up on my neck!!!
Whenever i'm writing any sad scenes I put this on repeat and cry my eyes out as i write, but i love this cover.
I have listened to this Wonderful quartet many times singing “Smile”. This group’s tight harmony with it’s superb message deeply touches my heart & spirit. I have posted it several times also so it can inspire many others. Thank you for sharing~~~such a marvelous experience!
Fantastic ... Have to listen to it everyday. Wonderful Arranging
I am a Barbershop nutcase and live for 4 part harmony . The mix of male and female voices is fantastic. The facial expressions and performance are world class.
Spirit of Harmony Barbershop Chorus
Excellent arrangement - Really positive melodic uplifting vibe. Thanks for sharing with us all!!!
I teach music at an elementary school and this song features two of our important vocabulary words: quartet and a cappella. All of my students have watched this. They have been absolutely mesmerized by the sublime vocals, the expressive facial expressions, and the lush harmonies. Thank you so much! They do wonder why the tenor doesn't take a turn singing the "main part". haha It's absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.
Listen to Voctave Acapella that is heaven sent. There is nothing more lovely than the instrument of the human voice. God given talent
As a tenor, I also wonder why we don't get to sing the "main part." : )
@@andgo100 Listen to Pentatonix. Mitch Grassi is a contra-tenor and he does sing the lead at times.
@@michaeltutty1540 I've listened to Pentatonix's "Run to You," where a tenor melody is present much of the time. Often times in choral settings, though, tenors don't get much more than harmonies, sound effects, oohs, and ahs..
And my comment was primarily focused on this piece, specifically, and was supposed to be taken lightly, as shown by the smile (no pun intended) I put at the end of said comment.
I've watched/listened to this hundreds of times now . . . I never get tired of it . . . the same way I never get tired of "Satisfaction", by the Rolling Stones . . . of "It Happened One Night", w/ Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert . . . of pepperoni pizza . . . never . . .
This gave me chills multiple times. Those chords, man. Also, most important for me is the heart behind it; there is a warmth here that moves people beyond just getting to listen to a perfect blend. Thank you for bringing both!!
I totally agree! The intricacies between the alto and tenor intermingling are easy to ignore. They played up those tight chords and did so seamlessly.
WOW! Perfection, right here on TH-cam! Superb arrangement, with such delightful, difficult harmonies! Tuning perfect, untempered intervals! Thank you! What a delight!
Last August, 2019, I became a widower after 53 years of marriage. As a chorus and quartet singer, I know what it takes to produce such beautifully balanced sound and yours is among the best I have ever heard. It reminds me that until my beloved wife and I meet again, one of the best ways to meet the challenges of living alone for the first time in my life is just to smile often and move on, one foot ahead of the other! I would love to hear more songs by your great group!
I’m doing this for my vocal jazz group and I loveeee the blend in this group
I love this arrangement and performance. It seems to me that, unlike some other versions of this song, this one carries a quite serious empathy with the times of sadness - it is not just a blithe or superficial "be happy because everything is fine". So I give thanks, for this beautiful arrangement, and beautiful performance :-)
Great comment. The words were written by Geoffrey Parsons who was gay. It seems to me that maybe the story behind the lyrics was his own sadness of being unable show public affection for the love of his life. I also think it is just perfect for a funeral. It is just such a sublime interpretation.
@LurkinMarsupial, I agree on the importance of empathy for a song like this. I think the sweet, sad melody (Charlie Chaplin's, correct?) really helps there, as opposed to a different song like "When you're smiling...the whole world smiles with you."
I still listen to this version of smile by these incredible singers and arrangers that I still get goosebumps from so much talent every time I hear it...
My childhood was not that happy. I was not confident of myself and my family who lost the dad's figure. My single mom kept saying to me: Never complain. Be happy for what you have, not for things we don.t have. Smile. Just smile to make people happy. Every time I hear this song, I cannot help crying, remembering my mom who just passed away this year.
My goodness. Those voices. ❤
feel like the tenor is so underappreciated for this piece literally doing all the nasty work and only gets that nice suspension at the end lmao
'That tenor' is the amazingly talented Kenton Chen. He's a star in his own right, so it was nice to see him laid back and part of a group.
Search TH-cam'Kenton Chen.'
He's singing the 9th! Awesome.
@@sinfonian2013 Is there any better finishing chord than the Major 9?
His work was awesome. Spot on.
His part is probably the most intricate and difficult to do in this arrangement. He has the most dissonance and such amazing intermingling with the alto notes. Pure brilliance!
Wow! Wow! WOW!
Brilliantly done Ben Bram. My favourite arrangement by far, you managed to make an already near perfect song even more perfect
Sight read this in arrangement in my choir today. Beautiful piece especially after all of the political stuff that's been going on recently. Nice to have music like this as an escape.
where can I get a copy of the music?
Where can I get the vocal chart for this. Would love to study it....
ditto
In the description. You can download the track as well as the sheet music.
It’s so beutiful!!! I had a good cry while listening this performance(8 times)🤣🤣 Can u make more songs like this?! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
In San Francisco with fire ravaged skies from hundreds of separate burns. This song really uplifted me on contact. Thanks for a much appreciated uplift.
Big a cappella fan here, who just discovered this exquisite version of "Charlie Chaplin's" "Smile" - but who also wants to set the record straight. Apologies if I'm being redundant: I made my way through 75 or so of the comments below but did not read all 759, so someone else may already have noted that the Chaplin attribution should be qualified (hence, my quotation marks above around "Charlie Chaplin's"). First, the melody was inspired by an aria in Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca." Second, Chaplin did not write the lyrics or, for that matter, give this much beloved song its title. Both lyrics and title were added in 1954 - 18 years after the instrumental was used in "City Lights" (my favorite Chaplin movie, incidentally, and the one I screen for students in my course on film comedy) - by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. Just sayin'. "Credit where credit is due" and so forth.
Full of goose bumps!!! You guys are wonderful!!! Mind blowing harmony, voices, expression...superb!
Very nice.. one of my favourite songs.
I can just see Charlie giggle in disbelief seeing how his song could sound so beautiful through the magic of human voices in harmony. Hard work pays off magnificently. Thank you for sharing your talents.
It's the words which really make this song and they weren't written by Chaplin. Geoffrey Parsons was the lyricist. They'll both be smiling.
This is very very good and I appreciate your Jazz so much. Smoooooooth baby!
Ben Bram this is the dopest thing I've ever heard. I like to think of myself of a pretty crafty vocal arranger and it took me well over an hour to pick out the vocals. The Alto part is freaking ridiculous and she has one of the best blends I've ever heard. I got to give it to you man this is genius.
So Beautiful, Thanks BEN & the other great voices. You've boosted my spirit on this Friday morning.
This is an amazing recording and arrangement. Gives me goosebumps every time. Please do more.
This makes me cry and smile at the same time
Remembering my grandpa and missing him a lot ..now more than ever
I wish all the people listening to this beautiful masterpiece... a very very happy life ahead ❣️
Keep smiling :')
Es la armonia mas perfecta que he escuchado..
This is the prettiest version of 'Smile' I've ever heard. It is now my favorite and I've shared it with everyone! Thank you!
Tremendous arrangement, and some awesome vocalists! Wonderful job. Thank you for sharing!
Isn't this like the most relevant COVID-19 song ever ;)
As I’m listening to this remarkably gorgeous performance and arrangement of this classic tune by these fantastically talented singers... I notice that there are 59 thumbs down for this video. Some people just love to watch the World burn. Shame of you. For every one of the negatives I inject a million positives.
This gave me the chills oh my goodness 1:47 the chord progression is so amazing.
Wow... the 'New' Singers Unlimited... one of my favourite a cappella with Gene Puerling, Elmer Dresslar, Jr.· Bonnie Herman and Don Shelton. Fabulous arrangement of this wonderul Charlie Chaplin standard. Thank you so very much for a trip down memory lane
４人のハーモーニーが美し過ぎて…心がじんわり温かくなりました。ありがとう！
A cappella group Green Street Brew is singing this arrangement, and loving it! We have made a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety at your suggestion. Thank you for making this arrangement available, especially during these trying times.
Thank you so much for this absolutely beautiful arrangement of one of my favourite songs and for sharing that score with the lovers of great singing in the world. This has made my day. Many many thanks x
I return to this version every time I visit my brother at the military cemetery. I sang it to him at his graveside. You guys do such an amazing and inspiring job. Please collaborate some more. Love you all!
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever met. Much love from Tokyo
This was my song I listened to as I watched my dad die and I appreciate your arrangement. It made us smile. 🌧😭
¡Extraordinario arreglo! ¡Regia interpretación! ¡Hermosas y angelicales voces! ¡Felicitaciones!
One of the most beautiful songs in the English language, sung in one of the most beautiful of renditions. Very moving, very beautiful . . . thank you. (Charlie would smile too.)
And I've likely listened to this a dozen or more times. Stunning every time I listen. My number one pick me up song.
Absolutely wonderful ... Great arrangement
Wow...fantastic voices...beautiful arrangement...thank you.
Muchas gracias por regalarnos con un tema bellísimo y sus voces al mismo nivel. Conmovedora interpretación.
OMG😁 Thank you. It`s beautiful 😍
Just beautiful.
Wonderful!! Very nice arrangement Ben - beautiful voices - gives me a BIG smile ;-)
Plus souvent je voudrais les entendre.
Trop doux.👍
THIS Song was written by Charles Chaplin
The _music_ was written by Charles Chaplin in 1936. The lyrics weren't added until 1954...by a pair of industry songwriters. Nat King Cole actually recorded the first version with lyrics that year. When I found this out, I was initially disappointed to find out he hadn't written the lyrics, _but_ upon hearing the original, instrumental version, I was immediately even more impressed with Chaplin than before. In addition to being a great actor and comedian, it turns out he was an incredibly gifted musician and composer!
This helps explain why Petula Clark covered this one, as well as her wonderful hit "This Is My Song." They were friends. Plus, she is a superb song stylist, not just a hit grinder.
thanks for clarifying, I found it hard to imagine C. Chaplin endorsing /promoting some of the ideas, like “hiding...” as well-meaning as the lyrics are.
@@OmniphonProductions I didn't know that! Good information! I always assumed Chaplin had written both.
@@OmniphonProductions Yes, the melody alone of the music is already incredibly gorgeous even without the lyrics. So it's already very impressive by itself to have been compused by someone who wasn't even primarily a composer.
Nat King Cole would be proud to hear this cover.... You have not just made my face smile but my heart is now smiling too...Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful voices.
Is it necessary to create a SoundCloud account in order to download the track? I couldn't find any way of doing it, but I don't need a platform for uploading anything. I NEED this song on my phone!
absolutely fantastic, wow. What an arrangement, and execution. Bravo.
I want to listen with my daughter
Eu não conhecia esta canção, arranjo sensacional. Parabéns. 😉
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by
If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the Sun come shining through, for you
Light, up your face with gladness
Hide, every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile
Sorria, embora seu coração esteja doendo
Sorria, mesmo que ele esteja partido
Quando houverem nuvens no céu
Você conseguirá
Se você sorrir
Com seu medo e tristeza
Sorria e talvez amanhã
Você verá o sol brilhando, para você
Ilumine seu rosto com alegria
Esconda qualquer traço de tristeza
Embora uma lágrima possa estar tão próxima
Esse é o tempo que você tem que continuar tentando
Sorria, o que adianta chorar?
Você descobrirá que a vida ainda vale a pena
Se você apenas sorrir
Este é o momento que você tem que continuar tentando
Sorria, de que adianta chorar?
Você descobrirá que a vida ainda vale a pena
Se você apenas sorrir
Thenk tou Very much👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Ok 👌 I am smiling and never taking it off after this. Wow!
What an amazing arrangement 😍😍
The dessonant and suspended chords are giving such feels ...
Very inspiring to newbies like us ..
Looking forward to more such videos @Ben Bram 🙌🏻😀
a beautifioful song by Charles Chaplin
I'm in love with this version of Smile, it's the most beautiful I've ever heard. Beautiful arrangement, beautiful and clear voices. I never tire of listening to it again and again.
Your work in a group is fantastic, but this harmonization of Smile is simply perfect, a touching beauty. Congratulations Ben !!
Fantastiquement beau ! Quels arrangements, quels accords suptils, et quelle interprétation sublime. Bravo et merci.
Thank you for this. It’s a beautiful song, beautifully sung by 4very talented artists. And we really need this reminder right now. There are certainly some very good things to smile about now, too.
Beautiful blending of voices. So soothing!
Awesome arranging and performance --- best of the best and I am a pro Pianist Great job
Incredible sound and blend. I want more! Have you recorded anything else? Does your group have a name? You're amazing!
too beautiful THANK YOU
I smiled with this beautiful sound❤😃
And Ben Bram I didn't know that you sing, u guys are really good
Ben Bram was in a prestigious music program at USC where he met Scott Hoying. He was, by that point, a producer at the Sing Off which is what made it fairly easy for Hoying to audition his 3 friends in the Pentatonix.
okonh0wp Thank you for the info😊👌
I think if you look up SoCal Vocals on TH-cam circa around 2010-2011 you can see the two singing together int he same a capella group
Absolutely gorgeous.
That alto and tenor are doing majestic things
I absolutely love it!!
Fantastic Singing and Arrangement.
I can’t stop listening to it!!❤️
Today 1 year, 113 days, 11 hours, 56 minutes, and 41 seconds after that awful day, this song still brings a tear (actually many) to my eye.
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Erin Bentlage j'adore ta voix, un ange . Bravo à tous
Beautiful. Charley Chaplin would be proud.
Beautiful Voices and Awesome Arrangement of one of y all-time favorite songs. It's stil hard t9 believe it was written by the "Clown Prince" of silent movies and very early "talkies," Charlie Chaplin. Thank You for this incredible presentation.... I'd love to see & hear more of you!
Chaplain wrote the tune. The beautiful words were written by Geoffrey Parsons.
Kenton chen from sing off? Amazing rendition, wonderful arrangement. Gonna share this to everyone on fb.
In tears amidst the COVID isolation from this beautiful arrangement! Thank you!
i came here because of joker. amazing cover for an amazing movie
I assume you're talking about 1936's Modern Times?
I suspect most people have no idea it was a Charlie Chaplin/David Raksin composition before lyrics were added years later by Turner & Parsons. What a great song on every level.
Beautifull
There is so much to like about this video, but to me the arrangement stands out. It is truly exceptional.
Love it sing this each night to my kiddo's
TOTALLY AMAZING! Did I see somewhere that the score was also available?