I recently watched for the first time a very famous, double Oscar-winning, big-budget, epic US film released in 1930. It had me totally engaged from start to finish and evoked many, many feelings and thoughts about the realities it depicts; about cultural differences between then and now; and about film-making, acting and writing, among other things.
The film is "All quiet on the western front", directed by Lewis Milestone, adapted from the internationally best-selling novel set in the Great War, "Im Westen nichts Neues" (1929) by German novelist Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark). Remarque fought and was seriously wounded in the Great War.
Here's the thing: this great film has no score, apart from during the opening credits. The whole film has been very carefully restored and the resulting picture and sound aren't bad at all. Where else nowadays is there to be found such great cinematic material without a score already printed into the soundtrack?
So unless you're already a busy pro, or have no interest in scoring to film or other media ......
what's to stop you writing your own score for this outstanding classic?
Apart from the invaluable practice, couldn't it also be a very strong asset for your showreel?
