All Songs Considered
All Songs Considered
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How the score for 'All Quiet on the Western Front' made a familiar tale surprising
24 minutes Posted Feb 27, 2023 at 10:00 am.
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Composer Volker Bertelmann explains why he wanted to "destroy the film" with his score, how he used a centuries-old instrument for the cause and what it meant as a German to dive deep into this story.

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