The Lodger by EverKent

If Alfred Hitchcock was to become the undisputed master of thrillers, only one of his 10 silent movies was a suspense. “The Lodger”, in 1927, therefore represents a precursor for the director’s famed career, and was going to shape modern-day thriller genre in film.
The movie, based on a book by Marie Belloc Lowndes inspired by the Jack the Ripper story, oscillates between horrible crimes committed outdoors in the city of London, and suspenseful moments in the house of the Buntings, who are renting a room to a lodger whom they start to believe is the killer. Even if in the end, nothing bad happens inside the house, Hitchcock manages to turn it into an ominous place, thanks to clever filmmaking and uncommon techniques.
The scenes are short and the directing is inspired by the masters of German impressionism. This made the movie a good candidate for a new re-score by EverKent, after having created a new soundtrack for “Nosferatu”, “Metropolis” and more. A choice was made only to use instruments that existed already in the beginning of the 20th century. So, no synths or electric guitar this time. Nevertheless, the music still breaks with the style of the period as it makes use of more recent tricks and techniques in film scoring.