I think that, except at the end, Paths of Glory has no music. Odd for a Kubrick Flick – in his laster films, the music is incredibly important, and carefully chosen.
The 1931 Dracula has no music except for the opening theme* and a bit of overheard opera, has no music in it at all. It made things easier when they rereleased it circa 2000 with a Philip Glass score.
*(“Swan Lake”, which Universal thought was as eery as everyone seems to think Bach’s Toccata and Fugue is nowadays. God knows why.)
Frankenstein (1931) likewise has only title music.
Woody Allen’s Interiors (1978) had no music.
It’s weird how many of these movies I’ve seen and it just didn’t register that there was no music. I mean, I just saw Paths of Glory a couple of months ago!
First time i noticed the absence of a musical score was in Executive Suite, 1950s film with Wm Holden, Barbara Stanwyck and a few other classic Hollywood notables. It was made specifically without a score and using ‘ambient’ sounds of the street or baseball field (kids’ game), etc. The silence of a background score hit me over the head, which makes the musical score seem even more manipulative of people’s emotions than it ever seems in a movie with music.
IIRC “Songs from the second floor” (trailer - with music, and some nudity) has little to no “background” music, though there is a scene in the subway where the passengers start doing a full classical style wordless choir with orchestral accompaniment.
Highly recommend it if you like weird, unsettling and beautifully shot movies.