Overview

As a Film Scoring major at Berklee College of Music, you’ll immerse yourself over the course of eight semesters, while completing the college’s core music curriculum, in intensive study of music in visual media, creating professional level scores, and the business of the film industry on the college’s Boston campus.

Gain real world experience working in our cutting edge facilities alongside a diverse community of musicians, faculty, and industry professionals all while earning your bachelor's degree.

Key facts:

Develop a foundation of creative musical skills, including composition, counterpoint, orchestration, and conducting, as you prepare music for synchronous use with visual media such as film, TV, video games, and more. As you develop an interpretive sensitivity to the dramatic effectiveness of music when paired with visual media, you’ll also learn the technical skills involved, such as how to create a professional-level score mock-up, for example.To demonstrate your mastery in the area, you will complete a portfolio that will include:

a finished score of a short film, fully produced and synchronized;
a similarly produced and synchronized main title theme for a television series;
a professional resume;
a letter of application suitable for the purpose of career placement and advancement; and
a recording of an original composition that you will produce to function as a demo to accompany an application portfolio.

Programme Structure

Courses inlcude:

Basic Keyboard Techniques

Intensive Introduction to Film Scoring

Techniques of Tonal Writing

Instrumentation and Score Preparation

Dramatic Scoring

Scoring Technology

Dramatic Orchestration for Film

Post-Romantic Scoring

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Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

Film Studies Music Composition View 312 other Bachelors in Music Composition in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Admission to the film scoring major requires departmental approval.
Students wishing to declare film scoring as their major must have earned a grade of B or higher in FS-221 Intensive Introduction to Film Scoring before ﬁnal approval of the declaration of major can be given.
If special circumstances require consideration for declaration of major before a grade is received for FS-221, the department will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

52440 USD / year

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Out-of-State

52440 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

52440 USD / year

≈ 52440 USD / year

Additional Details

Summer: $22,900

Living costs

Boston

United States

1560 - 3239 USD / month

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