Music Composition for Film, TV, and Games Berklee College of Music

Overview

On your way to earning this music composition degree, you’ll work through a series of composition and orchestration courses designed to develop your ability to write (and write often!) for film, television, and interactive media. Upon graduation, you’ll have a portfolio of diverse compositions to prepare you for securing work as a film composer, music editor, film arranger, orchestrator, and more.

Upon completion of the Music Composition for Film, TV, and Games major at Berklee College of Music, you will be able to:

• Analyze musical pieces on the basis of harmony, melody, counterpoint, form, rhythm, orchestration, style, genre, performance technique, and other musical qualities
• Explore the role of music in a dramatic medium
• Examine the works of master composers and innovators in music for visual media
• Explain the structure of, and practices in, film, television, and video game industries, including the different stages of development in visual media projects
• Create a production or design plan for a project that involves defining scope, milestones, and staffing structure
• Compose, arrange, and orchestrate effective dramatic music
• Record and mix scores and music stems in a digital audio workstation
• Mockup realistic-sounding orchestral demos in a digital audio workstation
• Create and edit temporary and final soundtrack recordings to picture
• Create a portfolio of compositions for visual media in various styles
• Develop a career advancement plan to attain freelance work or a staff position as a composer, orchestrator, or technical production worker in the film, television, and interactive media industries