Courses
Dramatic Orchestration for Film
This course focuses on the exploration and application of traditional and contemporary orchestration techniques to support and achieve intended dramatic effect.
Film Music Composition Seminar
Intended as a complement to FS-341 and/or FS-441, this course is designed to provide a link between composition and scoring techniques by addressing specific challenges of dramatic music compositio
Analysis of Video Game Music Techniques
This course provides students a thorough overview of the history, theory, aesthetics, and application of interactive scoring along with an introduction to the video game and interactive industries,
The Language of Film
This course provides film scoring majors with an introduction to how film makes visual and narrative meaning through the language of film, which includes camera, frame composition, lighting, produc
Dramatic Scoring 1
This course combines analysis and composition techniques in order to provide students with the basic musical skills necessary for composing music for film.
History of Film Music
A survey of music in feature-length films from the silent period to the present day. An overview of stylistic scoring approaches that represent the most significant developments in the field.
Introduction to Film Scoring
Investigation of the aesthetic relationship between film and music. Discussion of the many functions of film music with analysis of its most effective application to dramatic situations.