Film Scoring Program in Los Angeles
Learn how to tell a story and evoke emotions through your music at the Film Scoring Program in Los Angeles. In this five-day program, you'll discover easy-to-learn, but powerful compositional tools to write cinematic music. Interact with high-profile composers in a close setting, study the basics of composing for orchestra, and develop production techniques to produce polished recordings using your laptop. Students will study in Los Angeles, the heart of the Hollywood film industry, on the campus of the Colburn School.
2021 Program Information
Program dates: | Monday, August 2–Friday, August 6, 2021 |
Registration fee: | $50 (nonrefundable, nontransferable) |
Tuition: | $1,495 |
Payment deadline: | July 1, 2021 |
Registration check-in: | TBD |
Age range: | 14 years and older |
Berklee Boston Summer Programs as the application type.
Program Director Sean McMahon
Sean McMahon is a film composer and orchestrator who has worked on films like Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider, The Grudge, The Grudge 3, 400 Days, and Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas. He is chair of the Film Scoring Department at Berklee College of Music.
- Explore more of Berklee. When you register for the Film Scoring Program in Los Angeles, you can also register for the Songwriting Sessions in Los Angeles to extend your time at Berklee.