Overview

At Students at Film Music Composition from University of North Carolina School of the Arts you will learn about the post-production process on a film, how to collaborate with a filmmaking crew, how to spot where music should be placed, including how it should function to serve the film’s story, and how to effectively use instrumentation, style, motives, and rhythm to score a film.

Careers

Alumni of our graduate program in Film Music Composition have served as composers and assistant composers for television series like “Chicago Fire,” “Castle,” “Law & Order,” “Lie to Me,” “The Unit,” “Survivor,” “Nashville,” and “Under the Dome;” video games such as “Red Dead Redemption;” and major motion pictures such as “Man of Steel,” “Iron Man,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Vantage Point” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Film Music Composition Lessons

Film Music Analysis: Historical Composers

International Film

American Film

Electronic Technology

Orchestration

Film Music Composition Seminar

Scoring for Video Games

Electronic Technology

Film Music Theory

Advanced Film Music Anal.: Contemporary Composers

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

55 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Winston-Salem, United States

Disciplines

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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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Other requirements

General requirements

A completed application signed by the applicant, along with the nonrefundable application fee.

Two letters of recommendation, preferably one from an arts instructor and one from an academic instructor.

Official transcript(s) or previous college work. The documents must bear the school seal or signature of a school

official.

A resume

Artistic statement

Required application documents, as needed by conservatory

Tuition Fees

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24399 USD / year

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24399 USD / year

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9696 USD / year

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Living costs

Winston-Salem

United States

864 - 1409 USD / month

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