Horsham , England , United Kingdom
Overview
During this Video Game Composition & Orchestration programme of ThinkSpace Education, you will cover the skills taught in both our Composing for Video Games and Orchestration for Films, Games, and Television degree courses.
Key facts:
Video Game Composition and Orchestration is an advanced degree that prepares you to write technically demanding, interactive music that you will learn to implement in the game using industry standard middleware such as FMOD and Wwise. You will learn to realise your scores as both professional grade sampled mock-ups and prepare them for live orchestra. You will learn to write for live players, prepare scores for a variety of applications and correctly manage Pro Tools sessions.
On this course, you will learn:
- How to work in an adaptive and interactive genre, tackling challenges unique to video games.
- To orchestrate awe-inspiring live and sampled orchestral game music.
- To produce professional-quality scores using Sibelius or Finale and record-ready Pro Tools sessions.
- What the market expects, what producers and directors are buying right now, and how to deliver market-focused music.
- About each section of the orchestra, taught by some of the world’s top film music session players.
- How to use FMOD to implement your music and sound design interactively in fully functional Unity games, many specially licenced for the course, including commercial releases.
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Game Audio Technology
- Writing For Strings And Woodwind
- Foundations of Game Music and Audio
- Writing for Brass, Harp and Percussion
- Advanced Game Music
- Scoring for Full Orchestra
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
- Part-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Credits
240 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Music Video Games & Multimedia Computer Sciences View 11 other Masters in Video Games & Multimedia in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 79
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
Applicants are required to have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in any subject. A limited number of places are available for non-degree holders (see the ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ section). We assume that completion of an undergraduate degree shows the applicant has the required level of academic ability to complete the course. Where applicants have been out of education for some time or come from a very different discipline, we can provide additional support through one to one tutorials during their course.
Tuition Fee
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International
10475 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 20950 GBP for the full programme and a duration of 24 months. -
National
10475 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 20950 GBP for the full programme and a duration of 24 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
Getting a Student Visa
This is an online programme. You can attend from the comfort of your chair! So you don't need a student visa!
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