Masters Degrees in Music (Music For Film)

This programme provides professional training in composition for screen media. Taught by staff and guest composers from the professional world, you will develop a strong technological foundation in the subject, along with specialist understanding of television and screen scoring. Read more

Develop your creative abilities in composition and sound through practical and theoretical work. Explore theory and practice in the field of music production. Read more

Learn to create atmosphere and captivate TV and film audiences with soundtracks for moving pictures. Develop the technical and creative skills you’ll need to write music for the moving image. Read more

The MMus Composition for Film and TV sits at the heart of the London College of Music. It represents a creative hub for innovative, forward-thinking musical minds that join practical composition and academic inquiry in the spirit of practice-as-research. Read more

Students work on music production, advanced recording and mixing techniques in our studio complex, immersive and spatial audio technologies in our 22.2 speaker Soundlab, composition and sound design for film and media in our Dolby Atmos dubbing theatre, and a thorough dive into game audio via UE5 and associated middleware in our mac labs. Read more

Employment Prospects: Graduates work as producers, audio engineers, and composers for organisations such as Channel 4, Splash Damage, and Creative Assembly. Read more

Fewer people are trained orchestrators than trained composers. This course takes you from first sketch through sampled mock-up, then onto the final recording with a live orchestral session, giving you all the knowledge you need to turn a musical idea into a professionally recorded live orchestral score. Read more

Train in live and synth/sample-based music for moving image productions. Read more

This MA Composition for Film, TV and Games degree gives you professional training in writing and producing commercially viable music for the media industries. Read more

A Master of Arts (MA) by Research allows you to undertake a one-year (full-time) or two-year (part-time) research degree. It contains little or no formal taught component. Read more

The MA in Music, Sound, Culture and Media is primarily designed for students wishing to engage in a programme that reflects increasingly interdisciplinary spheres of music, sound and cultural and media production and engagement in contemporary societies. Read more

This programme seeks curious, open-minded, adaptable and highly creative individuals who are keen to acquire new skills and consolidate their existing knowledge across all areas of new music creation. Read more

The Masters of Design (MDes) in Sound for the Moving Image offers the opportunity for postgraduate students to engage with the craft and creative practice… Read more

This course explores how music creates atmosphere, conveys mood and depicts setting, character and action. You will examine the relationships between composer and producer, directors and music editors. Read more

Game projects are now using live orchestra, and video games frequently have both the budget and ambitious scale to support an epic fantasy score, or a thumping action soundtrack. This course is the perfect combination of skill sets for composers with the drive and determination to reach the top in video games music. Read more