If you want a career composing for the orchestra, this course will give you the technical and creative skills to turn that dream into a reality. MA Orchestration for Film, Games and Television takes you from first sketch through to sampled mock-up, then onto your final goal - recording your music with a live orchestra.

The career you deserve

Students on this course go on to work as film, television and games composers, orchestrators, copyists, and composers assistants. If you are already a professional composer, this course opens up a wider range of work involving live orchestra and professional grade sampled mock-ups. If youre looking to start a career, then by graduation you will be ready to tackle real-world composition projects involving both sampled and live orchestra.

On this course, you will learn:

• Orchestral composition: Creating and orchestrating awe-inspiring live and sampled orchestral film, TV and games music.
• Contemporary commercial standard practice where the emphasis is always on speed and efficiency.
• Sampled instrument techniques, including skills like creating and balancing your template, instrument placement, use of reverb, and using controllers to enhance realism and orchestral mixing.
• Writing to picture using live and sampled orchestral resources. Your optional film scoring assignments will be drawn from real-world film and video game projects.

On successful completion of your course, you will be awarded a Master of Arts degree from the Arts University Bournemouth. The qualification is fully accredited in the UK (and recognised internationally) and is subject to regular quality control, review and external invigilation to ensure the highest academic standards are maintained. Your degree will list us as the 'Partner' that you studied your degree with.