Music and Sound for Screen - BA (Hons)
University of Huddersfield
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On our Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons) course, you’ll learn to write music and create sound effects for film, TV, and games. You’ll also study composition, orchestration, sound design, recording, as well as performance on this professionally accredited course.You can collaborate on projects with students from screenwriting and acting, film making, and production courses, across our Yorkshire Film and Television School, and you’ll get the unique chance to train with staff who are active film ...Read more

On our Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons) course, you’ll learn to write music and create sound effects for film, TV, and games. You’ll also study composition, orchestration, sound design, recording, as well as performance on this professionally accredited course.You can collaborate on projects with students from screenwriting and acting, film making, and production courses, across our Yorkshire Film and Television School, and you’ll get the unique chance to train with staff who are active film composers working in the UK, Europe, and Los Angeles. Choose this course and you can submit your work to professional music production libraries and, like some of our past students, hear your work on national TV networks.Visiting artists will attend the University to offer insight into post-university opportunities regular visitors include John Warhurst, Oscar and Bafta winning Sound Editor and Huddersfield graduate, and Nitin Sawhney, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestral composer.4 years inc. placement year

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70/279
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25th
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65th
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sebastian
26 Feb 25

It was good nothing to..Read more

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Isobel
16 Jan 25

The music department and music students are amazing at university, everyone is very welcoming and we all work together to make music. I feel like I was welcomed into all the bands..Read more

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£16,500 per year

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Queensgate West Yorkshire Huddersfield HD1 3DH United Kingdom
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