Composition for Film and Video Games Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Music, Film
Major code CFVG-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

The Composition for Film and Video Games Major provides students with the opportunity to develop their own original, creative voices as multimedia composers. Courses in the major give students the knowledge and skills required to compose, record, mix and produce music for film and video games. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with video game programmers and have their original compositions recorded by live ensembles as well as attend master classes given by top Hollywood film and video game composers.

Students will analyze and examine a wide range of musical styles and approaches to scoring and learn the compositional techniques which provide the foundation of these styles.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful
completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

aurally recognize and theoretically
analyze music in its relationship to the visual image;
compose and record original music to
visual media;
complete professional quality mixes
using Logic Pro X and Pro Tools software; and
communicate their creative decisions and
articulate them in relationship to the historical body of musical works.

Relevant Degrees

Bachelor of Music (BMUSI)

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

42 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
MUSI1111	Composition, Arranging, and Sound Design 1	6
MUSI1112	Composition, Arranging, and Sound Design 2	6
MUSI2209	Music Recording and Production Techniques	6
MUSI2223	Composition, Arranging, and Sound Design 3	6
MUSI2224	Composition, Arranging, and Sound Design 4	6
MUSI2226	Composition for Film and Video Games	6
MUSI2227	Music, Sound and the Moving Image	6

6 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ANIP3003	Australian National Internships Program Internship A	6
MUSI3309	Music and Digital Media	6
MUSI3317	Popular Music: In Culture and in Context	6
MUSI3321	Songwriting: concepts and craft	6

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