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MA Composing for Video Games
POSTGRADUATE MASTERS DEGREE
Flexible online study with personal tuition
Game music is one of the fastest expanding areas of media music. MA Composing for Video Games will prepare you to enter the industry as a video games composer. It will give you all the skills you need to compose and implement fully interactive music using industry standard game engines and middleware.
You will be given the space and support to develop as a composer, finding your voice and raising your production and composition skills to a professional standard, with help from current working composers and game audio professionals. We even support you after you graduate to find work with our Employment Support Programme.
INTERESTED?
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Preparing you for the career you deserve
This course prepares students to go into the industry as video game composers, assistant composers or as a member of an audio team.
On this course, you will learn:
- The essential technical and creative skills required to compose music for video games.
- To compose music for a wide variety of different game genres, from mobile puzzle games through to action and racing games.
- Different ways of creating an interactive strategy to allow the score to respond seamlessly to the gameplay.
- Collaborative and remote working skills, which are vital in such a connected global industry.
- To use Wwise to implement your music interactively in fully functional Unity games and game levels, many specially designed or licenced for the course, including commercial releases.
- Business skills to help you produce a winning portfolio that will help you into a new career.
TAUGHT BY working PROFESSIONALS
Our teaching staff and mentors are all current working professionals, many involved at the highest level in the business. They’ve worked for almost every major game studio, including Electronic Arts, Blizzard, Bandai, Nintendo, Capcom, Frontier and Dambusters Studios.
Here are a few of the many who will be giving you individual feedback, either in writing, during weekly one to one mentoring sessions, or at the student workshops. Their game composition and audio credits include:
- Call of Duty Infinite War
- League of Legends
- Batman Arkham Knight
- Forza Horizon 2
- Resident Evil
- Warhammer: Total War
- Lego 2KDrive
- Metal Gear Rising
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Wolfstein Youngblood
- Team Sonic Racing
- Need For Speed Shift
- Walking Dead Assault
Plus we regularly host invite visiting lecturers to provide additional real-world insights and inspiration.
ROSS TREGENZA
Sound Designer, Composer (Alien Vs. Predator, Gears of War)
ALYX JONES
Game Audio Professional (Silver Script Games, The Sound Architect)
GIORGIO VEZZINI
Sound Designer, Audio Lead (Batman: Arkham Knight, League of Legends)
HILGROVE KENRICK
Composer (Need for Speed: Shift, 12 Monkeys TV series)
JAMIE CHRISTOPHERSON
Composer (Fortnite, The Lord Of The Rings: Battle Of Middle Earth )
SERGIO RONCHETTI
Composer, Sound Designer (Eldest Souls, 2021)
LEARN EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Your course falls into six modules plus a final major project which lasts three months. Each module focuses on a different area of video game composition, while at the same time developing specific compositional, technical and business skills.
UNSURE ABOUT STUDYING ONLINE?
Concerned about feeling disconnected or lacking individual attention from home? Don't worry. Our online music campus connects you with fellow students, industry alumni, tutors, and professionals across the globe. There's always someone to assist, offer advice, provide encouragement, or share work opportunities.
Discover what our degree alumni have to say about their connected experience with ThinkSpace, the friends they've made, and the networks they've built.
"I love the community. I've made friends for life and I look forward to working with many of them in the future."
We offer three different schedules so you can pick which best fits around your life. It is also possible to switch between these schedules at certain points during the degree, should you find that that you have more or less time available than you anticipated. You can also pause your degree altogether if life gets in the way.
Please note that these weekly hours are estimates based on previous years' students. It will vary from student to student, depending on your rate of work. These times estimates include every element of the course: live workshops, one-to-one tutorials, reading and watching the course materials, and time spent on assignment projects. (*36 month option not available to UK students on a postgraduate student loan)
FinancING
Price for the whole degree:
£11,750
You will be invoiced in instalments at the start of each term. (For courses lasting longer than 12 months, please budget for an annual inflation linked increase on the remaining balance of fees, based on UK RPI, capped at 8%.)
UK and International students pay the same. For those paying in other currencies, the exact price is subject to exchange rate fluctuation.
STUDENT LOANS
In parts of the UK you can apply for the following student loans to cover postgraduate tuition:
- Up to £12,167 in England. More info
- Up to £18,770 in Wales. More info
- Up to £6,500 in Northern Ireland. More info
PAY-AS-YOU-LEARN OPTIONS
We offer interest-free payment plans, where you can spread the cost of your course across the duration of your studies. The payment plan you are on depends on the schedule you are on. You will be required to pay a deposit upon enrolling.
HELPING YOU SECURE YOUR FIRST ROLE
accredited by Arts University Bournemouth
Your degree is accredited and awarded by our academic partner, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). Home to the prestigious Bournemouth Film School – whose alumni include film director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) – AUB is a public university on the south coast of England. Its history dates back to the 1880s.
AUB provide academic oversight across our degrees, which are subject to the same rigorous quality checks as degrees taught by all UK universities.
How to apply
To make an initial application you will need to fill out the application form, write a short cover letter and provide a few examples of your music / sound design. You will find a detailed explanation of the process on the applications page.
You do not require a high level of music theory for this course, just the ability to write great music and lots of potential.
"Am I good enough?"
We are asked this question all the time and we’re happy to help and advise. Get in touch and we'll discuss your musical ambitions and ask for some examples of your work. Then we can tell you where you stand. Simply complete the form below, email us or call us on +44 (0)1243 256 049.
Frequently Asked Questions
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