Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Film Scoring Welcome

Summer ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop. More here.

Masters students in Film Scoring must complete either 39 or 45 credits in one of two distinctive curricula: (1) an M.M. based in the Music Composition Program [39 points] or (2) an M.M. based in the Music Technology Program [45 points]. The MM track based in the Music Composition Program places an emphasis on composing for Film and multimedia, including interactive performance and web-based media. The M.M. track based in the Music Technology program places emphasis in areas such as music editing, sound design, recording, and sound synthesis in addition to studies in scoring/composition for film. In today's professional environment, composers have opportunities requiring expertise outside of traditional training in composition. Our film scoring students are encouraged to develop an eclectic skill-set, including composing, engineering, music editing, orchestrating, sound designing, and producing. We prepare our graduates for success like no other place.

NYU Steinhardt's Film Scoring studies present a broad variety of workshops and conferences for composers and scholars. In ongoing collaboration with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Maurice Kanbar Film Institute, films created by Tisch students are scored by Steinhardt film composers and presented yearly with live accompaniment in The Film Society of Lincoln Center's series, "Toons, Tunes, and Trikfilms". Collaborations with ASCAP and the Film Music Society have resulted in large-scale projects such as the annual "NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshops in memory of Buddy Baker." These and many similar opportunities culminate in recording sessions with ensembles comprised by New York City's top-tier musicians. Throughout the year, film scoring majors routinely compose, orchestrate, and conduct large ensembles as well as the NYU Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Film Scoring classes feature recording sessions with ensembles comprised of students and professional studio players, thus simultaneously training classical and jazz instrumental performance majors in the rigors of studio recording.

The Department of Music and Performing Arts offers a warm, supportive, and collegial atmosphere. Students attend Masterclasses with today's leading professionals. Students enjoy the support of the faculty and their peers. Our reputation, faculty, and location provide students with a unique opportunity to develop as composers and performers and to make the contacts necessary to launch a professional career.

In addition to programs in Music Composition and Music Technology, the Department's internationally renowned programs of study in Music Performance (classical, jazz and music theatre), Music Business, and Music Education provide a rich and valuable array of elective courses for film scoring students that prepare them for an ever-changing music industry and musical climate. All NYU Steinhardt music students also benefit from the extraordinary opportunities available through the diverse offerings of a major research and arts university in the cultural capital of the world, New York City.

Film Scoring: M.M. in Music Composition and M.M. in Music Technology
Dr. Ron Sadoff, Director of Film Scoring, ron.sadoff@nyu.edu

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