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Music for the Moving Image
Hook harmonies are vital for TV and film - learn to create atmosphere and captivate audiences with soundtracks for moving pictures.
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MODULES & LEARNING
- Composing for the Moving Image
Address the challenges of producing music for the moving image.
- Analysis of Music for the Moving Image
Develop analysis techniques to enhance your understanding of historical, musical, stylistic and functional developments in film music.
- Collaborative Practice
Experience the collaborative working environment and develop your skills in fulfilling complex briefs.
- Creative Sound Design
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to develop audio-based artefacts in the fields of electro-acoustic music, sonic art and sound design.
- Negotiated Skills Development
Work closely with your tutors, researching and applying current theory and practice alongside a learning plan that meets your own aims and objectives.
- Research Practice
Examine the methods and skills which are required in order to carry out research into the ideas and practice of music technology.
- Final Individual Project
This major project gives you the opportunity to engage in research and advanced practice in an area of your own choosing.
- Electro-acoustic Music
Explore the techniques and methods employed in electroacoustic composition and use those techniques and methods to create an original composition.
- Orchestration Arrangement & Programming
Study contemporary approaches to orchestration and arrangement of music for the moving image and create scores and MIDI realisations to a professional standard.
You will have access to a suite of high-quality, professional music studios, approved by JAMES, the accrediting body of the Music Producers Guild and the Association of Professional Recording Services.
We have links with local and national music, arts and festival organisations, as well as our own Northern Film School, which ensures that you get the most from your course. We also provide regular visiting speakers from the music and film industries and a highly-skilled and experienced teaching team.
Artist in Residence ProgrammeThe Artist in Residence programme gives our students an opportunity to work with professional artists and gives them a taste of what is it like to work on a professional music project. So far we have welcomed artists Chris T-T, Ian Prowse, I Monster, Tom Williams and Utah Saints.
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Andrew Fryer Andrew Fryer
Dean of SchoolI'm immensely proud of the ever-growing community of internationally renowned practitioners and researchers that call the School of Film, Music & Performing Arts their home. Our industry-recognised facilities provide a hub for our students and staff to explore their creativity and ideas.
Andrew Fryer is Dean of the School of Film, Music and Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University. He is a songwriter and music producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry.
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Martin Briggs, Head of Subject, Music & Sound
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Students working with Tom Williams as part of the Artist in Residence programme
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