Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons)

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. As you move through the course, you’ll select from options that all develop your skills, to a professional level, in composition and sound design.

This course will set you up for a career within audiovisual media, helping you develop your composition and sound design skills to a professional level. The course offers training in: You can collaborate on projects with students from acting, filmmaking, and production courses, 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.

You’ll study in state-of-the-art professional standard facilities, and you’ll have access to a range of recording and studio spaces, including dedicated audiovisual composition and editing software. You’ll also have the chance to explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and experience cutting-edge experimental artists at our Electric Spring Festival. 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.

We’ll help you develop your industry contacts and professional portfolio; several of our students have had their tracks selected for use in Channel 4 and BBC programmes.