BA (Hons) Music and Sound for Screen with Placement Year

Music and sound are crucial parts of films, television, videogames, and apps. This course will help you prepare for a career in audiovisual media, developing your composition and sound design skills to a professional level. The course offers training in film music composition, sound design, foley, orchestration for live and virtual instruments, conducting, and performance. You'll also be able to select from options in sound recording, audio production, and film theory.

Why study Music and Sound for Screen at Huddersfield?

• As part of the Yorkshire Film and Television School, you’ll have opportunities to collaborate on projects with students from screenwriting and acting, film making, and production courses.
• You’ll study in state-of-the-art professional standard facilities. You’ll have access to a range of recording and studio spaces, including dedicated audiovisual composition and editing software.
• You will work with commercially successful tutors, internationally recognised researchers, and visiting industry professionals who will help you build on your creative talents.
• You'll be able to explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and get up-close and experience electronic music in action at the Electric Spring Festival.
• We'll support you in developing industry contacts and your professional portfolio: several of our students have had their tracks selected for use in Channel 4 and BBC programmes.
• Opportunities to mix and work with fellow students who are aspiring classical, jazz and pop musicians, recording engineers, programmers, audio electronics experts and interface designers.