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ThinkSpace Education: Composing for Video Games
| Institution | ThinkSpace Education |
|---|---|
| Department | Game Music and Audio |
| Web | https://thinkspaceeducation.com |
| postgraduate@thinkspace.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1243 256049 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
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.
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:
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The essential technical and creative skills required to compose music for video games.
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To compose music for a wide variety of different game genres, from mobile puzzle games through to action and racing games.
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Different ways of creating an interactive strategy to allow the score to respond seamlessly to the gameplay.
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Collaborative and remote working skills, which are vital in such a connected global industry.
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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.
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Business skills to help you produce a winning portfolio that will help you into a new career.
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 Warfare 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.
MA
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Applicants are required to have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in any subject. A limited number of places are available for non-degree holders, under the 'Recognition of Prior Learning' application method. We also require applicants to complete a short application task, and potentially submit a portfolio of work depending on the course. All information can be found on the course page on our website. |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Applicants are required to have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in any subject. A limited number of places are available for non-degree holders, under the 'Recognition of Prior Learning' application method. We also require applicants to complete a short application task, and potentially submit a portfolio of work depending on the course. All information can be found on the course page on our website. |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Applicants are required to have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in any subject. A limited number of places are available for non-degree holders, under the 'Recognition of Prior Learning' application method. We also require applicants to complete a short application task, and potentially submit a portfolio of work depending on the course. All information can be found on the course page on our website. |
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