Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons)

About the course

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.

Why study Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons)

This course is for you if you’re keen to potentially secure a role within creative industries, including:

• music
• games
• film
• sound design
• content production
• media industry.

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.

You can collaborate on projects with students from screenwriting and acting, film making, and production courses, across our Yorkshire Film and Television School, 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.

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.

You’ll also gain real-world experience on a relevant work placement, to prepare you for a potentially life-altering career ahead including setting up your own business. Plus, an impressive 100% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21 data, UK domiciled graduates).

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:

• film and game music composition
• sound design
• Foley sound effects
• orchestration for live and virtual instruments
• sample library creation
• sound editing.

Entry requirements

Entry is also possible for applicants who don't hold standard UK qualifications.

International and mature applicants who don't hold standard UK qualifications can provide a portfolio to demonstrate skills relevant to the course. You can do this by sending us links to any production and/or recording work you have created or collaborated in.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

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