MRAT 6180 - Introduction to Film Scoring

3 credit hours

Prerequisites: Four semesters of theory/sight singing/ear training; MRAT 6030 and MRAT 6040. Overview of the film scoring process. Discussion of the aesthetic relationship between music and film. Thematic analyses of representative film scores. Composition exercises demonstrating traditional film scoring techniques. Application of compositional techniques through laboratory assignments using computers, synthesizers, and digital samplers. SMPTE time code, MIDI time code, and film time formats and their application to tape synchronization.

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