Music and Sound for Screen

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 recording and performance.

As you move through the course, you’ll select from options in sound recording, audio production, and film theory, developing your skills, to a professional level, in composition and sound design.

This course is for you if you’re keen to potentially secure a role within music, film, sound design, or music production. You’ll study from 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.

Why Study Music and Sound for Screen BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?
You’ll have the chance to explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and get up-close and experience contemporary music in action at the Electric Spring Festival.

Benefit, also, from 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 too.

Visiting artists will attend the University to offer insight into post-University opportunities; past visitors have included John Warhurst, Oscar and Bafta winning Sound Editor and Huddersfield alumnus, and Nitin Sawhney, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestral composer. If you want to develop your industry contacts and professional portfolio, we’ll help you; 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 work placement, with this course setting you up for a potential role within audiovisual media. We offer training in film music composition, sound design, foley, orchestration for live and virtual instruments, conducting, and performance.

Plus, 100% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21 data, UK domiciled graduates).

Why Huddersfield?
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

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As a student here, you’ll benefit from inspirational teaching and access to innovative facilities and high-quality teaching and learning spaces, across two close-knit campuses, located right in the heart of Huddersfield town.

The University of Huddersfield focuses on preparing you for real-world experiences in your field, with simulated workspaces such as TV and radio studios, a trading room, and mock law court and hospital facilities.

As an undergraduate student, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake professional work-related experience whilst studying at Huddersfield. Students have gained invaluable experience both in the UK and internationally, working for brands such as Honda, BT, Siemens and PwC, to name but a few. Huddersfield also offer the Global Professional Award alongside your degree so you can gain valuable skills and attributes that employers are looking for.

Located in the foothills of the Pennines and surrounded by beautiful countryside, Huddersfield is a beautiful, student-friendly town with plenty for you to explore and it enjoys a low cost of living, meaning you'll have more to do more!

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