Online Masters degrees in film, TV & game scoring, sound design & music production
ThinkSpace online Masters degrees have helped people in over 50 countries to advance their career in music or sound design, or simply enhance their skills for personal satisfaction. With flexible schedules and financing, our degrees are designed to fit around your life and work commitments. Postgrad loans are available for UK students.
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Taught by working industry pROS
Whether you choose a film scoring, game scoring or music production Masters degree, you will be taught and mentored by working industry professionals – many involved at the highest level in the business.
Here are just a few of the many who will be giving you individual feedback – either in writing, during weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions, or at student workshops. Plus you can expect a whole host of guest lecturers from across the industry.
Guy michelmore
Composer & ThinkSpace CEO
Projects for Marvel, Disney, Lionsgate & Dreamworks
Emily Rice
Composer & Orchestrator
Composer / ThinkSpace CEO (Marvel, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate)
Phil Larsen
Grammy-winning Producer
Kylie Minougue
Katy Perry
Swedish House Mafia
Alyx Jones
Game Audio Professional
Silver Script Games
The Sound Architect
Ross Tregenza
Alien Vs. Predator
Gears of War
Team Sonic Racing
Jamie Christopherson
Games Composer
Fortnite
The Lord of the Rings: Battle of Middle Earth
MA PROFESSIONAL MEDIA COMPOSITION
Explore the techniques, complexities and opportunities of writing for film, TV, and commercial media with our MA in Professional Media Composition. This course goes beyond traditional film scoring Masters to prepare you for a diverse range of media environments.
MA ORCHESTRATION FOR FILM, GAMES & TELEVISION
If you want to write uplifting, epic orchestral music for film, games or television, this is the course that will give you the technical and creative skills you need – taking you from first sketch through sampled mock-up, then onto the final recording session with a live orchestra.
MA SOUND DESIGN FOR VIDEO GAMES
Explore the process of creating and manipulating sounds for a wide variety of game genres. Learn about creating atmospheres, recording your own bespoke sounds, syncing to picture and cutscenes, plus lots more. You will get the chance to learn from sound designers who have worked on everything from indie games to AAA games.
MA COMPOSING FOR VIDEO GAMES
Working with video games has many of it’s own challenges, and this course will teach you how to work in an adaptive and interactive medium, whilst also looking at the different compositional techniques used for different types of video games. You will look at audio implementation, looping and layering, dynamic scoring, and much more.
MA CREATIVE MUSIC PRODUCTION
(Formerly MA Songwrting & Music Production) Few musicians truly manage to fulfil their potential. We want to change that. This degree is designed to bring out the best in you and to help you to keep innovating long after you’ve graduated.
PG CERT CREATIVE MUSIC PRODUCTION
Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Music Production is designed to give you the skills to take your music production and composition skills up to a professional standard, in a shorter timeframe than a full Masters degree.
Discover what our degree alumni have to say about their degree experience with ThinkSpace, the friends they've made, and the networks they've built.
Concerned about feeling isolated or lacking individual attention from home? Don't worry. Our online music campus connects you with fellow students, industry alumni, tutors, and professionals across the globe. There's always someone to assist, offer advice, provide encouragement, or share work opportunities.
"I love the community. I've made friends for life and I look forward to working with many of them in the future."
Degrees accredited by Arts University Bournemouth
All our degrees are validated and awarded by our academic partner, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). Home to the prestigious Bournemouth Film School – whose alumni include film director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) – AUB is a public university on the south coast of England. Its history dates back to the 1880s.
AUB provide academic oversight across our programmes, which are subject to the same rigorous quality checks as degrees taught by all UK universities.
We offer three different schedules so you can pick which best fits around your life. It is also possible to switch between these schedules at certain points during the degree, should you find that that you have more or less time available than you anticipated. You can also pause your degree altogether if life gets in the way.
FinancING
PAY-AS-YOU-LEARN OPTIONS
We offer interest-free payment plans, where you can spread the cost of your course across the duration of your studies. The payment plan you are on depends on the schedule you are on. You will be required to pay a deposit upon enrolling.
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