Score Your First Scene
Dive into film scoring for the first time with this short free course!
Learn how to write music that actually works in film
Score Your First Scene is a step-by-step, real-world guide to writing music for film, taking you from a blank session to a fully scored and polished scene. You’ll learn how to analyze picture, choose the right sounds, find the perfect tempo, develop a strong musical idea, and build it into a complete cue that supports the story—just like a working composer. Along the way, you’ll see the exact workflow used in professional film scoring, including syncing to picture, refining your arrangement, and exporting your final track for real-world use.
Course curriculum
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Score Your First Scene
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1. Introduction
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2. Spotting the Scene
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3. Choosing Instruments
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4. Finding the Tempo
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5. Creating the Theme Part 1
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6. Creating the Theme Part 2
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7. Expanding Orchestration - Part 1
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8. Expanding Orchestration - Part 2
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9. Tweaks
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10. Reviewing What We've Created
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11. Final Review
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12. Finalize and Bounce
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13. What's Next?
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