Overview

During this Video Game and Media Composition programme of ThinkSpace Education, you will cover the skills taught in both our Composing for Video Games and Professional Media Composition degree courses.

Key facts:

Video games are now the largest single sector in the entertainment industry, closely followed by television. We train you to write for both in this wide ranging, challenging, creative and technical preparation to enter the industry as a composer of all types of composition.

On this course, you will learn:

To write in a wide variety of styles, using different compositional techniques.
Different ways of creating an interactive video game experience, allowing the score to respond seamlessly to gameplay.
A wide variety of market sectors from animation to trailers, documentary to feature films.
To use FMOD and WWise to implement your music interactively in fully functional Unity games, many specially licenced for the course, including commercial releases.
About music business, copyright, how to find work, how to pitch, create a demo reel and develop a career.
The technical and creative aspects of writing to picture, spotting a film, and working with hitpoints and markers.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Game Audio Technology
Game Music and Audio
Research and Critical Reflection
Advanced Game Music
Final Major Project
Dissertation

Music Editing
Advanced Sibelius
Cinematic Sound Design

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Horsham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Game Design Music Composition View 15 other Masters in Game Design in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Your portfolio (where applicable)
The Application Form
Your covering letter
Application Tasks
Supporting evidence and academic documents
Submitting your application

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

8700 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

8700 GBP / year

≈ 8700 GBP / year

Funding

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