Goodman also has special praise for the program’s director: “Kubi is a professional composer working now, and to have someone of his ability and experience running this program is a gift. Emmy-winning composer and Columbia Chicago alum Joel Goodman (ESPN’s 30 for 30) notes that the program is not offered to undergrads - ensuring that students have a strong composition background before studying film scoring - and also boasts three composers-in-residence, each specializing in a different area. ![]() Students attend a five-week semester in Los Angeles, interning with professional composers and employing professional musicians and engineers in studio recording and mixing sessions. That’s a big tent.”Ĭolumbia College Chicago Courtesy of Columbia College ChicagoĬolumbia offers a two-year master of fine arts program in music composition for the screen headed by Kubilay Uner, focusing on film, television, advertising, video games and other interactive media. “We had 50 directors pitch their projects to our students. Additionally, student composers work directly with film students from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. “It’s a full ride: housing, everything paid for,” says Kirst, adding that half of the students in the program are now women - up from six last year - making it one of the most inclusive programs in the country. And the faculty is all working composers.”Ī new diversity scholarship offered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Bleeding Fingers Music aims to sponsor one or two Black students per school year. and because we are so connected, we can have Thomas Newman talk, we had Hans Zimmer, and they share their knowledge, they share their careers. “We really have the location advantage that no other school has,” Kirst says. ![]() The school’s 20-student master’s degree program in screen scoring is now run by interim director Kirst, who took over for Daniel Carlin earlier this year. USC’s access to Hollywood composers, directors and soundstages has made it the go-to destination for striving composers and placed it at the top of the list this year. ![]() To achieve this year’s music school rankings, THR polled the members of Hollywood’s Society of Composers and Lyricists, the Composers Diversity Collective, the Alliance of Women Film Composers, and the music branches of the Motion Picture Academy and Television Academy.
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