Music
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Make your mark in the music industry.
It's often said you need to "know someone" to enter the music business.
Now you do.
Whether you're looking for a new career, or already work in music and want to go further in your field, UCLA Extension's unparalleled training and connections can help take your career further, faster.
We have three comprehensive certificates and a shorter specialization to choose from, and we're home to one of the top film scoring programs in the world.
Learn from prominent guest speakers and instructors who are top industry professionals by day, and great teachers by night.
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Music
Courses
MUSC X 482.3
Bringing the Power of Music to Film: A Film Scoring Seminar
This seminar is for film composers, filmmakers, and others interested in the subtle art of film scoring. During the seminar we will examine the crucial contribution music makes to narrative and emotional expression in film.
MUSC X 485
Composing Music for Animation
Learn the aspects of scoring for animation including musical jokes, quick changes in style, and mood in wall-to-wall score by following broad schools of animation: story driven, action-oriented animation, and hip and quirky.
MUSC X 478.52
Composing Music for Video Games
Through weekly writing assignments and audio-visual demonstrations, you gain an understanding of the composition techniques, organization, and delivery formats unique to the video game industry.
MUSC X 404.4
Crafting Great Lyrics: A Songwriting Workshop
Of interest to beginners as well as more experienced songwriters, this course offers a supportive and inspirational writing workshop environment focusing on three interrelated aspects of songwriting: form, theme, and content.
MUSC X 440
Create and Produce Your Own Music Project
Through intensive, hands-on, real-world classes, learn the ins-and-outs of the creative side of music production from performing to producing.