Music
Music
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.
Find out how our programs are bound to be music to your ears.
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Music
Courses
MUSC X 484.31
Music Supervision for Film and Television
Interested in the business and art of film and television music? Learn exactly what a music supervisor does by drawing on the combined resources of the film and television communities to marry music and moving images.
MUSC X 409.8
Professional Songwriting for the Commercial Market: A Weekly Workout
In this workshop, songwriters seek to hone their craft through support and critique as each class is divided in two parts: the first section devoted to critiquing student compositions and the second to lectures and discourse.
MUSC X 484.931
Put Your Music to Work: Composition for Commercials
Learn how to develop and fine-tune your musical skills for scoring TV commercials with weekly assignments, discussions, and critiques. Finish this course with a successful body of work to be put on your reel or website.
MUSC X 449.41
Recording, Mixing, and Editing Techniques for Film Composers
Geared towards film composers, this course teaches you the basics of professional applications and workflows for composing, recording, mixing, and editing in the modern DAW environment.
MUSC X 483.3
Score like the Masters: Contemporary Techniques
Gain an understanding, and learn to emulate, current compositional techniques and their enhanced possibilities of expression. Learn to sound like a contemporary composer, as many professionals are asked to do on assignment.