Composition and Film Scoring - Degree

COMP_FILM
Catalog Year Fall 19 - Sum 20 BM5.COMP.FILM
The film scoring major requires the purchasing of the film scoring major bundle, which
includes specific hardware and software components that meet the curricular, musical, and
professional goals of the major. More information can be found on Berklee's website at
www.berklee.edu/computers or obtained from the Film Scoring Department chair.

REQUIRED
*Study Abroad - This grid indicates which semesters would be best for students in this major
to study abroad at Berklee's Valencia, Spain campus. Please note not all major concentrate
courses are available in Valencia. For specific program information please see your major
chair or contact the study abroad office at studyabroad@berklee.edu.
SEMESTERS
Course Number Course Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
COMPOSITION CONCENTRATE: 30 Credits Required 30
CM-221 Techniques of Tonal Writing 2
MLAN-311 Analysis of Classical and Romantic Music 2
CP-311 Advanced Counterpoint 2
CM-311 & 312 Contemporary Techniques in Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CM-231 Instrumentation & Score Preparation 2
MLAN-312 Analysis: 20th- and 21st-Century 2
CM-441 Scoring for Full Orchestra 2
CM-398, 497, & 498 Directed Study in Composition 1, 2, & 3 1 1 2
Major Electives* 2 4 2 2
Composition Portfolio As part of the Composition concentrate requirements, a portfolio must be satisfactorily completed. Information can be obtained from the Department
Completion Chair.
*Major Electives (select from the following): Any CM, CP, COND, MLAN, and MHIS course not already taken as part of the major, as well as CW-237, CW-247 and CW-257,
ENCL-406, PSVC-343, and SW-345

FILM SCORING CONCENTRATE: 30 Credits Required 30

ISKB-211 & 212 Basic Keyboard 1 & 2 1 1
FS-221 Intensive Introduction to Film Scoring 2
FS-203 Scoring Technology 1 (must be taken with FS-241) 2
FS-241 Dramatic Scoring 1 (must be taken with FS-203) 2
FS-303 Scoring Technology 2 (must be taken with FS-340 and FS-341) 2
FS-340 Dramatic Orchestration for Film (must be taken with FS-303 and FS-341) 2
FS-341 Dramatic Scoring 2 (must be taken with FS-303 and FS-340) 2
FS-351 Post-Romantic Scoring 2
FS-403 Scoring Technology 3 (must be taken with FS-441) 2
FS-441 Dramatic Scoring 3 (must be taken with FS-403) 2
FS-487 Senior Portfolio and Seminar in Film Scoring 2
FS-xxx Advanced Film Scoring Elective* 2
Major Electives* 2 2 2
*Advanced Film Scoring Electives: take any FS 400 level course not already completed, except FS-495.
**Major Electives (select from the following): CM-312, CM-341, CM-342, CM-361, CM-441, COND-351, COND-361, COND-484, CP-311, CW-237, CW-255, FS–271, FS–343,
FS–371, FS–495, MLAN-312, MB-201, MB-211, MP-210, PW-265, PW-365, SW-273, SW-345, or any advanced film scoring elective not taken as requirement.
CORE MUSIC: 43 Credits Required 43
PERF 1-4 Performance Core 12 credits)
Private Instruction (50 min lessons are 2 credits, 30 min lessons are 1 credit) 2 2 1 1
Lab (ILxx course) 1 1
Ensemble (ENxx course) 1 1 1 1
Total Credits per semester** 3 3 3 3
PW-111 Music Application and Theory 4
AR-111 Arranging 1 2
HR-112 - 212 Harmony 2 - 4 2 2 2
ET-111 & 112 Ear Training 1 & 2 2 2
ET 231 & 232 Solfege 1 & 2 2 2
CM-211 & 212 Tonal Harmony and Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CP-210 & 215 The Art of Counterpoint, Art of Counterpoint 2 3 2
COND-211/216 Conducting 1 1
COND-212/217 Conducting 2 1
*Students are required to enroll in an ensemble and private instruction during their first 4 full-time semesters. In semester 2 they may select either a 50 minute lesson (2 credits)
OR a 30 minute lesson (1 credit) with a co-requisite 1 hour lab (1 credit - ILxx course). Lab credits may replace ensemble credits and vice versa, and one performance studies
course (PSxx-) may replace 2 credits of ensembles or labs during the first four semesters. Additional PSxx courses may be taken as General Electives or ASE credits, depending on
major. Performance Major ASEs include ENxx, ILxx, PFET, PSxx. Performance Major ASEs do not include Performance Studies Health courses (PSH-xxx), PSHR–321,
PSVC–425, PSPC–341, or PSME–xxx.
LIBERAL ARTS: 39 Credits Required 39
MTEC-111 Introduction to Music Technology 2
LENS-10X Engaging Seminars 2
LHUM-400 Professional Development Seminar 2
LENG-111 & LENG-223 Introduction to College Writing/Literature Topics 3 3
LMSC-xxx Mathematics/Natural Sciences (200 level or above) 3
LHIS-xxx History 3
LSOC-xxx Social Sciences 3
MHIS-251 & 252 General Music History 1 & 2 2 2
MHIS-22x Music of the African Diaspora in the United States 2
LVIS-xxx Visual Studies 3
LMAS-xxx Music & Society 3
Lxxx-xxx* Liberal Arts Electives 3 3
*These courses choosen from any of the above three-credit categories. Additional options for electives include LFRN (French), LJPN (Japanese), LHUM (humanities), LPHL
(philosophy), and LSPN (Spanish). Liberal Arts elective courses must be three (3) credits and the course code must have a prefix from the above list. Please note that courses with
prefix LHAN are not liberal arts courses and cannot be used as liberal arts electives.
GENERAL ELECTIVES: 8 Credits Required 1 2 3 1 1 8
SEMESTER CREDIT TOTALS - - > 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 150