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A foundation of compositional and technical skills required to become a professional composer for New Media i.e., Film, TV, and videogames. These skills include (a) use of music software such as MIDI sequencers, digital audio workstations, synth plug-ins, orchestral sample libraries, and music/audio editors like in Pro Tools; and (b) an understanding of how to compose instrumental underscores for scenes from films and shows, utilizing the right emotions and dramatic moods, ambient and thematic beds. In New Media, you always have a customer--a film director, producer, show runner, game developer etc.--and you will learn how to talk to that customer and provide the music they need to enhance their project. As an extension of the New Media Seminar class, in which we screen notable movies and discuss their music scores, students will analyze the work of seminal composers of Western music and learn to compose by mimicking their style. Compositions will be scored and notated for common instruments but realized through software emulation. Software used in class: a digital audio workstation (Logic Pro) and orchestral sample libraries such as East/West Composer Cloud. Music for New Media majors only. Others may take course with permission of instructor.