Film Music Composition (1) Melody Writing – Main Titles: Christopher Young

The core objectives of the course are threefold: (1) to demonstrate the importance of melody and improve the students’ ability to write memorably melodies in song form, (2) to pass on knowledge of useful techniques and devices for scoring horror, thriller, and suspense films (HTS), through discussion and analysis of an entire feature film, and (3) to improve the students’ ability to think on their feet. Class assignments will give the students the opportunity to explore these issues in their own writing and analyses of other scores.