Composition – Scoring for Film and Media
The Master’s Programme in Music, Composition – Scoring for Film and Media, gives you the opportunity to develop your creative expression and refine your ability to musically convey drama and emotion in moving images. Through a dynamic and inspiring learning environment, you will acquire the tools needed to create music that resonates, enhances, and elevates storytelling in film, games, and other media productions.
The programme also focuses on strengthening your ability to adapt your work to the demands for innovation and change within the industry. Particular emphasis is placed on collaboration with key professionals in media production, such as directors, editors, and sound designers.
The studies primarily consist of individual composition lessons, complemented by group instruction in the form of workshops and seminars. You will also receive tuition in film analysis, digital tools, electroacoustic music, music theory, and instrumentation, as well as Music as a Profession. The programme includes project work and a final degree project.
Upon graduation, you will have the artistic and technical expertise required to work professionally as a composer in a constantly evolving industry.
Nicklas Schmidt, Teacher in Film Music Composition
Daniel Fjellström, Lecturer in Music Theory
The programme is conducted in collaboration with leading industry players, such as Film i Skåne, Massive Entertainment, Filmcentrum Syd, The Game Assembly, and other prominent institutions in the Øresund region. As a student, you will participate in various projects throughout your studies. One example of an orchestral collaboration is with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.
Connect Festival is a contemporary music festival organised by the students.
The Composition Seminar is a forum for aesthetic discussions, analysis, reflection and meetings with visiting professors, composers and musicians from the field of contemporary art music.
The composition studio serves as the programme’s platform for students' creative work in electroacoustic music, live electronics, and experimental studio production.
The Annik and Lars Leander Foundation awards an annual scholarship for composition students at the Malmö Academy of Music. Students enrolled in the following programmes are eligible to apply:
Bachelor programme
• Composition
Master programmes
• Composition Diploma
• Composition
• Composition – Scoring for Film and Media
Read more about the scholarships at Malmö Academy of Music
Every year the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (RSAM) awards national and local scholarships.
Students at Malmö Academy of Music are offered the opportunity to apply for international exchange studies each year—an excellent opportunity to experience new and inspiring study environments, meet new teachers, explore a different cultural scene, and build new connections.
Inter Arts Centre is our platform for electro-acoustic music and a meeting place for collaborations with other art forms such as theatre and the visual arts.
At the end of the programme, students complete a degree project consisting of a performance component and a creative research component with written reflections. For composition students, the degree project is typically based on a composition project but can also include an exam concert if the student chooses to incorporate that alongside their composition work. Upon completion of the programme, students are awarded a Degree of Master in Music, Composition – Scoring for Film and Media.
Quick Facts
Duration
120 ECTS credits / 2 years full-time
Kind of programme
Master's Programme in Music
Language of instruction
Swedish and English
Application period
No admission for the academic year 2025/2026
Syllabus
Programme syllabus (PDF 1294 KB, new tab)
Entry requirements
General requirements for university studies in Sweden as well as a Bachelor in Music 180 credits or equivalent and successful entrance tests to the Master’s Programme in Music, Composition – Scoring for Film and Media.
Information about admission
No admission for the academic year 25/26. The next admission period opens for the academic year 26/27.
Questions about admission:
admissions [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se
Contact
Thea Lundbäck
Programme Coordinator
thea [dot] lundback [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (thea[dot]lundback[at]mhm[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 40 32 54 25