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BA (Hons) Music and Sound for Film, TV and Games*

  • Duration: 3–4 years full-time
  • Placement year: Optional 1 year
  • Course code: To be confirmed
  • Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
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Career destinations

The course prepares you for a wide range of professional careers in music and sound, also building transferable skills that would be important to employers beyond the creative industries.

Recent research by the Royal College of Music (2026) shows that music graduates are currently in demand in a number of sectors, so the units and assessments aim to combine opportunities for creativity in addition to building skills in problem-solving, time management and communication.

There are many potential careers across film, TV and games including:

  • Composer
  • Sound designer
  • Music editor
  • Music supervisor
  • Dubbing mixer
  • Foley artist (sound effects)
  • Voice artist
  • Orchestrator/arranger
  • Sample library developer
  • Production music composer
  • Sync co-ordinator
  • Music publisher
  • Artists and Repertoire (A&R)
  • Game audio developer
  • Radio/podcast production