Music and Sound Design for Film, Television, and Interactive Media

Royal Holloway, University of London
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 3 Years Music

A-Level Entry

ABB - BBB

Avg. Graduate Salary

£25,000

About this course

BA Music and Sound Design for Film, Television, and Interactive Media at Royal Holloway is a flexible, all-round music degree with a special focus on music and sound for film, TV, games and other media.

Studying across both our music and media arts departments, you’ll deepen your core skills in both areas, whilst gaining expertise in music and sound design. You’ll collaborate and work with the next generation of filmmakers and media creatives, designing soundtracks for new projects just as you would in professional practice. Whilst being taught by our expert scholars, composers and sound designers, you’ll have access to our excellent facilities including our professional-grade composition studios.

You will join a music department that is among the very best in the country, ranked third in the UK for research quality (REF 2014) and the only music department in the country to hold a prestigious Regius Professorship. Our well connected department means you have the opportunity to make valuable music industry contacts. Our staff are connected with musical networks such Wigmore Hall, the BBC Proms, Royal Opera House.

  • Learn to compose and create soundtracks for a variety of media and contexts

  • Graduate with a portfolio of work to get you started on your career

  • Gain musical and academic skills to become a creative, versatile and employable practitioner

  • Study music and sound to understand how it works in film, television, games, and beyond

  • Learn how to collaborate and work as a composer on media projects

  • From time to time, we make changes to our courses to improve the student and learning experience, and this is particularly the case as we continue to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. If we make a significant change to your chosen course, we’ll let you know as soon as we can.

    From time to time, we make changes to our courses to improve the student and learning experience, and this is particularly the case as we continue to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. If we make a significant change to your chosen course, we’ll let you know as soon as we can.

  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades ABB - BBB
    Scottish Higher AABBB
    Scottish Advanced Higher ABB - BBB
    BTEC DDM

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
    3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
    3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
    2319 Teaching professionals
    3415 Musicians
    3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    3 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Egham
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Music
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £25,000