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Welcome to the leading community of industry professionals dedicated to the art of scoring.

We’ve created an incredible collection of resources, including nearly a decade of score studies, guest interviews, panel discussions, and other helpful files, to take you deeper into the craft of scoring for media and exploring music’s relationship to picture.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

If you would like to participate in the March 9 Ravel Challenge featuring Thomas Goss, click here for full instructions.

Here’s what membership gives you.

Score Studies

Full access to years of our video archives including studies of composers like Igor Stravinsky, John Williams, Claude Debussy, Gustav Holst, Jerry Goldsmith, and many more.

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Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 4)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 3)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 2)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 1)

Resphigi’s Pines of Rome

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Cantata

Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Overture

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

Holst Planets: Neptune

Holst Planets: Uranus

Bernard Herrmann and the Psychological Narrative of His Film Scores

Holst Planets: Saturn

Ravel Challenge 2017 with Thomas Goss

Thomas Goss

Holst Planets: Jupiter

Holst Planets: Mercury

Holst Planets: Venus

Holst Planets: Mars

Erich Korngold and The Adventures of Robin Hood

Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain

John Williams’s Catch Me If You Can

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances Score Study: America

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Rumble

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Cool

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Maria

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Mambo

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Scherzo

Bernstein Symphonic Dances Score Study: Prologue

Appalachian Spring

Star Wars Score Study

Star Wars Score Study: Imperial March

Star Wars Score Study

Rite of Spring Score Study

Star Wars Score Study

Ellington Jazz Studies

Deep dives into jazz theory and visits from some of the most accomplished jazz musicians in the world.

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Linear Harmony and Black Bottom Stomp

Arranging for Bern Bern Bern

Birth of the Cool

Black, Brown, and Beige: Bitches and Brews

Composer’s Intent

Tim Davies and His Big Band Arranging

Meter and Time in Jazz Composition

The Clothed Woman

Brent Fischer

Form and Harmonic Motion, Hello and Goodbye

Thad, Duke, and Some College Chords

Maids of Cadiz, Sammy Nestico, and Thad Jones

Such Sweet Thunder

Ko Ko, Duke’s Jungle Period, and Moten Swing

Concerto for Cootie and Blues for Pablo

Guest Interviews

Dozens of talks featuring some of the industry’s most fascinating people discussing their work, craft, techniques, and business.

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Jeff Babko

Drummer Bernie Dresel

Nathan Barr and the FOX Studio Organ

Christopher Willis and The Death of Stalin

Drummer Paul Peress

Italian Composer Carlo Siliotto

Joe Kraemer and the Music of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Mervyn Warren

Grant Geissman

Tim Davies

Michael Abels and the Music of Get Out

Ron Jones: 21 Reasons Composers Shouldn’t Be in the Hamburger Business

Carl Rydlund

Chris Boardman: A Lifetime of Change

Gordy Haab and the Music of Star Wars Battlefront

Scoring the Battle: The Music of Halo Wars 2

Penka Kouneva

Anthony Parnther

Tim Davies and His Big Band Arranging

Siddhartha Khosla and the Music of This Is Us

Del Casher

Music in Advertising with Elizabeth Myers

Sharon Farber

Brent Fischer

Scoring Games with Jason Graves

Garry Schyman and the Music of Bioshock

John Altman and Goldeneye’s Tank Chase Scene

Edwin Wendler

Russell Steinberg

The Session Life with Dan Higgins and Don Williams

Neal Desby

Lyndon Johnston Taylor

London Meets Hollywood

Earle Dumler

Richard Niles

Adrienne Albert

Gene “Cip” Cipriano

Alex Rannie: Creating Disney in Concert

Mike Lang

Tyler Bates

Cliff Eidelman

Steve Barden

Kevin Kiner and the Music of Clone Wars

Greg Edmonson

Richard Bellis

Tyler Bates

Discounted Ticketing

Your membership includes significant discounts for attending our live events, including Ravel studies, Ellington groups, INFOrum panel discussions, Legends film score studies, and more. Attend more than six studies and your membership will have paid for itself with the discounts alone.

Mix with industry professionals

Many of our events include lunch with the price of admission. Sit down and break bread with fellow professionals to talk music, pick their brains, and compare notes. You can even play your music in our Adventures in Listening feature and receive instant constructive criticism.

Discounts

Our Harmony Partners Program provides our members with special discounts on studio gear, software, and services from a specially curated list of composer-friendly vendors.

Ongoing Education for Musicians

Membership can be a major form of ongoing education for many of our members. We all need continued stimulation and exposure to make strides forward in our craft and career.

Community

You're never alone when you join a community that loves music and film scores the same way you do. Ask your questions, get musical and career advice, and make strides towards achieving your dreams.

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