Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- use appropriate technologies to realise a given musical ideas as sound or as a set of instructions
- listen critically to music and/or sound to identify its essential components and how they relate to each other
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- work independently to produce original composition
- demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to engage in healthy, critical self-reflective practice
- Employ skills of research and exploration; gathering, synthesis and evaluation of information, including the ability to quote from and acknowledge written sources and use of digital information sources and tools
- devise appropriate schedules to manage creativity and meet production and delivery requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- aesthetic issues and broader contexts relating to music composition and production
- realising musical ideas as appropriate in professional score and/or audio and/or multimedia formats
- creating a coherent portfolio of musical pieces of significant and appropriate complexity in duration, scope and realisation.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- research, conceptualise, plan, realise and document a coherent portfolio of music
- contextualise your own creative work within the relevant field
- develop musical and/or sonic materials using appropriate techniques for chosen musical style(s)
- select and implement key technical strategies and formal procedures in your own composition
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Practical classes and workshops | 8 |
| Independent Study | 284 |
| Lecture | 2 |
| Project supervision | 6 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Joanna Demers (2010). Listening through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music.
Frank Lehman (2018). Hollywood Harmony Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema.
Tim Rutherford-Johnson (2007). Music after the Fall Modern Composition and Culture since 1989.
David Huron (2008). Sweet Anticipation Music and the Psychology of Expectation.
Jennie Gottschalk (2016). Experimental Music Since 1970.
Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner (2007). Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music.
Philip Ewell (2023). On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone.
Kate Molleson (2022). Sound Within Sound.
Jace Clayton (2016). Uproot : travels in twenty-first-century music and global digital culture.
Richard Davis (2010). Complete Guide to Film Scoring.
David Huber and Robert Runstein (2017). Modern Recording Techniques.
Fred Karlin (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Composition | 70% |
| Reflective report | 20% |
| Project plan | 10% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Composition | 70% |
| Reflective report | 30% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Project plan | 10% |
| Composition | 70% |
| Reflective report | 20% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External