TV & Film Scoring Top 10 schools

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1. USC Thornton School of Music

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      Department website: Screen scoring

      Notable Faculty: Daniel Carlin Laura Karpman Richard McIlvery Eric Schmidt 

                            ​Garry Schyman Lawrence Shragge Christopher Young​

      Alumni story: Spotlights & News 

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2. NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

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3. Berklee College of Music

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      Department website: Film scoring

      Notable Faculty: Alison Plante Sean McMahon Andreas Bjorck Richard Davis Dario Eskenazi

                            Sheldon Mirowitz Eric Reasoner Michael Sweet Duncan Watt 

    ​​  Alumni story

4. Seattle Film Institute

    Department website: Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program​

    Notable Faculty:  Dr. Hummie Mann Steven Bradford Dr. James Forsher, PhD 

                                   ​James Nixon Bill Weir 

    ​​ Alumni story

​5. University of Miami Frost School of Music 

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      Department website: Scoring for film, TV, & games

      Notable Faculty: Randall Barlow Carlos Rivera Camilo Rodriguez 

    ​Alumni story

6. Columbia College Chicago Fine and Performing Arts

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      Department website: Music composition for the screen

      Notable Faculty: Miriam Cutler Kubilay Uner​

    ​Alumni story:

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7. Musician's Institute

      Department website: Scoring for visual media​

    ​Notable Faculty: Joe Bagg Haim Mazar Tom Villano​

    ​Alumni story:

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8. California Institute of Arts Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

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      Department website: Composition and Experimental Sound Practice​

      Notable Faculty: Ulrich Krieger Marc Lowenstein David Rosenboom

      ​​Alumni story:

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9. University of North Texas College of Music

    Department website: Media Arts​

   ​Notable Faculty:  Eugene Martin Jason Balas Dr. Harry M. Benshoff 

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