Music Consultant
for Film and TV
Level I Master’s Degree
Level I Master’s Degree (authorized by the Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research) in Music Consulting for Film and Television Productions, offered in collaboration with ANICA Academy, including internships and practical training at leading film and television production companies.
Upon completion of the program, students will have acquired specific skills for managing live or recorded television programs, including the ability to perform real-time synchronization and cuts, as well as skills in music consulting for film, television, and animation productions—in particular, rights management, the use of music libraries, the management of licensing agreements and synchronization rights.
Thanks to our partnership with ANICA Academy, the program includes modules taught by faculty members and professionals from the audiovisual industry, who integrate music consulting with the production, distribution, and promotion of audiovisual content:
- Companies, markets, and production and distribution processes in film, television, and new media, with Massimo Galimberti
- The Original Song as a Marketing Tool for Audiovisual Products, with Stefania Sgobbi
- Sound in Animation: History, Theory, and Analysis, with Valerio Sbravatti
Duration 1 year
Class ScheduleApproximately 360 hours of classes per year,mostly held every two weeks, concentrated into 2–3 consecutive days.
Where Saint Louis College of Music, Rome
Language Italian
The Master’s program in Music Consulting for Film and Television has a limited enrollment, accepting a maximum of 35 students each year, who are selected based on a review of their qualifications and an admissions interview.
Theoretical-experiential course, at the end of which the student will have acquired historical skills related to the emotional paths of music and cultural skills regarding the emotional impact of images combined with appropriate music. The Master of Music Film TV Consultant will also have acquired skills in handling audio editing,
cutting, editing and post production for film and TV.
- Music consulting for film and TV: historical and technical insights, music consulting practice workshops, copyrights and royalties.
- Technologies and techniques of audio/video filming and recording: technologies and techniques of audio and audio editing and post-production for video, audio-video synchronization.
- History and analysis of musical forms and repertoires: from opera house to pop song, with critical listening and analysis of compositional forms.
- Applied music: history of music imaging and elements of aesthetics, musical rhetoric, soundscapes.
- Final test divided into three parts: a practical test of making a 10-minute live broadcast with material provided by partner companies, written test of music culture related to the history of music for images, and practical test of making music synchronization for a short film provided by partner companies.
Upon completion of the Level I Master’s degree (aut. MUR), the student will have acquired the skills to perform the profession of:
- music consultant fortelevision studios;
- music consultant for film production companies.
Saint Louis also connects its students with the music industry through internships and work placements at leading companies in the field, including RAI, Fandango, Aurora Dischi,Monk, Leave music, Heartist, Soundtrack [a company that works for Mediaset, Banijay, Endemol, Fremantle, and Blu Yazmine].
Attendance at the Master’s program is divided into:
- modules with entirely face-to-face classes: practical music consulting workshops, Technologies and techniques of filming and audio recording, Music consultant for film, Music consultant for television, Music for images and aesthetics, music rhetoric, soundscapes, Technologies and techniques of audio and audio editing and post-production for video audio video synchronization, Analysis of compositional forms, for a total of 240 hours;
- modules with classes with mixed frequency, all other subjects with a maximum of 90 hours that can be attended online, synchronously.
In order to earn the Master’s degree, 80% of the classes in each subject must be attended.
