Woman scoring music for video games.

Scoring for Games: Composing Music for Interactive Media

Michael Sweet shares eight techniques that can be used to score interactive music for video games.

Video game audio designer at their computer with headphones on.

How to Become a Video Game Audio Designer

Ever wonder who creates the sounds that fuel your triple kill streak or boss battle showdown? Berklee Online instructor Gina Zdanowicz and alum Renzo Heredia share how they built careers in video game audio—and what aspiring game designers should know about game jams, freelancing, and breaking into the industry.

Budapest Scoring Orchestra Brings Life to Student Film Scores from Across the Ocean

Behind the scenes with four Berklee Online Film Scoring grad students, who recently got to serve as music directors while an orchestra in Budapest performed scores the students had written.

Peter Bell sits at a sound board creating commercial music.

Commercial Music: Writing Jingles and Music for Advertising

Peter Bell has written countless jingles for brands like Nike, RC Cola, Converse, and the American Red Cross, so he knows a thing or two about writing music for advertising.

Pedro Osuna conducting at Berklee College of Music.

Pedro Osuna’s Berklee Journey Began with a Free Video

Pedro Osuna, a graduate of Berklee College of Music’s Film Scoring program, began his Berklee journey as a teenager in Granada, Spain with Berklee Online’s massive open online courses.

Jon Kull on Orchestrating Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Blockbuster Movies

You know who Jon Kull is, even if you don’t know that you know who he is. You’ve heard his orchestrations in films like all of the Hunger Games movies, King Kong, Avatar, Black Panther, The Mandolorian, and so many more.

Student Spotlight: Bonny Baez

In the past two years, Bonny Baez has transitioned from his full-time career as an animator, and now splits his time between freelance animation work and a focus on music.

Will Dailey on Crowdfunding and Getting Music Placed on TV

Will Dailey has sold his car for rock ‘n’ roll! In this edition of Music Is My Life, he talks about his current crowdfunding campaign.

Berklee Online Professor Mark Cross Goes Fifty Shades Darker

Even though Mark Cross composed three pieces of music for the brand new Fifty Shades film, it’s unlikely that he and his wife will be sitting in the cinema on Valentine’s Day.

Glenn Kotche Talks Wilco, Solo Projects, and Soundtrack Work

Music is Glenn Kotche’s life. From the age of three through his study of classical percussion in college to playing with Wilco, music has always been a part of this drummer’s narrative. Hear his story.