MIKE LADOUCEUR'S COMPLETE FILM MUSIC COURSE
This comprehensive and proven course will show you how to write music to picture with each step from concept to delivery

YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Mike Ladouceur has years of experience working in Hollywood film music as well as academia. His debut album, Between Worlds, was released in 2019 and he is published by Warp Publishing.
By enrolling in this course, you will learn the skills necessary to write and deliver music effectively for any size production. You will understand how music is created for the biggest productions giving you the skills necessary to work as an assistant to top level composers as you begin your career.
Mike is a Professor of Composition for Screen at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London, one of the top rated film music Masters programmes in the world. He is also an Affiliate Lecturer at Cambridge University teaching film music courses.
He has written additional music and arrangements for many productions including His Dark Materials (HBO/BBC), Marcella (ITV/Netflix), Love. Wedding. Repeat (Netflix). He has also worked as Orchestrator on major blockbusters including Black Widow (Disney/Marvel), Ad Astra (Plan B), Gemini Man (Skydance/Paramount), 6 Underground (Netflix), Mission Impossible: Fallout (Paramount) and many others.
STUDENT TESTIMONIAL
CURRICULUM INCLUDED
UNIT 1 - COMPOSING THEMES AND SUITES
Themes and Suites
Creating Thematic Material
Walkthrough of Lucy's Theme from How We Live
UNIT 2 - PRODUCING DEMOS
Fundamentals of Programming
Foundational Mixing Concepts
Polishing Lines and MIDI Orchestration
Creating Dynamic Textures and Adding Color
Exporting Stems
UNIT 3 - SETTING MUSIC TO PICTURE
Story Beats in a Scene
Directing the Story with Music
Role of the Music Editor
Music Editing from Stems
Conforming and Composing Cues
UNIT 4 - RECORDING SESSION PREPARATIONS
Cleaning Sessions and ProTools Prep
MIDI Sketching and Orchestrating
Layout and Formatting for Scores and Parts
Music Team in the Recording Studio
Creating your Recording Plan
UNIT 5 - HOME/SMALL STUDIO RECORDING AND MIXING
Microphone Positions and Use Cases for Each
Editing and Tuning Live Recordings
Combining Live Recordings with Samples
Mixing and Finalising your Tracks
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