Composition Competition Competence Centre Film | Film Music

The competition is for the composition of the music for the graduation film of the MUK drama study programme 2025

The feature film has a length of approx. 30 minutes. It will be shown as part of the MUK film screening Film ab! at the end of June 2025 at the Austrian Film Museum Vienna and, if possible, subsequently submitted to international competitions (primarily in German-speaking countries).

All MUK students are eligible to participate. Participation as a composition team is welcome, whereby the team must then consist of at least 50% MUK students.

In ‘Phase 1’, a short film excerpt by director Achmed Abdel-Salam will be made available to be set to music. You are free to have the music start and stop at the points that suit you - the film excerpt does not have to be provided with music throughout. The style of the music and the instrumentation are freely selectable. Sound design in addition to the music is possible, but not obligatory. Live accompaniment of the final film is not planned.

The film excerpt to be set to music can be found here:

Please submit your composition for the film excerpt as a MOV file. In this ‘Phase 1’, MIDI demos or working with samples as placeholders for acoustic instruments are also possible.

Members of the MUK's Competence Centre for Film | Film Music will work with the team of directors of the final film to select the most suitable composition from the submissions.

The music for the new graduation film will then be created in ‘Phase 2’. Shooting will take place in spring 2025. Collaboration with the directing team in the development of the music is expressly desired.

For the recording of the film music, support with recording and mixing by the Competence Centre Film | Film Music is also possible. In general, only instruments that can be made available at the MUK or organised by the composers themselves should be used. Participating composers and musicians will be credited with 2 ECTS points in the elective subject area.

Deadline for submission: 10 February 2025

Applications at: film@muk.ac.at

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