Also called: Film Music Editor
Cuts and fits music to picture, and helps the composer and director during scoring.
A music editor builds temporary music tracks for early screenings, then edits the composer's score so each cue lands exactly on a cut or kiss.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Music and audio background.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Music Technology, Film Scoring.
Growing slowly. Small niche.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI can fit music to picture automatically for simple work; helping composers and directors on complex scoring stays human.
Classes: Music theory, Film/video production CTE, Audio or music technology, Music.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4014.
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