Is a CS Deg Needed to Make Game Soundtracks?

Kurtiz666 asks: "A good friend of mine has his bachelor's in music composition - he wants to score game soundtracks for a living. He's a very good composer but has had difficulty breaking into the industry, doing only occasional work like soundtracks for plays and such. He thinks getting a CS degree will help him and is making plans to go back to school, but I'm not entirely convinced he needs this degree. I don't want to sound like his mother or anything, but I also don't want him to waste 2 years on school if he doesn't have to. So, how do you break into the game soundtrack field? Are there any software skills you recommend, and is a CS degree really necessary?"

Comments

Yes

[booch]

Yes. You need a CS degree. That's all there is to it. You don't need any skills or experience or anything. In fact, knowing anything about music would be bad. Duh!

The Wizard of Oz to the Scarecrow: I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.

A friend of mine had the same problem!

[biglig2]

He was writing music, and having some sucess, but he wanted to make really romantic music, you know, the sort of music that people play while they make sweet love.

Took him 12 years to become a gynacologist, but it was worth it. That man's name? Michael Bolton.