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Submit your music.
Win recording sessions
and more great prizes.
Submit your original music for adjudication by a jury of over a dozen industry professionals, curated by the Film Scoring Academy of Europe and the European Recording Orchestra (ERO), for the chance to win great prizes and studio recording sessions of your music.
The 2024 Call for Scores includes more prizes for more composers than ever before.
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Submit music of any instrumentation. There are no restrictions on instrumentation, duration, style, or the composer's age, ethnicity or experience. Submit examples of your best music.
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Submit more than one piece and let your creative voice speak for you. Adjudication takes into account the composer's unique compositional voice as displayed across multiple submissions.
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Composers must submit a PDF and mp3 of their music via the form below. mp3's can be notation software audio renderings, MIDI mockups or live recorded audio.
2024
Prizes
All Composers • All entering composers are awarded an extended 4-month trial of Dorico Pro 5 and a 20% off Dorico coupon, courtesy of Steinberg and the Dorico team!
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Top 250 • Exclusive Access to FSAE Online Educational Content and a €1,000 Scholarship to the FSAE Online Graduate Diploma in Film & Game Scoring
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Top 150 • Private 90-minute Live Seminar: "Crafting Compelling Hybrid Scores" hosted by the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, and a €750 Scholarship to the annual Film Scoring Summer Program on the Black Sea
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Top 50 • Two private 90-minute Live Seminars with:
1. Conrad Pope, Hollywood's most prolific orchestrator
2. Christopher Young, one of Hollywood's most notable film composers
Top 10 • Finalists
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Steinberg's Dorico Elements 5 (€99 value)
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One-on-one orchestration lesson with Dr. Norman Ludwin, orchestrator for Michael Giacchino
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Individual Feedback Sheets from the Jury
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Top 5 • Top Finalists
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17-piece strings recording session with the European Recording Orchestra (ERO) at Doli Media Studio (€475 value) - Top Finalists only
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Steinberg's Dorico Pro 5 (€579 value)
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One-on-one "Finding Your Voice" session with Dr. Andy Hill, Director of Studies at FSAE
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Promotion in various public forums and industry spaces, as well as the ERO's Call for Scores 'Past Winners' Leaderboard
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Top 2 • Co-Winners
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52-piece symphony orchestra recording session with the European Recording Orchestra (ERO) at BNR Studio 1 (€1,175 value)
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Steinberg's Dorico Pro 5 (€579 value)
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Steinberg's Iconica Opus Library (€999 value)
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Professionally mixed and edited audio and video from the session to be used in paid promotion for the composer
2024 Results
Listen to the Winners:
Listen to the Top Finalists:
Follow the ERO for results!
Past Winners and Finalists
Honorable mentions from the 2022 Call for Scores are awarded to composers Andre Carvalho, Ann Chia-Ying Lee, David John Roche, Dominik Zvoboda, Nicolas Ballois, Patryk Sikora, Pere Gual, Su-Chan Sang, Yiren Wang, Zhengtao Pan, and Ziang Liu. Additional congratulations to you on your fantastic submissions!
