Queensland’s leading high school film scoring competition

Score It is an exciting, collaborative opportunity for young budding composers across Queensland, to compose and submit a score to an existing short animation created by Griffith Film School students. This Open Conservatorium initiative allows young composers to experience writing, orchestrating and arranging for films.

Music teachers and students throughout Queensland can engage with this activity in different ways.  We’ve mapped requirements to the Year 11 and 12 QCAA high school curriculum for music, so teachers can embed Score It into their curriculum and use this opportunity as an assessment piece. Otherwise, it can be part of an extension activity or it can just be something fun for students to do outside of class.

Beyond the learning opportunities associated with engaging in this activity, students with well-developed scores may wish to submit their work in the annual Score It competition (with their teacher's endorsement). Students wishing to submit a score for competition will need to have written endorsement from their music teacher, confirming that the score is complete and meets the submission requirements.

All entries receive feedback from Conservatorium academics and students, and selected scores receive a live performance with film by a Conservatorium ensemble.

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How do I enter the Score It competition?

Beyond students using these animations in class or for fun, there is also a more formal side to the program. The Score It competition involves students submitting their scores to their teachers, who will endorse what they feel are the very best compositions for entry.

It's really important that the online submission process involves teachers, because we want teachers to be aware of what their students are submitting, and to be selective in what they put forward. Score It focuses on scores composed specifically for a studio symphony orchestra, as the winning scores will be performed by a live orchestra, in collaboration with a projected film.

What happens after I submit my score?

Queensland Conservatorium students, alumni, and academics review the submitted scores, provide comments and feedback, and select a very best composition for each film. We endeavour to provide feedback for every submission.

The selected winners will then have the unique opportunity to be workshopped by Queensland Conservatorium academics and alumni to fine-tune their process before submitting a final version. Professor Peter Morris will conduct the selected works with the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra live in the annual FilmHarmonic event in September.

Submission information

  • For those wishing to enter the Score It competition, please click the button below for submission information, including specific details on instrumentation, score preparation, audio/video requirements and music teacher endorsement. You'll also be able to register your interest to be notified when submissions officially open.
  • Each application is judged by our expert panel of film and music professionals from the Griffith University community.
  • Finalists will receive workshops by Queensland Conservatorium academics and students, with the winning composition to be performed by the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in the annual FilmHarmonic concert in September.

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    2021 Score It performance of Welcome to Winton with winning composition by Amy Chuong
  1. (Queensland Academy of Creative Industries)

2024 Animations

Cadence

2D Animation (2023)

Azar and her young daughter Nedah share a sheltered life in a home surrounded by trees. Their routine is disrupted when Nedah encounters a bird’s curious chirping; she innocently repeats its cadence causing the trees that confine their garden to part and reveal an outside world of wonder. With Nedah wanting to explore this new world, and Azar terrified of what lies ahead for her youngest child, will Azar once again repeat her mistakes?

  1. Writer and Director: Ava Rasouli-Matin
  2. Producer: Amy Ni

A Special Gift

2D Animation (2023)

Our story follows Robert, a young orphan moth living with his best friend Emma near a derelict church. With Christmas approaching, Robert aims to surprise Emma with a wagon, but lacks one single coin. After a challenging search to obtain the coin, Robert arrives too late to buy the wagon. Defeated, a chance encounter with a garbage worker and discarded trash inspires a creative solution. The next morning, Emma wakes up to her ‘special gift’, and a heartwarming celebration of their friendship.

  1. Writer and Director: Kody Lindquist
  2. Producer: Mia Kilgour

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