Build a Strong Compositional Core
Develop a deep understanding of melody, harmony, accompaniment, and counterpoint with a structured approach that strengthens your fundamental skills and expands your musical toolkit.
From First Ideas to Fully Developed Pieces
Move beyond short musical sketches and learn to shape complete, engaging compositions. With practical techniques from the sonata form to reharmonization, you’ll gain the tools to structure and refine your ideas.
Hands-On Learning with a Clear Framework
Through guided lessons, ear training, and real-world exercises, this bundle provides a step-by-step path to improving your compositions — whether you’re just starting out or refining your craft.
The Pillars of Composition courses have already helped hundreds of composers improve their skills, and now you can access both in one comprehensive bundle. Covering everything from melody, harmony, accompaniment, and counterpoint to advanced techniques for developing and expanding your musical ideas, this collection gives you a clear, structured path to becoming a more confident and skilled composer—whether you're just starting out or refining your craft.
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Teachers
As an 8 year old growing up in South Australia, Ryan started studying guitar so that he could play Beatles songs, which marked the beginning of a lifelong passion for music. Now an award winning composer for Film and TV, his music has been heard on every major network with clients including Disney, The California Lottery, MTV, Lowe’s, Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake, and the Netflix Original film Candy Jar. Before branching out as a freelance composer, Ryan earned a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music and worked as assistant to veteran composer Michael Levine at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions.
What students have to say
“Ryan’s course is fantabulous! I’m a songwriter and composer of musical theater with 20-plus years of experience, and I can tell you that diving back with Ryan into the details of form, counterpoint, melodic construction, and harmony has proved invaluable. What’s more, I find Ryan’s straightforward approach, as well as his no-nonsense, effortless decision-making process to be joyful and awe-inspiring.”
Michael Johnson
Singer/Songwriter
My composition skills were ok before I enrolled in this course. When I enrolled I began to see my compositional skills improve gradually over time.
Ryan's way of teaching is a great contributor to my overall improvement.
Blake Burnett
Composer
As a software engineer during the week and a hobbyist composer on weekends, I've always loved creating music. Despite over a decade and a half of classical piano lessons as a student, I lacked the skills to orchestrate my ideas. Master the Score has been an invaluable resource in bridging that gap. Courses like "20th Century Orchestral Writing" and "Pillars of Composition" make complex topics approachable, helping me connect the dots with patterns I recognised but never fully understood. Courses like The Legend of Otoe and Composing Worlds also bring a special focus that adds sparkle to my compositions.
I now feel much more confident orchestrating my work, and I’ve even found greater enjoyment in films by discovering the same techniques and ideas from the courses and understanding their applications.
Julian Maurer
Software Engineer
"I bought this course really quickly after release, because i knew Ryan makes high quality Videos regarding composition and orchestration on Youtube.... and it was 100 % worth it :)
The course is structered really well (the prozess of always returning to already learned techniques is really good) and for me as new composer, who just started this year the content has such a great value.
100% recommended"
Marcel Gruhn
Composer
"Ryan's Pillars of Composition is an incredible resource. Even for an absolute beginner, like me, the content is straightforward and provides a great roadmap to improve your compositions."
Mark Baldwin
Beginner Composer
Getting Melody, Harmony, Form and Counterpoint into one course might sound almost impossible, but this course manages to break down all these aspects of composition into small units and increases the complexity in little consecutive steps that can be easily followed. The assignments after each chapter ensure that it’s never getting boring, and that the new know-how can be applied immediately.
Gabriel G.
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All our students are eligible for discounts on libraries and plugins by renowned developers. This exclusive benefit alone can result in substantial savings, amounting to hundreds of dollars on composing software and libraries!
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