Composer & Producer
Oliver Schmellenkamp completed his studies at the Cologne University of Music with renowned lecturers such as Bill Dobbins, Andreas Lonardoni and Frank Haunschild, graduating in 2001. Today he is a university professor and head of the Institute for Media Music at the Jam Music Lab University in Vienna. His areas of specialization include film music, game audio and music production.
For over two decades, Schmellenkamp has worked as a composer and sound designer for renowned clients such as Coca-Cola, Boss, McDonald’s, ZDF, Netflix, National Geographic and many more. During this time, he has worked on more than 200 video games, film scores and advertising productions. A particular focus is on composition and sound design for computer games, which makes up a large part of his artistic work.
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The Hollywood Method
Scoring for Pictures, Television and Video Games.
This course focuses on the harmony of media music (film, games, TV), in addition you will get a lot of tips regarding orchestration, melodies and how to deal with sample libraries.
Here you will find the harmonic concepts you know from many films by composers such as Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Thomas Newman, Alan Silvestri, and many others. This harmonic language is also found in games, trailers, and other areas of media music such as theater and advertising.