Learn the Art of Music Editing
A Step-By-Step Training Course for Filmmakers, Editors and Online Content Creators
“Aside from storytelling itself, music editing is the #1 most powerful skill any editor can master. It will dramatically improve every single project you ever touch.”
What is The Art of Music Editing?
Music Can Make or Break Your Cut
Take full advantage of the power of music
Simply dropping a cue under your footage isn’t enough – learn how to properly analyze, deconstruct and custom edit your music to perfectly accent every moment
Use these skills on every type of project
- Films, documentaries & shorts
- Ads & promos
- Online content
- Literally anything else that contains music!
70+ 1080p HD Tutorials with Over 14 Hours of Training
- 1080p HD Practice Footage
- 4 hands-on music editing workshops
- 50+ Homework Assignments
- Premium Music & Sound Libraries
Real Hollywood Instructors
Get a unique opportunity to learn exactly how a professional editor works
Decades of Combined Experience
Get access to cutting-edge training from some of the best editors working in the entertainment industry right now.
We’ve taken years of combined editing experience and compiled the best secrets, editing strategies, techniques, workflows and shortcuts.
Our contributing editors have worked for:
THESE MAJOR STUDIOS
& THESE MAJOR FILMS
Check out these exciting features…
70+ Detailed Tutorials in 1080p Video
Over 14 hours of lessons with step-by-step creative music editing training
Professionally Shot HD Footage to Practice Scoring
Develop your skills and build your reel by utilizing high-quality film footage
Training From Real Hollywood Editors
Learn the techniques real Hollywood editors are using on the job every day
Multiple Workshops & Homework Assignments
Follow along as we go through the process of scoring a short film from beginning to end
750+ Element Music Library
Create polished music edits and score along with us using a massive library of cues and sounds
30-Day 100% Money Back Guarantee
If you’re not completely satisfied with your training we’ll refund your purchase
Professionally-shot HD Practice Footage
Work with the best possible footage to get an authentic experience
No matter how good of an editor you might be, having better quality footage to work with will ALWAYS improve your final product.
Since our goal is to take your editing skills as far as possible, we are providing you with only the best quality source footage to edit.
Additional PRO Practice Footage
Download a second short film and cut together a new score with music stems
With The Art of Music Editing PRO, you get an extra 12 lesson workshop with over 3 hours of teaching guiding you through the versatile technique of cutting with music stems.
To complete this project, we’ve provided you with the HD footage from a second short film to score.
Download the footage fast from our ultra high-speed Amazon S3 server.
High-Quality Music & Sound Library
Work with professional quality audio to create the perfect mix
You’ll get access to a library of over 500 music cues from our partners at Alibi Music Library and Position Music – two leading music production companies in the entertainment industry.
Using this huge library of cues, you’ll learn to create professional mixes and discover industry secrets that will change the way you work with audio forever.
Additional PRO Music Stems Library
Over 250+ pieces of instrumental stems to use in your second film scoring workshop
Quick Reference Guides & Homework Assignments
Support for moving through each lesson and workshop
We’ve distilled the skills and techniques you’ll learn in each lesson with our pack of printable PDF Quick Reference Guides.
Additionally, we’ve provided detailed breakdowns for each workshop so you can follow along as much or as little as you want.
Edit in your own software package to practice the skills you’re learning. This course is NOT software-specific.
Use what you learn with any editing software
Step-by-Step Training
Lessons are designed to teach you music editing skills you can use on any project
How does The Art of Music Editing compare to other training options?
OPTION 1: FILM SCHOOL
You could try honing your editing skills by enrolling in a full-time film school and hope that the curriculum includes the range of training you want and need…but most don’t.
FACT: only about 8% of film school classes teach any form of editing
Plus, film school is pretty darn expensive.
Look at these film school tuition stats…
To be clear, this is NOT meant to bash film school.
Film schools are great at what they do. They’re meant to give you broad exposure to all aspects of cinematography and they accomplish that very successfully.
But what if you want to specifically improve your editing?
At a film school, you’re usually out of luck.
Most film schools are not designed to train editors.
You might be lucky to get 2 or 3 classes dedicated to editing, along with a bit of lab time cutting together a final project.
But their focus is not on really teaching the craft of editing. It can’t be – there just isn’t enough time!
OPTION 2: ONLINE TRAINING WITH FILM EDITING PRO
If you choose to enroll in a course with Film Editing Pro, you can feel confident that the training is specifically designed to do three things:
- Give you hands-on, real-world editing skills you can apply right away
- Share knowledge sourced from full-time professional editors
- Not empty your wallet with 10 years of student loans
How the other options stack up against The Art of Music Editing
Our mission is to deliver step-by-step instruction, led by expert tutors, with affordable pricing – AND – the flexibility and convenience to learn at your own pace on your own time.
The BIG benefits of learning online…
✔ No set schedule – learn at your own pace.
✔ 24/7 access to instructors. Our team is always available to help you.
✔ Use any editing software you like to complete the course.
✔ No need to travel. Especially valuable if you live in another country or remote location.
✔ Learn in your pajamas! Enjoy the comfort of working from home or anywhere you like.
✔ Beginner to advanced training – everything you could ever want to learn about music.
✔ Lower cost and no student loans!
Making a film doesn’t end when the shoot wraps
So, you spent tons of money on the latest film gear and got some beautiful footage…but what’s next? Knowing how to edit that footage is just as important as the best cameras, lenses, lighting and stabilizers.
Learning how to polish and perfect your story after the cameras stop rolling is critical, and the investment is equally important.
How The Art of Music Editing Compares to Some Popular Filmmaking Equipment
100% Money-Back Guarantee
Try “The Art of Music Editing” for a full 30-days, 100% risk-free
Try the entire The Art of Music Editing course. If you don’t LOVE it, we insist that you get 100% of your money back.
We’ll even eat the credit-card processing fees.
Let us tell you exactly why we offer this unbeatable guarantee.
We invested years into developing this course, interviewing industry professionals, creating an all-new curriculum, testing it, hiring top-notch designers, and putting together the best lessons anywhere. And then we tested the whole course from beginning to end with an entire class of students. From experienced editors to total beginners.
We know this material works. We only care about developing super high-quality training full of proven techniques, workflows, strategies and more that you can’t find anywhere else.
That’s why we guarantee The Art of Music Editing.
It’s simple: Take the course and see for yourself. If it doesn’t work, we want you to email us, prove you did the work, and we’ll refund you 100%.
By the way, we do ask you to show us you’ve applied the exercises because we know how powerful they can be. We have no intention of keeping your money if you’re dissatisfied, but we insist that you commit to taking action if you want the results from this course. We’ve spent thousands of hours developing the material in here, and we’d like to share it with you if you’re ready to start improving your film, advancing your career and editing like a pro.
What people are saying about our training…
Here’s just a sample of what you’ll learn in “The Art of Music Editing”…
- The four essential functions of music that will guide you in knowing where, when, and how to use it.
- Discover 18 musical moods and genres and how to leverage them for maximum emotional impact.
- How to conduct quicker and more effective music searches with proven methods used by elite editors.
- A step-by-step system for breaking down a music cue to prepare it for editing.
- 3 critical but straightforward rules for making good music edits and avoiding bad ones.
- Spot music by learning where to add it, when to add it and when to leave your footage dry.
- Make your projects sing by learning how to accent dramatic moments with music.
- Learn how to smoothly cut loops and repeat elements and never have a music cue be too short again.
- Conquer boring cuts by discovering ways to add variety and texture to any music cue.
- Discover the hidden power of tones and drones and learn the best ways to weave them seamlessly into your music.
- 4 Hollywood tricks for starting and stopping your music with ringouts and reverses.
- Learn mixing best practices and bulletproof techniques for real-world editing scenarios.
- Deep dives into advanced mixing techniques like rubber banding, crossfades, live automation, and auto ducking.
- Shortcuts and productivity hacks for maximizing mixing speed for any style of editing.
- The power-user technique of working with EQ to lend additional muscle to your mixes.
- How to cut music to fit any space…from two minutes long to five seconds short.
- How to retain natural-sounding intros, builds, and outros in your custom-edited music cues.
- Hands-on music editing workshops where you’ll set up, organize, and gather your own music and score a variety of scenes.
- In-depth demonstration of re-scoring a scene from a Hollywood movie using brand new music.
- Efficient strategies to level shape music while carving out dialogue.
- The magic of editing with music stems to create dramatic progressions in your cue.
- In-depth breakdowns of the psychology and emotions that make music in your pieces so powerful.
- Proven long-range game plans for taking your music editing skills further even after the course ends.
- Discover quick methods to create everything from bold musical flourishes to understated ambiance in your score.
Help Every Step of the Way
Fast & friendly support for your creative and technical questions
You’re never alone with The Art of Music Editing. As you go through the course and learn new skills, it’s natural to have questions.
Got a creative question?
Email our Editor Support Team and one of our pros will offer you some advice to keep you moving forward.
Got a technical question?
Email our Tech Support Team with any problems you might have with your account or the website. We’ll respond quickly and fix your problem.
How It Works
Learn how you can get instant access to the lessons
Additional Bonus Content!
We’ll begin by examining our hypothetical “bad” edit – to figure out what type of mistakes made it so, well…BAD.
Then, you’ll watch as we utilize everything you’ll learn in the course to smooth out and enhance each section of the cut.
Last, we look at our “good” version and evaluate the ways it was improved while staying true to the original cut.
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The Art of Music Editing
STANDARD
12 monthly payments of $97
(That’s $3.23 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 41 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
BEST VALUE
The Art of Music Editing
PRO
12 monthly payments of $197
(That’s $6.57 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 50 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
The Art of Music Editing
ULTIMATE
12 monthly payments of $450
(That’s $15.00 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 50 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
Which Art of Music Editing option is right for you?
OPTION 1:
With The Art of Music Editing STANDARD, you get the complete Art of Music Editing course — including all 50+ HD video tutorials. Then, follow along with us in the Edit Lab where you’ll learn how to cut music to fit any space.
Finally, in the Guided Music Editing Workshop you’ll use all the new skills you learned in the course to practice scoring a short film.
Join Today & Get
- The Full Art of Music Editing course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p HD Source Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 41 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
12 Monthly Payments of $97
(That’s $3.23 per day)
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, email us. We’re happy to help.
support@filmeditingpro.com
OPTION 2:
THE ART OF MUSIC EDITING PRO
Choose the Art of Music Editing Pro if you’re looking to get the most bang for your buck. This is our most popular version of the course — and it’s filled with a TON of extra stuff.
We’ve included the 70+ minute PRO Music Scoring Demo where you can see all the tricks we used to re-score a scene from a Hollywood film utilizing only library music.
Then, you’ll be getting a SECOND 14-lesson workshop with over 3 hours of additional content teaching you the valuable art of editing instrumental stems. With this extra workshop comes a second short film to score along with us PLUS a 250-piece music stems collection to play with.
Join Today & Get
Everything in the STANDARD version…
- The Full Art of Music Editing course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p HD Source Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 41 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
Plus…
You’ll also get…
Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage: With the The Art of Music Editing PRO you will get additional HD footage from a second short film to score in our Music Stems Workshop.
250-Piece Music Stems Library: Along with the cues used in our Pro Music Stem Scoring Workshop, you’ll get access to this large library of unique music. Start with the full mixes and then utilize each stem as you choose completely different cues to re-score the film or simply play with on your own projects!
Detailed Pro Music Stem Workshop Breakdowns: Whether you want to follow our cut to the frame, or simply want a cheat sheet once in a while, we’ve provided you with a pack of lesson guides to help! Each PDF lays out the specific cues we used, along with the source start and end time codes.
12 Monthly Payments of $197
(That’s $6.57 per day)
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, email us. We’re happy to help.
support@filmeditingpro.com
OPTION 3:
THE ART OF MUSIC EDITING ULTIMATE
Choose The Art of Music Editing ULTIMATE if you’re looking for the most comprehensive music editing experience. This package is our highest level of training, but it’s not for everyone.
The ULTIMATE package includes the “Professional Music Edit Review Package”. You’ll be submitting your cuts for a serious critique from our editing team with specific, written notes on how to improve them. Just keep in mind, we’re going to be brutally honest.
If you’re looking to use what you’ve done in this course on your demo reel, it absolutely needs to be polished to perfection through direct professional guidance. Then, you might consider this package.
Join Today & Get
Everything in the STANDARD & PRO versions…
- The Full Art of Music Editing course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 41 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
Plus…
3 Personal Music Edit Reviews
We’re happy to help all our students improve their cuts and master The Art of Music Editing.
However, the Personal Music Edit Reviews take mentoring to a whole new level.
The Music Editing Workshop: Whether you want our team to check how you’ve matched your cut to ours, or provide an objective eye for your new creative score – we’d love to provide the detailed notes that will help get this project onto your reel!
How to Cut Your Music to Fit Any Space: This can be a tough skill to master. Let us take a close look at each of your timed cuts and work with you to become proficient editing any length with any cue.
Working with Stems: You’ll get feedback for all aspects of your stem score along with tips to help you improve the cut and advice for taking the knowledge you gained from this exercise even further.
12 Monthly Payments of $450
(That’s $15.00 per day)
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, email us. We’re happy to help.
support@filmeditingpro.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about this training course
“Is The Art of Music Editing right for me?”
"How much editing experience do I need for the course?"
The Art of Music Editing is designed for editors of all levels. The techniques will take you from the very basics of music editing all the way through advanced concepts. The only requirement is that you are already comfortable using your editing software (any software will work).
"How is The Art of Music Editing different from other editing courses?"
This is the only course that focuses 100% on creative music editing. The techniques you’ll learn can be applied immediately to give your next trailer or teaser a professional look and feel.
You get XXX+ video lessons, downloadable footage and audio so you can practice cutting along with us. Plus a 100% money-back guarantee. No other course comes close.
"Can I take this course from home?"
Yes, The Art of Music Editing is a video-based training course, so you can take it from anywhere in the world. You’ll get instant access to everything in the course and can go through the training on any device — desktop, laptop, tablet or even phone.
"What if I fall behind?"
Don’t worry — you’ll have lifetime access to the video tutorials, the footage and the audio downloads.
You can work on the lessons at your own pace, as quickly or as slowly as you like. If you’ll be out of town, on vacation, or just get swamped for a few days, The Art of Music Editing will still be here for you when you’re ready.
How The Art of Music Editing works
"Which editing software can I use?"
You can use any editing software to follow along with this course. As long as you know how to cut video and audio onto your timeline and move it around, you’ll be able to use the techniques we teach.
"How does the Professional Edit Review work?"
If you choose the Ultimate version of the course, you’ll also receive a Professional Edit Review. The review will include detailed critiques, suggestions and advice designed to help you improve your cut and take your editing to a higher level.
"What genres does The Art of Music Editing teach?"
This course will teach music editing techniques that are useful across every single genre such as drama, comedy, action, suspense and horror.
"Will I get permanent access to the lessons, footage and audio?"
Absolutely. Once you enroll, you’ll have lifetime access to all lessons, resources and downloadable footage/audio.
"Will I get a certificate that shows I completed the course?"
Yes. When you finish the course, email our editing team at editors@filmeditingpro.com and include a link to your cut.
We’ll take a look, make sure you completed all the assignments and issue you a Certificate of Completion (sample). The certificate will have a unique verification code that you can enter on our website to prove you completed the course.
What if…?
"What if I need help in the course?"
We are here to help. If you ever get stuck on anything in the course or even want a technique explained a bit further, just email us. Our editing team (editors@filmeditingpro.com) will get right back to you with an answer.
You can also email our support team (support@filmeditingpro.com) if you need help with anything in your account or on the website.
"Do you have a payment plan?"
Yes — we offer an affordable 12 month payment plan option. Just choose which version of the course you want (Standard, Pro or Ultimate) and pick the payment plan option.
On the same day each month, your payment will be automatically processed until you reach the 12th month. Keep in mind that this is NOT a monthly subscription. You will need to make all 12 payments, unless you request a qualified refund in the first 30 days.
What if I purchase the course and then decide it's not for me?
We stand by this course with a 100% money-back guarantee. Try the entire course and decide if it’s right for you.
If you don’t love it, no worries. Just email us within the first 30 days, show us you watched the lessons and attempted the work and we’ll refund your money.
"Can I upgrade to PRO or ULTIMATE later?"
Yes — you can upgrade your course package at any time. Just email us at support@filmeditingpro.com. We’ll charge you the difference in price as a single payment and open up access to the next tier.*
*Note: The payment plan option is not available if you choose to upgrade later.
“Can I get a discount for being a student? In the military? Paying in cash?"
We do not offer any discounts for the course. We’ve designed it so that all students have access to a variety of pricing levels and payment options to make things fair and accessible for everyone.
"When will this be available again?"
We don’t know the exact dates of each enrollment period. We try to offer a couple opportunities each year but the exact dates depend on our full-time editing schedules. It’s important that we have enough editors available for each enrollment period to help students as they move through the course.
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Sign up below and get instant access.
The Art of Music Editing
STANDARD
12 monthly payments of $97
(That’s $3.23 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 41 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
BEST VALUE
The Art of Music Editing
PRO
12 monthly payments of $197
(That’s $6.57 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 50 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
The Art of Music Editing
ULTIMATE
12 monthly payments of $450
(That’s $15.00 per day)
- The Full Art of Music Editing Course
- The Guided Music Editing Workshop
- 1080p Workshop Practice Footage
- 500-Piece Music Library
- 50 Printable Quick Reference Guides
- Edit Lab: Cut Music to Fit Any Space
- 70+ Min Pro Music Scoring Demo
- Extra Pro Workshop: Editing with Stems
- Additional 1080p Pro Practice Footage
- 250-Piece Music Stems Collection
- Downloadable Audio Version of Course
- The Ultimate Edit Review Package
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