REQ: Studio.com Songwriting for Narrative Works: TV, Film, and Musicals

Step inside the unique world of songwriting for a narrative. In this class, award-winning songwriter Sam Haft shows you his end-to-end process for creating songs that carry a story — the same process he's used in projects like the hit A24 series Hazbin Hotel and many more. Follow along as he writes, records, and produces two brand-new songs for upcoming narrative projects.

Taught by

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Sam Haft
RIAA Platinum-selling songwriter and recording artist whose work has garnered billions of streams/views, with a focus on songwriting for film, TV, and musicals.
What you’ll learn
How to interface with creative teams to best represent their vision using music
How to get a song started immediately, without waiting for inspiration to strike
How to break down songwriting into a streamlined, simple, and fast process
How to represent characters and story beats with your music and lyrics
How to abandon perfectionism and focus on communicating your ideas well
How to deliver your finished demo to creative teams for a cast recording

Class Overview

Real Projects, Real Songs, Real Stakes
Get a rare peek behind the curtain at the TV/Film songwriting process on a professional level.

Sam has four days to get two very different songs from two different creators assigned, started, written, recorded, edited, and delivered. There's just one catch: neither you nor Sam knows what they are yet!

These are not example songs designed as teaching tools, but a look at how the sausage is made using Sam's day-to-day professional work, on real, produced narrative projects. Come along as you're guided through the process making a song for season three of indie cartoon HELLUVA BOSS created by Vivienne Medrano, and for upcoming feature film SILVER ALERT created by Jackson Prince.