Scoring Success
Practice scoring to real video game footage and cutscenes with the original music removed, so you can compose your own cues against picture.
Score real game visuals, not blank screens
Scoring Success gives you video game footage and cutscenes with the original music removed, so your job is simple: watch the scene, compose the cue, and make the music fit what is happening on screen.
Practice against footage
Compose directly to game footage and cutscenes instead of guessing what your music would do in a real scene.
Build scoring timing
Work on entrances, exits, hit points, mood shifts, and pacing while the picture is right in front of you.
Finish more cues
Use the footage library as repeatable scoring reps so you can create finished practice cues for your own growth and portfolio.
A footage library built for scoring practice
Scoring Success is intentionally focused: real game visuals with the original music removed, ready for you to score.
- Video game footage and cutscenes prepared for scoring practice
- Original music removed so your cue becomes the score
- Scenes that help you practice timing, pacing, and emotional fit
- Repeatable scoring reps so you can compose, revise, and improve
- A practical bridge between composing music and composing to picture
Is Scoring Success for you?
This is for you if…
- You want to practice composing music to game footage.
- You already make some music and want real scoring reps.
- You want cutscenes and gameplay clips where your music has to support what is on screen.
This is not for you if…
- You want a beginner notation course.
- You are looking for guaranteed placement in a game.
- You want the original music left in instead of creating your own cue.
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Questions before you apply
What is Scoring Success?
Does it use real game footage?
Do I need to be advanced?
Do I need to find my own clips?
Is there a guarantee?
Yes, our guarantees are for the programs, not each individual course by itself.
If you’re in QuesTone, you’re covered by our 10‑in‑365 guarantee: follow the plan and complete the required work, and if you don’t release 10 professional‑quality pieces in 365 days, we refund your program tuition.
If you’re in Gamer Music Creator Guild, you’re covered by our Guild guarantee: show up, do the work, and we’ll get you to 10–20 released tracks in 120 days – or we keep working with you for free until you do.
This course is one part of those systems. When you apply, we’ll tell you which program you’d be in and which guarantee would apply to you.
Make Music with Dan Spencer
Dan Spencer helps composers turn practice into finished music. In Scoring Success, the focus is simple: use the footage, compose the cue, revise the cue, and build your scoring instincts by doing the work.
Dan Spencer is Music Mentor Dan: a composer, OST creator, and coach who teaches the practical path from idea (or no ideas!) to finished music you can actually ship.
Meet Dan