The Music School Bangalore Announces Exclusive Partnership with Musicians Institute Hollywood- Opening a Direct Pathway to a Film Scoring Degree in Hollywood
15 June 2026
2025 | The Music School Bangalore, Bangalore
The Music School Bangalore (TMSB) announced an exclusive academic partnership with Musicians Institute, located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, establishing a direct credit transfer pathway for Indian music students to begin their film scoring education in Bangalore and complete their degree in Hollywood, the epicentre of the global entertainment industry.
It is a partnership that places TMSB's students at the doorstep of one of the most compelling and competitive careers in contemporary music, film scoring, and gives them a structured, academically supported route to pursue that career at the institution that sits at the very heart of the world's most powerful entertainment industry.
A Vision That Became Reality
From the moment TMSB was founded in 2008, the institution's vision has been consistent and uncompromising, to provide Indian music students with world class education, genuine global opportunities, and a clear pathway to a professional career in music.
The Musicians Institute partnership is one of the most vivid expressions of that vision to date.
Milton Lance, Founder and Director of The Music School Bangalore, shared his thoughts on what this milestone represents:
"From the very beginning, our vision at The Music School Bangalore has been clear, to provide our students with world class education, global opportunities, and a pathway to a professional career in music. Today, I am beyond proud to announce our exclusive partnership with Musicians Institute, Hollywood. This means that our students can now begin their film scoring journey at TMSB and complete their degree in Hollywood, the epicentre of the entertainment industry. To every aspiring film composer at TMSB: Hollywood is calling. Your journey starts here."
About Musicians Institute
Musicians Institute is one of the world's most iconic contemporary music colleges, founded in 1977 and located on Hollywood Boulevard, at the very centre of the global music and entertainment industry. MI's faculty are not academics removed from the industry they teach. They are active working professionals, musicians, composers, producers, and film scorers who bring real, current, high level industry experience into every classroom. Its location in Hollywood places students in immediate proximity to the recording studios, film production companies, talent agencies, and music industry organisations that define the global entertainment landscape. Notable MI alumni include Anderson .Paak, Jeff Buckley, Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big, Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold, members of Weezer and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Shruti Haasan, one of India's most prominent actress musicians, making this partnership particularly resonant for Indian students.
The Pathway, Film Scoring from Bangalore to Hollywood
At the heart of the TMSB-MI partnership is a credit transfer arrangement that creates a seamless academic pathway from Bangalore to Hollywood.
After completing the Level 5 Associate Degree in Music at TMSB, students are eligible for up to 6 quarters credit toward the following program at Musicians Institute:
Bachelor of Music in Composition for Visual Media
The Bachelor of Music in Composition for Visual Media is MI's flagship film scoring program, a rigorous, industry connected degree that trains students to compose, arrange, and produce music for film, television, advertising, and digital media at the highest professional level. For Indian music students who dream of careers in cinematic music, composing for Bollywood productions, Hollywood films, international streaming platforms, or global advertising campaigns, this pathway offers something genuinely unprecedented: the ability to begin that journey in Bangalore, earning an internationally recognised qualification at TMSB, and then complete it in Hollywood at one of the world's most prestigious music institutions.
Why Film Scoring, And Why Now
Film scoring is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing career paths in contemporary music. The explosion of streaming platforms, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Disney+, and dozens of others, has created an unprecedented global demand for original music for visual media. Composers who can create compelling, emotionally resonant scores for film and television are in higher demand than at any point in the history of the industry. India is at the centre of that story. Bollywood alone produces more films annually than any other national film industry in the world. The Indian streaming market is one of the fastest growing globally. And the demand for skilled, internationally trained composers who can work across Indian and international productions is growing every year. The TMSB-MI partnership gives Indian music students the academic pathway to meet that demand, trained to the highest international standard, with a degree from Hollywood's most iconic music institution.
A Special Acknowledgement
The formalisation of the TMSB-MI partnership would not have been possible without the dedication of Rachel Yoon, whose commitment to facilitating this collaboration brought TMSB's vision to life. Her contribution was acknowledged by TMSB with genuine gratitude, a recognition that behind every great institutional partnership is a person who believed in it and worked to make it happen.
TMSB's Complete Global Network
The Musicians Institute partnership completed a remarkable picture of TMSB's international academic network, four partnerships across four continents, all offering Indian music students formally agreed credit transfer pathways from Bangalore:
BIMM University : UK, Germany, Ireland
Australian Institute of Music : Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
Singapore Raffles Music College : Singapore
Musicians Institute : Hollywood, California, USA
Together these partnerships represent something genuinely extraordinary in Indian music education, a complete global network, built over seventeen years, that gives students in Bangalore access to world class degree programs on four continents. Hollywood. London. Sydney. Singapore. The journey to all of them begins at TMSB.
For more information about TMSB's international partnerships and Pro Course pathways,
visit www.themusicschoolbangalore.com or
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