Compose original music for Kaboom’s animated short The Grass is Greener

A one-time opportunity with Emmy-winning composers Steve & Julie Bernstein

Deadline to Apply: September 26, 2025
Online Course * Tuition: $1,695
Limited to under 10 students

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YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Five-time Emmy-winner Steven Bernstein and four-time Emmy-winner Julie Bernstein have worked in animation as composers, orchestrators, arrangers, song-writers, conductors and singers. They most recently teamed up for the reboot of the animated series Animaniacs as well as the animated short The Boys: Diabolical (Laser Baby’s Day Out). Their music can also be heard in such hit television series as the original Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, Histeria!, Tiny Toons Adventures, Baby Looney Toons, Make Way for Noddy, Taz-Mania! and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries. Animated features include Wakko’s Wish, A Flintstones Christmas Carol, Scooby-Doo: Arabian Nights, Baby Loony Tunes: Egg-straordinary Adventure, several Noddy specials and Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars.

Together they’ve taught composing for animation workshops in Malibu and Fresno, CA, and in Baden, Austria, as well as on-line seminars. Julie’s songs and arrangements can be heard on the CDs Yakko’s World, Animaniacs and Tweety’s High-Flying Adventure. Her arrangements for string quartet and voice can be heard on multi-Grammy-nominated jazz singer Tierney Sutton’s album After Blue and renowned opera singer Natalie Dessay’s double album Pictures of America, as well as pop singer Sophie Carpenter’s album No Room at the In.

Steven has worked as a conductor and orchestrator for major Hollywood films such as Skyfall, The Amazing Spiderman, Windtalkers, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Perfect Storm. He has received numerous commissions for large-scale concert works including his cantata To Speed Them All which won 2nd place in the American Prize competition in 2015.

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Ready to Break Into Animation Scoring?

Join Kaboom Collective for an extraordinary 8-week online course where you’ll learn the art of composing for animation from two of the most respected names in the industry: Steve and Julie Bernstein, Emmy-winning composers known for Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Boys: Diabolical, and more.

This is your chance to score a section of The Grass is Greener, a new animated short five years in the making. By the end of the program, you'll have a fully recorded, mixed, and mastered orchestral score set to picture—perfect for your demo reel, portfolio, or personal site.

  • 8 weekly online sessions (2 hours each) with Steve & Julie Bernstein

  • Instruction in animation-specific scoring techniques

  • Individual feedback as you compose music for your assigned scene

  • Access to the full film for context and scoring continuity

  • Live orchestral recording of your segment on a Cleveland soundstage

  • Professionally mixed and mastered audio of your work

  • Your piece submitted to national festivals and shopped to distributors as part of the film

  • Invitation to attend the live recording session (optional, travel not included)

What's Included

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What's Included *

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Who This Is For

This course is designed for emerging composers—college and post-college level—with experience in orchestration and digital production who want to expand into animation scoring.

You’ll need:

  • A solid foundation in music theory, melody, harmony, and structure

  • Experience in orchestration, including range, transposition, and instrument writing

  • Facility with a DAW (Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, etc.)

  • Comfort working with sound libraries and syncing music to picture

  • Familiarity with notation software like Sibelius, Finale, or Dorico

  • A good sense of humor. (This is animation, after all.)

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Applications are due by September 26.
No application fee.

Submit the following:

  1. A PDF score of your original orchestral work (~1 minute)

  2. An MP3 recording of that piece (MIDI or live)

  3. A resume highlighting education and experience

  4. A short video introduction — tell us who you are and why you want in

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Tuition Breakdown: $1,695

Tuition Breakdown: $1,695

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  • 8 weeks of instruction from top industry professionals

  • Individual mentorship on your original score

  • Studio recording session with a professional orchestra

  • Mixed and mastered track for your portfolio

  • Festival submission and distribution as part of the final film

  • Access to course materials, film assets, and expert support

“At Kaboom, I had the opportunity to collaborate with The Accidentals and arrange their music for orchestra, an experience that directly shaped the composer I am today. Now working professionally in film and television, I collaborate with filmmakers and musicians every day. Kaboom gave me the real-world experience and creative confidence I needed early on, and I’m proud to now partner with them as a professional.”

— Noah Horowitz, Composer for Film & TV

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Kaboom’s Soundstage
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Why Kaboom?

Kaboom Collective is redefining arts opportunity by connecting artists with working industry professionals to create real, commercially distributable work. This is more than just another class, it’s a professional credit and a calling card.

Spots are extremely limited.
This opportunity won’t be offered again.

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