UAL Unit 8 FMP Project Proposal 

Candidate Name: Annabel Eke 

Candidate Number :429242 

Pathway: UAL Music - Performance Pathway 

Project Title: The Last Of Us Composition 

Section 1: Rationale 

Over the course of this year I have learnt a lot, I've learnt how to use logic, I had barely been on the editing software before joining and now I feel confident enough to do this project on logic. I’ve played in bands which is something I had never done before as well as songwriting in these bands and just working with people I wouldn't have usually worked with. I have also really improved my performing and singing confidence as well from playing in these bands and the solo performances. In conclusion some the main this I have improved my Logic skills, my band communication, my performance skills, and my vocals. My rationale for this project is to work on my music writing and production skills. I am doing this project because I have such a passion for video games and capturing emotion in music, I want to make people feel what the character is feeling. I think this project will benefit me a lot in terms of writing songs I really enjoyed the song writing part of my formative unit, I also want to learn how to add effects to acoustic guitar when it comes to editing. I think this will help me move towards my long-term career goal which is working on music in video games and films.  

Section 2: Project Concept 

My project is to compose original music for the game ‘The Last Of Us’  I am going to go through the game and find a specific scene or part of the game that I want to write a film score for. I want to capture the feeling of the game and as well as how the characters may be feeling in the moment. The main skills that I am going to be using in my project are my guitar skills on both electric and acoustic, I am also going to be doing a lot of the production work on logic myself using the skills that i have learnt over the course of this year For my collaboration I am going to have Charlie playing bass and helping me with the editing of the track as well as Filip who can help me incorporate violin. I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the game and how the original composer created the soundtrack for the game and an overall deep dive into the game and what it's about as well as play through the parts of game that interest me and what I think would suit having some music in the background. I will also do a lot of research into what type of music would suit the scene. For the live aspect of the FMP, I am going to be performing my piece with game playing behind me. My final product is going to be a video of my produced composition with the gameplay to match. 

Section 3: Evaluation

Some strengths with my proposal is that its only one track so I can then very much focus on it. Some challenges I may face is editing the music on logic and I'm going overcome this by doing also research and learning a lot about how to edit on logic. This gives me the opportunity to put two things that I love together. Some feedback I got from my presentation was that I should add lyrics to my peace which I really loved the idea off as I can also show off my vocals as well. I am going to reflect on this project by doing weekly evaluations which will give me a good idea on what needs to be done the next week.

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Referenced) 

I am going to be researching by using websites as well as youtube video, I am also going to do a form to gather some outsider feedback. 

• Max (2023). Creating the Score for The Last of Us | The Last of Us | Max. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYcF67Bdneo [Accessed 19 Apr. 2024]. 

• Streaming, H. (2025). Gustavo Santaolalla for ‘The Last Of Us’: Guitar-driven and Scored With Emotion. [online] Sound of Life. Available at: https://www.soundoflife.com/blogs/experiences/last-of-us-music-score-gustavo-santaolalla [Accessed 1 Apr. 2025].