Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

sound editortomusic director

A sound editor already meets 34% of what the music director role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sound editor
34%
Overlap1
To music director
11 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
69.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.7/ 100

1 Share of the music director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sound editor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A music director role treats 8 of its required skills as things a sound editor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • attend music recording sessions
  • coordinate music with scenes
  • musical genres
  • musical instruments
  • musical theory
  • organise compositions

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A music director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sound editor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate music with scenes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held attend music recording sessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held organise compositions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held film music techniques arts and humanities
  • already held rewrite musical scores communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held transcribe ideas into musical notation communication, collaboration and creativity

All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the music director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 7 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate music components of the work required
  • required, not held guide analysis of a recorded performance required
  • required, not held manage musical staff required
  • required, not held organise musical events required
  • required, not held plan musical performances required
  • required, not held position musicians required
  • required, not held supervise music groups required
  • optional, not held demand excellence from performers optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held develop musical ideas required
  • required, not held evaluate musical ideas required
  • required, not held orchestrate music required
  • required, not held read musical score required
  • required, not held strive for excellence in musical performance required
  • required, not held work out orchestral sketches required
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held connect music fragments optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held improvise music optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held promote music optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held conduct musical ensembles optional
03 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held study music optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set up basic recording optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a music director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held attend music recording sessions skill
  • already held coordinate music with scenes skill
  • already held musical genres knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical theory knowledge
  • already held organise compositions skill
  • already held rewrite musical scores skill
  • already held transcribe ideas into musical notation skill
  • already held film music techniques knowledge
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held musical notation knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held connect music fragments optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held demand excellence from performers optional
  • optional, not held improvise music optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held promote music optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held set up basic recording optional
  • optional, not held study music optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held conduct musical ensembles optional
22 held skills the music director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with music librarians skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft music cue breakdown skill
  • not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role engage composers skill
  • not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
  • not needed by the target role file-based workflow knowledge
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase music skill
  • not needed by the target role search databases skill
  • not needed by the target role structure soundtrack skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise sound with images skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements skill
  • not needed by the target role transpose music skill
  • not needed by the target role work with composers skill
Index

Other moves recorded from sound editor

Full index of moves from sound editor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.