The Film Music Guild is a student organization at Biola University

Biola University

Biola University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located near Los Angeles. Biola's main campus is in La Mirada in Los Angeles County, California. In addition, the university has several satellite campuses in Chino Hills, Inglewood, San Diego, and Laguna Hills.-...

 in La Mirada, CA. The Film Music Guild was formed to teach film students about music and music students about film.

History

The Film Music Guild was formed in 2006 by composition student Dave Martina to fill the gap between Biola

Biola University

Biola University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located near Los Angeles. Biola's main campus is in La Mirada in Los Angeles County, California. In addition, the university has several satellite campuses in Chino Hills, Inglewood, San Diego, and Laguna Hills.-...

's music and film departments.

The FMG Conference

On October 3, 2009, the Film Music Guild hosted the first annual Film Music Guild Conference (called the FMG Conference 2009). Speakers included Pete Docter (director, Up

Up (2009 film)

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, Monsters Inc.), John Ottman

John Ottman

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 (editor and composer, Valkyrie

Valkyrie

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, Superman Returns

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, X2: X-Men United

X2 (film)

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), Christopher Young

Christopher Young

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 (composer, Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

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, The Grudge

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, Ghost Rider

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), and many others.