2025 Winter Session

Enroll in our Winter Session Today!

Take our 8-week video game music courses to level up your VGM skills. Take advantage of our Black Friday Sale of (50% OFF)!

     

Black Friday Sale:
Ends Nov 29

Black Friday Deals

Don't miss out on incredible once-a-year Holiday Savings!

VGMI Starter Bundle
(Winter 2025)

Jumpstart your VGM composing skills with these essential starter courses: 
• Video Game Music Theory I: Fundamentals of Music
• Introduction to Video Game Music Composition

Learn all the foundational skills to start analyzing video game music and writing your own VGM tracks!

VGMI Premium Bundle
(Winter 2025)

Why choose between our winter repertoire courses when you can have both? The 2025 Winter Premium Bundle includes our two hottest courses aimed at intermediate level students: 
  • The Music of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross
  • The Music of Mario Kart!

VGMI Ultimate Bundle
(Winter 2025)

With our Ultimate Bundle, you'll have access to our full set of Live winter courses and recordings.
• Video Game Music History
• Video Game Music Theory I: Fundamentals of Music
• Introduction to Video Game Music Composition
• The Music of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross
• The Music of Mario Kart!

Our beginner and intermediate courses that will level up your VGM analysis and composing skills!

2025 VGMI Institute: Winter Session

Experience our intensive summer bootcamps, where you will learn in a fast-paced environment with peers from around the world to master the craft of video game music composition.
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16+ Hours of High Quality Content

Accelerate your growth in just 4 weeks with our jam-packed curriculums

Office Hours

Post and ask questions to our qualified instructors when you get stuck or need help on assignments

Live Zoom Class Sessions

Engage in dynamic lectures and discussions on VGM, similar to a college seminar

Assignment Feedback

Receive quality feedback with personalized comments on your work

Discord Community

Access the VGMI community and grow together with fellow classmates who share your love for VGM

Exclusive Discounts

Enjoy exclusive discounts for being part of our growing commnity

Take advantage of our Early Bird Promo ($100 off all courses)!!!

Meet Our Instructors

Courses: Japanese VGM I, Video Game Music Theory I

Eric Ye

Eric Ye is a composer and music educator based in Long Beach, California. A classically trained musician, Eric teaches piano and video game music composition to students all around the world. Eric regularly teaches our groundbreaking course, Japanese Video Game Music I: Composing like the Masters. Eric has taught numerous university-level courses on video game music composition at the Southeast Asian Academy Online and San Francisco State University. He has also given guest lectures at Berklee College of Music and presented his work on game composition pedagogy at conferences such as GameSoundCon and MAGWest.

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Courses: The Music of Pokémon

Kermit Mitchell

Kermit is an experienced Software Engineer specialized in Game Development, Unity, and C#. He has worked on countless teams across the game industry in both AAA and indie studios. Growing up extensively playing games and listening to video game music, Kermit is a huge fan of all things Game Audio, especially the music. As a self-taught game composer honing his craft, Kermit aims to create music that truly connects with the gameplay and story, matching the mood of the moment. He is inspired by game composers such as Junichi Masuda, Yoko Shimomura, and Grant Kirkhope, among many others.
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