Announcements

Video Scoring, now playing in Soundtrap for Education

August 25, 2026

Two seventh graders replay the same ten seconds of film, talking over whether the strings should come in before or after the cut. Maybe they wrote and filmed the clip themselves last week; maybe it’s from our new, built-in video library.

Either way, they can’t decide without understanding the scene. That’s why we’re excited to bring video scoring into Soundtrap for Education.

Students already show comprehension by writing about a text. Video scoring makes video a text, too: students can write it, film it, import it, and keep writing with music, sound, and voiceover.

Every choice a student makes in the scoring process, right down to when those strings come in, shows how they read a scene. We like to think of it as an assessment that you can watch.

How video scoring works

Students can start a video scoring project with a clip from Soundtrap’s built-in video library, or by importing their own MP4 into the studio. The video plays in a floating preview window in sync with their audio tracks, and its original audio sits on its own track to mute, adjust, or split out. The loops, instruments, and recording tools, including interactive transcript and real-time collaboration, work like any Soundtrap project. Finished work can be exported as an MP4.

Here’s film-scoring professional Bradley Denniston with a walkthrough designed for new-to-scoring educators and students:

Assess comprehension in any subject

Share an assignment with a video attached, so every student scores the same clip. You’ll get thirty different scores back: press play on each one to hear how your students interpreted it.

We think this works far beyond music class: an ELA student scoring a book trailer has made an argument about tone. A social studies student underscoring primary-source footage has read it closely enough to interpret it. World languages students can narrate and score a scene in their target language, science students can underscore a documentary segment, and music students can take on the classic film scoring exercise, the silent film.

Students bring their voice to video scoring. Try it the next time you want to see what they’ve learned.

Ways to get started

You don’t have to write your first lesson yourself. Launching alongside video scoring are six ready-to-teach lessons with supplemental handouts and a video scoring rubric. There’s also a new sound pack, Super 8, full of classic film-score textures for any project.

Video scoring in the classroom: FAQ

What do I need to set up before the first lesson?

The video library is already in every account, so students can open the Studio and start scoring today.

How do I assign a video scoring project and grade it?

The same way you run any Soundtrap assignment. Attach one clip so the whole class scores the same scene, then review and leave specific feedback using comments and the assignment tools you already use. The six launch lessons come with handouts and a shared rubric, so grading doesn’t start from a blank page.

What if my students, or I, have no music background?

You don’t need one. The loop library means students can build a full score without reading notation or playing an instrument. Choosing the right sound for a moment shows what a student understood about it, and students can do that on their first try.

Score something this week

Video scoring is available now in Soundtrap for Education. Pick a lesson plan and try it with your class. And if your school isn’t on Soundtrap yet, you can get it for yours. Somewhere in your building, two kids are about to argue over where the strings come in. We can’t wait to hear who wins.