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Adiescar Chase
English multi-instrumentalist and composer
Adiescar Chase is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. She composed the soundtrack of the Netflix series, Heartstopper.
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| Origin | Bedford, England |
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| Website | adiescar |
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Chase is from Bedford, England.[1] Without her knowledge, her mother enrolled her in the "Sound and Music Summer School" course at the Purcell School for Young Musicians.[1] This sparked Chase's interest composing for film and TV.[1] She graduated first class B.mus (Hons) degree in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017.[2] She earned a master's degree in Composition for Film and Television at the National Film and Television School in 2021.[2]
Chase is a multi-instrumentalist and composer.[1] In 2021, she did composition work for the documentary, Between the Trees.[3] She sound sampled the face of a leaf, converting the data into an electronic sound.[3] Chase worked on the BBC series, Waterloo Road.[1]
Chase composed the official soundtrack of seasons one and two of the Netflix series, Heartstopper.[1][3] For season one, she worked chronologically and completed each episode's sound in approximately one-to-two weeks.[3] She felt particularly connected to the show due to her bisexuality.[3] She composed the score and employed electronic riffs to give it a contemporary feel.[4] Heartstopper marked her first project after graduating from the National Film and Television School. She read the webcomic prior to composing and was given direction to have her music complement the pre-existing songs used.[5] She would play chords on her keyboard, then add riffs on a synthesiser, then add sound effects.[6] Some of the tracks, including the titular one, aided the "Heartstopper moments" by further emphasizing the feeling of electricity and excitement.[5] Variations of the main character's Nick and Charlie's "First Sight" music were used whenever a character meets someone for the first time. Ben's theme, "X", incorporates slapping sounds to mirror "how his attitude slaps you in the face." For series 2, Chase rearranged some previous tracks and made new ones.[6] In the finale featuring Tara and Darcy, she recorded her singing to represent comfort.[6] She bought a new synthesizer specifically for season two.[1]
In 2023, Chase collaborated with French composer Jean-Michel Jarre on the track, "Synthy Sisters Take Two."[7] It is a reworked version of "Synthy Sisters" that appeared on his album Oxymore (2022).[7]
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- Fullbrook, Danny (2023-08-05). "Working on Heartstopper a 'dream' says composer". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- Jones, Jemma (2022-07-18). "Creating Queer happiness through music: meet the genius behind Heartstopper's soundtrack". UniSa On the Record. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- "Full Heartstopper Soundtrack List From Netflix Series". Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- Fullbrook, Danny (28 April 2022). Danny chats to Heartstopper composer Adiescar Chase (Radio programme). Chase, Adiescar. BBC Sounds. 41:18 minutes in. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- "The 'Heartstopper' Soundtrack Wants You to Feel the Music (Literally)". Netflix Tudum. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- Ewing, Jerry (2023-07-21). "Jean-Michel Jarre shares new version of Synthy Sisters with British composer Adiescar Chase". Louder. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- Heartstopper (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) by Adiescar Chase, 2022-04-22, retrieved 2023-08-15
- Heartstopper: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) by Adiescar Chase, 2023-07-28, retrieved 2023-08-15
