E123 - Composing for Heartstopper with Adiescar Chase

The Directors’ Take Podcast

In this episode of The Directors' Take podcast, your hosts Oz Arshad and Marcus Anthony Thomas are joined by composer Adiescar Chase, to talk us through her journey into composing and how she ended up as the lead composer on Netflix's hit coming of age TV show Heartstopper. This conversation covers:

-How Adiescar got into composing music for TV & Film.

-The journey into the industry.

-How she got her first break as composer on Heartstopper.

-The relationship between a director and composer.

-The do's and don'ts of communicating with a composer.

-The purpose of music in films.

-How to make the most out of music.

Adiescar Chase is an exciting, emerging and very distinctive composer and multi-instrumentalist based in the UK, composing and performing in a wide variety of contemporary, musical styles.

With a diverse collection of projects in her portfolio ranging from video games, tv drama, short film and animation, Adiescar is the composer for Netflix’ YA drama HEARTSTOPPER, directed by Euros Lyn for See-Saw Films. She is the composer for Rope Ladder Fiction and Wall to Wall Media’s WATERLOO ROAD drama series broadcasting on BBC.

After graduating with a first class B.mus (Hons) degree in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017, Adiescar went on to study for a Masters in Composition for Film and Television at the National Film & Television School graduating in early 2021.

Nuggets of the week

Oz: BetterSnapTool

Marcus: 3-Iron by Kim Ki-Duk

Adiescar: Composer Henry Jackman and TV show The Flatshare with Composer Nitin Sawhney.

Credits

Music by Oliver Wegmüller

Socials

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Adiescar's socials: Twitter & Instagram

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