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Chase Bethea

Piano

 Chase Bethea is a freelance Composer/Sound Designer/Audio Engineer for Video Games. He graduated with his AA from Audio Engineering from Los Angeles Recording School in 2007, his AA in Music Theory and Composition from Moorpark College in 2015 and his BM in Media Composition from California State Northridge in 2017 all with Honors. 

His primary instrument is Piano but he began learning music on Alto Saxophone from fifth grade to seventh grade. Chase took up Alto Saxophone again in 2011 and plays leisurely while he focuses more on his Classical and Jazz Piano skills. 

Chase has received many accolades throughout his career. In 2010, he won Best Music in Motion Graphic and Poetry Award. In 2013, Chase’s score from the successful flash Horror game, “I Can’t Escape” (developed by Fancy Fish Games) received an honorable mention in the Indie Game Magazine. His second soundtrack for the game “Cubic Climber” earned a Noteworthy on Destructoid.com. In 2016, Chase was nominated for Artists of the Year – Independent Composer by VGMO in the entire industry. Chase also signed publishing deals with Materia Collective. His music has been featured on multiple podcasts such as Pixelated Audio, Video Game Island, 8bitx Radio and streamed on Spotify, Pandora, Deezer and many more.