American film and television composer (born 1958)
Musical artist
Kevin Kiner (born September 3, 1958) is an American film and television composer best known for scoring Star Wars: The Clone Wars Star Wars Rebels Star Wars: The Bad Batch Star Wars: Tales Ahsoka Primetime Emmy , Daytime Emmy and Annie Awards for Clone Wars and Rebels , while winning several BMI Awards for his work on CSI: Miami Narcos: Mexico Making a Murderer Walker, Texas Ranger
Career
Kiner was raised in Escondido, California , where his interest in music flourished through listening to different bands such as Yes , Pink Floyd , and the Eagles .[ 1] University of California, Los Angeles as a pre-medical student but later decided to pursue his passion for music instead. He then began traveling the world as a musical director for an international touring group before settling in Hollywood, where he began composing for film and television.[ 2]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Showrunner(s)
Studio(s)
Notes
1988–92
Superboy IIya Salkind and Alexander Salkind
DC Comics Syndication —
1990–92
Super Force James J. McNamara
Premiere Limited ProductionsViacom Enterprises First-run syndication
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1991–92
Land of the Lost The Chiodo Brothers Sid and Marty Krofft Krofft Entertainment ABC —
1996–97
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Peter Lawrence
Takashi Masunaga
Warner Bros. Television Cartoon Network Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
1997–01
Walker, Texas Ranger Leslie Greif Paul Haggis CBS Won – BMI TV Music Award
1997–03
Stargate SG-1 Brad Wright Jonathan Glassner MGM Television Showtime Co-composed with Joel Goldsmith , Richard Band, Dennis McCarthy, and Neal Acree.
2000–02
The Invisible Man Matt Greenberg Stu Segall Productions USA Cable Entertainment —
2001
Harold and the Purple Crayon Carin Greenberg Jeff Kline Adelaide Productions Columbia TriStar Television Nominated – Annie Award For Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production
2003
Stuart Little Rich Wilkie
Sony Pictures Television HBO Family Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
2004–05
Star Trek: Enterprise Brannon Braga and Manny Coto
Paramount Domestic Television UPN —
2003–12
CSI: Miami Anthony E. Zuiker Ann Donahue Carol Mendelsohn CBS Co-composed with Jeff Cardoni BMI TV Music Award
2008
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide ABC —
2008–14, 2020
Star Wars: The Clone Wars George Lucas (Seasons 1-6)
Dave Filoni (Season 7)
Lucasfilm Animation Cartoon Network Netflix Disney+
Star Wars John Williams Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition Annie Award for Music in a Television Production Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Additional music by David Glen Russell, Matthew St. Laurent, Takeshi Furukawa, Nolan Markey, Reuven Herman, Sean Kiner (Season 7), and Deana Kiner (Season 7)
2011–16
Hell on Wheels Joe GaytonTony Gayton
John Wirth
Entertainment One AMC —
2014–18
Star Wars Rebels Dave Filoni Lucasfilm Animation Disney XD Star Wars John Williams Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Annie Award For Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Additional music by David Glen Russell, Matthew St. Laurent, Sean Kiner (Seasons 3 & 4), and Deana Kiner (Seasons 3 & 4)
2014–19
Jane the Virgin Jennie Snyder Urman Electus CBS Television Studios The CW —
2015–17
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Adam Beechen Duane Capizzi Jeff Kline Hasbro Studios Cartoon Network Composed with Kevin Manthei
2015–18
Making a Murderer Laura Ricciardi Moira Demos Netflix Won – BMI TV Music Award
2018–19
Single Parents Elizabeth Meriwether J. J. Philbin 20th Century Fox Television ABC Co-composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
2018–23
Titans Greg Walker
Warner Bros. Television DC Universe HBO Max Composed with Clint Mansell
2018–21
Narcos: Mexico Chris Brancato Doug Miro Netflix Composed with Gustavo Santaolalla ; Won – BMI Visual Media Award
2019–2022
City on a Hill Charlie MacLean
Showtime —
2019–2023
Doom Patrol Jeremy Carver Warner Bros. Television DC Universe HBO Max Composed with Clint Mansell
2021–2024
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Jennifer Corbett
Lucasfilm Animation Disney+ Star Wars John Williams
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner; additional music by David Glen Russell, Nolan Markey, and Peter Lam
2021
Trese Budjette Tan
Kajo Baldisimo
Base Entertainment
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
2022–present
Dark Winds Graham Roland
AMC Studios
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
Peacemaker James Gunn
Warner Bros. Television DC Studios The Safran Company Troll Court Entertainment Composed with Clint Mansell
Star Wars: Tales Dave Filoni
Lucasfilm Animation Disney+ Star Wars John Williams
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner; additional music by David Glen Russell and Nolan Markey
2023
Ahsoka Lucasfilm Disney+ Star Wars John Williams
Additional music by Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner, and David Glen Russell
2024–present
Creature Commandos Dean Lorey
DC Studios Warner Bros. Animation The Safran Company Troll Court Entertainment Lorey Stories
Composed with Clint Mansell
Video games
Personal life
Kiner has two children, Sean and Deana, who are also music composers.[ 3] [ 4]
See also
References
^ Ferreira, Viviana. "Kevin Kiner: Exclusive interview for ScoreTrack.Net" . ScoreTrack.Net . Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2015 . ^ Patterson, Ashley. "Kevin Kiner Press Kit" (PDF) . cw3pr.com . CW3 Public Relations. Retrieved December 27, 2015 . ^ Pillot, Dempsey (February 10, 2022). "Kevin, Dean, and Sean Kiner on the Pressures of Composing 'Peacemaker' as a Family" . FilmSpeak . Retrieved 2022-10-11 . ^ Lola, Lauren (2023-08-08). "Deana Kiner on Discovering and Orchestrating Her Trans Identity" . Mixed Asian Media . Retrieved 2023-09-20 .
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