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, and Star Wars: Ahsoka. Kiner was nominated for multiple 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, and 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] After high school, Kiner attended the 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
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Title
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Showrunner(s)
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Notes
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| 1988–92 |
Superboy |
IIya Salkind and Alexander Salkind |
—N/a
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| 1990–92 |
Super Force |
James J. McNamara |
—N/a
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| 1991–92 |
Land of the Lost |
The Chiodo Brothers
Sid and Marty Krofft |
—N/a
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| 1996–97 |
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest |
Peter Lawrence and Takashi Masunaga |
Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
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| 1997–01 |
Walker, Texas Ranger |
Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis |
Won – BMI TV Music Award
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| 1997–03 |
Stargate SG-1 |
Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner |
Co-composed with Joel Goldsmith, Richard Band, Dennis McCarthy, and Neal Acree.
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| 2000–02 |
The Invisible Man |
Matt Greenberg |
—N/a
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| 2001 |
Harold and the Purple Crayon |
Carin Greenberg and Jeff Kline |
Nominated – Annie Award For Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production
|
| 2003 |
Stuart Little |
Rich Wilkie |
Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
|
| 2004–05 |
Star Trek: Enterprise |
Brannon Braga and Manny Coto |
—N/a
|
| 2003–12 |
CSI: Miami |
Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue and Carol Mendelsohn |
Co-composed with Jeff Cardoni
Won – BMI TV Music Award
|
| 2008 |
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann |
BBC Worldwide |
—N/a
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| 2008–14, 2020
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
|
George Lucas (Seasons 1-6)
Dave Filoni (Season 7)
|
Star Wars themes by John Williams
Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
Nominated – Annie Award for Music in a Television Production
Won – 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 and Deana Kiner (Season 7)
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| 2011–16 |
Hell on Wheels |
Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton and John Wirth |
—N/a
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| 2014–18 |
Star Wars Rebels |
Dave Filoni |
Star Wars themes by John Williams
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
Nominated – 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)
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| 2014–19 |
Jane the Virgin |
Jennie Snyder Urman |
—N/a
|
| 2015–17 |
Transformers: Robots in Disguise |
Adam Beechen, Duane Capizzi and Jeff Kline |
Composed with Kevin Manthei
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| 2015–18 |
Making a Murderer |
Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos |
Won – BMI TV Music Award
|
| 2018–19 |
Single Parents |
Elizabeth Meriwether and J. J. Philbin |
Co-composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
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| 2018–23 |
Titans |
Greg Walker |
Composed with Clint Mansell
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| 2018–21 |
Narcos: Mexico |
Chris Brancato and Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro |
Composed with Gustavo Santaolalla; Won – BMI Visual Media Award
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| 2019–2022 |
City on a Hill |
Charlie MacLean |
—N/a
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| 2019–2023 |
Doom Patrol |
Jeremy Carver |
Composed with Clint Mansell
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| 2021–2024
|
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
|
Jennifer Corbett |
Star Wars themes by John Williams
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner; additional music by David Glen Russell, Nolan Markey, and Peter Lam
|
| 2021
|
Trese
|
Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo |
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
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| 2022–present
|
Dark Winds
|
Graham Roland
|
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
|
| Peacemaker
|
James Gunn
|
Composed with Clint Mansell
|
| Star Wars: Tales
|
Dave Filoni |
Star Wars themes by John Williams
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner; additional music by David Glen Russell and Nolan Markey
|
| 2023
|
Ahsoka |
Star Wars themes by John Williams
Additional music by Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner and David Glen Russell
|
| 2024–present
|
Creature Commandos
|
Dean Lorey
|
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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