Kevin Kiner

{{short description|American film and television composer (born 1958)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Kevin Kiner

| caption = Kiner at the 2022 WonderCon

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|9|3}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Escondido, California, U.S.}}

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| occupation = Composer, conductor

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Film score, video game music

| years_active = 1986–present

| website = [https://kevinkiner.com/ kevinkiner.com]

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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 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.{{cite web|last1=Ferreira|first1=Viviana|title=Kevin Kiner: Exclusive interview for ScoreTrack.Net|url=http://www.scoretrack.net/kiner_e.html|website=ScoreTrack.Net|access-date=December 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201185035/http://www.scoretrack.net/kiner_e.html|archive-date=February 1, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Patterson|first1=Ashley|title=Kevin Kiner Press Kit|url=http://cw3pr.com/assets/uploads/Kevin%20Kiner%20Press%20Kit.pdf|website=cw3pr.com|publisher=CW3 Public Relations|access-date=December 27, 2015}}

Filmography

= Film =

Year ! Title ! Director(s) ! Studio(s) ! Notes
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1993	Leprechaun	Mark Jones	Trimark Pictures	{{N/A}}
1993	Freaked	Alex Winter Tom Stern	20th Century Fox	Nominated – Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Score
1995	Black Scorpion	Jonathan Winfrey	Showtime	{{N/A}}
1997	The Pest	Paul Miller	TriStar Pictures The Bubble Factory	{{N/A}}
1998	Safe House	Eric Steven Stahl	Showtime	{{N/A}}
1999	Wing Commander	Chris Roberts	20th Century Fox	{{N/A}}
2001	The Other Side of Heaven	Mitch Davis	Excel Entertainment Group	{{N/A}}
2001	Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	Brent Maddock	Universal Pictures	Direct-to-video
2005	Madison	William Bindley	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	{{N/A}}
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Dave Filoni	Lucasfilm Animation Warner Bros. Pictures	Star Wars themes by John Williams
2017	Inconceivable	Jonathan Baker	Lionsgate Premiere	{{N/A}}
2017	Ghost in the Shell	Rupert Sanders	Paramount Pictures	Additional Music Composer
2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	James Gunn	Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Additional Music Composer

= Television =

Year ! Title ! Showrunner(s) ! Studio(s) ! Notes
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1988–92	Superboy	IIya Salkind and Alexander Salkind \| DC Comics Syndication	{{N/A}}
1990–92	Super Force	James J. McNamara	Premiere Limited Productions Viacom Enterprises First-run syndication	{{N/A}}
1991–92	Land of the Lost	The Chiodo Brothers Sid and Marty Krofft	Krofft Entertainment ABC	{{N/A}}
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	{{N/A}}
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	{{N/A}}
2003–12	CSI: Miami	Anthony E. Zuiker Ann Donahue Carol Mendelsohn	CBS	Co-composed with Jeff Cardoni Won – BMI TV Music Award
2008	Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann	BBC Worldwide	BBC Worldwide ABC	{{N/A}}
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 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 (Season 7), and Deana Kiner (Season 7)
2011–16	Hell on Wheels	Joe Gayton Tony Gayton John Wirth \| Entertainment One AMC	{{N/A}}
2014–18	Star Wars Rebels	Dave Filoni	Lucasfilm Animation Disney XD	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)
2014–19	Jane the Virgin	Jennie Snyder Urman	Electus CBS Television Studios The CW	{{N/A}}
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 Carlo Bernard Doug Miro	Netflix	Composed with Gustavo Santaolalla; Won – BMI Visual Media Award
2019–2022	City on a Hill	Charlie MacLean	Showtime	{{N/A}}
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 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 Kajo Baldisimo \|Base Entertainment	Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
rowspan="3" \| 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 \| rowspan="2" \|Dave Filoni \|Lucasfilm Animation Disney+	Star Wars themes by John Williams Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner; additional music by David Glen Russell and Nolan Markey
2023 \|Ahsoka \|Lucasfilm Disney+	Star Wars themes by 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
2026 \|Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord \| TBA \|Lucasfilm Animation Disney+	Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner

= Video games =

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Year ! Title ! Notes
2010 \| GoldenEye 007 \| rowspan=2 \|Composed with David Arnold
2012 \| 007 Legends

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Year

! Title

! Notes

2010

| GoldenEye 007

| rowspan=2 |Composed with David Arnold

2012

| 007 Legends

Personal life

Kiner has two children, Sean and Deana, who are also music composers.{{Cite web |last=Pillot |first=Dempsey |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Kevin, Dean, and Sean Kiner on the Pressures of Composing 'Peacemaker' as a Family |url=https://filmspeak.net/interviews/2022/2/10/kinerfamily-interview |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=FilmSpeak |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lola |first=Lauren |date=2023-08-08 |title=Deana Kiner on Discovering and Orchestrating Her Trans Identity |url=https://mixedasianmedia.com/deana-kiner-on-discovering-and-orchestrating-her-trans-identity |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Mixed Asian Media |language=}}