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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 Star Wars: 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
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]
Year
Title
Showrunner(s)
Notes
1988–92
Superboy IIya Salkind and Alexander Salkind
— N/a
1990–92
Super Force James J. McNamara
— N/a
1991–92
Land of the Lost The Chiodo Brothers Sid and Marty Krofft — N/a
1996–97
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Peter Lawrence and Takashi Masunaga
Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
1997–01
Walker, Texas Ranger Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis Won – BMI TV Music Award
1997–03
Stargate SG-1 Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner Co-composed with Joel Goldsmith , Richard Band, Dennis McCarthy, and Neal Acree.
2000–02
The Invisible Man Matt Greenberg — N/a
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 BMI TV Music Award
2008
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann BBC Worldwide — N/a
2008–14, 2020
Star Wars: The Clone Wars George Lucas (Seasons 1-6)Dave Filoni (Season 7)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 Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner (Season 7)
2011–16
Hell on Wheels Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton and John Wirth
— N/a
2014–18
Star Wars Rebels Dave Filoni 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
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
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
2018–23
Titans Greg Walker
Composed with Clint Mansell
2018–21
Narcos: Mexico Chris Brancato and Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro Composed with Gustavo Santaolalla ; Won – BMI Visual Media Award
2019–22
City on a Hill Charlie MacLean
— N/a
2019–23
Doom Patrol Jeremy Carver Composed with Clint Mansell
2021–24
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Jennifer Corbett
Star Wars John Williams
2021
Trese Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
2022–present
Dark Winds Graham Roland Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
2022–25
Peacemaker James Gunn Composed with Clint Mansell
2022–present
Star Wars: Tales Dave Filoni Star Wars John Williams
2023–present
Ahsoka Star Wars John Williams
2024–present
Creature Commandos Dean Lorey Composed with Clint Mansell
2026
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Dave Filoni and Matt Mitchnovetz
Composed with Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner
Kiner has two children, Sean and Deana , who are also music composers.[ 3] [ 4]
^ 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 .
Alf Clausen (1997)Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler (1998)Randy Rogel (1999)
Alf Clausen (2000)Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker , and James L. Venable (2001)
James L. Venable (2002)Alf Clausen , Ian Maxtone-Graham , and Ken Keeler (2003)Robert J. Kral (2004)James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2005)James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2006)Alf Clausen and Michael Price (2007)Henry Jackman , Hans Zimmer , and John Powell (2008)Guy Moon (2009)Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, and Tuck Tucker (2010)
Grace Potter and Michael Giacchino (2011)John Paesano (2012)Christopher Willis (2013)Christopher Willis (2014)Christopher Willis (2015)Scot Stafford, Alexis Harte, and JJ Wiesler (2016)
Christopher Willis (2017)Christopher Willis (2018)Rob Cairns (2019)
Kevin Kiner (2020)Tim Davies and Gustavo Santaolalla (2021)Ego Plum , Dave Wasson , and Cosmo Segurson (2022)Markus Wormstorm , Nadia Darries, and Dineo du Toit (2023)Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver , and Simon Wilcox (2024)
Ramin Djawadi , Shane Eli, and Johnny Pakfar (2025)
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