Deana Kiner

Deana Kiner (born May 29, 1992) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist, known for her work on the soundtracks of Star Wars Rebels, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Career

Kiner began studying film scoring at Berklee College of Music, but eventually left the program to study songwriting within the same institution. She briefly worked at a Starbucks until her father convinced her to collaborate with him on a composition project, which turned out to be the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.[1]

She also worked as a composer on the Singaporean animated series Trese, released by Netflix on June 10, 2021.[2]

She composed the song Igyah Kah, which Sabine Wren listens to in the first episode of the 2023 web series Ahsoka, in collaboration with Kevin Kiner, Ludwig Göransson, and Noah Gorelick.[3]

On July 28, 2024, Kiner participated in a panel at San Diego Comic-Con titled The Character Of Music: The Art of Scoring for Animation Panel.[4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015The Adventures of Knickerbock TeetertopOpening & closing themeShort film
Jedi with a GoPro 2ComposerVideo
2016In the Shadow of the HillAdditional musicFilm
Un verano en ManhattanAdditional musicFilm
The Curious Kitty & FriendsAdditional musicShort film
2017InconceivableAdditional musicFilm
Tout nous sépareAdditional musicFilm
2019Summoners War: Friends & RivalsComposerShort film
2022SamaritanAdditional musicFilm
2024I'm in Love with Edgar Allan PoeComposerShort film
2026Why Cameras Can't See BirdsOpening & closing themeVideo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014–2016Hell on WheelsAdditional music27 episodes
2014–2017Transformers: Robots in DisguiseAdditional music71 episodes
2015–2018Making a MurdererAdditional music20 episodes
2015–2019Jane the VirginAdditional music65 episodes
2016–2018Star Wars RebelsAdditional music30 episodes
2018Narcos: MexicoAdditional music10 episodes
TitansAdditional music11 episodes
2018–2019Single ParentsComposer23 episodes
2020Star Wars: The Clone WarsAdditional music12 episodes
Single ParentsMain theme music2 episodes
2021Star Wars: The Bad BatchAdditional music16 episodes
TreseComposer6 episodes
City on a HillAdditional music8 episodes
2022–2023Dark WindsComposer12 episodes
2024Star Wars: The Bad BatchComposer6 episodes
Star Wars: Tales of the EmpireComposer3 episodes

Personal life

Deana is the daughter of composer Kevin Kiner. On May 12, 2023, she came out as a trans woman. She is also bisexual.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "From Star Wars to Trese: The Kiner Brothers on Composing Music for Today's TV Landscape". Mixed Asian Media. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "[TRAILER] Netflix's Upcoming Anime Series 'Trese' Hunts Monsters Buffy-the-Vampire Style". Rotoscopers. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "The song Sabine listens to in 'Ahsoka' is a galactic punk banger". 20 Minutos. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ↑ ""The Character Of Music: The Art of Scoring for Animation Panel" at Comic-Con 2024". Three If By Space. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Deana Kiner on Discovering and Orchestrating Her Trans Identity". Mixed Asian Media. 2023-08-08. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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