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 .
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 the San Diego Comic-Con International titled The Character Of Music: The Art of Scoring for Animation Panel. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Adventures of Knickerbock Teetertop | Opening & closing theme | Short film |
| Jedi with a GoPro 2 | Composer | Video | |
| 2016 | In the Shadow of the Hill | Additional music | Film |
| Un verano en Manhattan | Additional music | Film | |
| The Curious Kitty & Friends | Additional music | Short film | |
| 2017 | Inconceivable | Additional music | Film |
| Tout nous sépare | Additional music | Film | |
| 2019 | Summoners War: Friends & Rivals | Composer | Short film |
| 2022 | Samaritan | Additional music | Film |
| 2024 | I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe | Composer | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | Hell on Wheels | Additional music | 27 episodes |
| 2014–2017 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Additional music | 71 episodes |
| 2015–2018 | Making a Murderer | Additional music | 20 episodes |
| 2015–2019 | Jane the Virgin | Additional music | 65 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Star Wars Rebels | Additional music | 30 episodes |
| 2018 | Narcos: Mexico | Additional music | 10 episodes |
| Titans | Additional music | 11 episodes | |
| 2018–2019 | Single Parents | Composer | 23 episodes |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Additional music | 12 episodes |
| Single Parents | Main theme music | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Additional music | 16 episodes |
| Trese | Composer | 6 episodes | |
| City on a Hill | Additional music | 8 episodes | |
| 2022–2023 | Dark Winds | Composer | 12 episodes |
| 2024 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Composer | 6 episodes |
| Star Wars: Tales of the Empire | Composer | 3 episodes |
Deana is the daughter of composer Kevin Kiner. On May 12, 2023, she came out as a trans woman. She is also bisexual. [5]