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Lena Raine

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Lena Raine (/ˈleɪ.nə/ LAY-nuh or /ˈlɛ.nə/ LEN-uh)[2], also known as Lena Chappelle or kuraine, is a composer, producer, and video game developer who composed tracks for the Nether Update, Caves & Cliffs Part II, The Wild Update and Tricky Trials.[3][4] She also made the music discs, Pigstep, otherside, Creator and Creator (Music Box). All of these songs are featured in her albums Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack), Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack), Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack), and Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack). Outside of Minecraft, Raine is known for creating the soundtracks of games such as Celeste, Guild Wars 2, and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.

Biography

Lena Raine was exposed to music at a young age through her participation in a youth choir and her father, who was a violinist.[5] She was introduced to MIDI arrangement through a Sonic fan community, where she began recreating songs she already knew and then eventually creating original music.[6] She attended Cornish College of the Arts and got a degree in music composition.[5] Raine is well known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste, Deltarune, Guild Wars 2 and Chicory: A Colorful Tale. In 2019, she was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award and won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Video Game Score of the Year.[7][8] She is transgender.[9]

Official Minecraft soundtracks

Raine being interviewed at an awards ceremony

References

  1. ↑ "heya it's my birthday (observed)! fun facts: - it's actually on the 29th but yknow - I don't get twitter balloons this year - I celebrate in feb cos march isn't my birth month - I've celebrated 8.5 real birthdays now - 🎉🎈" (archived) – @kuraine on X (formerly Twitter), February 28, 2018
  2. ↑ "lay-nuh or len-uh, either is fine I just don't like 'lee-nuh' cos that's "Lina" or "Leena" to me." – @kuraine on X (formerly Twitter), July 15, 2020
  3. ↑ "The Sound of Scary" – Minecraft.net.
  4. ↑ "Lena Raine - Composer & Producer" – lena.fyi.
  5. ↑ a b "Lena Raine talks Celeste soundtrack and working in game audio" .
  6. ↑ "Interview with Lena Raine" .
  7. ↑ "BAFTA Game Awards winners 2019" .
  8. ↑ "2019 ASCAP Screen Music Awards" .
  9. ↑ Interview: A Conversation with Lena Chappelle - PinkFae Gaming: September 3, 2015

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