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.

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

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.

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.

Filmography Film 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 2026 Why Cameras Can't See Birds Opening & closing theme Video

Television 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

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.