Lena Raine

Lena Raine
Lena Raine promotional photo, 2018
Raine in 2018
Background information
Also known asLena Chappelle, Kuraine
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 38)
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, producer, game designer
Labels
  • Materia Collective
  • Ship To Shore PhonoCo
  • Local Action
Websitelena.fyi

Lena "Kuraine" Raine (born February 29, 1984), also known as Lena Chappelle, is an American-Canadian composer, producer, and video game developer. Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste, Minecraft and Guild Wars 2. She has composed music for various other video games, including Deltarune and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.

Early life

Raine had an early exposure to music due to participation in choir at a young age. Her father was also a violinist. Through a Sonic the Hedgehog fan community she was introduced to MIDI arrangement, first making MIDI versions of songs she knew and then making original music. She later attended Cornish College of the Arts for a degree in music composition.

Career

Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste and Guild Wars 2. She worked on Guild Wars 2 at ArenaNet for six years, initially as a Game Designer before composing soundtracks for the game. At ArenaNet, she and Maclaine Diemer were in-house composers of the music for the game's 2015 expansion, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. She left ArenaNet in 2016.

In 2018, Raine released the text adventure ESC on itch.io. Raine was the developer and composer for ESC, with visuals created by Dataerase. In 2019, she released her debut album, Oneknowing. She composed music for Minecraft, creating four new pieces of music which were included in the 1.16 "Nether Update" in 2020. A year later, she returned to Minecraft, composing six new tracks for the 1.18 "Caves & Cliffs: Part II" update, alongside fellow video game composer Kumi Tanioka. Raine created the soundtrack for the adventure RPG Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and assisted with the soundtrack for the second chapter of Deltarune, both released in 2021.

Personal life

Raine is transgender.

Awards

Raine was nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and won American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Video Game Score of the Year in 2019. Her soundtrack for Celeste was also nominated for Best Score/Music at The Game Awards 2018.

Discography

Albums and singles

Year Title Notes
2020 Reknowing Remix album of Oneknowing
2019 Oneknowing Debut full-length album
2X18 Single
2018 Lullaby for Lancer
A Day on the Road EP
2017 Chip Collection Chiptune compilation
Dawn Ouroboros Single
2016 Transference
Acoustic Collection Acoustic compilation
Singularity EP
Snowflight
1999 Changing of the Tide Compilation

Soundtracks

Year Title Type
Upcoming Earthblade Video game
2022 Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons
Minecraft: The Wild Update
2021 Moonglow Bay
Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs
Deltarune: Chapter 2
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Celeste Classic 2: Lani's Trek
2020 Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Minecraft: Nether Update
Spin Rhythm XD Beyond The Heart (Broken Heart Mix)
2019 Steven Universe: The Movie TV movie
Celeste: Farewell Video game
2018 ESCISM (ESC Original Soundtrack)
Celeste - Madeline's Grab Bag
Celeste
2016 Hackmud
UPSHIFT
PANIC at Multiverse High!
2015 Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
2014 Dead State
2013 Music Madness

Games

Year Title Role
2018 ESC Writer, Designer, Programmer, Composer
Celeste Writing Assistance
2019 Guildlings Special Thanks

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