Lena Raine

Lena Raine (born February 29, 1984), also known as Lena Chappelle,[1] is an American composer and producer. Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste and Guild Wars 2. She has composed music for various other video games, including Minecraft and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.

Lena Raine
Raine at the 2018 GDC IGF Awards
Background information
Also known asLena Chappelle
BornFebruary 29, 1984 (age 36)
Occupation(s)Composer, producer
Labels
Websitelena.fyi

Life and career

Raine had an early exposure to music due to participation in choir at a young age. Her father was also a violinist.[2] Through a Sonic fan community she was introduced to MIDI arrangement, first making MIDI versions of songs she knew and then making original music.[3] She later attended Cornish College of the Arts for a degree in music composition.[2]

Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste and Guild Wars 2.[4] She worked at ArenaNet for six years, composing for Guild Wars 2 soundtracks.[5] At ArenaNet, she and Maclaine Diemer were in-house composers of the music for the 2015 game expansion, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.[6] She left ArenaNet in 2016.[5]

In 2018, Raine released the text adventure ESC on itch.io. Raine was the developer and composer for ESC, with visuals created by Dataerase.[7][8] In 2019, she released her debut album, Oneknowing.[9] She composed music for Minecraft, creating four new pieces of music for their 1.16 "Nether Update" in 2020.[10] Raine created the soundtrack for the upcoming game, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, with a demo released in 2019.[11]

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.[12][13]

Discography

Studio albums and songs
Year Title Notes
2019 Oneknowing[9]
2018 Lullaby For Lancer
2018 A Day On The Road
2017 Chip Collection Chiptune compilation
2016 Acoustic Collection Acoustic compilation
2016 Singularity EP
2016 Snowflight
1999 Changing of the Tide[14]

Soundtracks
Year Title Type
Upcoming Chicory: A Colorful Tale[11] Video game
2020 Minecraft[15] Video game
2019 Steven Universe: The Movie TV movie
2019 Celeste: Farewell Original Soundtrack Video game
2018 ESCISM: ESC Original Soundtrack Video game
2018 Celeste - Madeline's Grab Bag Video game
2018 Celeste Video game
2016 Hackmud Video game
2016 UPSHIFT Video game
2016 PANIC at Multiverse High! Video game
2015 Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns[4] Video game
2014 Dead State Video game
2013 Music Madness Video game

References
  1. Boddy, Zachary (9 April 2020). "Celeste composer Lena Raine has composed custom tracks for 'the Nether Update' on Minecraft". Windows Central. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. "INTERVIEW: Composer Lena Raine talks Celeste Soundtrack & working in Game Audio". Original Sound Version. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  3. "Interview with Lena Raine". Super Magfest. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  4. Wakeling, Richard (9 April 2020). "Minecraft's Nether Update Features Music From Celeste Composer". GameSpot. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. Olivetti, Justin (13 August 2016). "Guild Wars 2 says farewell to composer Lena Chappelle". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. Johnson, Leif (6 November 2015). "Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Review". IGN. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. Prescott, Shaun (18 May 2020). "Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 18, 2020)". PC Gamer. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. Umar, Akhira (26 April 2018). "UK alumnus '2 Mello' makes money out of music". The Kentucky Kernel. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  9. Goldner, Cayce Clifford,Sam (2019-03-29). "Lena Raine's Digital Ambience Can Make You Panic or Help You Relax". Vice. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  10. Winslow, Jeremy (April 15, 2020). "Minecraft Update Adds New Blocks And More For Older PC Version". Gamespot. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  11. "Crowdfunding Spotlight - Chicory: A Colorful Tale". TechRaptor. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  12. "BAFTA Games Awards winners 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  13. "2019 ASCAP Screen Music Awards". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  14. "Lena Raine". Lena Raine. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  15. Östergård, Adrian (2020-04-08). "Minecraft Snapshot 20w15a". Minecraft.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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