Kevin Kiner

Though Emmy-nominated composer Kevin Kiner is best known for his suspenseful, rousing orchestral scores for several Star Wars animated spin-off series, his franchise contributions range from Star Trek to Tremors, and James Bond (the latter in the video-game sector). He first broke into television in the mid-'80s and had written for series like Superboy and Land of the Lost by the time he made his big-screen debut with the horror film Leprechaun in 1993. Kiner established his presence in the sci-fi genre by the late '90s, including music for TV's Stargate SG-1 and the film Wing Commander. His Star Wars franchise debut arrived in 2008 with the animated series The Clone Wars; he stayed with the show through its final season in 2020. In the meantime, Kiner earned his first Primetime Emmy nomination for Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018) and began work on Star Wars: The Bad Batch in 2021.