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Kevin Kiner (born September 3, 1958) is an American film and television composer best known for scoring Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: Tales, and Ahsoka. Kiner was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy, Daytime Emmy and Annie Awards for Clone Wars and Rebels, while winning several BMI Awards ...
Oct 8, 2021 · Star Wars composer Kevin Kiner looks back on his game-changing scores for The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch. By John Saavedra | October 8, 2021 | Share on Facebook (opens in a new tab)
Mar 10, 2020 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars is back for a final season to finish the story of the previously canceled animated show for Disney+, and with it comes prolific Star Wars composer, Kevin Kiner. While John Williams is the name everyone thinks of when it comes to Star Wars music, Kiner has carved out his own corner of the universe, racking up more total ...
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"Composer Kevin Kiner has the unenviable task of following Williams' brilliant scores, but he does a good job."
―Blake Matthews
The Star Wars: The Clone Wars soundtrack was released on August 12, 2008. The album features over 67 minutes of Kevin Kiner's score from the film, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack also begins with the main theme by John Williams.
Just as The Clone Wars is geared toward younger audiences than the previous films, the soundtrack is considered lighter than the previous scores by John Williams. The soundtrack uses many instruments never heard before in a Star Wars score, including synthesizers, electric guitars, erhus, duduks, ouds and taikos.
The soundtrack included a Star Wars: The Clone Wars fold-out poster insert.
1.Star Wars Main Title & A Galaxy Divided – 1:13
2.Admiral Yularen– 0:57
3.Battle Of Christophsis – 3:19
4.Meet Ahsoka – 2:45
5.Obi-Wan To The Rescue – 1:24
6.Sneaking Under The Shield – 4:25
In a positive review of the soundtrack, Blogcritics writer Blake Matthews said Kevin Kiner uses new instruments to create a new sound to traditional Star Wars music that simultaneously remains familiar to the listener. Matthews said his favorite track was "Obi-Wan to the Rescue," but also particularly complimented some of the nightclub songs, which...
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1.The Clone Wars Soundtrack on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
2.Music Review: 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Soundtrack by Blake Matthews on Blogcritics (August 21, 2008) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on August 31, 2008)
3.Soundtrack Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) by Jorn Tillnes on Soundtrack Geek (August 27, 2008) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 20, 2010)
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John Williams, composer of the music of all nine Skywalker Saga films. The music of the Star Wars franchise is composed and produced in conjunction with the development of the feature films, television series, and other merchandise within the epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas. The music for the primary feature films ...
Kevin Kiner (born September 3, 1958)[1] is the music composer of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi and the live-action series Ahsoka.[3] His previous work in film includes composing the music for the first Leprechaun film (with Warwick Davis) and the Wing Commander film (with Freddie Prinze Jr.), among others. For television, Kiner has scored episodes of Stargate SG-1, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Star Trek: E
The Clone Wars is set during the Star Wars prequel trilogy era, taking place over a span of three years in between the films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.The protagonists comprise returning characters from the films, including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Yoda, and Mace Windu, as well as new characters created specifically for the series, such as Anakin's Padawan Ahsoka Tano and clone Captain Rex of the 501st Legion.
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