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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has composed music for various other video games, including ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' fan community she was introduced to

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arrangement, first making MIDI versions of songs she knew and then making original music. She later attended

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for a degree in

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Career

Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of '' Celeste'' and ''

''. She worked on ''Guild Wars 2'' at

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for six years, initially as a Game Designer before composing soundtracks for the game. At ArenaNet, she and

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were

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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

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''ESC'' on itch.io. Raine was the

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and composer for ''ESC'', with visuals created by Dataerase. In 2019, she released her debut album, ''Oneknowing''. She composed music for ''

'', 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

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. Raine created the soundtrack for the adventure RPG '' Chicory: A Colorful Tale'', and assisted with the soundtrack for the second chapter of ''

'', both released in 2021.

Personal life

Raine is

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Awards

Raine was nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and won

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(ASCAP) Video Game Score of the Year in 2019. Her soundtrack for ''Celeste'' was also nominated for Best Score/Music at

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Discography

Albums and singles

Soundtracks

Games

References

External links

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