# Lena Raine

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

## Early life

Raine was born on February 29, 1984 in Seattle, Washington. Her father is a musician and her mother is a dancer. She 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 recreating 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

In her early career, Raine worked on titles such as Dead State and Hackmud, released in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Raine began working at large studios while located in Seattle, Washington, doing quality assurance and certification testing at companies such as Microsoft and Nintendo. She did this while releasing her own music before she was eventually hired at ArenaNet. Being best known for her work on the soundtracks of Minecraft, Celeste and Guild Wars 2, she worked on Guild Wars 2 at ArenaNet for six years as a designer and soundtrack composer. 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, but has continued to occasionally compose songs for its various releases as a freelancer.
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 would continue to do freelance and self-published work from 2019 onward, with her composition work for larger studios, such as her mastering work on Steven Universe: The Movie soundtrack, being released during the same time as her personal work on websites like Bandcamp.
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. A year after that, she also composed another three new tracks for the 1.19 "The Wild Update", and then about two years later, she composed five new tracks for 1.21 "Tricky Trials". 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.
On May 28, 2024, Raine announced Anothereal, a game combining elements of shoot 'em up and role-playing video games, Raine is credited with being the primary designer of the project, with work having begun in 2021. The game is being developed by Radical Dreamland, Raine's single-person development studio.

## Personal life

Lena Raine is transgender. She has also written a book titled City Of Tigers, and has begun composing more LGBT-oriented fiction in her spare time. Lena Raine is married to illustrator Aurahack, and they both live together in Vancouver.

## 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 for Celeste. Her soundtrack for Celeste was also nominated for Best Score/Music at The Game Awards 2018.

## Discography
### Albums and singles

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

### Soundtracks

List of soundtrack contributions :
| Year | Title | Type |
| 2013 | Music Madness | Video game |
| 2014 | Dead State | Video game |
| 2015 | Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns | Video game |
| 2016 | Panic at Multiverse High! | Video game |
| 2016 | Upshift | Video game |
| 2016 | Hackmud | Video game |
| 2018 | Celeste | Video game |
| 2018 | Celeste – Madeline's Grab Bag | Video game |
| 2018 | ESCISM (ESC Original Soundtrack) | Video game |
| 2019 | Celeste: Farewell | Video game |
| 2019 | Steven Universe: The Movie | TV movie |
| 2020 | Spin Rhythm XD Beyond the Heart (Broken Heart Mix) | |
| 2020 | Minecraft: Nether Update | Video game |
| 2020 | Sackboy: A Big Adventure | Video game |
| 2021 | Celeste Classic 2: Lani's Trek | Video game |
| 2021 | Chicory: A Colorful Tale | Video game |
| 2021 | Deltarune: Chapter 2 | Video game |
| 2021 | Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs | Video game |
| 2021 | Moonglow Bay | Video game |
| 2022 | Minecraft: The Wild Update | Video game |
| 2022 | Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons | Video game |
| 2023 | Harmony: The Fall of Reverie | Video game |
| 2024 | Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain | Video game |
| 2024 | Beastieball | Video game |
| 2024 | Minecraft: Tricky Trials | Video game |
| 2024 | Astro Bot | Video game |
| Cancelled | Earthblade | Video game |
| TBA | Anothereal | Video game |

## Games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2018 | ESC | Writer, designer, programmer, composer |
| 2018 | Celeste | Writing assistance, composer |
| 2019 | Guildlings | Special thanks |
| 2023 | Misericorde: Volume One | Special thanks |
| TBA | Anothereal | Writer, designer, programmer, composer |