Lena Raine
Lena Raine
- Position
- Composer
“I like to tell stories. As a kid, I wrote them down on teddy bear stationary, sometimes sang or recorded them on reel-to-reel in my dad's studio. Given my early love of music and a childhood spent singing professionally in choirs, going to school for composition made perfect sense.
At Cornish, I developed the tools necessary to tell my stories. I studied theory and counterpoint with some of the most talented composers in the pacific northwest. I collaborated with choreographers and awe-inspiring dancers, and wrote student pieces for the Seattle Chamber Players, the Saint Helens String Quartet, and others.
In 2012, I received the career-defining opportunity to compose for award-winning PC game Guild Wars 2. I've contributed ever since, and was co-composer for the game's first expansion, Heart of Thorns, as well as the retro-style Super Adventure Box. I've also composed for indie survival RPG Dead State, and classroom education software Music Madness among others.
As a writer, I am the published author of City of Tigers, book one in the continuing series Under the Sunstone. I'm continually working on new things, and write at irregular intervals at my blog The Immerse.
— "Making Music, Writing Worlds," biography on personal website [1]
Lena Raine, also known as Lena Chappelle, 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, Deltarune, and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.
Lena was a QA Developer, game designer and in-house composer at ArenaNet, having worked on the core game, Heart of Thorns, and on the Path of Fire expansion as a quest designer[2]. She left ArenaNet on August 13th, 2016 to pursue a career as a full-time freelance composer.[3].
Since 2017, she has returned to ArenaNet on numerous occasions, composing music for Living World Season 4, and more recently the End of Dragons expansion.[4]
Work[edit]
End of Dragons[edit]
- The Cycle Ends
Living World Season 4[edit]
Ep. 3 - Long Live the Lich[edit]
- Blish's Determination
- Blish's Sorrow
Ep. 4 - A Star to Guide Us[edit]
- Blish's Sacrifice (arr. Maclaine Diemer, based on Lena Raine's music)
- The Largos Twins
Additional Tracks[edit]
- Living World Season 4 Live Medley (collab with Maclaine Diemer, Wilbert Roget, II, and Brendon Williams)
Heart of Thorns[edit]
- Auric Wilds
- An Exalted Lullaby
- Tarir, the Forgotten City
- Attack on Tarir
- Hearts and Minds
- Mordremoth
- Combat Music 04
- Combat Music 05
Living World Season 2[edit]
Ep. 4 - The Dragon's Reach: Part 2[edit]
- The World Summit
Ep. 7 - Seeds of Truth[edit]
- The Newly Awakened
Wintersday 2014[edit]
- The Great Toymaker (live)
Ep. 8 - Point of No Return[edit]
- The Golden Cave
Living World Season 1[edit]
Wintersday 2012[edit]
- The Great Toymaker
- Wintersday Bell Choir Medley
- II. Beyond Hills of Snow
- III. Flight of the Infinirarium
- IV. The Great Toymaker
Super Adventure Box[edit]
- Sunny Glade
- Town Shop
- Dark Woods 1
- Dark Woods 2
- Victory!
Bazaar of the Four Winds[edit]
- Labyrinthine Cliffs
- Sanctum Sprint
Super Adventure Box World 2[edit]
- Pain Cliffs
- Storm Top
- Wizard of Storms
Battle for Lion's Arch[edit]
- Battle on the Breachmaker
External link[edit]
- Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack by Lena Raine, soundcloud.com
References[edit]
- ^ Making Music, Writing Worlds, biography on personal website (as seen on archive.org)
- ^ Reddit comment by u/Kuraine
- ^ [1]
- ^ Tweet by Lena Raine, Twitter.com
