Raine was born on February 29, 1984[4] in
Seattle, Washington.[5] Her father is a musician and her mother is a dancer.[6] She had an early exposure to music due to participation in choir at a young age. Her father was also a violinist.[7] 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.[8] She later attended
Cornish College of the Arts for a degree in
music composition.[7]
Career
Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Celeste and Guild Wars 2.[9] She worked on Guild Wars 2 at
ArenaNet for six years, as a designer and soundtrack composer.[10] 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.[11] She left ArenaNet in 2016,[10] but has continued to occasionally compose songs for its various releases as a freelancer.
In 2018, Raine released the
text adventureESC on
itch.io. Raine was the
developer and composer for ESC, with visuals created by Dataerase.[12][13] In 2019, she released her debut album, Oneknowing.[14] She composed
music for Minecraft, creating four new pieces of music which were included in the 1.16 "Nether Update" in 2020.[15] 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.[16] 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,[17] and assisted with
the soundtrack for the second chapter of Deltarune, both released in 2021.[18]
^Klaus (September 25, 2021).
"Deltarune Chapter 2 est disponible gratuitement sur Nintendo Switch et PS4 via une mise à jour du premier épisode" [Deltarune Chapter 2 is available for free on Nintendo Switch and PS4 through an updated to the first episode]. Nintendo-Difference (in French).
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^Östergård, Adrian (October 20, 2021).
"Minecraft Snapshot 21w42a". Minecraft.net.
Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
^Ostergard, Adrian (April 19, 2022).
"MINECRAFT SNAPSHOT 22W16B". minecraft.net.
Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.