Kevin Kiner is composing the score for the new CW drama Jane the Virgin. The show is created by Jennie Snyder Urman (Emily Owens MD) based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen and stars Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Justin Baldoni, Yael Grobglas, Brett Dier, Ivonne Coll and Jaime Camil. The series follows a hard-working young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until her marriage to a detective is shattered when a doctor accidentally artificially inseminates her during a checkup. Snyder Urman is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television production with Ben Silverman (The Office, Ugly Betty, The Tudors), Gary Pearl, Jorge Granier, as well as Brad Silberling (Casper, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) who also directed the pilot episode. Jane the Virgin is set to premiere on October 13, 2014 and will air every Monday night on The CW. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
UPDATE (October 11, 2014): Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) has composed the show’s original theme. He previously wrote the main titles theme music for AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which is also scored by Kiner.
As previously reported, Kiner is also writing the music for the new animated series Star Wars: Rebels and also continues to score AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which currently airs in its fourth season every Sunday night.
