Kevin Penkin

Kevin Penkin

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Born 1992-05-22 UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.2
Kevin Penkin (born 22 May 1992) is a British-Australian anime and video game music composer. He is best known for composing the Crunchyroll Anime Award-winning score of Made in Abyss. Kevin Penkin grew up in Perth, Western Australia. Penkin's interest in game music came from listening to the "Phendrana Drifts" theme from Metroid Prime; in a 2012 interview, he referred to the theme's electronic synths and acoustic in...
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Kevin Penkin (born 22 May 1992) is a British-Australian anime and video game music composer. He is best known for composing the Crunchyroll Anime Award-winning score of Made in Abyss.

Kevin Penkin grew up in Perth, Western Australia. Penkin's interest in game music came from listening to the "Phendrana Drifts" theme from Metroid Prime; in a 2012 interview, he referred to the theme's electronic synths and acoustic instruments as "absolute bliss".

Penkin began his career with composition credits in the 2011 short films Play Lunch and The Adventures of Chipman and Biscuit Boy. In the same year, Penkin composed the soundtrack of the video game Jūzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden (十三支演義~偃月三国伝~); this soundtrack represented Penkin's first collaboration with Nobuo Uematsu. Penkin has continued to collaborate with Uematsu in titles such as Norn9 and Defender’s Quest II: Mists of Ruin.

In 2015, Penkin graduated from the Royal College of Music with a Master's degree in Composition for Screen.

In 2016, Penkin collaborated with Kinema Citrus on the Norn9 anime and the Under the Dog original video animation soundtracks. Penkin's relationship with Kinema Citrus continued through to 2017 for the soundtrack of Made in Abyss, winning the 2017 Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score with it. In 2018, Penkin composed the score for the video game Florence. Penkin composed the music for Kinema Citrus' adaptation of The Rising of the Shield Hero and NetEase's VR game Nostos in 2019. He composed the score for the 2020 anime adaptation of the South Korean webtoon Tower of God.

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Dragon Striker poster
Dragon Striker
as Original Music Composer
2026-06-09
NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun poster
NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
as Original Music Composer
2026-04-05
Bye Bye, Earth poster
Bye Bye, Earth
as Original Music Composer
2024-07-12
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF poster
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF
as Original Music Composer
2024-04-02
The Apothecary Diaries poster
The Apothecary Diaries
as Original Music Composer
2023-10-22
Pokémon: Paldean Winds poster
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
as Original Music Composer
2023-09-06
Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal- poster
Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal-
as Main Title Theme Composer
2022-10-08
Star Wars: Visions poster
Star Wars: Visions
as Original Music Composer
2021-09-22

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