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This blog contains the latest updates on my new music compositions, and comments about using music in film, theater, and video games.

Evocative Themes

Evocative Themes I started scoring a documentary film “Listen to Britain”, in collaboration with Stephen Noorshargh of G22 Studios. This will be a feature-length film about the experiences of immigrants to Great Britain. We have […]

Lost in Wonder

Lost in Wonder I finished a first draft of a score for a documentary film “Listen to Britain”, in collaboration with Stephen Noorshargh of G22 Studios. This will be a feature-length film about the experiences […]

Organ Theme

Organ Theme This is a short cue featuring organ, as well as some electronic instruments. If it sounds somewhat similar to the main theme from the “Interstellar” soundtrack–that is not a coincidence. The music sets […]

Distant World

Distant World In preparation for composing music for a video game about a visit to another planet, I have composed this song. It features two guitars and two women singing a song in some unknown […]

Adaptive Music

Adaptive Music When producing music for a video game, it is often useful to compose adaptive music. This is music that interactively adapts to the actions taking place in the video game. I recently started […]

Trio for Guitar, Bass, & Alto Flute

Trio for Guitar, Bass, & Alto Flute This is a short trio for guitar, upright bass, and alto flute. The guitar is a 12-string. The alto flute is similar to a standard soprano flute, but […]

Short Film: Cosmo

Short Film: Cosmo This is the third film I have worked on, with director Jonathan Hawes, of One Door Films. Jonathan has an eye for fun, quirky stories that highlight some aspect of the human experience. […]

Acoustic or Synthesized

Acoustic or Synthesized While composing music for a video game, a question came up. Should the style be acoustic or synthesized? That is to say, should the instruments be standard acoustic instruments, or should all […]

Custom Music for Your Film

Custom Music for Your Film by David Rubenstein Wonderful Music for Your Story (Wonderful-Music.com) Who is this brochure for? Is it for me? This brochure is for beginning and intermediate-level filmmakers. If you are actively thinking […]

The Sand Knight

The Sand Knight I am involved now with a couple of video game development groups. One of these groups is developing a game called “The Sand Knight”. You can try playing an early version of […]

Short Film: Interrogation Day

Short Film: Interrogation Day I like to help students with their film projects. Here is one such film, produced by Davide Dolfini, titled “Interrogation Day”. In this film, a detective interrogates a crime suspect. I […]

Dramatic Song

Dramatic Song I finished composing a music score for the film Confini, which is Italian for Borders. You can view the film on my Films page. Andreea Albu, Anna Audrien, and Anastasiya Zharkoy produced, and […]