David Rubenstein

December 10, 2021

Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western Back in December, 2020, I composed a pair of short cues, that I labeled “Creepy Western”. Now, I have expanded one of them, that had been titled “Suspenseful Prelude”. In honor of the […]
November 16, 2021

Mysterious Theme

Mysterious Theme I composed this short piece simply as an exercise at a different style. A set of ostinatos serve as a background accompaniment. The foreground melody is played by English horn, then clarinet and […]
October 4, 2021

High Eagle

High Eagle I was recently asked to try my hand composing a background score for an introductory portion of an upcoming film titled “High Eagle”. The film is a documentary about Jerry Elliot, a physicist, […]
September 15, 2021

Film Score during Credits

Film Score for Credits I recently finished scoring a documentary film, “Cutting Corners”. This film is produced by Jason Sherman, of Delphia Entertainment. The film is about unscrupulous developers and contractors who demolish and construct […]
August 14, 2021

Escape from the Morons; for Video Game

Escape from the Morons; for Video Game My son has been editing video game playbacks, putting video game clips against music. He loves the game “Escape from Tarkov”, and asked that I compose similar music. […]
August 7, 2021

Escher Stairs: A Musical Analogue

Escher Stairs: A Musical Analogue I have been working with Jason Sherman on a film titled “Cutting Corners”. It is an activist documentary about builders and contractors cutting corners while building new structures in Philadelphia. […]
June 29, 2021

In the Name of God

In the Name of God I have been working with two wonderful filmmakers at the London-based  G22 Studios; Stephen Noorshargh and Sulymaan Hameed. They filmed a 22-minute, beautiful tale of morality titled “In the Name of […]
June 20, 2021

To a Higher Plane

To a Higher Plane I have been subscribing to a music A&R (Artist and Repertoire) company, TAXI.com. This company supplies music tracks to production music libraries, record labels, and film and TV producers. TAXI.com regularly […]
June 3, 2021

Russian Folk Song: Katyusha

Russian Folk Song: Katyusha I recently responded to a request for an instrumental Russian folk song. So I searched for an upbeat folk song with a catchy melody. And the one I settled on is […]
April 6, 2021

Video Game — 4 Atmospheric Variations

Video Game — 4 Atmospheric Variations While working on a score for a video game, I composed a melody, a motif that I thought could be very flexible. I could use the same melody for […]
December 8, 2020

Creepy Western

Creepy Western This week I composed a couple of cues for an upcoming short film by filmmaker Joe Boyce, titled “Winter Story”. He has a very interesting approach. He has given me a script, but […]
November 12, 2020

Meditation

Meditation During the past few weeks I composed a set of relaxing pieces that are suitable for meditation, yoga, mindfulness training, and general relaxation. “We Look to the Heavens Above” is a slow, soft, sweet […]