Michael Rubin (composer)

Michael Rubin II is an American music producer, composer, voice actor and lyricist best known for his work in children’s television. Rubin has created musical pieces for shows including Bubble Guppies, Blue’s Clues (in which he also voiced Mailbox), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Jack’s Big Music Show, among others. His songs have been performed by artists including Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Macy Gray, Randy Travis, India Arie, Nell Carter, Toni Braxton, Phoebe Snow, and The Persuasions. Career Rubin began his professional career making music for advertising. He founded the music production company Murmur Music Inc. in 1993. Murmur created music and sound design for commercials and promotional pieces for American Express, AMC, AT&T, Bell South, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Fisher Price, The Food Network, General Motors, Kraft, Maxwell House, Merck, Motorola, Nabisco, Paramount Pictures, Rockport, Samsung, UPS, VH1, Viacom, Volvo and others. He founded the company Rhumba which encompasses Murmur and Dubway Studios which is run by Al Houghton. In 1995, Rubin (with writing partner Nick Balaban) created the music and sound design for the pilot episode of Blue’s Clues. Rubin and Murmur created t