Ralph Legnini is a musician / songwriter / producer , and owner of E Boy Music Studio , a recording studio near Woodstock , New York . He began his studio career working at Nile Rodgers Productions on records by Madonna , David Bowie , and Mick Jagger and then on to production manager for music wizard Todd Rundgren , on everything from film and TV soundtracks , music videos , and records produced for XTC , Psychedelic Furs , Meatloaf , Jill Sobule , Jules Shear , and Paul Shaffer , along with all of Rundgren 's solo records , and those by Rundgren 's band , Utopia . As a musician , Legnini has played on songs and albums with Jules Shear , Tin Huey , Jon Anderson , Rick Danko , Jorma Kaukonen , James Taylor , Todd Rundgren , Pete Seeger , Chip Taylor , Mick Ronson , and Kate Pierson , and produced and engineered many others . His TV credits include music producer on Saturday Night Live , composer of the soundtrack for the Academy Award nominated short The Real New York , and scoring the acclaimed HBO children 's series Encyclopedia for the folks at Sesame Street . Recently , Legnini stepped out from behind the scenes to write and produce a unique record for kids with Tom Wait 's hornman , Ralph Carney . Together they are called Ralph & Ralph , and their initial release , Opposites , will be available on Leg Knee Knee Records , in fall 2009 .