Michael Rubin (composer)
Michael Rubin II (born September 24, 1963) 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, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse", and "Jack's Big Music Show", among others. On "Blue's Clues", Rubin was also the voice of Mailbox. 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. 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 the soundtrack for all six seasons of the show as well as music for the traveling theatrical production  Blue’s Clues Live, a feature-length direct-to-video movie "Blue’s Big Musical Movie", the spin-off "Blue’s Room", and other media. Rubin also provided the voice of the character Mailbox. In 2007, Murmur Music partnered with Dubway Studios to form Rhumba Recorders, an audio production company for children's media. Shortly after this partnership, Rubin began writing and producing the songs and score for all seasons of the series "Bubble Guppies". Rubin, sometimes under the stage name Seth O'Hickory, has sung and voiced several characters in shows featuring his music. He sang lead vocals as a  crab henchman in his song "She's So Mean," featured in the "Bubble Guppies" episode "Bubble Puppy's Fin-Tastic Fairy Tale." He is the voice of the sun in "The Planet Song," originally created for "Blue's Clues" and then featured in a NASA exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Personal life. According to his Facebook, Rubin is married to Tamara (née Hanneman) and has three sons: Caleb, Tobias and Moses.