Biography

Receiving his first guitar at 12-years-old, Ruben would constantly create new music to play with his friends, family, school, and future bands. At 14, he received formal guitar training while learning Bass, Drums, Piano, and eventually MIDI programming at the International High School in San Francisco. After composing songs for classmates, school plays, and eventually school documentaries, he learned about media scoring as a potential career path.

After switching majors from Music to Audio Engineering at San Fransisco State University, Ruben was immersed in the world of professional audio production, Foley, sound-design, and film composing. Post-graduation, Ruben realized his love for composing due to these experiences and immediately applied for Berklee's Online Film Scoring Program.

During his 3rd quarter, he had the opportunity to score his first independent short film with an animation student from the Lesley School of Arts. Combining live acoustic/electric guitar, bass, drums, synthesizers, and female choirs, Ruben was able to combine his musicality, emotiveness, MIDI programming, and recording techniques to create a truly unique score.

Following Ruben's completion of his Master's in Summer 2025, he will continue to pursue a PhD in Music Technology, following in the footsteps of his parents as educators for over 25 years. Just as Ruben is passionate for communicating emotion through music, he is just as determined to help others find their unique compositional voice. Ruben is not only interested in scoring for Film, but for Television, Video Games, Art Installations, Social Media, Companies, and much more.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ruben Aidan Quezada