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Jim Ruberto

Selected Work

The recordings I'm proudest of across classical, indie, experimental, film, and rock.

Engineering credits

  • The Deep Has Always Known Me — Brandon Patrick George & Bryan Wagorn cover art

    The Deep Has Always Known Me

    Brandon Patrick George & Bryan Wagorn

    Assistant engineer · Pentatone · 2026

    Flutist Brandon Patrick George and pianist Bryan Wagorn's intensely mysterious and emotional album, inspired by the myth of Undine, released on Pentatone.

  • Shostakovich: Chamber Works — Paul Neubauer & Anne-Marie McDermott cover art

    Shostakovich: Chamber Works

    Paul Neubauer & Anne-Marie McDermott

    Music by Dmitri Shostakovich

    Assistant engineer · First Hand Records · 2025

    Violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott interpreting Shostakovich, released on First Hand Records.

  • When the Money's Comin' In — Paul Babe music video thumbnail

    When the Money's Comin' In

    Paul Babe

    Location recording engineer · Beige Records · 2025

    Sometimes you just set up a whole band on your back patio and make music on a gorgeous October day. Music video for Paul Babe.

  • Chopin Voyage — Yulianna Avdeeva cover art

    Chopin Voyage

    Yulianna Avdeeva

    Music by Frédéric Chopin

    Assistant engineer · Pentatone · 2024

    • Winner, 2025 Diapason d'or de l'année

    Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva's return to Chopin, released on Pentatone.

  • Decoda — Decoda cover art

    Decoda

    Decoda

    Assistant engineer · Bright Shiny Things · 2024

    • Includes the composition Revelry, nominated for the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    The Decoda ensemble takes on Coleman, Bolcom, and Vali; released on Bright Shiny Things.

  • Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 — Roman Rabinovich cover art

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Roman Rabinovich

    Music by Joseph Haydn

    Assistant engineer · First Hand Records · 2021

    Pianist Roman Rabinovich's second volume of Haydn sonatas, released on First Hand Records.

  • Noctuelles — Ravel: Miroirs / Medtner: Improvisation, No. 2, Op. 47 — Michael Stephen Brown cover art

    Noctuelles — Ravel: Miroirs / Medtner: Improvisation, No. 2, Op. 47

    Michael Stephen Brown

    Music by Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Medtner

    Assistant engineer · First Hand Records · 2021

    Pianist Michael Stephen Brown's stunning interpretations of Ravel and Medtner including premiere recordings, released on First Hand Records.

  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 — Adam Golka cover art

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Adam Golka

    Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

    Assistant engineer · First Hand Records · 2020

    Pianist Adam Golka's reading of Nos. 5-7, Op. 10 and No. 8, Op. 13 Pathétique, released on First Hand Records.

  • John Luther Adams: Lines Made By Walking — JACK Quartet cover art

    John Luther Adams: Lines Made By Walking

    JACK Quartet

    Music by John Luther Adams

    Assistant engineer · Cold Blue Music · 2020

    • Nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    The JACK Quartet performs John Luther Adams, released on Cold Blue Music. This is one I'll always hold close, a room full of people I was lucky to learn from.

  • The Low Wines Vol 1 — John Common cover art

    The Low Wines Vol 1

    John Common

    Location recording engineer · 2020

    John Common, the man, the myth, the legend. A lovely set of his tunes recorded and filmed on location

Production

  • Rendez-vous — Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal cover art

    Rendez-vous

    Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal

    Producer, Assistant engineer · Tippet Rise Productions · Olivier Music Barn, Tippet Rise Art Center · 2026

    Cellist Camille Thomas and pianist Julien Brocal pair canonical works by Saint-Saëns, Satie, Bach, Gounod, and Pärt with original Reflections of their own in this stunning release delivered in Dolby Atmos.

  • subtle vessel — Matthew Langford cover art

    subtle vessel

    Matthew Langford

    Music by Matthew Langford

    Producer, Mix engineer, Mastering engineer · Discreet Archive · 2026

    Matthew Langford's poignant solo album, produced, mixed, and mastered by Jim Ruberto, recorded at The TANK Center for Sonic Arts and released on Discreet Archive.

Creative work

  • A Wayward Feeling poster, directed by Kevin Richey

    A Wayward Feeling

    Directed by Kevin Richey

    Composer, Performer, Recording engineer, Dialogue editor, Music mixer · 2025

    • Official Selection, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2025
    • Winner, Best Made in Montana Film, Montana International Film Festival (MINT), 2025
    • Winner, Documentary, International Fine Arts Film Festival, Santa Barbara, 2025

    A documentary directed by Kevin Richey. Jim Ruberto composed, performed, and recorded the original score, and served as dialogue editor and music mixer.

  • There's Fire — Where There's Smoke cover art

    There's Fire

    Where There's Smoke

    Producer, Mix engineer, Mastering engineer, Bass · Xero Gravity Records · 2025

    Where There's Smoke, released on Jim Ruberto's label Xero Gravity Records.