About

Scott Kenshin Unrein (/un-RaI-n/, he/him/his) is a composer and producer based in Portland, Oregon. He creates music for various mediums including film, television, theatre, and concert performances. Fluid Radio praised his music, describing it as "beautifully rich ambiences, like radio signals from real or imagined elsewheres." Scott's music blends contemporary classical elements with electronic instruments and techniques, often merging acoustic and electronic instrumentation.

Recently, Scott has worked on the second season of the Amazon webseries Microaggressions, the feature film Sister/Brother, the thriller/slasher movie Half Sisters and the upcoming unconventional documentary Mr. Immortal Jellyfish Man. His music has been included at prestigious events such as the New Music Gathering, and he has received featured performances and commissions from groups including the Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes, Third Angle Ensemble, Pyxis Quartet, and the Ad Hoc Ensemble, among others.

In collaboration with renowned modern pianist R. Andrew Lee, Scott will release an upcoming album bird-drawn in the sky of light. The album will be available digitally and on limited vinyl through Irritable Hedgehog Music in 2023-24.

Scott works from his studio in Portland, Oregon.

Nice things people have said

"I forgot how stupidly beautiful @scottu's "bird-drawn in the sky of light" is."
- R. Andrew Lee

"[Others, such as] Scott Unrein, transform the location material into beautifully rich ambiences, like radio signals from real or imagined elsewheres."
- Nathan Thomas (Fluid Radio)

"We’ve got Scott Unrein, the Harold Budd of the Pacific Northwest..."
- Kyle Gann

"Hey, dad. You write really good music. I didn't think it was going to be that good, but it really is."
- my six-year-old son

"beautifully nostalgic"
- Contemplative Classical

"...elegant, gorgeous, and richly rewarding."
- David McIntire

"Throughout this short album Unrein discloses feelings and intentions with perceptible sincerity; subterfuges are totally absent. Amidst the countless postures of man’s unnatural attitude, sometimes it’s nice to recall the basics of simple listening – and, why not, living."
- Touching Extremes