His film music has been compared to Arvo Part, Philip Glass, and Angelo Badalamenti.

He brings this "hauntingly Lynchian" (New York Music Daily) cinematic sensibility to his string-laden, darkly romantic love songs, described by Lucid Culture as 'Roy Orbison as seen through the twisted prism of Pulp.' MTV.com compares his singing style to the "urgent, powerful baritone of a 1950s crooner, a voice at once vulnerable and masculine." Of his lyrics, THE DELI says: "The man isn’t afraid to go 'all in' when revealing the most intimate truths of love – the ones that are so drenched in passion and regret that most of us prefer to bury them."

Halpern is currently completing a solo album of songs, working with producer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Dresden Dolls), and composing several new original film scores, including THE POISONER'S HANDBOOK, a noir murder tale for PBS.