Ruwanga Samath

Ruwanga Nirashad Samath (born January 29, 1985) is an American record producer and songwriter born in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his music in blockbuster movies such as Fast and Furious 5^[1] and TED.

Biography

Early life

Ruwanga was born in Sri Lanka, and in to a musically influenced environment. His mother, Renuka, is a musician, and so, early on in to his childhood he was introduced to, and surrounded by musicians live performing instrumentals. Ruwanga's music talents is influenced by his Mother's passion for music, and by the island life he was raised in. At the height of the country's unstable political atmosphere and civic war, his family decided to and eventually moved to Pasadena, CA when he was 12. Since then, Ruwanga attended John Muir High School before moving to La Verne, California, and graduating from Bonita High School. After High School, Ruwanga attended Cal State San Bernardino for a year until, he subsequently made the decision to give music his full attention and focus.

Career

Music in Film

Ruwanga has written and produced end title songs for movies such as Fast and Furious 5 (Universal Pictures) Busta Rhymes, Don Omar and J. Doe called "How we Rol^[2] l, Morgan Spurlock's The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Sony Pictures) "CameraBuggin" features Big Boi from the legendary Outkast, as well as Matt & Kim,^[3] Gideon's Army (HBO).^[4] He has also placed songs in movies such as TED (Universal Pictures),^[5] Spare Parts (Lionsgate), Tower Heist^[6] (Universal Pictures), You're Next^[7] (Lionsgate), Generation Iron,^[8] Saw IV (Lionsgate), Christmas in Compton,^[9] Son of Morning.^[10] Doubletime.

TV Shows

Ruwanga has written and produced theme songs for several theme songs such as History Channel's "Mounted in Alaska",^[11] TLC's Unleashed : K9,^[12] Lifetime's "Preacher's Daughters" Season 1 & 2,^[13] Playboy's "King of Clubs" & Hulu's "Mother Up!^[14]" His songs were also featuring in MTV's Jersey Shore and Battle Ground Earth : Ludacris vs Tommy Lee^[15]

Composer

Ruwanga has co-composed National Lampoon's "Another Dirty Movie",^[16] documentary "How I Got Over^[17]" short film "Braceros^[18]" and the comedy "Flock of Dudes^[19]"

Mixtapes/ Remixes

in 2013, Ruwanga released his first mixtape through Roc Nation/ Three Six Zero titled #Backin20^[20]

Ruwanga has done several remixes for artists such as including Beyoncé Knowles' "Ring the Alarm" remix, Britney Spears' "Break the ice" remix, Kelly Rowland's "Work" remix, The Virgins' "Rich Girls" remix

Artists

Ruwanga has worked with and collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes,^[21] Rachel Crow,^[22] Meghan Trainor,^[23] Ke$ha, Mista Fab, Clyde Carson and Don Omar.^[24]

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