Ruwanga Nirashad Samath is an American record producer and songwriter born in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his music in blockbuster movies such as ''

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Biography

Early life

Ruwanga was born in Sri Lanka, into a musically influenced environment. Through his mother, Renuka, who is a musician, young Ruwanga was surrounded by some of the best musicians in the country. At the height of the country's unstable political atmosphere and civil war, his family decided to and eventually moved to

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, CA when he was 12. Since then, Ruwanga attended

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before moving to La Verne, California, and graduating from Bonita High School. After High School, Ruwanga attended Cal State San Bernardino for a semester until he dropped out to pursue a career in music.

Career

Music in Film

Ruwanga has either composed and produced music for over 50 movies including the end title songs for movies such as ''

'' (Universal Pictures) Busta Rhymes,

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and J. Doe titled "How we Roll,

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's '' The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'' (Sony Pictures) "CameraBuggin" features

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from the legendary Outkast, as well as

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, '' Reality High'' (Netflix) &'' Gideon's Army'' (HBO). He has also placed songs in movies such as TED (Universal Pictures), '' Spare Parts'' (Lionsgate), ''

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'' (Universal Pictures), ''

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'' (Lionsgate), ''

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'' (Lionsgate), Christmas in Compton, Son of Morning^, Doubletime &

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(Lionsgate).

TV Shows

Ruwanga has written and produced theme songs for several television programs, including

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's '' Mounted in Alaska'', TLC's ''Unleashed : K9'', Lifetime's ''Preacher's Daughters'' Seasons 1 & 2,

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'' & Hulu's ''

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'' His songs were also featuring in MTV's '' Jersey Shore'' and '' Battle Ground Earth'' : Ludacris vs Tommy Lee

Composer

Ruwanga has composed several movies, including Netflix Original #RealityHigh, STARZ original Flock of Dudes & National Lampoon's" Another Dirty Movie". He has also composed several documentaries such as "Cosplay Universe", "Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos'', "How I Got Over" and the upcoming Muhumad Ali documentary titled "City of Ali''.

Mixtapes/ Remixes

In 2013, Ruwanga released his first mixtape through

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/ Three Six Zero titled
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' Ruwanga has done several remixes for artists such as including

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" remix, Britney Spears' "Break the Ice" remix,

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's "

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" remix, The Virgins' "Rich Girls" remix.

Artists

Ruwanga has worked with and collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes,

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, Mistah F.A.B.,

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& Leven Kali. Ruwanga founded the record label/ multimedia company, Smooth Blaq in 2017. Smooth Blaq artists include Tyler Sellers.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samath, Ruwanga 1985 births Living people American people of Sri Lankan descent American record producers Hip hop record producers Sinhalese singers