Background
Ruwanga was born in Sri Lanka. His mother, Renuka Samath was a popular Sri Lankan musician. Growing up, Ru was constantly around his mother"s events and picked up her love for music
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Ruwanga Samath
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Ru attended Elliot Middle School and then John Muir High School for two years before moving to Louisiana Verne, California, and graduating from Bonita High School. After High School, Ru attended Cal State San Bernardino while continuing to work on his music
Career
He is best known for his music in blockbuster movies such as Fast and Furious 5 and TED. At a young age he started experimenting with the piano, drums, and several other instruments, and found great joy in composing his own music Due to the country"s unstable political atmosphere the family felt it was best to leave and moved to Pasadena, California when Ru was 12. He found that demand for his music continued to grow and subsequently made the decision to leave school and focus full-time on his craft.
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 l, Morgan Spurlock"s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Sony Pictures) "CameraBuggin" features Big Boi from the legendary Outkast, as well as Matt & Kim, Gideon"s Army (Home Box Office).
He has also placed songs in movies such as TED (Universal Pictures), Spare Parts (Lionsgate), Tower Heist (Universal Pictures), You"re Next (Lionsgate), Generation Iron, Saw IV (Lionsgate), Christmas in Compton, Son of Morning. Doubletime. Mixtapes/ Remixes in 2013, Ruwanga released his first mixtape through Roc Nation/ Three Six Zero titled #Backin20 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, Rachel Crow, Meghan Trainor, Ke$ha, Mista Fab, Clyde Carson and Don Omar.
