Sofía asked to read the script before there was a cut, which no composer had ever asked me. The themes she wrote from the page survived the edit almost untouched — that has never happened to me either.
Irene Bardem
Director, Las horas quietas
How the music gets made
Sofía Ruiz
Composer and producer — scores for film, and records that are not scores
I write music for pictures and I make records, and I have stopped apologising for doing both. The film work pays for the studio; the records are why I bought one. My scoring is mostly small ensembles and processed piano — I record acoustic sources and then ruin them carefully. Directors come to me when they want something that sounds handmade rather than orchestral, and when they can live with a composer who asks to read the script before the picture is locked. On the record side I produce for other artists about half the time. I like working with people who write better than they arrange, because that is the part I can actually help with. Two of the three records I produced last year were first albums.
Film scoringProductionProcessed pianoSmall ensemble
- Tel
- +34 611 27 84 03
- City
- Madrid, Spain
- demo3@oreel.me
23
Films and series scored
11
Records produced for others
2
Goya nominations
1
Studio, entirely mine
Scores and records
Directors and artists
Press
Pitchfork · Apr 2026
The composers ruining pianos on purpose
“Ruiz records something beautiful and then takes it apart until it sounds like memory rather than performance.”
El País · Jan 2026
"Déjame leer el guion"
“Su condición es siempre la misma: leer antes de ver.”
Song Exploder · Sep 2025
Scoring before the lock
Academia de Cine · Feb 2025
Goya nominees — Best Original Score
The Guardian · Jun 2026
Ninth Floor is the debut of the year, and its producer is why
Sample packs and stems
Ruined Piano — sample pack
$49
Four hundred and twelve samples from the upright in this room: clean notes, prepared strings, pedal noise, and the processed versions I actually use in scores. Royalty-free, 24-bit, Ableton and Kontakt.
Piano, Ruined — full stems
$35
Every stem from all nine tracks of the record. Remix them, learn from them, or use them. Includes the raw takes before processing, which is the part nobody publishes.
Score consultation — one hour
$180
Bring a cut, a temp track and the argument you are having with your director. One hour, recorded, plus written notes on where the music is doing the film's job for it.
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