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
Ciudad: Madrid, Spain
Mail: [email protected]

Films and series scored

Records produced for others

Goya nominations

Studio, entirely mine

Scores and records

Directors and artists

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.