Nick Urata will perform an intimate show at Largo at the Coronet on Thursday, August 16 in Los Angeles to celebrate the release of his soundtrack to Ruby Sparks. The composer and DeVotchKa frontman will be accompanied by an eight-piece ensemble and perform selections from the score for Ruby Sparks, other score pieces he composed, including the music to Little Miss Sunshine and I Love You Phillip Morris, as well as solo material. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris who directed both Little Miss Sunshine and Ruby Sparks will be introducing the show. For more information and to order tickets, visit Largo’s website. The soundtrack for Ruby Sparks is now available on Milan Records (click here for the full album details) and the film starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Chris Messina and Antonio Banderas is now playing in theaters.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 27, 2012)
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi comedy The Watch directed by Akiva Schaffer and starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Rosemarie Dewitt and Richard Ayoade. The film’s music is composed by Christophe Beck. No soundtrack album has been released. To find out more about the project and to check out the film’s trailer, visit our previous news article.
Also opening wide is the dance movie Step Up Revolution directed by Scott Speer and starring Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman and Stephen Boss. Aaron Zigman has composed the film’s score. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack including the songs featured in the movie by artists including Travis Parker, Timbaland, Fergie, Jennifer Lopez, M.I.A., Far East Movement, Sohanny and Vein, Diplo and My Name is Kay. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement.
‘Ruby Sparks’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama Ruby Sparks. The album features film’s original score composed by Nick Urata who previously worked with the directors on Little Miss Sunshine as part of the indie folk group DeVotchKa. Also included are two French pop tracks by PlasticBetrand (Ca Plane Pour Moi) and Sylvie Vartan (Quand Tu Es La). The soundtrack will be released on July 24, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out below. Ruby Sparks directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris stars Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Antonio Banderas, Deborah Ann Woll, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould and Toni Trucks.
Nick Urata Scoring ‘Ruby Sparks’
Nick Urata has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama Ruby Sparks. The film is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Dano as a once-successful young novelist whose creativity is blocked due to heartache and loneliness. He makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him and comes to life to be his girlfriend. Zoe Kazan has written the screenplay is also co-starring in the movie alongside Annette Bening, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Antonio Banderas, Deborah Ann Woll, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould and Toni Trucks. Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Little Children, Election) are producing the Fox Searchlight Pictures and Bona Fide Productions film. Urata has previously worked with the directors on the Academy-winning indie hit Little Miss Sunshine as part of the indie folk group DeVotchKa that co-scored the film with Mychael Danna.