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DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna
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The Winner Is — played 2026-07-09
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DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna — The Winner Is
Played: 2026-07-09
Opening track of the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack (2006). A re-recording of DeVotchKa's earlier song "How It Ends," reworked with composer Mychael Danna specifically for the film. Sad, string-and-piano-driven, and instantly recognisable as the sound of that whole soundtrack. Sits as a quieter turn after the run of pop tracks before it.
DeVotchKa
Origin: Denver, Colorado, USA · formed 1997 · active
Members: Nick Urata (vocals, guitar, theremin, bouzouki, piano, trumpet), Tom Hagerman (violin, accordion, piano), Jeanie Schroder (sousaphone, double bass, flute, backing vocals), Shawn King (drums, percussion, trumpet)
Genre: Indie/gypsy folk, cabaret, with influences from spaghetti Western, norteño, and Eastern European immigrant dance music
Discography:
SuperMelodrama (2000)
Una Volta (2003)
How It Ends (2004)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006, soundtrack, with Mychael Danna) — Grammy-nominated film score; "The Winner Is" reworks the band's own "How It Ends"
A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
100 Lovers (2011)
This Night Falls Forever (2018)
Facts:
Frontman Nick Urata formed the band in Denver in 1997 after his Chicago alt-country band failed to catch on.
Their score for Little Miss Sunshine, co-composed with film composer Mychael Danna, defined the film's sound and brought them to a much wider audience.