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Wally Scharold is an Oakland, California based musician, composer, bandleader, producer, and filmmaker. Born and raised in Houston, TX he sang in choirs and musicals from age 10, studied rock, jazz, and classical guitar from age 11, and studied contemporary classical composition from age 17 with Todd Frazier, Michael Remson, Christopher Theofanidis, John Luther Adams, Brenda Hutchinson, Randolph Coleman, Fred Frith and Alvin Curran. As a performer/arranger/composer he has been an active member of the avant-progressive rock community in Oakland. He currently leads his own ensemble miRthkon, an 'amplified chamber ensemble masquerading as a rock band' -- a six-piece ensemble which performs and records his own compositions (as well as others by fellow members and other local composers) and has been a member or guest of several other bands including MoeTar, The Fuxedos, Research & Development, Tholus, Midline Errors, Marana Jocund, ThinkTank, My Hero, and Headshear  He is also a composer of works for film, dance, video games, and other media including Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Disney's iOS Rhythm Game Tap Tap Revenge,  Disney's iOS game Cars 2, a score for the documentary "Pup", a commission by the intermedia performance group Double Vision, and recent commissions by San Francisco based ensemble The Living Earth Show and guitarist Travis Andrews.

Since 2003, Scharold has also been a prolific contributor -- as composer, sound designer, voiceover artist, game designer, audio engineer, and conceptual designer -- to over one hundred commercial titles and products released by many companies including LeapFrog, Electronic Arts, Activision, Tapulous, Disney, and IGT

=Selected Discography=

Bands

 * miRthkon
 * miRthkon (1999, self-released, CD-R)
 * ruth-bikula phaze-ivy (2001, self-released double CD-R)
 * The Illusion of Joy (2006, self-released, EP)
 * Vehicle (2009, altrOck Productions, #ALT-009, CD)
 * (Format) (2012, altrOck Productions, #ALT-029, DVD)
 * Snack(s) (2013, altrOck Productions, #ALT-038, CD)
 * Tholus
 * "Constant" (2007, Aural Music/Goregorerecords, CD)
 * Research & Development
 * "All Things to All People" (2010, Bandcamp, CD/Digital)
 * My Hero
 * "Whop! Bam! Boom!" (2003, self-released, EP)
 * "Untitled" (2005, unreleased, CD)
 * Headshear
 * "Headshear" (2006, Big Balloon, CD/Digital)

Performer Only

 * Brett Larner / Burkhand Stangl / Taku Sugimoto
 * "Compositions for Guitars" (2003, A Bruit Secret, CD)
 * Dave Willey and Friends
 * "Immeasurable Currents" (2011, AltrOck Productions, CD)

Composer Only

 * Oberlin Conservatory Division of Contemporary Music
 * "Aural Capacity - Student Works" (2001, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, CD)

Production Only

 * The Living Earth Show
 * "High Art" (2013, Innova Records, CD) - Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Producer