Wally Scharold


Walter "Wally" Scharold is a London, England based composer, guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, producer, games designer, and filmmaker. Born and raised in Houston, Texas 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 , , 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, California. He led his own ensemble miRthkon, an 'amplified chamber ensemble masquerading as a rock band' -- a six-piece ensemble which performed and recorded his own compositions. He has also been a member or guest of several other bands including MoeTar, , , , , , , , and He is also a composer of works for film, dance, video games, and other media including, Disney's iOS Rhythm Game Tap Tap Revenge, Disney's iOS game Cars 2, a score for the documentary , a commission by the intermedia performance group , and recent commissions by San Francisco-based ensemble and guitarist Travis Andrews.
Since 2003, Scharold has also worked professionally as a composer, sound designer, audio engineer, guitarist, voiceover artist, and game designer for over one hundred commercial products and titles released by many companies including LeapFrog, Electronic Arts, Activision, Tapulous, Disney, and IGT

Selected Discography

Bands

;miRthkon
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;My Hero
;Headshear
;Brett Larner / Burkhand Stangl / Taku Sugimoto
;Dave Willey and Friends
;Oberlin Conservatory Division of Contemporary Music
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