Luke F. Walton founded Surmado, a technology company for small business. He is a multi-instrumentalist and produces, mixes, and arranges for artists such as Shingo Murakami, CHAI, bed, and OKAME. Scoobert Doobert is Luke F. Walton's primary music project; he is also half of the duo FEiN. On Spotify and YouTube, Walton's music has more than 50 million plays. He hosts the Love Music More podcast, with guests such as Andrew Scheps (Adele) and Craig Bauer (Kanye West). He also writes philosophy, fiction, and essays. Read more on his biography.

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だれかおるやろ feat. CHAI Credit: Theme for Shingo Murakami of SUPER EIGHT (Kanjani Eight), performed by TAKATSU-KING (Shingo Murakami) featuring CHAI, for his series on NTT Docomo’s Lemino.
Andrew Scheps Podcast: A philosophical conversation with the mixing engineer behind Adele, U2, Hozier, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The Bent Stick Essay: My recovery from Guillain-Barré, and how it led to a lifelong study of Japanese and philosophy.
I'm an Idiot Song: My single from my album “Big Hug” that landed on Spotify’s Global New Music Friday, introduced me to CHAI, and incidentally is inspired by Socrates.
Why are there twelve notes? Newsletter: Pythagoras, musical ratios, and a grudge about beans. (Repost from my Love Music More Substack.)

The Signatories: A novel by Luke F. Walton and Jonathan Gillie. 2026 Page Turner Fiction Book Award Finalist

Co-writer and co-producer: bed, “Kare Wa 3.0,” opening theme for the Fuji TV drama Heart Attack.

Source: Apple Music Japan Fuji TV Listen and notes
Sound producer: CHAI, “WHOLE (まるごと),” theme song for the NHK drama Koisenu Futari.

Source: Sony Music Japan Sub Pop Listen and notes
Sound producer: CHAI, “MY DREAM (夢のはなし),” theme to the film Sakana no Ko / The Fish Tale.

Source: bezzy Sony Music Japan Listen and notes
Producer, mixer, and player: TAKATSU-KING (Shingo Murakami) feat. CHAI, “だれかおるやろ,” theme for his Lemino original.

Source: Wikipedia Oricon Notes

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