Darian Sahanaja

Darian Sahanaja (born May 20, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and arranger who is most notable for co-founding Wondermints in 1992 and having played in the Brian Wilson Band beginning in 1999. He has also performed with the Zombies and Heart.

Association with Brian Wilson According to Sahanaja, the first record he ever bought was the Beach Boys greatest hits compilation Endless Summer (1974), and he "used to take physical beatings from neighborhood boys for being a fan." He said, "When I met Nick Walusko, who I formed the Wondermints with, one of the first things we bonded over was Smile bootlegs. We got to know [music historian] Domenic Priore and a small group of us became the Smile intelligentsia of that period."

In 2013, Sahanaja was the Supervising Music Consultant and acted as Paul Dano's musical coach for the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy (2014).

Other work Sahanaja performed alongside The Zombies on the 40th anniversary tour and the 2015 tour of their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. He later performed with Heart at the Dreamboat Annie Live concert, writing string arrangements, while also playing percussion, keyboards, and singing background vocals. In 2012, Sahanaja appeared on the Beach Boys' reunion album, That's Why God Made the Radio, and the subsequent anniversary tour, playing keyboards and providing backing vocals.

Sahanaja was the composer for the Disney XD original series Future-Worm! (2016-2018).