NINJA STAR RECORDS // BIO
Anthony Bollas
Composer, songwriter, and music producer. Founder of Ninja Star Records. Programmer and iOS app developer (SPLARNCH). Equal member of 8-Bit; wrote and composed Stranger.
Ninja Star Records is his label: releases, tools, and related projects run under that name. He is an equal member of the band 8-Bit and one of its principal songwriters. The band’s design is humble: creative credit is given to There-Mang — a robot persona featured as a vocalist on Ghettochip Malfunction — with the story that There-Mang makes the music. Members split shares equally; other members’ identities stay private on this site. DistroKid and BMI route through stage names, then to members (paperwork may show legal names where required).
Press documents 8-Bit’s work on Beck’s Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes) (Hell Yes / GameBoy Variations EP) — built from vocal tracks rather than a conventional remix — as reported by Kate Sullivan in LA Weekly (“Hi, Robot!,” March 10, 2005). Rolling Stone and PopMatters later covered the Guerolito placement. XLR8R profiled the group in 2006. 8-Bit also tied for the 2005 LA Weekly Music Award for Hip-Hop/Rap (Los Angeles Times coverage of the awards). Tunefind lists the same master in Invincible (S3E6) and Extraordinary (S1E5).
He wrote and composed Stranger (Bootleg Theater; book by Eva Anderson and Keythe Farley). AboutTheArtists lists him among the creators and as composer. David Ng’s Los Angeles Times “Theater Beat” (June 12, 2009) called out the overpowering brass score and credited the music by Anthony Bollas; Variety also covered the production. The score received a 2009 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination for Musical Score (Playbill).
Screen credit: original music for Heroes and Demons (TMDB: Original Music Composer). Other-artist studio credit: synth/engineering on KOOL SKULL’s Thrash All Day (feat. Robo-T) (Bandcamp).
Selected Work & Press
- Los Angeles Times — David Ng, “Theater Beat” / Stranger June 12, 2009. “The best part of ‘Stranger’… is the overpowering brass score… the music (by Anthony Bollas)…” Related Culture Monster write-up: June 11, 2009 · Wayback.
- Variety — Stranger (original music by Anthony Bollas) Bootleg Theater, June 2009.
- Playbill — LA Drama Critics Circle nominees (Musical Score: Anthony Bollas, Stranger) 2009 LADCC Musical Score nomination.
- AboutTheArtists — Anthony Bollas (writer / composer, Stranger) Listed among the creators of Stranger; composer; LADCC nomination.
- IMDb — Tony Bollas (Composer; includes Stranger)
- TMDB — Heroes and Demons (Original Music Composer: Anthony Bollas)
- Apple Music — 8-Bit, YOU AIN'T NO ROBOT (shared songwriter credit) Humble framing credits There-Mang (robot; featured vocalist on Ghettochip Malfunction). Equal split. DistroKid / BMI route via stage names → members. Related: We Sold Our Souls for Nothing (Ninja Star Records).
- IMDb — Just Like the Son soundtrack: 8-Bit, Pocket Check Performed by 8-Bit · courtesy of Ninja Star Records · shared writing credit (IMDb soundtrack listing) · published by Atom Cult Music (BMI) · administered by Baby New Year Music.
- LA Weekly — Kate Sullivan, “Hi, Robot!” (March 10, 2005) 8-Bit produced Beck’s Ghettochip Malfunction from vocal stems (not a conventional remix). Archive: Wayback Machine.
- Tunefind — Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes) [Remix by 8-Bit] Confirmed Correct placements: Invincible S3E6 “All I Can Say Is I'm Sorry” (27 Feb 2025); Extraordinary S1E5 “The Jen Show” (25 Jan 2023). Band-level credit only.
- MusicBrainz — Ghettochip Malfunction (remixer: 8-Bit) Recording relationships list remixer 8-Bit (appears on GameBoy Variations / Guerolito releases).
- Discogs — Beck, Guerolito 2×LP (B3: 8-Bit / Ninja Star) Track credit: Remix, Music By — 8-Bit. Notes: “B3: 8Bit courtesy of Ninja Star Records.”
- whiskeyclone — Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes version) Fan discography credits: “8-bit: Remix.” Secondary reference.
- Los Angeles Times — Steve Hochman, “Finally marking their spots” (June 16, 2005) 8-Bit tied for the 2005 LA Weekly Music Award, Hip-Hop/Rap.
- Rolling Stone — Jonathan Ringen, Guerolito review (Dec 2005) Names 8-Bit’s contribution among the best on the album.
- PopMatters — Zeth Lundy, Beck: Guerolito (Dec 6, 2005) Names 8-Bit’s Ghettochip Malfunction; calls it the remix that “gives the original a run for its money.”
- XLR8R — Cameron MacDonald, “8-Bit: Eight is Enough” (2006) Band profile; covers the Beck / Guerolito connection and Ninja Star releases. Other members’ identities stay private here.
- IGN — Chris Carle, 8-Bit: We Sold Our Souls For Nothing (March 1, 2007) Album review; notes the Beck / Hell Yes exposure and Ninja Star Records release. Stage names stay off this page.
- Bandcamp — KOOL SKULL, Thrash All Day (engineering & synth by Anthony Bollas)
- App Store — SPLARNCH (iOS app by tony bollas) Vocal-range / pitch tool. Developer: tony bollas.
- Discogs — Tony Bollas Public credit listings (includes Ninja Star / related releases).
- Ninja Star Records Founder. Label site, games, tools, and releases.
Roles
Founder, Ninja Star Records · writer · composer · songwriter · music producer · drummer · pianist · film sound · robotics · programmer · game designer · app developer
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