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Tommy Tallarico
Tallarico performing with Video Games Live in 2016
Tallarico performing with Video Games Live in 2016
Background information
Born (1968-02-18) February 18, 1968 (age 56)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Video game music composer
  • television producer
  • television presenter
Instruments
  • Electric guitar
  • piano
  • keyboard
Years active1991–2022
Member ofVideo Games Live
Websitewww.tallarico.com

Thomas Andrew Tallarico (born February 18, 1968) is an American video game music composer, sound designer, and television producer. Since the 1990s, he has helmed production for numerous video games through his self-titled company.[1] He co-hosted the television series Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run from 1997 until 2006.[2] In 2002, he created Video Games Live (VGL), a global video game music orchestra.

In 2018, after he became the president of Intellivision Entertainment, the company began work on and sought investors for an original video game console named the Intellivision Amico, for which Tallarico was frequently present in pitch videos. He has since stepped down from his position as CEO but remains on the company's board as president. As of 2024 the console has yet to be released.

In 2020, it came to Tallarico's attention that a sound effect he owned from a game Tommy Tallarico Studios worked on, Messiah, was used, according to Tallarico without permission, in the video game Roblox. This led to a legal dispute which ended in 2022 with the removal of the sound effect from the game. In 2022, a video by British YouTuber Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis documented an investigation into many disputed high-profile claims that Tallarico had made concerning his career.

Early life

Tommy Tallarico grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, later attending Cathedral High School.[3][4] He told The Washington Post in an interview he would take his father's tape recorder to the arcade to record songs as a child.[5] After graduating high school, Tallarico attended Western New England University for a year.[4] According to the Los Angeles Times, Tallarico moved to Southern California in 1991 to try and obtain a job in the video game industry.[6] Tallarico took a job as a keyboard salesman at a Guitar Center in Santa Ana, California.[4] On his first day, Tallarico met an executive from Virgin Mastertronic. Shortly after, Tallarico was given a job at Virgin as one of their play-testers.[6]

Career

Tallarico's first musical project at Virgin Interactive was for the Game Boy version of Prince of Persia. "The main focus of writing video game music back then was it had to be simple and have a great melody," Tallarico said.[4] Tallarico worked on a number of other games while at Virgin Interactive, including the Sega CD version of The Terminator.[7]

Tommy Tallarico Studios

Tallarico continued working with Virgin Interactive as head of music and video division until 1994, when he went on to found Tommy Tallarico Studios. David Perry formed Shiny Entertainment at the same time, and the two studios collaborated on Earthworm Jim and MDK.[8] In 2005, Tallarico wrote part of an orchestral score for Advent Rising performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.[9]

In September 1999, the "oof" sound effect was created for the game Messiah during its development, with the involvement of sound designer Joey Kuras (then employed at Tallarico Studios) and potentially, Tallarico.[10][11] Tallarico has at times claimed that Kuras created the sound, that it was a collaboration between the pair, and that he created it himself.[11][12] The sound effect was subsequently used in Roblox from 2006 to 2020, played after a character died in-game, and became an iconic part of the game after its adoption by meme culture.[13] Tallarico, who claims ownership of the sound, disputed Roblox's use of it in June 2019.[14] This dispute ended in July 2022 when the Roblox Corporation pulled the sound from all games on its platform.[15]

Television

In 1997, Victor Lucas, founder of the Electric Playground, started Electric Playground TV with Tallarico, which provided gaming news and reviews. In 2002, the reviews section of Electric Playground, Reviews on the Run, was spun-off into its own program, which Tallarico and Lucas hosted as well. In the U.S., Reviews on the Run was broadcast on G4 TV as Judgment Day.[16][17] In 2006, Tallarico began to spend less time on the show owing to other projects, missing almost all of 2007 and 2008. In 2009, Scott Jones took over his spot as full-time co-host with Victor Lucas.[18][19]

Music concerts

In 2002, Tallarico co-founded Video Games Live, a symphony orchestra concert series that plays music from video games, with Jack Wall.[20] Tallarico hosted and played guitar for the shows. He also created the visuals—scenes from video games, as well as lights and lasers—that are played in sync with the music.[21][22]

Tallarico has produced seven VGL albums. The first album, Video Games Live Volume 1, debuted at No. 10 on Billboard Top 10 for Classical Music Crossovers.[23] The second volume, Level 2, also sold as a Blu-ray DVD concert, debuted at No. 8 on the same Billboard list.[24] In August 2013, Tallarico also opened a crowdfunding campaign for the third album Level 3 on Kickstarter.[25] According to Tallarico, Kickstarter was chosen as the means to fund the album because he had not been successful in attracting support from the recording industry, which he claimed was because music producers "don't think gamers are willing to pay for music"[26] and did not recognize the perceived "culturally artistic significance" of video game soundtracks.[25] The Level 3 campaign successfully met and surpassed its goal of $250,000.[27]

In 2014, Tallarico and electronic dance music artist BT began working on Electronic Opus. As with Video Games Live, Electronic Opus presents EDM music alongside a symphony orchestra. They used Kickstarter to fund an album, with a goal of $200,000. The show opened at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2015.[28][29]

In 2016, Tallarico co-produced the Capcom Live! concert tour with Shota Nakama.[30][31]

Intellivision Entertainment

Following the death of Keith Robinson in 2017, founder of Intellivision Productions, Tallarico purchased a stake in the company from the estate. In May 2018, Intellivision Entertainment was re-formed with him as president. In the winter of that year, he announced the intent for the company to release the Intellivision Amico with the target of October 2020.[32] As of July 2022, it is reportedly still being worked on.[33]

As of September 2022, the Amico has been delayed at least three times.[34] The console has been viewed very negatively by critics, drawing criticism for its delays,[35] fundraising tactics,[36] and use of NFTs.[37] The status of the console has been described as "grim" by TechRaptor[38] and compared to a car crash by Kotaku.[39]

In February 2022, Tallarico stepped down from his role as CEO of Intellivision, remaining on board as the company's president and largest shareholder. He was replaced by the company's former chief revenue officer Phil Adam.[40]

Game Audio Network Guild

In 2002, Tallarico founded the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), a non-profit to recognize achievements in video game music and audio,[41] and served as its CEO and chairman of the board.[42] The guild hosts annual awards for achievement in game audio.[43]

Misleading claims

In November 2022, British YouTuber Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis published a video essay which documented many of the high-profile claims that Tallarico had made concerning his career—including the number of video games he worked on, the number of Guinness World Records he earned, being the creator of the sound effect at the heart of his Roblox legal dispute, and being the first American to work on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise—and concluded many were either gross exaggerations or knowingly false.[11][44]

Personal life

Tallarico is vegan, and advocates for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, including donating music for the PETA browser game Super Tofu Boy in 2010.[45]

According to the LA Times, his home in San Juan Capistrano "looks as if a 12-year-old with a huge bank account went wild", including a life-size Indiana Jones, several Star Wars characters, and a statue of Merlin.[46] Tallarico has falsely claimed that the house had at one point been featured on MTV Cribs.[11][44][47][48] As of February 2024, he has listed it for sale for $2,999,000.[49]

Video games

Tommy Tallarico

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
1991 Chuck Rock Testing [50]
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Quality assurance Game Boy version [51]
1992 Prince of Persia Music and SFX [44]
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing With Michelle Sorger [citation needed]
Monopoly Deluxe Music and sound coordinator [citation needed]
Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure Game Boy version [52]
Greg Norman's Golf Power Product manager, assistant manual editor [53]
M.C. Kids Quality assurance [54]
Corporation [55]
Club Racquetball Sound With Steve Henifin [citation needed]
Mick & Mack As The Global Gladiators Music, sound FX and samples Sega Genesis version [56]
Batman: Revenge of the Joker Music and sound [57]
1993 Another World [58]
The Terminator Director of music and FX With Brad Fiedel, Bijan Shaheer, Joey Kuras and TeknoMan of Teknologic [59]
Cool Spot Music, SFX and samples Sega Genesis and Super NES versions [60][61]
Super Caesars Palace Executive musicians, actor With Steve Henefin [citation needed]
RoboCop versus The Terminator Director of music and FX Sega Genesis version [62]
Color a Dinosaur Music and sound [63]
Super Slap Shot [64]
1994 Race Days [citation needed]
Caesars Palace Music With Seth Mendelsohn & Matt Furniss [citation needed]
Disney's Aladdin With Don Griffin and Alan Menken [65]
Earthworm Jim: Special Edition Music and SFX With Mark Miller [44]
The Jungle Book Director of music and FX With various others. [66]
Heart of the Alien Music & sound With Jean-François Freitas [citation needed]
Demolition Man Original game music 3DO version, with Keith Arem, Joey Kuras & Charlie Malone [citation needed]
1995 Agile Warrior: F-111X Sprite actor, ingame sound effects With Joey Kuras and Keith Arem [citation needed]
Madden NFL 96 Music and sound [67]
Spot Goes To Hollywood Audio and sound effects [citation needed]
Earthworm Jim 2 Music and sound With Tony Bernetich and Christopher Beck [68]
Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams Music and sound [69]
1997 The 7th Guest Sound With Steve Henifin [70]
1998 HardBall 6 Sound effects
WarGames: Defcon 1 Music and sound FX, voice acting
Apocalypse Movie scoring and sound effects
Beavis and Butt-Head Do U. Music and sound
1999 Ultra Fighters Music With Scott Coldwell
Redline
R/C Stunt Copter Audio script
Demolition Racer Writer, producer, performer, sound effects With various others
Knockout Kings 2000 Sound design With Joey Kuras
Tomorrow Never Dies Music and Sound FX With Sonic Mayhem, Howard Ulyate & Todd Dennis
Wings of Fury Music Game Boy Color version
Unreal Mission Pack I: Return to Na Pali Sound effects With Alexander Brandon & Eric Heberlin
2000 Messiah Music and sound effects With Jesper Kyd and Joey Kuras [12]
Arthur's Absolutely Fun Day! Music
Spider-Man With Howard Ulyate
Sacrifice Sound effects With Joey Kuras
Evil Dead: Hail to the King Music composer, producer and audio production coordinator With Todd Dennis, Chris Rickwood & Jack Wall
2001 Knockout Kings 2001 Sound and audio With various others
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory Music and sound design
Casper: Spirit Dimensions Sound and voice With Joey Kuras
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Music Opening cinematic only
2002 Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights With Todd Dennis & Howard Uyate
Street Hoops Audio director
2003 War of the Monsters Sound FX
Black & Bruised Voice over producer
Devastation Additional music
Maximo vs. Army of Zin Music, sound design anf voice acting With various others
SpyHunter 2 Cinematic audio, sound design & composition With Joey Kuras & Howard Ulyate
2004 The Incredibles Sound FX design With Nathan Lee Smith
The Bard's Tale Music, audio, lyrics, sound design With various others.
Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror Music producer
The X-Files: Resist or Serve Audio director
2005 Advent Rising
2006 AND 1 Streetball
Jaws: Unleashed Orchestrations, arrangements With various others
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron Music and sound design With Joey Kuras and Scott Ligon
Pac-Man World Rally With Joey Kuras
2008 Line Rider 2: Unbound Sound effects
Defendin' De Penguin Composer With Mike Rubino & Rod Abernathy
2009 Sonic and the Black Knight Music, arrangements With Howard Drossin, Richard Jacques, Jun Senoue and others [44]
2010 Flip's Twisted World Audio design With Joey Kuras [71]
Super Tofu Boy Music donation [45]
2012 Retro City Rampage Actor

Tommy Tallarico Studios

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
1996 Black Dawn Music and sound effects With Todd Dennis [72]
Skeleton Warriors Music and FX With Todd Dennis, Jean-Christoph Beck, and Eric Swanson [73]


Albums

Year Title Notes
1994 Virgin Games Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Compilation of tracks from various games
1996 Games Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
2006 Earthworm Jim Anthology Compilation of music from Earthworm Jim with remixes
2008 Video Games Live – Level 1
2010 Video Games Live – Level 2
2011 Play for Japan: The Album With various others, charity album
2014 Video Games Live – Level 3
2015 Video Games Live – Through Time and Space: Chrono Piano Album
Video Games Live – Level 4
2016 Video Games Live – Zelda Majora's Mask Piano Album
Video Games Live – Level 5
2018 Video Games Live – Level 6

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