Tommy Tallarico

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Template:Cleanup1 Tommy Tallarico is a music composer who composed some music tracks for Sonic and the Black Knight. Through his career in the industry he has composed the soundtracks to several successful games such as the Earthworm Jim series, Messiah, MDK, Wild 9, Cool Spot, Spot Goes to Hollywood, RoboCop versus The Terminator, Maximo, Pac-Man World, Prince of Persia, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

He founded Tommy Tallarico Studios in 1994 and the Game Audio Network Guild, of which he is also the president, in 2002. He wrote, co-hosted, and co-produced The Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run and co-hosted alongside Victor Lucas in both television programs until he left to focus on Video Games Live.

He and Victor Lucas also act as video game correspondents for HypaSpace Weekly. Tallarico is the cousin of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith.

Production History

• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Game Boy Version) (1991) — Quality Assurance
• Prince of Persia (Game Boy Version) (1992)
• Another World (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Music, Sound
• Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing (1992) — Music, Sound Effects
• Monopoly Deluxe (1992)
• M.C. Kids (1992)
• Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure (1992)
• Corporation (1992) — Quality Assurance (as Tom Tallarico)
• Batman: Revenge of the Joker (1992) — Sound FX (as T. Tallarico), Genesis Music (as T. Tallarico)
• The Terminator (Mega CD) (1993) — Original Music
• Super Slap Shot (1993)
• RoboCop versus The Terminator (1993) — Director of Music & FX
• Global Gladiators (1993)
• Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive Version) (1993) — Sound, Music & FX
• Cool Spot (Mega Drive Version) (1993) — Music, Sound FX & Samples By
• Color a Dinosaur (1993)
• Race Days (1994)
• Jammit (1994)
• Heart of the Alien: Out of this World Parts I and II (1994)
• Disney's The Jungle Book (1994)
• Disney's Aladdin (Amiga Version) (1994) — Music (Virgin Interactive Entertainment)
• Demolition Man (1994)
• Spot Goes to Hollywood (Mega Drive Version) (1995) — Music and Sound
• Madden NFL 96 (1995)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (1995)
• Agile Warrior: F-111X (1995)
• Screamer 2 (1996) — Special Thanks
• Burning Road (1996) — "U.S. Remix" Composer
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997)
• MDK (1997)
• Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (1997)
• The 7th Guest (1997)
• WCW/NWO Revenge (1998)
• WarGames: DEFCON 1 (1998)
• Test Drive: Off-Road 2 (1998)
• HardBall 6 (1998)
• Apocalypse (1998)
• Beavis and Butt-head Do U. (1998) — Sound and Music by (as Tommy Tallarico Studios)
• Wings of Fury (1999)
• Unreal Mission Pack 1: Return to Na Pali (1999)
• Ultra Fighters (1999)
• Redline (1999)
• R/C Stunt Copter (1999)
• Pac-Man World (1999)
• Knockout Kings 2000 (1999)
• Demolition Racer (1999)
• 007 Tomorrow Never Dies (1999) — Music and Sound FX (as Tommy Tallarico Studios Inc.)
• Spider-Man (2000)
• Sacrifice (2000)
• Messiah (2000)
• Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2001)
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (2001)
• Knockout Kings 2001 (2001)
• Casper: Spirit Dimensions (2001)
• Street Hoops (2002)
• Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights (2002)
• MX Superfly Featuring Ricky Carmichael (2002)
• War of the Monsters (2003)
• SpyHunter 2 (2003)
• Maximo vs Army of Zin (2003)
• Devastation (2003)
• The X-Files: Resist or Serve (2004)
• The Bard's Tale (2004)
• Advent Rising (2005) — Scored Composed and Arranged by
• Destroy All Humans! (2005) — Special Thanks
• Advent Rising (PC Version) (2005) — Audio Director, Score Composed & Arranged by, Writer ("Greater Lights"), Strings arrangement ("Greater Lights"), Voice-Over Direction
• Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (2006)
• Pac-Man World Rally (2006)
• Jaws: Unleashed (2006)
• Guitar Hero II (2006)
• AND 1 Streetball (2006)
• Video Games Live: Volume One (CD) (2008)
• Line Rider 2: Unbound (2008) — Cut Scene and Other SFX
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Music Composer & Arranger
• Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (iPhone and J2ME Versions) (2009) — Original Music
• Earthworm Jim HD (2010) — Original Music
• Video Games Live: Level 2 (CD) (2010)
• Flip's Twisted World (2010) — Music
• Super Tofu Boy (2010) — Music donated by

Song Credits

Cool Spot (Mega Drive Version)

• Wipeout Tune — Arrangement
• Beach Music — Music & Arrangement
• Jazzy Tune — Music & Arrangement
• Wall Tune — Music & Arrangement
• Groovie Tune — Music & Arrangement
• Play Da Blues — Music & Arrangement
• Western Tune — Music & Arrangement
• Parade Tune — Music & Arrangement
• Rave Dancetune — Music & Arrangement
• Flag Rising — Arrangement
• 7 Cool Points — Music & Arrangement
• Replenish — Music & Arrangement
• 1-Up — Music & Arrangement
• Getting Letter — Music & Arrangement
• Spot Fall Over — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over Tune — Music & Arrangement

Sonic and the Black Knight

• Molten Mine — Music, Programming
• Great Megalith — Music & Arrangement, Programming
• The Cauldron — Music, Programming

Interview

• Tommy Tallarico interview by Sonic-City.com (April 21, 2009)