Tommy Tallarico
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Thomas V. "Tommy" Tallarico (born February 18, 1968) is an accomplished American video game music composer. He founded Tommy Tallarico Studios in 1994 and the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) in 2001. He co-hosts, produces, and writes for The Electric Playground, a television show about video games. He also co-hosts Judgment Day, a television show in which he and Victor Lucas review video games.
Since entering the video game industry in 1991, Tallarico has worked on over three-hundred titles including:
His two favorite games are GoldenEye 007 and Super Mario World.
Trivia
- If pressed, Tallarico admits that he is related to Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
- Tallarico is known to pose with famous supermodels wearing Tommy Tallarico Studios T-shirts and merchandise. He has met some of the top actresses in the US over the years and posted the pictures to his website.
- Before being discovered by Virgin Games, Tallarico packed bags and moved to the West coast, where he lived on the beach and worked at a guitar shop until being discovered by a Virgin executive in a rags-to-riches scenario.
- Reportedly a huge James Bond fan, Tallarico supposedly has first editions of every 007 novels and film reels of the films.
- Actual height is somewhere inbetween 5'6" and 5'7"
- A die-hard Yankees fan, Tommy regularly attends the Yankees' Spring Training.
- Tommy is of Sicilian descent.
- Tallarico is a huge fan and an avid collector of everything Spiderman. He has a room in his house dedicated solely to his Spiderman collection.
- Tallarico has been playing piano since he was about 3 years old. His favorite pianist of all time is Beethoven.
- When he isn't working, Tommy enjoys posting on his website's message board to interact with his fans. He also occasionally posts on the G4 Judgment Day message boards.
- Tommy is currently putting together a concert tour dedicated to video game music called Video Games Live. The tour's first show will be at the Hollywood Bowl in California and will continue from August to September nationwide. The official website is www.videogameslive.com
References
- Walsh, Doug (2002). Interview with the Creators of Maximo. Retrieved 31 March 2004 from http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=26546.
External links
- Tommy Tallarico Studios (http://www.tallarico.com)
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- Gamasutra Game Audio Gallery: Tommy Tallarico (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/audio_gallery/tommy_tallarico/)
- The Electric Playground (http://www.elecplay.com/)
- Audio G.A.N.G. (http://www.audiogang.org)