Tommy Tallarico

Tommy Tallarico (born on February 18, 1968) is an American video game music composer. A native of Springfield, MA, he founded Tommy Tallarico Studios in 1994cite web |url=http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=ourteam |title=Video Games Live: Our team |accessdate=2007-08-30 |publisher=Video Games Live] and the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), of which he is also the president, in 2002. He writes, co-hosts, and co-produces "The Electric Playground" and "Reviews on the Run", (formerly "Judgment Day" on the G4 network). Tallarico co-hosts alongside Victor Lucas in both television programs. He is also an advisory board member for the Game Developers Conference, a governor for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS/Grammy) and a nominating peer panel leader for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Since entering the video game industry in 1991, Tallarico has worked on more than 250 game titles, including the "Earthworm Jim" series, "Treasures of the Deep", "Color a Dinosaur", "Messiah", "MDK", "Wild 9", "Unreal", "Cool Spot", "Spot Goes to Hollywood", "RoboCop versus The Terminator", "", ", "Out of This World", "Prince of Persia","Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", and "Advent Rising". Tallarico has won over 25 industry awards for best video game audio.

He released a CD with his music on it, entitled "Virgin Games: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" in 1994. A subsequent volume in the series was released in 1997. His work can also be found on additional releases in official game soundtrack albums with his music featured on them.

Tallarico is the co-creator, executive producer, and host of Video Games Live.

In January 2006, Tallarico announced on his website that he and Victor Lucas had decided to move "Judgment Day" from G4 to a different network, under the name "Reviews on the Run", as it is known in Canada.Fact|date=February 2007

He and Lucas also act as video game correspondents for "HypaSpace Weekly".

Tallarico is the cousin of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith. [cite web |url=http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=biography |title=Biography |accessdate=2008-01-29 |work=Tommy Tallarico – The Official Website |quote=Tommy is a cousin of rock star legend Steven Tyler (nee Tallarico)...]

As of August 2007, Tallarico has not co-hosted any episodes of "The Electric Playground" or "Reviews on the Run", as he is not available due to commitments to Video Games Live. As of now, he has only come back for one "Reviews on the Run" on episode number 647 and has not yet made another appearance. [ [http://elecplay.com/holiday_1.php Reviews on the Run Episode 647 on elecplay.com] ]

A two page interview with Tallarico was featured in "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008", focusing only on his soundtrack and Video Games Live work. [ [http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/intrvw_tommy_tallarico.aspx Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - Interview with Tommy Tallarico ] ]

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External links

* [http://www.tallarico.com Tommy Tallarico Studios]
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* [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/audio_gallery/tommy_tallarico/ Gamasutra Game Audio Gallery: Tommy Tallarico]
* [http://www.elecplay.com/ "The Electric Playground"]
* [http://www.audiogang.org Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)]
* [http://www.videogameslive.com Video Games Live]
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/138/tommy-tallarico/ Composer profile] at OverClocked ReMix
* [http://www.myspace.com/tommytallarico His MySpace page]
* [http://www.dperry.com/archives/interviews/interview_with_8/ Interview] at DPerry.com