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Tommy Tallarico
Tallarico performing with Video Games Live in 2016
Background information
Born
(1968-02-18) February 18, 1968 (age 56) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Video game music
symphonic
rock
Occupation(s)
Video game music composer
television producer
television presenter
Instrument(s)
Electric guitar
piano
keyboard
Years active
1991–2022
Member of
Video Games Live
Website
www.tallarico.com
Musical artist
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. To date, 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 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.
^Rivera, Kimberly. "Achievement Unlocked! Tommy Tallarico Presents Video Games Live". San Antonio Current. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^"The Art of Video Games". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
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