Tommy Tallarico | |
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 Tallarico performing with Video Games Live in 2016 | |
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| Born | February 18, 1968 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1991–2022 |
| Member of | Video Games Live |
| Website | tallarico |
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[update] 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 essay by British YouTuber Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis documented an investigation into many disputed high-profile claims that Tallarico had made concerning his career.
- ^ Rivera, Kimberly (July 14, 2017). "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.