Tallarico initially used Chip Level Designs' audio driver, except in The Jungle Book (SNES), for which he used Sculptured Software's Wolfgang driver instead.
Tallarico used Tommy T's Play Me Sound Editor.
Due to copyright reasons, he had to credit Mark Miller in Earthworm Jim. Tallarico is also the cousin of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler. On February 7, 2022, it was announced that Tallarico was stepping down as the CEO. Tallarico says when he's playing a game and he thinks of something to write for it while he's playing it on the piano, he rushes up to his studio to compose it.įor many years, Tallarico served as President of Intellivision Entertainment. Tallarico owns a mansion with an arcade, several themed rooms, a piano downstairs, a studio upstairs, a jungle-themed bedroom, and owns a Ferrari. He later went on to create Tallarico Studios. The staff at Virgin let him port Francis Mechner's complex compositions from the computer versions to the Game Boy. While testing it, he noticed that there were no audio designers for the game, so he asked if he could work on the music and that he'd even do it free of charge. The first game he tested was the Game Boy version of Prince of Persia. He was first hired when he traveled to California and one of the producers of Virgin Games asked him if he wanted to test video games and he accepted. Tallarico started music when he was learning piano at age 3. Not only is Tallarico known for composing many memorable game soundtracks, but he also created Video Games Live, a show where video game musicians play their composed music for games in a live band. His work ranges back from the 1980s to this day. Tommy Tallarico is one of the most popular game music composers.
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