Tommy Tallarico
industry leader
Class of 2021 Inductee
Tommy is an American video game music composer, sound designer, and television producer.
Since the 1990s, his company Tommy Tallarico Studios has produced audio for many video games. He co-hosted the television series Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run from 1997 until 2006.
In 2002, he created Video Games Live (VGL), a concert series featuring orchestral performances of video game music. Tallarico has produced seven VGL albums. The first album, Video Games Live Volume 1, debuted at No. 10 on Billboard Top 10 for Classical Music Crossovers. The second volume, Level 2, also sold as a Blu-ray DVD concert, debuted at No. 8 on the same Billboard list
Tommy is the founder of the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), a non-profit organization educating and heightening the awareness of audio for the interactive world. He is an Advisory Board member for the Game Developers Conference, a Governor for the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS/GRAMMY), a spokesperson for the Entertainment Consumers Association, a member of the International Game Developers Association and a nominating peer panel leader for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Following the death of Intellivision Productions founder Keith Robinson in 2017, Tallarico purchased a stake in the company from the Robinson estate. In May 2018, Intellivision Entertainment was re-formed with him as president. In the winter of that year, he announced that the company would create the Intellivision Amico with a release date of October 2020.
In February 2022, Tallarico stepped down from his role as CEO of Intellivision, remaining on board as the company’s president and largest shareholder. He was replaced by the company’s former chief revenue officer Phil Adam. As of 2025, the Amico has not been released.
Wikipedia Link:
202 credits on 102 games at Mobygames
Guinness World Record:
Tommy Tallarico is the most prolific video game music composer. As of September 2012, the acclaimed veteran and pioneer of video game audio has worked on more than 300 games in a career that spans 22 years.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/88517-most-prolific-videogame-music-composer
2021 IVGHOF Ceremony Acceptance Speech:
Walter Day Trading Card:
https://thewalterdaycollection.com/collection/gallery/item/0010-tommy-tallarico
