21 Facts About Tommy Tallarico

Tommy Tallarico was born on 1967 or 1968 and is an American video game music composer, sound designer, and television producer.

Tommy Tallarico co-hosted the television series Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run from 1997 until 2006.

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.

Tommy Tallarico has since stepped down from his position as CEO but remains on the company's board as president.

Later in 2022, a video essay by British YouTuber Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis documented an investigation into many disputed high-profile claims that Tommy Tallarico had made concerning his career, including his alleged involvement in creating the "oof" sound.

Tommy Tallarico grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, later attending Cathedral High School.

Tommy Tallarico told The Washington Post in an interview he would take his father's tape recorder to the arcade to record songs as a child.

Tommy Tallarico took a job as a keyboard salesman at a Guitar Center in Santa Ana, California.

On his first day, Tommy Tallarico met an executive from Virgin Mastertronic.

Shortly after, Tommy Tallarico was given a job at Virgin as one of their play-testers.

Tommy Tallarico worked on a number of other games while at Virgin Interactive, including the Sega CD version of The Terminator.

In 2005, Tommy Tallarico wrote part of an orchestral score for Advent Rising performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Tommy Tallarico has at times claimed that Kuras created the sound, that it was a collaboration between the pair, and that he created it himself.

In 1997, Victor Lucas, founder of the Electric Playground, started Electric Playground TV with Tommy Tallarico, which provided gaming news and reviews.

In 2006, Tommy Tallarico began to spend less time on the show owing to other projects, missing almost all of 2007 and 2008.

In 2002, Tommy Tallarico co-founded Video Games Live, a symphony orchestra concert series that plays music from video games, with Jack Wall.

In 2024, video game music composer Laura Intravia accused Tommy Tallarico of selling music arrangements from Video Games Live concerts that he did not own the rights to.

In February 2022, Tommy Tallarico stepped down from his role as CEO of Intellivision, remaining on board as the company's president and largest shareholder.

Tommy Tallarico was replaced by the company's former chief revenue officer Phil Adam.

Tommy Tallarico is vegan, and advocates for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, including donating music for the PETA browser game Super Tofu Boy in 2010.

Tommy Tallarico has falsely claimed that the house had at one point been featured on MTV Cribs.