Over the past four years, 25-year-old videogame soundtrack composer Tommy Tallarico has won rave reviews and a cult following for his work on nearly three dozen videogames.
Tallarico's big break came in 1991 while working at a Santa Ana music store, where he bumped into a Virgin Interactive Entertainment game designer. Tallarico was hired the next day and went on to put together music and sound effects for more than 30 Virgin titles.
After releasing an album on Capitol Records (Tommy Tallarico: Virgin Games Greatest Hits Volume One) and forming his own recording studio, Tallarico is now hard at work on new soundtracks for Electronic Arts, Playmates, Virgin, and Capcom. "I don't need the money," he boasts. "At this point, I can do just the projects I want to do."
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