[News] Video Game Composers List v3!

Good idea of reviving this page! You're quite courageous and I hope you'll keep the faith.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I also like the new format, good job!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hamu-Sumo: Here's a warning concerning Tommy's credits: for some projects, he wasn't the only composer, although it doesn't seem to be indicated on his website. You'd have to be careful for those. An example would be Evil Dead: Hail to the King, having been co-composed by Todd Dennis, Chris Rickwood, and Jack Wall.

I was planning to build a section on Tommy for my own site (VGM Rush) in the near future, and seeing that you're currently working on a credit list, I guess I could jump in and we could help each other out.

Tommy: It is a great pleasure to see you around here communicating with VGM fans; it's not something every composer would do. I've always been a fan of your work, especially the material you created in the period when your Greatest Hits CDs came out (i.e. the rock and electronic sound that accompanied the ripped jeans and keyboard guitar ). The Earthworm Jim tunes are actually among the most-played tracks on my MP3 player! As much as you've become a target many game music fans try to shoot down every time a conversation brings up Western composers or live shows topics, I can always find my way through the bitching and get back to the enjoyment of your musical talent. Some argue that you might not be the absolute best game composer out there, and, in all honesty, it would be hard not to concur as well from my point of view. But, who is this one and only best composer, a name everyone would have to agree on? I have ideas of the most popular ones, yet I'm certain there are VGM enthusiasts out there who don't dig them as much as the majority, and in most cases, people can also appreciate music that wasn't composed by the "one and only best." All in all, you might indeed not be THE best composer, but your music is still definitely rockin' my world!

Concerning the Earthworm Jim soundtracks, the official credits have always been nebulous. For the SNES and Genesis games, music is credited to Mark Steven Miller, who also did additional arrangement for the CD versions, along with Mical Pedriana. Yet, composition for the CD releases is by "Tommy Tallarico Studios," which you are obviously part of (), but there might have been other people involved who would have worked for your studio. In the liner notes of the EW Anthology album, Tony Bernetich and Christopher Beck are credited for "Additional Music & Orchestration." Furthermore, there is also mention of a co-guitarist, Bijan Johnson. What I'd be interested to know is to what extent these other people have been involved in the creation of the music (if possible, what have they exactly done for each concerned tracks)?

I might have other questions related to credits, but I'll first do some more research and contact you afterwards if there are still unclear details.

Thanks for your time and generosity of getting in touch with the community here. I'm looking forward to meeting you in person on February 8 in Montréal!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.