Video Games Live

Originally Posted by Josh_1

Tommy,

Wow ! I'm glad you liked my work! It means so much more coming from a professional composer, such as yourself. Thank you so much for listening! And if you need an arranger, my e-mail is composer_joshbarron@hotmail.com . I didn't get a chance to say this before, but I absolutely love Advent Rising! Muse and Bounty Hunter are so rich in orchestration, and the melodies in them just sing out to me. Anyways, thanks a lot bringing such great music to gamers !

Yo Josh!,


Thanks so much for the kind words about Advent Rising and my career. Much appreciated... especially coming from someone as talented as you. Keep doing what you're doing!! I think it's great!!

Tommy





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Originally Posted by DarknessTear

I liked your work on the Tales of Destiny opening. Sorry that that's about the only thing I know you for.

Heheheheheee... thanks! That was a great product to be involved with!

If interested, you can check out all the projects I've done here:
http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=credits


thanks,


Tommy




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Originally Posted by eriol

I havent had chance to listen any of your arrangement. Do you have samples?

I have a "LISTEN" section on my website which you can check out here: http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=listen

There is also my "ALBUMS" page which has clips of everything: http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=albums

If you're into orchestral music please check out the Advent Rising stuff.

thanks,


Tommy






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We just sent out this information today for anyone interested...


Video Games Live™ Announces Festival & Special Performances for First Ever Video Game Concert in Philadelphia


Exclusive Final Fantasy® Piano Arrangement to be Included in Already Spectacular Line-Up

Events to Include Costume Contest, Guitar Hero™ Competition, Spectacular Prizes and Industry Meet & Greet with Top U.S. Composers



Los Angeles – May 31, 2006 – Renowned video game composers, Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, announced the pre- and post-show festival events planned for the June 3rd Philadelphia, PA performance of Video Games Live™ presented by Wizard World. Created and produced by Tallarico and Wall’s production company, Mystical Stone Entertainment LLC, Video Games Live™ features music from the most popular video games performed by top orchestras and choirs around the world, combining exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience. A brand new trailer from the SOLD OUT San Jose, CA performance can be viewed here:
http://www.videogameslive.com/traile...anjose2006.wmv

This special performance taking place at the renowned Merriam Theatre on Saturday, June 3rd will be the first time video game music has been performed in Philadelphia. To commemorate the event, Video Games Live™ is pulling out all the stops and opening the doors early to present a pre-show festival from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. which is FREE to all ticket holders. Tickets ($25 - $65) are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, or by calling (215) 336-2000. Tickets can also be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com.

The pre-show festival will include a competition sponsored by RedOctane featuring the award winning smash hit Guitar Hero™. The contestant with the highest score (song to be announced at the show) will receive a unique one-of-a-kind limited edition Guitar Hero™ Controller and Skateboard signed by video game composers and designers. Other pre-show festivities include a costume contest presented by 1UP.com, where audience members will come dressed as their favorite video game characters to compete for prizes. Finalists will be judged on stage by the audience.

Other prizes throughout the evening include a $2,500 Ferrari laptop courtesy of AMD which will be given away on stage during the Interactive Symphony segment, starring one of the most beloved classic arcade games of all time, Frogger, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Two audience members will compete for 90 seconds while the orchestra plays along, changing the musical score on-the-fly depending on what the contestants are doing on screen. This unique interaction with a live symphony has only ever been attempted and performed at Video Games Live™.

The audience will also be treated to a special live performance by pianist Martin Leung – best known as “The Video Game Pianist” (formerly “The Blindfolded Pianist”). Leung became an Internet celebrity after over 40 million people downloaded a video of him playing tunes from the classic Mario games while blindfolded (http://videogamepianist.com). He will be premiering his special Final Fantasy® piano arrangement at this concert, performing over ten Final Fantasy® favorites. Other unique performances include famed Guitar Hero guitarist Marcus Henderson who will be performing a “Guitar Hero Medley”.


The post-show meet-and-greet where fans can interact with renowned game composers will consist of the following industry luminaries and performers:


Tommy Tallarico (Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk, Metroid Prime, Advent Rising)
Jack Wall (Myst III, Myst IV, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Jade Empire)
Marty O’Donnell (Halo, Halo 2, Riven)
Mike Salvatori (Halo, Halo 2, Riven, Stubbs the Zombies)
Jason Hayes (StarCraft, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft)
Gerard Marino (God Of War, God Of War II, The Punisher)
Tom Salta (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Need For Speed 2, Cold Fear)
Martin Leung (The Video Game Pianist)
Marcus Henderson (Guitarist - Guitar Hero)

And speaking of industry luminaries, Video Games Live™ will be giving away a piece of video game history. A unique autographed program with over 30 of the most famous video game designers and composers in history will be given away to one lucky winner by filling out an entry card at the costume contest booth during the show. Names include creators Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid), Yuji Naka (Sonic the Hedgehog), Nolan Bushnell (Pong, Atari), Toby Gard (Lara Croft, Tomb Raider), Bill Roper (Warcraft), celebrity Elijah Wood and MANY MORE!

Features music and exclusive synchronized video from popular franchises such as:
Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Metal Gear Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Final Fantasy®, Castlevania®, Kingdom Hearts, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron, God of War™, Tomb Raider®, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil™, Splinter Cell®, Ghost Recon™, Rainbow Six®, EverQuest® II and a special retro Classic Arcade Medley featuring over 20+ games from Pong® to Donkey Kong® including such classics as Dragon's Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders & Outrun!

Other locations currently on sale include: Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Toronto & Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl). A complete list of tour dates can be found at: http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=home


About Video Games Live™ (www.videogameslive.com)
Created by two industry leading video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, Video Games Live™ (produced under their company Mystical Stone Entertainment, LLC) is the front runner in the field of live game music performance. Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event celebration featuring music from the biggest video games of all time. The debut performance launched on July 6th, 2005 at the world famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic with over 11,000 people in attendance making it the largest video game concert in the world.



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Originally Posted by beavnuts

Sorry to say, "Tommy", but I think your music isn't very good.

You do know it's actually him, right?

Hey Tommy,

Glad to see the your Video Games Live project is expanding. I live in Tennessee, so I was wondering if you'd be performing at a major city near there?

P.S. I really enjoyed your work on Aladdin and Mick and Mack as the Global Gladiators for the Genesis. I've gone ahead and made high quality gamerips of them. Great stuff.

Tommy, this is unrelated, but I'd love to know. What's the composer breakdown for the tracks on MDK (i.e. who composed what)? Or did you and Todd work together on all of the tracks?

I was at the Vancouver show last year and it was fantastic.

If you do come through this area again, would you likely be playing different music from the soundtracks you already have licensed? Do you foresee picking up that many more games for future tours?

I'm still waiting for a Phoenix date to show up. Any word of coming around in the Arizona area?

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Any word of a Phoenix date showing up? I believe there was one previously but it got cancelled.

Originally Posted by Josh_1

I didn't get a chance to say this before, but I absolutely love Advent Rising! Muse and Bounty Hunter are so rich in orchestration, and the melodies in them just sing out to me.

Actually, I'd like to know whether he did do his own orchestrations, and if not, I hope he credits his orchestrators somewhere. I sent him a private message about this a few days ago but haven't received a reply yet.

I'm waiting for a New York date.

I've just been to a Philly meetup with OCR'ers
where we recorded the VGDJ
anniversary show, but I can't manage to go back there tomorrow
to hang with them for this Live thing. I'm hoping I can organize
my own meetup for NYC when the thing comes here.

Originally Posted by Cellius

Actually, I'd like to know whether he did do his own orchestrations, and if not, I hope he credits his orchestrators somewhere. I sent him a private message about this a few days ago but haven't received a reply yet.

That is a good question, because I noticed on the IMDB (unreliable, but perhaps it holds some truth to it) these people are also credited for the music score for the game: Emmanuel Fratianni, Michael Richard Plowman, Laurie Robinson. So it leaves me curious as to what these people did for the music score. Not discrediting you, Tommy! I'm just confused as to who did what and where. Hopefully this can be answered.

Originally Posted by Tommy Tallarico

Yeah... I LOVE OC-REMIX!!! In fact I'm right about to announce a new Earthworm Jim album and I even have some re-mixes from people over at OC-REMIX!

Do you think you'd ever consider submitting an arrangement of your own work at some point? It would be really cool to have a TT ReMix on the site.

Originally Posted by SketchTheArtist

Howdy Tommy!

A big surprise came to me when I read on the Videogames Live! web site that you're gonna stop in Montreal! Wow! I know A LOT of people who would be ready to do unimagineable things to a bed-post just to attend one of the shows! Me first. o_O

I was wondering, do you guys know when you'll stop by in Montreal for the tour and do you have any idea where it could be held? Molson Centre perhaps?

Thanks in advance!

Ditto on this one man! I know what I'm doing this fall! And I'm glad to see Castlevania's in the mix. Just wouldn't be the same without it! Now if we could only get Hitman in there...

M4G's report on the VGL show in Philly is now up!
http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=96

I still want him to answer my question about orchestration.

Originally Posted by Synthesis

Hey Tommy,

Glad to see the your Video Games Live project is expanding. I live in Tennessee, so I was wondering if you'd be performing at a major city near there?

P.S. I really enjoyed your work on Aladdin and Mick and Mack as the Global Gladiators for the Genesis. I've gone ahead and made high quality gamerips of them. Great stuff.

We are looking at Nashville as a possible location.

As of right now... I think our Houston date next month is probably the closest.

Thanks for the Global Gladiators & Aladdin props! Those were fun projects and good times! Global Gladiators was the first game that the Earthworm Jim team worked on together. After Global Gladitators we did Cool Spot, then Aladdin then EWJ 1 & 2.

Tommy






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Originally Posted by Kaleb.G

Tommy, this is unrelated, but I'd love to know. What's the composer breakdown for the tracks on MDK (i.e. who composed what)? Or did you and Todd work together on all of the tracks?

We worked together on a lot of tracks and then I did some completely on my own and he did some completely on his own. Any big music project is always a big team effort... especially when doing orchestral music.

Composers, arrangers, orchestrators, copyists, conductors, recording engineers, mixers, mastering, editors, contractors, etc., etc., etc...

That being said... Todd is an AWESOME composer & arranger who worked with me for many years. He is a SUPER talented guy!!!


Tommy






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Originally Posted by Talbain

I was at the Vancouver show last year and it was fantastic.

If you do come through this area again, would you likely be playing different music from the soundtracks you already have licensed? Do you foresee picking up that many more games for future tours?

Cool! Glad ya liked the show!!

We would play different stuff for sure! As well as updated videos and synchronized lighting. All of the synchronized lights (and a lot of videos) have already been updated since E3 of this year. Plus we always like to add and change the set wherever we go. You'll of course always get the classic franchises such as Mario, Zelda, Halo, etc... but they might be presented differently each time. We are always adding new games to our line-up.


Tommy





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Originally Posted by guyinrubbersuit

I'm still waiting for a Phoenix date to show up. Any word of coming around in the Arizona area?

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Any word of a Phoenix date showing up? I believe there was one previously but it got cancelled.

YO!! You're in luck!! Please sign-up to our mailing list on the front page of www.videogameslive.com

We have exciting news for you which you'll be getting over the next few weeks!


Tommy




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Originally Posted by Cellius

Actually, I'd like to know whether he did do his own orchestrations, and if not, I hope he credits his orchestrators somewhere. I sent him a private message about this a few days ago but haven't received a reply yet.

As I mentioned earlier there is ALWAYS a HUGE team associated with a live orchestral project. There were a total of 5 orchestrators (including myself) that worked on Advent Rising and yes... they were all credited in both the game and the soundtrack album.


Tommy




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Originally Posted by José

I'm waiting for a New York date.

I've just been to a Philly meetup with OCR'ers
where we recorded the VGDJ
anniversary show, but I can't manage to go back there tomorrow
to hang with them for this Live thing. I'm hoping I can organize
my own meetup for NYC when the thing comes here.

Yep! We are working very hard on getting VGL to NYC. It's a very expensive place to play and we need to make sure we get the right budget so we can put on the best show possible.


Tommy





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Originally Posted by The GreyFox

That is a good question, because I noticed on the IMDB (unreliable, but perhaps it holds some truth to it) these people are also credited for the music score for the game: Emmanuel Fratianni, Michael Richard Plowman, Laurie Robinson. So it leaves me curious as to what these people did for the music score. Not discrediting you, Tommy! I'm just confused as to who did what and where. Hopefully this can be answered.

There is a ton of info about Advent Rising on my website at www.tallarico.com

Here are some links which have all the specific info you're looking for including all of the specific credits.

http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=albums

http://www.tallarico.com/gallery/albums/adventinleaf1

http://www.tallarico.com/gallery/albums/adventinleaf2

http://www.tallarico.com/index.php?s=adventrising


Thanks for the interest! Much appreciated!!!!


T.T.





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Originally Posted by Dhsu

Do you think you'd ever consider submitting an arrangement of your own work at some point? It would be really cool to have a TT ReMix on the site.

Yeah! I'll be doing that shortly. I was just talking about that in the VGL thread over there.


Tommy






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Originally Posted by Scottie Wolfe

Ditto on this one man! I know what I'm doing this fall! And I'm glad to see Castlevania's in the mix. Just wouldn't be the same without it! Now if we could only get Hitman in there...

Montreal will be in the fall. Exact dates coming within the next 4 weeks or so. Please sign-up on the mailing list to find out first.

thanks,

Tommy





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Originally Posted by Music4Games

M4G's report on the VGL show in Philly is now up!
http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=96

Greg in da HOUSE!!!

Music4Games.net is the the best!!!! I highly recommend it for anyone interested in keeping up to date on everything going on in the game music industry.

Thanks for always showing the love! Great article (as always!)


Tommy

Someone has surely asked you about this before, but I was looking through the lists of favorite things (Tombstone is one of my favorite movies as well) on your site and there wasn't anything about videogame soundtracks even though you do mention your favorite movie soundtracks. I was wondering about what some of your favorite videogame soundtracks might be.