At this point I don't even think Tommy is Italian. Or had a mom that was "very proud".

@therealavolpe

5 ай бұрын

He's Canadian American, not Italian

@ppom

5 ай бұрын

He was grown in a test tube and raised by a team of scientists. He has no mother.

@NintenDub

4 ай бұрын

Tommy's middle eastern. His real last name isnt likely tallarico

@MikeW-xs8rf

Ай бұрын

Oh well there are worse people in this world I don’t see the big deal honestly. Most people lie anyway.

People have been releasing video game music for at least 10 years by the time he started. The first video game music album ever released (excluding bootleg soundtrack rips) was Video Game Music by Haruomi Hosono (from Yellow Magic Orchestra) all the way back in 1984 and it's also one of the first instances of chiptune featured in an album. The guy is a well known musician so this is no secret knowledge. When it comes to official soundtracks Koji Kondo released on Cassette the soundtrack to Super Mario Bros. all the way back in 1986. Crazy to see how he says things like "released worldwide" (which in this case means not Japan I guess) and "released by a major label" in order to make his bullshit less obvious but still fails miserably.

@harizotoh7

5 ай бұрын

He is adding very specific criteria: 1. Worldwide because he knows Japanese composers were releasing music since the 80’s, 2. Major label.

@DevilInScarlet

5 ай бұрын

@@harizotoh7That's a classic Tommy move. Get something cool you actually did and delegitimize it by exaggerating so much people can't help but raise an eyebrow. It's still cool to be *one of* the first people to release a video game soundtrack in the english market and I'm sure he wasn't lying about music peers finding that weird at the time but he has to be THE FIRST PERSON EVER otherwise it just won't cut it for him. At least his addiction to lying makes him an interesting character (in the same vein of Todd Rodgers and Billy Mitchell) but it does get kinda sad at points.

@ghagefuoco8373

5 ай бұрын

The first video game related soundtrack release is the classic Australian novelty single Space Invaders which was released in 1979

@DevilInScarlet

5 ай бұрын

​@@ghagefuoco8373Not sure if that counts as a soundtrack when the song is not actually played during the game at all.

@harizotoh7

5 ай бұрын

Yes, as a music producer he really was a part of gaming music! One of the first to have real instruments, and one of the first soundtrack releases in America. He could talk about that in the historical context.

Now, just for one second imagine this... What if one of those interviewers had actually done some research and just simply asked: "so, it was released in Japan?" Crazy talk, right?

Tommy got Goosed again..!! 😅

@BobNoobin

5 ай бұрын

2772 again

Hilarious! Tommy "two chairs" Tallarico has quite an imagination. He should have Guinness record of most lies in gaming industry. Someone should present him with a certificate or a little trophy with burning pants on top.

@poboxchristmas380

5 ай бұрын

Chair Stack Backgammon only for your Amico Home 2-Phone Entertainment System. Wouldn't that be something?

Crazy shit id if Tommy just toned down his claims he could still have some claim to fame and a part of video game history. He was never the first but always one of the firsts. He could say he was a music producer who produced the music instead of composed it. But he would be less special, and he would have to give others credit which he won’t do.

@Assimandeli

Ай бұрын

By lying all the time he's just ruining his actual legacy. I think he should've been satisfied with the achievements he had and what people actually respected.

You know I could almost give Tommy the benefit of the doubt and say he simply wasn't aware of the DBZ album nor the exact time of the Mortal Kombat music release. However, his statement is so dripped in the same self-aggrandizing Tallarico nonsense about how everyone thought his idea was crazy and would never work that I have no choice but to believe he's willingly lying again with this claim.

@harizotoh7

5 ай бұрын

Note he does not mention sales. He is a master of half truths.

@lasskinn474

5 ай бұрын

@@harizotoh7 did capitol have an artist pays self publish thing going on? I mean "everyone told I was crazy" blaablaablaa, if capitol paid for it it wouldn't have been him who was crazy.

You do a great job researching all these "claims" this liar has said. Great job.

Chris Huelsbeck released the soundtrack for Apidya in 1992, and Turrican in 1993. Not on major labels, but what a silly criteria.

@lasskinn474

5 ай бұрын

huelsbeck beat tommy to being performed by a symphonic orchestra as well. sometimes credited as first videogame music concert outside japan (but that can't be true unless you count only a full philharmonic or something) which is funny because tommy claimed to be the first videogame concert _in_ japan after that lol. actually my theory on the whole VGL is that it's a copy of the leipzig concert series that tommy just lied about timeline of when he started putting it together to beat it in that regard. it's crazy he can't acknowledge him and other famous 80s videogame composers.

@poboxchristmas380

5 ай бұрын

Silly criteria is exactly what it is. Plus, it's like his entire pitch is one huge stretch. Simply adding CD quality tracks to a game is not a revolutionary achievement. Nor is shoe-horning old songs into new games, especially when you didn't even write them.

look i refuse to give thomas the tallarico engine any more credit than he deserves but, as a longtime mortal kombat fan, that album by the immortals *isn’t* an album of video game music; it was ten tracks by praga khan (under the name “Oliver Adams and the immortals”) that were inspired by the characters in the game. it wasn’t an album of the music that was actually in the game itself. 😉 that aside, i almost kinda hope that terrance tallamenca doesn’t stop lying because your investigative journalism continues to entertain 🤣

@Assimandeli

Ай бұрын

♫ Chinese ninja warrior With your heart so cold Sub-Zero! ♫

Tommy's pants are burnt to a crisp 🔥🔥🔥

I don't think he knows what worldwide means, it's pretty insane. couldn't just even tune it down to major western countries or something, noo had to be worldwide. its like he doesn't understand how publishing worked. what does he even mean with that? that the publishing deal was for all regions? like you can easily check in many countries riaa equivalent systems that it wasn't released there.

Tommy ‘False Firsts’ Tallarico

Sad, so sad..

Cover his Metroid Prime and Miyamoto fantasies after giving it a mediocre score on his show.

The Kenji Yamamoto stuff is really funny cuz he was later fired and blacklisted for plagiarizing just about all of his songs. He had the balls to plagiarize James Horner’s Avatar score 3 years after it came out which means it was still in theaters in some markets

Sega's S.S.T. Band had been releasing material (rock covers of Sega arcade music) in the late 80s. Japan only, but on Pony Canyon, who is worldwide by the 80s. I'd say that's a fair comparison, given the low bar of criteria for TT. And don't forget Taito's house band, Zuntata.

I can't believe the 1st American to work on sonic would lie about this.

To be fair, that Mortal Kombat album didn't actually contain any video game music. Every track on it was an original track that did not appear in the game itself at all. This is the album the famous "Techno Syndrome" track comes from, which was then used in the first Mortal Kombat movie. But yeah, I wouldn't count this as a video game soundtrack. It was just inspired by the game and that was all.

If Tommy said it, its either a half-truth, or a flat out lie. Full stop.

@poboxchristmas380

5 ай бұрын

if he swears upon any dead relatives, it's definitely a lie.

Can you imagine telling your interviewer this and they didn’t know or care? Also that it is a tall tale? 🤦🏻‍♂️ what a narcissist…

A couple of things to consider. As a "composer", Tommy is giving himself credit for songs that he himself didn't write. I mean, it's right there in the credits of "his" album (the one he's bragging so much about). He's giving himself credit for adding studio music to a video game and they are songs not specifically written for the game itself or to fit the tone of the game. Some if not all of these songs are old songs that were shoe-horned into a video game years later (remember the old footage of a young Tommy playing or pretending to play keyboard in Destinationz Unknown). If you look at the list of people who played on the album, it's unclear of who played what exactly. Again, is there no actual footage of any of these songs being recorded for any of these games? I have to suspect some smoke and mirrors here as well... Arranged By, Performer, Recorded By, Producer - Tommy Tallarico Art Direction, Design - Peleg Top Engineer [Second Engineer] - Chad Munsey, Ed Korengo Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] - Chip Harris (3), Jeff Wessman, Joey Kuras, Mark Miller (14) Keyboards, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Effects [FX], Other [Etc.] - Tommy Tallarico Mastered By - Buzz Burrowes, Dave Collins Mastered By [Mastering Assistant] - Pat Sullivan* Mixed By - Buzz Burrowes Photography By - Juliano Bechor Rhythm Guitar [Additional Rhythm Guitars] - Bijan Shaheer, Jim Hedges, Joey Kuras, Lorn Leber, Mike Fields (2), Roger Hardy Written-By - Bijan Shaheer (tracks: 2), Chip Harris (3) (tracks: 3), Joey Kuras (tracks: 5), Mark Miller (14) (tracks: 9, 10), Tommy Tallarico (tracks: 1, 4, 6 to 8, 11 to 13)

Your stuff is amazing Goose. Only slightish problem is that the hack Hbomberguy will no doubt steal and not contribute a lot of this. But f that guy, you're AWESOME and thanks for exposing TEETS two chairs

I'm just blown away by all the people on the other end sitting there like 😍😁 as he rambles on endlessly about how cool and amazing he thinks he is.

@MikeW-xs8rf

Ай бұрын

Oh well bud get over it.