CGR Interview - TOMMY TALLARICO & Video Games Live part 3

Part 3 of 5. Classic Game Room Interview Series talks with Tommy Tallarico, founder of the amazing VIDEO GAMES LIVE symphonic music show! Video Games Live was founded in 2002 and travels the globe playing shows that combine the energy of a rock concert with the civility of a symphony playing your favorite video game themes from the past 30 years. See their shows to be blown away by the scores from games like Super Mario Bros., Ocarina of Time, Sonic the Hedgehog, God of War, Out Run, World of Warcraft, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy and more!

Tommy Tallorico plays guitar during the shows, talks and has years of experience as a video game composer! Super big thanks to Tommy Tallorico for talking with Classic Game Room and putting on an awesome show!

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[XBladenoJutsu]

Yes! Musha is another example of the YM2612 used right. I can think of a ton of Genesis games with great music. Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, the Thunderforce series (especially IV), Streets of Rage, Sonic of course, Battle Mania Daiginjou, Devilish, Midnight Resistance, Verytex, Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III, Vapor Trail, Golden Axe, the list just goes on and on.

[burucchi]

Mark needed to tell him to add Ys music to the show, hahaha. And Falcom in general. Believe it!

[Luigi84289]

@XBladenoJutsu Wow that's cool man.

[XBladenoJutsu]

@Luigi84289 I know this already. I also know about most of the specs of the old consoles, especially the NES, Genesis and SNES because I make NES and Genesis chiptunes, and you really learn alot about them that way.

[Luigi84289]

@luf4rall YES that was the show! I used to watch the hell out of it those 2 were the perfect team.

[Luigi84289]

@XBladenoJutsu The Genesis was superior to the SNES in every way. It was designed to be a home arcade machine. The YM2612 worked in conjunction with it's programmable sound generator.

[aanimeaddicttgabe]

Subterrania for the Genesis. Great music! :)

[jyatzy123]

the classic game room guy looks like a toad i just fucking noticed lmfao lookk its a laugh

[luf4rall]

i was first exposed to tommy as the cohost of electric playground and reviews of the run with victor lucas.

[plurp7]

Terrific launch to your interview series Mark... always making CGR more and more interesting, thanks for posting!

[madden8021]

all that some people can say is earthworm jim

[SuperRetroTech]

Guitar hero has a pretty good soundtrack. ;)