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Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

Didnt see this coming:

http://www.sonicstadium.org/news/tallarico-jacques-working-on-sonic-and-the-black-knight

...During the meet and greet later on, we spoke to Tommy and he told us that he was working with Richard Jacques on the same title. He did not commit to say which Sonic game he is working on, but given Unleashed is a month or so away, the only likely contender is Black Knight.

For those not familiar with their work:

Richard J:
Green Grove Zone Act 2
Bonus Stage
Livin in the City (non lyrical ver.)
Everybody Jump Around
(Hearing this still makes me want a Sonic title or at least another JGR title thats got Richard and Hideki doing the tracks)
Battle at Eden Prime

Tommy T:
Earthworm Jim - Sega CD ver.
(Most of the music in the game in that link...nice stuff)
MDK - Facing the inevitable
MDK - Bounty Hunter

DISCLAIMER: Not 100% confirmed...yet. However the two are supposed to be working on the same Sonic title in the near future. Sonic Stadium believes it's Black Knight.

pbones85 · Oct 26, 2008

This is great news. I bought Sonic R and 3d Blast largely for the soundtrack so even if the gameplay is lacking, at least I can do the same for this game.

dark steve · Oct 26, 2008

I rather prefer the Genesis score for 3D Blast, but this is still great news. Hope they both bring their best to the table.

HUELEN10 · Oct 26, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4JEpbHEuuM

Teknoman buddy, this makes my wait for more info for this game even harder now!

grandjedi6 · Oct 26, 2008

1.) your link doesn't work. In fact the site as a whole seems to be dead

2.)

...During the meet and greet later on, we spoke to Tommy and he told us that he was working with Richard Jacques on the same title. He did not commit to say which Sonic game he is working on, but given Unleashed is a month or so away, the only likely contender is Black Knight.

So there's still a chance they're just working on Sonic Rivals 3 or Chronicles 2 or something else unannounced

batbeg · Oct 26, 2008

Awesome.

Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

grandjedi6 said:
1.) your link doesn't work. In fact the site as a whole seems to be dead

2.)

So there's still a chance they're just working on Sonic Rivals 3 or Chronicles 2 or something else unannounced

Hmm...works fine for me. The site is up and running as well. Also...yes that is a possibility...

:lol Going to throw up a disclaimer so it doesnt come back and bite me if its not true.

ZealousD · Oct 26, 2008

Here's one of my favorite Tallarico tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLiXUOUv7E

Dragona Akehi · Oct 26, 2008

Rapping Advice-Giving Sword confirmed.

Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

ZealousD said:
Here's one of my favorite Tallarico tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLiXUOUv7E

Man the nineties...when you could be a soda mascot and still get a respectable game with a decent soundtrack.

batbeg · Oct 26, 2008

Teknoman said:
Man the nineties...when you could be a soda mascot and still get an awesome game with an incredible soundtrack.

Fixed! Didn't know Tallarico did Cool Spot. That's pretty sweet.

critch · Oct 26, 2008

Tommy's a jerk, but he makes some of the best game music, including Advent Rising. And he did the Video Games live thing so he needs props for that.

gwiz210 · Oct 26, 2008

With Jun Senoue (and the rest of Crush 40), Richard Jaques and Tommy Tallarico, this could be the best Sonic soundtrack yet!

HUELEN10 · Oct 26, 2008

gwiz210 said:
With Jun Senoue (and the rest of Crush 40), Richard Jaques and Tommy Tallarico, this could be the best Sonic soundtrack yet!

Not a chance......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9zD3ikfyqY

This is Sonic-CD good we are talking about here.

Darth Tigris · Oct 26, 2008

They are both immensely talented, so that confirms two talented people on this project ...

Hero of Legend · Oct 26, 2008

The reveal came during the evening show when the editor for the Guinness World Records Gamers Edition, Keith Pullin, took the stage to award Tommy with for his contribution to video game music (some 200-odd games hes composed for, from Earthworm Jim to Disneys Alladin to Metroid Prime).

:O

Grok4Spock · Oct 26, 2008

Tommy Tallerico?? Does he know this game is for the Wii?

Azure J · Oct 26, 2008

HUELEN10 said:
Not a chance......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9zD3ikfyqY

This is Sonic-CD good we are talking about here.

I'll second this notion. Even if all else fails, the sound team behind Unleashed is tapping into their inner Sonic CD days which is a great thing indeed. Also, to whoever said more Hideki Naganuma & Richard Jaques, I 100% agree.

Median · Oct 26, 2008

It says on his website (underneath the Nintendo DS section no less) that his studio worked on it.

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

Teknopathetic · Oct 26, 2008

Redeeming quality +1.

This will be the modern day Sonic 3D Blast.

sprsk · Oct 26, 2008

Aw damn, looks like I have to get this piece of shit game.

Bizzyb · Oct 26, 2008

sp0rsk said:
Aw damn, looks like I have to get this piece of shit game.

wow, why so harsh? we barely know much on the game and have seen even less. At least give it a chance.

lopaz · Oct 26, 2008

REACH OUT FOR THE SUNSHIIIIIIIIIINE

The-Switcher · Oct 26, 2008

Grok4Spock said:
Tommy Tallerico?? Does he know this game is for the Wii?

It doesn't have boobs or farting, so I'm sure Sega must to have offered Tommy a small fortune to be on this project.

PowerSmell · Oct 26, 2008

Hero of Legend said:
:O

Don't get too excited, he didn't do any music in Metroid Prime as far as I know, that's way beyond his level. I really think he's one of the most overrated musicians in the game industry.

loosus · Oct 26, 2008

Bizzyb said:
wow, why so harsh? we barely know much on the game and have seen even less. At least give it a chance.

Come on. Predicting it's shit, given its pedigree, is not exactly going out on a limb.

sprsk · Oct 26, 2008

Bizzyb said:
wow, why so harsh? we barely know much on the game and have seen even less. At least give it a chance.

It's a Sonic game, man.

Hero of Legend · Oct 26, 2008

PowerSmell said:
Don't get too excited, he didn't do any music in Metroid Prime as far as I know, that's way beyond his level. I really think he's one of the most overrated musicians in the game industry.

Sonic Stadium mislead, he actually worked on Metroid Prime 2 according to his wesbsite.

NTom64 · Oct 26, 2008

Nice, this along with Jun Senoue should make Black Knight have an awesome soundtrack

PowerSmell · Oct 26, 2008

Hero of Legend said:
Sonic Stadium mislead, he actually worked on Metroid Prime 2 according to his wesbsite.

Metroid Prime is also on his website, and it's well known that Kenji Yamamoto did the music for that game (and for Prime 2).

You know what else is according to his website?

Tommy Tallarico is a veritable video game industry icon. As one of the most successful video game composers in history, he has helped revolutionize the gaming world, creating unique audio landscapes that enhance the video gaming experience. He is considered the person most instrumental in changing the game industry from bleeps & bloops to real music now appreciated worldwide by millions of fans.

:lol

Half the games in his credits have licensed music, I doubt he does much beyond sound effects and the like these days.

Darkpen · Oct 26, 2008

Is it a bad thing that the only things I know Tallarico for are Videogames Live and Advent Rising?

â Narayan · Oct 26, 2008

RICHARD FUCKING JACQUES.

WOW.

Guybrush Threepwood · Oct 26, 2008

All Sega has to do is stop making Sonic games and release Sonic soundtracks every couple of years and everyone will love Sonic again.

Flavius · Oct 26, 2008

Darkpen said:
Is it a bad thing that the only things I know Tallarico for are Videogames Live and Advent Rising?

I wouldn't say so, although there's more stuff worth checking out.

Videogames Live is pretty damn awesome, from what I hear, and while I couldn't get into that buggy mess of a game, the soundtrack for Advent Rising was pretty damn good.

Yoshi · Oct 26, 2008

Teknoman said:
Livin in the City (non lyrical ver.)

He also made the standard version didn't he?

Anasui Kishibe · Oct 26, 2008

who's composing the gameplay? I'm kinda more interested, I'm not buying a cd

PowerSmell · Oct 26, 2008

Hopefully it's this man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkrer44AwY

Aru · Oct 26, 2008

I want Sonic 3 & Knuckles' composers back

â Narayan · Oct 26, 2008

Yoshi said:
He also made the standard version didn't he?

Yes.

PowerSmell said:
Hopefully it's this man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkrer44AwY

It is. The title misspells his name.

EDIT: Oh, wait, you're responding to the post above you. Great video, though.

PowerSmell · Oct 26, 2008

I know, I just wanted an excuse to post that vid.

Hcoregamer00 · Oct 26, 2008

Holy crap, at least the game will have an amazing soundtrack.

Say what you want about Tommy Tallarico, but that guy can create great music.

Aaron Strife · Oct 26, 2008

Tommy Tallarico? Isn't he that guy who whined about Smash Bros. having Kirby in it? I've never really heard any of his music, to be honest.

Richard Jacques is awesome though. I'm glad he's on the project.

Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

Yoshi said:
He also made the standard version didn't he?

Well yeah, but most people seem to freak out at the standard versions.

goodcow · Oct 26, 2008

Teknopathetic said:
This will be the modern day Sonic 3D Blast.

So it'll be a huge piece of shit?

twinturbo2 · Oct 26, 2008

gwiz210 said:
With Jun Senoue (and the rest of Crush 40), Richard Jaques and Tommy Tallarico, this could be the best Sonic soundtrack yet!

Crush 40... they did the NASCAR Arcade soundtrack as the Sons of Angels, right?

Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

goodcow said:
So it'll be a huge piece of shit?

If the game is bad then the soundtrack will be amazing.

Azure J · Oct 26, 2008

Teknoman said:
If the game is bad then the soundtrack will be amazing.

I remember a time when the game and soundtrack were equally magnificent... ;_;

The Hermit · Oct 26, 2008

Aru said:
I want Sonic 3 & Knuckles' composers back

Michael Jackson ??

Well, Sonic 2006 had very good tracks, yet I woudn´t put up with a bad game just for its music...

Teknoman · Oct 26, 2008

AzureJericho said:
I remember a time when the game and soundtrack were equally magnificent... ;_;

Not saying it wont be...then again I liked Sonic and the Secret Rings (aside from a few stages).

Guybrush Threepwood · Oct 26, 2008

To be honest, I want the Sonic Adventure composers back.

Sonic Adventure has one of the best soundtracks in a 3D video game.

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