It's finally up.  Did this interview at E3.  Dale North, Mazedude, and Mustin were all present for the third segment of the interview.  Also, Jack Wall and Gerard Marino showed up at the end, which was cool, and surprising. 

Anyway, I thought the interview went well, it was very interesting.  It's about an hour long, or 18 pages of reading if you read the transcript.  He's a good guy.  He did manage to say "Bleeps and Bloops" twice, but again, he used it when talking about the mainstream's view of VGM.  He says that "gamers get it," and know that the music is more than that.  Anyway, MP3 format and transcript.  Enjoy!

http://www.entdepot.com/features/interv … e_1495.php

Oh, I interviewed Jason Paul as well, and it was posted last month.  Unfortunately, my editor hasn't posted the transcript yet, but the MP3 is there.  Enjoy.

http://www.entdepot.com/features/interv … e_1402.php

"TT:  You have to show your colors, or else I’ll bust a cap in your ass."

That's about as far down as I made it. I want my 30 seconds back.

Read one of his interviews and you know them all.
He is the best, he knows all video game composers of the world, he has the support of everybody, he is TEH MAN!!!

Finally. I've been waiting for this interview since it was plugged in the GMR entry for the album.

Haha, yes.  You can thank my editor for that.  Entdepot is a pretty small site, and the main focus is on reviews.  Therefore, special thinsg like this take awhile to get up.

Anyway, his bust a cap in your ass comment was only made in response to my comment about GANG, and so I thought it was pretty appropriate.  While he may be a tad self-glorifying, he definitely has a passion for what he does, and it was great hearing him talk about the vg remixing community in particular.

For what it was..sounds like it was a cool interview.  Great to hear about Steve Vai making the next rounds...Need to get that on a produced High Def DVD, or Blue Ray, or HD DVD...whatever they use nowadays...

lol QFT.  I cant tell whats worse, this interview or that awful thread on GFF.

Well, I'd say the interview...If someone wanted to, they could call him mean names and tell him how much he loves to feed his own ego in the GFF thread and he'd probably have to respond to it (or otherwise, not look so cool). Him and his little GANG aren't worth the trouble to me, personally, but I'd love to see it.

Mind you, GOOD interview overall...Very good questions. It's the subject matter that isn't so good.

I am bumping an old topic with something that is only vaguely related. I am doing this because I did not want to create a new topic. I did not want to create a new topic because what I going to talk about is something Tallarico something. It's just something I want to point out, because....well, it's my nature to point out this kind of thing. Please forgive me.

http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php? … 617&page=3

Is it just me, or is quite likely that his statement there would most likely be truly only if taken completely literally? You know, considering the Turbo CD and all.

I was just thinking the exact same thing.  Since I believe the CD add-on for the PC Engine came out in 1989, I think the chances of there not having been any guitar in redbook tracks prior to Tallarico's efforts are pretty slim.

That's...good god, I don't know where to begin saying how stupid that is. Maybe he meant among western game soundtracks, it was the first...given his slant in that direction, it wouldn't surprise me...I'm not sure if it's true or not, but that's giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Edit: Joe, let's forget Falcom and Gate/Lords of Thunder (the usual redbook audio rock references) existed for a second...My "Download 2" CD-ROM was made in 1991, a game few people have heard of or care about. Tallarico's not even close to being in the right ballpark here (again, assuming he means among western composers...and only if that's true).

Edit Edit: Prepare to vomit (as usual)

Nice interview, Dais. Lots of nice little nuggets in there.

Well the number of times I've seen Giacchino's The Lost World quoted as the first game soundtrack recorded with an orchestra, and THAT obviously isn't true (see: Arc the Lad, Sakura Wars, and hell, Heart of Darkness)

-Joshua

There we go. Typo fixed.

MUCH more accurate now, thank you.