Famous Vegans - Tommy Tallarico

Tommy Tallarico

Born on February 18, 1968. He is an American video game music composer and musician. He is considered the person most instrumental in changing the game industry from bleeps & bloobs to real music. He has won over 45 industry awards and has worked on more than 275 game titles. In 1994 he founded Tommy Tallarico Studios, the multimedia industry's largest audio production house. In 2002 he created the concert series Video Games Live. He wrote and co-produced the Reviews on the Run television show. He has released several video game soundtracks, including Tomorrow Never Dies and Advent Rising. You can find his website at this link.

He's vegan and a supporter of PETA. He provided the music for PETA's game Super Tofu Boy. Tommy Tallarico's testimonial for PETA:

Warning: shocking images.

Quotes by Tommy Tallarico:

"I’m a vegan, I love the animals, love the environment, love my health."

"I’ve been a Vegan for a few years. I just love life and I think no matter what kind of animal you are you deserve a chance. Coming from an Italian family it was kinda different going from meat and cheese. But I can still have pasta just without the meat and cheese in it. I love to cook so I like trying to make things like Key Lime Pie and make it healthy with ways that I can eat it. The leading causes of death are heart disease and cancer which are caused by things we put inside us."

"I use an app made by Happycow.com which tells me all about the different foods available and restaurants. I didn’t used to like vegetables but I’ve found eating it changes your palate and you start to enjoy it more."

When asked about his favorite hobby or pastime, he answered:

"Aside from video games (of course!), I love baseball (both watching and playing), animals, traveling, vegan cooking, photography, and working on my house."

Quotes are from his 2011 interview with Gamer Wok, his 2010 interview with Video Games Live and his 2010 interview in Nintendo Power.