Earthworm Jim Anthology / Earthworm Jim Anthology / Earthworm Jim Anthology

Music by Tommy Tallarico Studios, Inc.

Composed, Orchestrated & Arranged by: Tommy Tallarico
Additional Music & Orchestration: Tony Bernetich, Christopher Beck
Guitars: Tommy Tallarico, Michael "Bijan" Johnson
Accordion: Thomas V. Tallarico

Recorded at Tommy Tallarico Studios - Orange County, CA

Mixing Engineers: Tommy Tallarico & Buzz Burrowes
Mixed at: The Record Plant - Hollywood, CA
Mastered at: A&M Studios - Hollywood, CA
Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins & Patricia Sullivan

Soundtrack Executive Producers: Tommy Tallarico & Mustin
Soundtrack Art Design: Olga Bosserdt
Album Cover Design: Tommy Tallarico
Illustrations by Katherine Garner (aka Lemm) & Doug TenNaple

Special Thanks: Pauline Tallarico, Thomas V. Tallarico, Mike Tallarico, Steven Tyler, David Perry, David Luehmann, Doug TenNaple, Nick Bruty, Mike Dietz, Joey Kuras, Mark Miller, Jack Wall, Marc Geiger, Becky Young, Victor Lucas, Mark Guleno, Douglas Adams, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Harry Houdini, Tron, Leeloo Dallas Multi-Pass, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Lugwig von Beethoven, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stan Lee, Spider-Man, the entire New York Yankees organization and the D'Amico & Tallarico families.


=REMIX CREDITS=

"Earthworm Jim - Invertebrate Retreat (Subterranean Remix)"
Written by Tommy Tallarico
Arranged and sequenced by Daniel Baranowsky
Vocals performed by Daniel Baranowsky
Guitar performed by Vig
Rap Vocals performed by Waleed Hawatky

"Wormaphobic Disorder (Tangerine Remix)"
Remix by Protricity

"Glow Worm Jim (Subterranean Radio Edit Remix)"
Remix by Mazedude

"What the Heck (The OneUps Remix)"
Written by Tommy Tallarico
Arranged by Mustin
Violin: Greg Kennedy
Tenor Sax: Anthony Lofton
Nylon String Guitar: William Reyes
Marimba: Mustin
Bass: Matthew "Moose" Bridges
Drums: Jared Dunn

"Early Bird (Junkit Remix)"
Remix by Rayagon

"Lorenzen's Dirt (Subterranean Remix)"
Remix by Theodor "Undersky" Berg

"Keyz to New Junk City (Junkit Remix)"
Remix by Mazedude

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Original games:
Earthworm Jim 2: 01~03, 06, 08, 11~13, 15, 18, 22, 23~26
Earthworm Jim: 04, 05, 07, 09, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19~21, 27, 28

Known credits (excluding remixes):

Composition:
02: Christophe Beck
03, 05*, 06, 13, 15, 18, 23, 25, 26: Tony Bernetich
11*: Ludwig van Beethoven

Transcription:
11*: Edward Grant

*Not created specifically for Earthworm Jim. "Banjo Race" was originally created for Tony Bernetich's reel and sold to Tommy Tallarico, while "Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement)" is based on a pre-existing MIDI transcription created by Edward Grant.

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Here are some dubious clarifications by Tommy Tallarico about the game music credits:

"We put Mark Miller's name on the credits because I was still working at Virgin when the game was being worked on (but was secrectly working on EWJ on the side). At the time we didn't want to upset anyone at Virgin so we put Mark's name (who is a great friend of mine... ToeJam & Earl baby!!) on the project. Mark actually did help to convert the Sega Genesis work I was doing to the SNES.

Because of the style of music, sounds, approach, samples, etc... everyone in the industry and press kinda knew it was me. So after I left Virgin and started my own company (Tommy Tallarico Studios, Inc.) people wanted to know the "real" story so I let everyone know it was actually me.

The other guys you mentioned (and who I give credit to) did the following...

Mical Pedriana - helped to orchestrate 3 or 4 of the electronica-style tunes (i.e. drum beats & synths). (EWJ 1)

Tony Bernetich - helped me orchestrate the banjo instrumentation and the ragtime piano piece. (EWJ 1)

Christopher Beck - worked with me on writing the "Anything But Tangerines" organ stuff (from EWJ 2)

Bijan Johnson - played guitar on the "Anything But Tangerines" tune (Sega-CD and album version)"

However, Tony Bernetich has said the following:

"I did two levels on Earthworm one and all but two on Earthworm Jim two. In the 80’s I had just earned my masters in music comp plus a teaching credential from UCI while my wife was a tax auditor for the state of California. She always had my “reel” with her and while she was auditing Virgin Games in Irvine where Tommy worked, she hunted him down and gave him my reel. At that time Tommy was trying to create a banjo tune for Shiny Entertainment, the company that created Earthworm Jim, and I was playing piano at a 900 seat western themed dinner theater in Buena Park. At this theater I worked with a well known five-string banjoist and I asked him to “tab” some banjo rolls so I can add a bluegrass banjo tune for my reel….the same reel that my wife handed to Tommy Tallarico. Musically, Tommy is possibly one step above a garage band musician and was absolutely clueless when it came to banjo. Anyway, he paid me a couple of hundred bucks for the banjo file and tasked me with more music work for Earthworm Jim two. I also did some work on Madden Football and a Spot game for him. On Earthworm two most of the music was mine and years later I discovered that the other composer who created the music for level one was Cristophe Beck who composed music for TV and movies. In California, if you do music for a living, you have to wear a lot of hats or you wind up eating your kids, so in addition to composing, I was teaching, grading compositions for MTAC and performing and totally forgot about Tallarico. About twenty years ago my wife found a website with Tallarico explaining how he created the banjo file. She read it to me and I cracked up….the guy was lying through his teeth. So, judging from this video, he obviously has a problem with the truth….and I’m one of the hard working folk whose work he took credit for during his career."