Tallarico continued working with Virgin Interactive as head of music and video division until 1994, when he went on to found Tommy Tallarico Studios. His friend David Perry formed Shiny Entertainment at the same time, and the two new studios worked together to create classics such as "Earthworm Jim" and "MDK". His studio has been involved in several games since, including "Spider-Man", "Time Crisis", "Sonic and the Black Knight", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Madden NFL '96", and "Metroid Prime", which was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Sound.