in the wake of ROBLOX_OOF.mp3, this is one of many soundtracks revealed to not have been composed by Tommy Tallarico at all. (Twitter thread source; or partial Internet Archive version. i’ve been gradually retagging my music library as i notice his name pop up, so i just searched for this info.) instead, most of it was composed by Tony Bernetich, despite Tommy Tallarico later claiming in interviews that it was his work. (Anything But Tangerines was composed by Christophe Beck, who scored Disney’s Frozen and several Marvel films. it’s pretty good too. he’s currently credited on the game’s Wikipeda page as “Christopher Beck” with no link to his own page, while Tommy Tallarico is still the first listed composer.)
Tony Bernetich said of Tommy Tallarico “Musically, Tommy is possibly one step above a garage band musician”, and “He’s really not a composer and knows very little about the art of composing”. what Tommy Tallarico did contribute to this soundtrack was performances of the first and third movements of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata — which he stole from MIDIs created and published online by Edward Grant in 1989 (Twitter thread source; or Internet Archive version). arguably, this puts the game’s soundtrack in legal jeopardy since, while the song itself is public domain, this specific rendition of it could be considered protected. Earthworm Jim 2 is currently available on Nintendo Switch Online.