Company: Tommy Tallarico Studios

Tommy Tallarico, composer for the "Molten Mine" and "Great Megalith" music tracks in Sonic and the Black Knight claims to have been the first American to work on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Even if one refuses to count external work such as localization, marketing, and multimedia adaptations, this is not true, as Americans have worked on art, programming, and music for Sonic titles as far back as the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with Tallarico having even shown awareness of American pop star Michael Jackson's involvement in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.