George Sanger (musician) explained

George Sanger
Background:	non_performing_personnel
Alias:	The Fat Man
Genre:	Video game music
Occupation:	Composer, musician
Years Active:	1983–present
Label:	Haight-Masonic Laboratories
Associated Acts:	Team Fat, Alexander Brandon
Website:	www.fatman.com

George Sanger, also known as The Fat Man, is an American musician who has composed music for video games, beginning in 1983. Some of his best-known works include The 7th Guest, Wing Commander, Hard Nova, Maniac Mansion (NES version), Loom, Tux Racer, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors.^[1] Sanger leads the band Team Fat, which includes fellow video game music composers Dave Govett, Joe McDermott and Kevin Weston Phelan. He has written a novel, The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness,^[2] described by him as, "a book about game audio wrapped in a biography wrapped in a philosophy on life."

Works

Albums

George Sanger and Team Fat have released three albums:

1. 7/11 – based on the music from The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour
2. Surf.com
3. Flabby Rode

Games

Title	Year
Capture the Flag	1983
Maniac Mansion (NES)	1990
Wing Commander	1990
Loom (an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake)	1990
Swords and Serpents (NES)	1990
Death Knights of Krynn	1991
Fun House (NES)	1991
Home Alone (NES)	1991
Lexi-Cross (PC)	1991
(PC - title theme only)	1991
	1991
RPM Racing	1991
Hong Kong Mahjong Pro	1992
Planet's Edge	1992
Ultima Underworld	1992
Faceball 2000 (SNES)	1992
	1992
Master of Orion (PC)	1993
The 7th Guest	1993
SEAL Team	1993
Zombies Ate My Neighbors	1993
IndyCar Racing	1993
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon	1993
SimCity 2000	1993
Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse	1994
NASCAR Racing	1994
Master of Magic	1994
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds	1994
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo	1995
The 11th Hour	1995
This Means War!	1995
	2000
	2000
Scene It?	2000
Tux Racer	2000
	2002
Mike's Monstrous Adventure^[3]	2002
Shadowbane	2003
Piglet's Big Game	2003
	2003
Equilibria	2003
Evil Genius	2004
Intellivision Lives!	2004
	2005
	2006
The Incredible Hulk	2008
	2017
Mortimer Beckett and the Book of Gold	2017
	2017
Parker & Lane: Criminal Justice	2018
Dr. Cares: Family Practice	2018
Dr. Cares: Amy's Pet Clinic	2018
Amber's Airline: 7 Wonders	2019
	2019

Awards and recognition

On March 7, 2007, Sanger received the IGDA Award For Community Contribution. The award was given for his numerous programs that encourage interactive audio innovation and industry improvement.^[4]

On March 5, 2015 George Sanger received the Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) Lifetime Achievement Award.^[5]

External links

• Homepage of The Fat Man & Team Fat
  • Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
    • • "Hangin with The Fat Man" Wired Magazine: Poole, Gary Andrew (Mar. 1997)
• Project Bar-B-Q Annual Interactive Music Conference

A Conference Hosted by The Fat Man

• Fat Man in the Gastrokunst-Project of Austrian art-collective Monochrom

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 4, 2006 . Fat Man homepage . The Fat Man – FAQ's . 2006-12-25 . August 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806024812/http://www.fatman.com/faqs.htm . dead .
2. Book: Sanger, George . The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness . New Riders Games . 1-59273-009-4 . Paperback . 2003 .
3. Web site: George Alistair Sanger Video Game Credits and Biography . MobyGames.
4. Web site: 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov . . 2007-02-12.
5. Web site: 13th Annual GANG Awards Winners . March 10, 2015 . .