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George Sanger, also known as "The Fat Man", is an American musician who has composed music for computer and 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 also includes fellow video game music composers Dave Govett, Joe McDermott and Kevin Weston Phelan. He has also 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."

George Sanger
Background information
Also known as	"The Fat Man"
Genres	Video game music
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Haight-Masonic Laboratories
Website	www.fatman.com

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
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (PC - title theme only)	1991
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi	1991
RPM Racing	1991
Hong Kong Mahjong Pro	1992
Planet's Edge	1992
Ultima Underworld	1992
Faceball 2000 (SNES)	1992
Wings 2: Aces High	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
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet	1999
Scene It?	2000
Tux Racer	2000
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman	2002
Mike's Monstrous Adventure[3]	2002
Shadowbane	2003
Piglet's Big Game	2003
Equilibria	2003
Evil Genius	2004
Intellivision Lives!	2004
Scene It?: Turner Classic Movies Edition	2005
Scene It?: Music	2006
The Incredible Hulk	2008
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles	2017
Mortimer Beckett and the Book of Gold	2017
Delicious: Emily's Moms vs Dads	2017
Parker & Lane: Criminal Justice	2018
Dr. Cares: Family Practice	2018
Dr. Cares: Amy's Pet Clinic	2018
Amber's Airline: 7 Wonders	2019
The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest	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]

References

External links

• Homepage of The Fat Man & Team Fat
• George Sanger's profile at MobyGames
• Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
• The Fat Man discography at MusicBrainz
• George Sanger discography at MusicBrainz
• The Fat Man and Team Fat discography at MusicBrainz
• "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

На других языках

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[de] George Alistair Sanger

George Alistair Sanger (* 14. Dezember 1957), auch bekannt unter dem Pseudonym „The Fat Man“ bzw. „The Fatman“, ist ein US-amerikanischer Komponist für Computerspiele.

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- [en] George Sanger (musician)

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