- George Sanger
Infobox musical artist
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Name = George Sanger
Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = George Alistair Sanger
Alias = "The Fat Man"
Born =
Origin =
Instrument =
Genre =Video game music
Occupation =Composer ,Musician
Years_active = 1983 - Present
Label = Haight-Masonic Laboratories
Associated_acts = Team Fat
URL = [http://www.fatman.com www.fatman.com]
Current_members =
Past_members =
Notable_instruments =George Alistair Sanger (born
December 14 ,1957 , also known as "The Fat Man") is amusician who has composed music for over 200 different 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", and "Tux Racer ".cite web | first= |last= | date=2006-06-04 |work=Fat Man homepage |publisher= | title=The Fat Man - FAQ's | url=http://www.fatman.com/faqs.htm | accessdate=2006-12-25] Sanger leads the band "Team Fat", also comprised of fellow video game musiccomposer s 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", [cite book | title=The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness | publisher=New Riders Games | id=ISBN 1592730094 | format=Paperback | | first=George | last=Sanger] described by him as, "a book about game audio wrapped in a biography wrapped in a philosophy on life."Discography
To date, George Sanger and Team Fat have released three albums
#"7/11" - based on the music from "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th Hour"
#"Surf.com"
#"Flabby Road"Notable works
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. [cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12732 |title=2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov |publisher=Gamasutra |accessdate=2007-02-12]External links
* [http://www.fatman.com/ Homepage of The Fat Man & Team Fat]
*moby developer|id=119|name=George Sanger's profile
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/68/george-alistair-sanger/ Composer profile] atOverClocked ReMix
* [http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/thefatman/ ReMixer profile] atOverClocked ReMix
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* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.03/es_fatman.html "Hangin with The Fat Man"]Wired Magazine : Poole, Gary Andrew (Mar. 1997)
* [http://www.projectbarbq.com/ Project Bar-B-Q Annual Interactive Music Conference] : A Conference Hosted by The Fat Man
* [http://monochrom.at/gastrokunst/ Fat Man in the Gastrokunst-Project of Austrian art-collective Monochrom]References
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