George Sanger

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. 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, 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: 7/11 – based on the music from The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour Surf.com Flabby Rode Wing One - Music from Wing Commander I

Games Title Year Capture the Flag 1983 Maniac Mansion (NES) 1990 Wing Commander 1990 Loom (an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake) 1990 Stormovik: SU-25 Soviet Attack Fighter 1990 Swords and Serpents (NES) 1990 Death Knights of Krynn 1991 Fun House (NES) 1991 Home Alone (NES) 1991 Lexi-Cross (PC) 1991 Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (PC - title theme only) 1991 Monster Truck Rally 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 1993SimCity 2000 1993SSN-21 Seawolf (PC) 1994Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse 1994 NASCAR Racing 1994Master of Magic 1994Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds 1994U.S. Navy Fighters 1994Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo 1995 The 11th Hour 1995 This Means War! 1995 Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion 2000 Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet 2000 Scene It? 2000 Tux Racer 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman 2002 Mike's Monstrous Adventure 2002 Shadowbane 2003 Piglet's Big Game 2003 Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise 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.

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