George Sanger, also known as "The Fat Man", is an American musician who has composed

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for computer and video games, beginning in 1983. Some of his best-known works include ''

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''. 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'', 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''

Games

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.

References

External links

Homepage of The Fat Man & Team Fat
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"Hangin with The Fat Man"

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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
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