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Revision as of 15:52, 25 June 2022

Daniel Forden
Dan Forden - 1.jpg
Born Unknown
Birth Place USA
Nationality American   USA.svg
Aliases Toasty

Dan "Toasty" Forden is an American composer and sound designer. He has composed the music to several Midway Games titles including Mortal Kombat, Super High Impact, and Arch Rivals. He has worked for many game companies, including Midway and Williams. Dan has been in the industry for over 30 years.

He started his video game music career in October 1988 when he worked for Williams. There, he composed the music to a great deal of their pinball games. He left 5 years later. He then founded Toasty Productions, where he was a freelance composer, and it ended nine years later. In October 2002, he started working for Midway and left in 2009. He currently works for Warner Bros. as a sound designer and Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy as an Adjunct Professor of Game Audio.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1989-??-?? Arch Rivals (ARC)
1989-??-?? Atlantis (PBL)
1989-11-?? Bad Cats (PBL)
1989-11-?? Black Knight 2000 (PBL)
1989-12-?? Mousin' Around (PBL)
1990-??-?? Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl! (NES) Arranged by David Wise.
1990-??-?? High Impact Football (ARC)
1990-??-?? Riverboat Gambler (PBL)
1990-06-?? Rollergames (PBL)
1991-??-?? Harley Davidson (PBL)
1991-??-?? Super High Impact (ARC)
1991-02-01 Bride of Pinbot (PBL)
1991-08-?? Party Zone (PBL)
1992-??-?? Arch Rivals: The Arcade Game (GEN)
Arranged by Mark Cooksey.
1992-??-?? Arch Rivals: The Arcade Game (GG)
Arranged by Mark Cooksey.
1992-02-02 High Speed 2: The Getaway (PBL)
1992-10-08 Mortal Kombat (ARC)
1993-??-?? Mortal Kombat (SMS) Arranged by Allister Brimble.
1993-??-?? Mortal Kombat II (ARC)
1993-??-?? Star Trek: The Next Generation (PBL)
1993-09-13 Mortal Kombat (SNES) Arranged by Mark Ganus, Kingsley Thurber and Sam Powell.
1994-??-?? Mortal Kombat II (GEN) Arranged by Matt Furniss.
1994-??-?? Mortal Kombat II (SMS) Arranged by Matt Furniss.
1994-05-25 Mortal Kombat (DOS) Arranged by Allister Brimble.
1994-05-26 Mortal Kombat (SCD)
1994-09-?? Mortal Kombat II (GB) Arranged by Steve Rockett and Edward Haynes.
1994-11-?? The Shadow (PBL)
1995-??-?? Attack From Mars (PBL)
1995-??-?? Mortal Kombat 3 (GEN) Arranged by Christopher Braymen and Roy Wilkins.
1995-??-?? Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (ARC)
1995-04-01 Mortal Kombat 3 (ARC)
1995-05-?? No Fear (PBL)
1995-10-?? Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES) Arranged by Mark Ganus and Roy Wilkins.
1996-??-?? Safe Cracker (PBL)
1997-06-?? Medieval Madness (PBL)
1997-10-01 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (PS1)
1997-12-08 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (N64)
1998-06-24 Mortal Kombat 4 (N64)
1998-06-24 Mortal Kombat 4 (PS1) Sound Effects
1999-01-?? Revenge From Mars (PBL)
2001-??-?? The Grid (ARC)
2002-03-18 NFL Blitz 20-02 (GC)
2002-11-16 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (PS2)
2002-11-17 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (GC)
2002-11-18 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (XBOX)
2002-11-20 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (GBA)
2003-??-?? The Simpsons Pinball Party (PBL)
2003-03-16 MLB Slugfest 20-04 (GC)
2004-10-04 Mortal Kombat: Deception (XBOX)
2005-09-16 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2)
2006-10-11 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (XBOX)
2006-11-09 Mortal Kombat: Unchained (PSP)
2007-05-29 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (WII)
2007-10-29 Stranglehold (PS3) Director Studio Operations
2011-04-19 Mortal Kombat (X360)

Aliases

Dan is also known as the "Toasty!" guy in the Mortal Kombat games. According to Dan, this was because when he and co-workers played Super High Impact, he would say, "I predict toast!" (IE I predict you're going to lose!). Later, the quote turned into, "I predict toasty!". During the development of Mortal Kombat, one of the game designers suggested that Dan use it in the game.

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