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For his work with [[Realtime Associates]], he would do the music in an identical fashion to his NES music; he would write MIDI files in Performer for the Macintosh. Said MIDI files were given to [[David Warhol]], which he would arrange in Cakewalk for DOS, then converted into his [[David Warhol (GB Driver)|sound driver]].
 
For his work with [[Realtime Associates]], he would do the music in an identical fashion to his NES music; he would write MIDI files in Performer for the Macintosh. Said MIDI files were given to [[David Warhol]], which he would arrange in Cakewalk for DOS, then converted into his [[David Warhol (GB Driver)|sound driver]].
  

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George Alistair Sanger
George Sanger - 08.jpg
Born 1957-12-14
Birth Place Austin, Texas
Nationality American   USA.svg
Aliases The Fat Man, Team Fat
Website fatman.com

George Alistair Sanger, AKA The Fat Man is a highly successful video game music composer and audio consultant. His work ranges all the way back to 1983 and continues on to this very day. He has composed music for over 200 games. Often seen sporting a cowboy hat, this Texan has an entire sound team (Team Fat) to help him with his work in the video game market. Aside from his work composing music, George also does consulting work for audio and has written a book about multimedia music called "The Fat Man Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness".

Sanger started his career in video game music when his brother Rick was roommates with David Warhol. Warhol was programming the Intellivision game Thin Ice. Sanger, already fascinated with video games at the time begged Warhol to let him write music for the game, and Warhol accepted his pleas. Later, David Warhol founded Realtime Associates, which George Sanger worked for, as well as a great deal of other composers.

Music Development

DOS/MAC

George used Performer for all of his MS-DOS and Macintosh music. He wrote the MIDI files to be played back on a Roland MT-32.

While George is not a sound programmer, he designed instruments for the AdLib sound card which were used in many games.

GB

For his work with Realtime Associates, he would do the music in an identical fashion to his NES music; he would write MIDI files in Performer for the Macintosh. Said MIDI files were given to David Warhol, which he would arrange in Cakewalk for DOS, then converted into his sound driver.

For the game Track Meet (GB), Sanger gave his MIDI files to Rebecca Heineman who arranged his music for the Game Boy in the handheld's modified Z80 assembly.

INTV

Sanger used a 4-track tape recorder to record his composition for Thin Ice (INTV). He then transcribed his composition to sheet music on manuscript paper, which was then handed over to David Warhol, who programmed Sanger's compositions into the game in assembly. Though Sanger wrote the main theme, Warhol stated in an interview that he composed the rest of the songs in the game.

NES

For his Home Alone NES music, he used a sequencer Bethesda set up for him in their studios and the software was probably on an Atari ST. Sanger got the job since their previous composer quit. That composer used Sonix on the Amiga, so that may be what George used. His music was converted to Randy Linden's sound driver.

For his other NES music, he used Performer for the Macintosh, and David Warhol would arrange his MIDI files in Cakewalk for DOS for the game. His MIDI files were meant to be played back on a Roland MT-32. In Tecmo NBA Basketball, he made MIDI files and Paul Webb converted them to Sculptured Software's NES sound engine.

SNES

For Tecmo Super NBA Basketball, George used Sculptured Software's sound engine known as BMUS. According to Paul Webb, George had a negative reaction to the software because the program suffered many flaws.

For the Rocketeer and his other SNES music, George composed MIDI files in Performer. The instruments were taken from a Roland MT-32.

Gameography

To see a list of games George has worked on, go to: http://fatman.com/faqs.htm

Released Title Sample Notes
1986-??-?? Thin Ice (INTV) Main Theme; arranged by David Warhol.
1990-03-?? Swords and Serpents (NES) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1990-03-10 Battlechess II: Chinese Chess (DOS)
1990-08-?? Dick Tracy (NES)
With David Hayes. Music arranged by David Warhol.
1990-08-?? Total Recall (NES)
With David Warhol.
1990-10-?? Maniac Mansion (NES) With David Govett, David Hayes, David Warhol, Chris Grigg, and David Lawrence.
1990-09-26 Wing Commander (DOS)
1990-12-?? The Adventures of Rad Gravity (NES) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1990-??-?? LHX: Attack Chopper (DOS)
1990-??-?? Loom (DOS)
1990-??-?? Stormovik: Soviet Attack Fighter SU-25 (DOS)
1990-??-?? Track Meet (GB) (トラックミート めざせ!バルセロナ) Music arranged by Rebecca Heineman.
1990-??-?? Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire (DOS)
1991-01-?? Fun House (NES) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1991-05-?? The Rocketeer (NES) With David Hayes. Music arranged by David Warhol.
1991-06-?? Skate Or Die: Tour de Thrash (GB) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1991-09-?? Monster Truck Rally (NES)
Music arranged by David Warhol.
1991-11-?? RPM: Radical Psycho Machine Racing (SNES)
1991-12-?? Dick Tracy (GB) With David Hayes. Music arranged by David Warhol.
1991-12-14 Ultima: Runes of Virtue (GB) - Ultima: Lost Rune
1991-12-31 The Rocketeer (SNES) (ロケッティア)
1991-12-?? Home Alone (NES)
1991-??-?? Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (DOS)
1991-??-?? Death Knights of Krynn (DOS) Music Production
1991-??-?? DragonLance: Shadow Sorcerer (DOS)
1991-??-?? Lexi-Cross (DOS)
1991-??-?? Pools of Darkness (DOS) Music Producer
1991-??-?? Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2 - Martian Dreams (DOS)
1991-??-?? Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (DOS)
1992-??-?? The Dark Queen of Krynn (DOS) Music Producer
1992-??-?? The Dark Queen of Krynn (MAC) Music Producer
1992-??-?? Faceball 2000 (SNES)
1992-06-?? Defenders of Dynatron City (NES) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1992-09-29 Wings 2: Aces High (SNES) (スカイミッション)
1992-09-?? Word Zap (GB) Music arranged by David Warhol.
1992-11-?? Tecmo NBA Basketball (NES)
Music arranged by Paul Webb.
1992-11-?? Wing Commander (SNES) (ウィングコマンダー)
1992-12-25 Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (SNES)
Music arranged by Paul Webb.
1993-??-?? The 7th Guest (DOS)
1993-??-?? Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (DOS)
Music Producer
1993-??-?? Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (GEN) Music arranged by Dean Morrell.
1994-06-01 Hocus Pocus (DOS) Sound Programmer
1995-11-30 The 11th Hour (W16)
Unreleased Double Trouble Ramp (GB)

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