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We're joined today by industry legend George Sanger! We talk about his history, Team Fat, as well as play music from George's time working in game audio. Pixelated Audio is a videogame music podcast discussing topics across the board from technical, to the history of game development but above all it's all about enjoying some great VGM!
magwest.org
magwest2023.sched.com/event/1OHPL/pixelated-audio-with-george-sanger
pixelatedaudio.com/magwest2023
Internationally known as The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger’s influence is hard to overestimate. Through his work, his writings, the founding of think-tanks, organizations and communities, this “legendary game audio guru’s” fingerprints are all over much of what it means today to create game audio or listen to a game. He’s been at it since Thin Ice for Intellivision in 1983. Games he worked on include Loom, Wing Commander I and II, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, Maniac Mansion, The 7th Guest I and II and Oddword Soulstorm. He wrote the first general MIDI soundtrack for a game, the first direct-to-MIDI live recording of musicians, the first Redbook soundtrack included with a game as a separate disc, the first music for a game that was considered a “work of art,” and the first soundtrack that was considered a selling point for the game. Sanger established and managed the team that made the sound system for the Augmented Reality device, Magic Leap One. He founded and ran think-tanks that solved audio issues and created standards (Project BarBQ) and tackle game design's biggest issues (Project Horseshoe). He wrote a book (The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness) that has attracted many to make a career of game audio. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from GANG (of which he was member #1) in 2015.
He continues to write songs constantly, score games, advise businesses on Product Strategy and give lectures, workshops and keynotes worldwide, while teaching and administrating at Mid-City Community Music, a non-profit Arts organization.
Pixelated Audio is a bi-weekly podcast that focuses on video game music & retro games that span across multiple platforms in an attempt to bring music, history, awareness and some of the gaming culture to people that share a similar passion. The primary goal is to have fun and talk about game audio.
Our intent is to analyze, dissect, and discuss the music and provide the most accurate information that we can on it’s history. We are a not-for-profit group that believes in VGM preservation.
fatman.com
thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com
pixelatedaudio.com
If you'd like to hear more about Soups On, the Kickstarter George mentioned, you can find that here:
kickstarter.com/projects/twoguysrecords/soups-on-music-from-the-7th-guest-and-the-11th-hour-on-vinyl/posts/4176516
If you'd like to listen along to the many songs highlighted in this episode you can find some of the links below to watch here on YouTube:
“Surfin’ on Thin Ice”
youtube.com/watch?v=JvVDVkiFCN4
“Surfin’ on Thin Ice" Live at the 2002 Classic Gaming Expo
youtube.com/watch?v=2O5YB5RFC0c
The Adventures of Rad Gravity Planet Theme
youtube.com/watch?v=_agZAk8Xcxc
The Adventures of Rad Gravity Title Theme
youtube.com/watch?v=_lh40GRnK1k
Wing Commander "Strike Mission - Go Get 'Em!”
youtube.com/watch?v=JsygM66Vio4
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon “Putt in Tunisia”
youtube.com/watch?v=GwXu8ngfH2A
The 7th Guest “Bedspread”
youtube.com/watch?v=m_3uYw811Ug
Pajama Sam 3 “I R Sam” / “Sam’s Room”
youtube.com/watch?v=GMd2Vmt8eZo&t=104s
This video was remastered from it's initial upload if you'd like to watch the original, you can do so here:
youtu.be/s9luNyhYMZ4
MAGFest is run by MAGFest, Inc., a volunteer-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation of video games, video game culture, and video game music. We achieve this through numerous events, such as Super MAGFest, MAGWest, MAGStock, and Bit Gen Gamer Fest. We also support other not-for-profit organizations, such as Child’s Play. Learn more at https://magfest.org.
We're joined today by industry legend George Sanger! We talk about his history, Team Fat, as well as play music from George's time working in game audio. Pixelated Audio is a videogame music podcast discussing topics across the board from technical, to the history of game development but above all it's all about enjoying some great VGM!
magwest.org
magwest2023.sched.com/event/1OHPL/pixelated-audio-with-george-sanger
pixelatedaudio.com/magwest2023
Internationally known as The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger’s influence is hard to overestimate. Through his work, his writings, the founding of think-tanks, organizations and communities, this “legendary game audio guru’s” fingerprints are all over much of what it means today to create game audio or listen to a game. He’s been at it since Thin Ice for Intellivision in 1983. Games he worked on include Loom, Wing Commander I and II, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, Maniac Mansion, The 7th Guest I and II and Oddword Soulstorm. He wrote the first general MIDI soundtrack for a game, the first direct-to-MIDI live recording of musicians, the first Redbook soundtrack included with a game as a separate disc, the first music for a game that was considered a “work of art,” and the first soundtrack that was considered a selling point for the game. Sanger established and managed the team that made the sound system for the Augmented Reality device, Magic Leap One. He founded and ran think-tanks that solved audio issues and created standards (Project BarBQ) and tackle game design's biggest issues (Project Horseshoe). He wrote a book (The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness) that has attracted many to make a career of game audio. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from GANG (of which he was member #1) in 2015.
He continues to write songs constantly, score games, advise businesses on Product Strategy and give lectures, workshops and keynotes worldwide, while teaching and administrating at Mid-City Community Music, a non-profit Arts organization.
Pixelated Audio is a bi-weekly podcast that focuses on video game music & retro games that span across multiple platforms in an attempt to bring music, history, awareness and some of the gaming culture to people that share a similar passion. The primary goal is to have fun and talk about game audio.
Our intent is to analyze, dissect, and discuss the music and provide the most accurate information that we can on it’s history. We are a not-for-profit group that believes in VGM preservation.
fatman.com
thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com
pixelatedaudio.com
If you'd like to hear more about Soups On, the Kickstarter George mentioned, you can find that here:
kickstarter.com/projects/twoguysrecords/soups-on-music-from-the-7th-guest-and-the-11th-hour-on-vinyl/posts/4176516
If you'd like to listen along to the many songs highlighted in this episode you can find some of the links below to watch here on YouTube:
“Surfin’ on Thin Ice”
youtube.com/watch?v=JvVDVkiFCN4
“Surfin’ on Thin Ice" Live at the 2002 Classic Gaming Expo
youtube.com/watch?v=2O5YB5RFC0c
The Adventures of Rad Gravity Planet Theme
youtube.com/watch?v=_agZAk8Xcxc
The Adventures of Rad Gravity Title Theme
youtube.com/watch?v=_lh40GRnK1k
Wing Commander "Strike Mission - Go Get 'Em!”
youtube.com/watch?v=JsygM66Vio4
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon “Putt in Tunisia”
youtube.com/watch?v=GwXu8ngfH2A
The 7th Guest “Bedspread”
youtube.com/watch?v=m_3uYw811Ug
Pajama Sam 3 “I R Sam” / “Sam’s Room”
youtube.com/watch?v=GMd2Vmt8eZo&t=104s
This video was remastered from it's initial upload if you'd like to watch the original, you can do so here:
youtu.be/s9luNyhYMZ4
MAGFest is run by MAGFest, Inc., a volunteer-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation of video games, video game culture, and video game music. We achieve this through numerous events, such as Super MAGFest, MAGWest, MAGStock, and Bit Gen Gamer Fest. We also support other not-for-profit organizations, such as Child’s Play. Learn more at https://magfest.org.
