Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I was asked to compose a piece of music in 20 minutes. That didn't happen. This did. And I'm very glad.
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At GameSoundCon 2020, George "The Fat Man" Sanger responded to the challenge "make a piece in 20 minutes," issued by past GSC attendees, to show "how an established composer works on the fly." Being not the fastest established composer in the room, George petitioned for, and got, 35 minutes. Starting with a brief overview of his setup and plan, he dove into a simultaneous video shoot, composition, production session and lecture, attempting to be educational, entertaining, interesting, and, with some luck, musical.
Game Audio, Game Soundtracks, Videogame Music, Songs For Games, The Fat Man, Composing, Surf Music, Soundtracks, Space Monkeys, Jazzmaster, Songwriting Challenge
I was asked to compose a piece of music in 20 minutes. That didn't happen. This did. And I'm very glad.
Longer Version:
At GameSoundCon 2020, George "The Fat Man" Sanger responded to the challenge "make a piece in 20 minutes," issued by past GSC attendees, to show "how an established composer works on the fly." Being not the fastest established composer in the room, George petitioned for, and got, 35 minutes. Starting with a brief overview of his setup and plan, he dove into a simultaneous video shoot, composition, production session and lecture, attempting to be educational, entertaining, interesting, and, with some luck, musical.
Game Audio, Game Soundtracks, Videogame Music, Songs For Games, The Fat Man, Composing, Surf Music, Soundtracks, Space Monkeys, Jazzmaster, Songwriting Challenge
![Lets Play Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo: HiFi Music and The Fat Man (Original Composer) [v2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IK29Nq6Balo/mqdefault.jpg "Lets Play Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo: HiFi Music and The Fat Man (Original Composer) [v2]
The soundtrack of your childhood? Perhaps. But lets make it Even Better. The Fat Mans friend WindowsTV (Ryan) has figured out how to cram the ORIGINAL HI-FI MUSIC into the game. Lets see if we can get that to work...and reunite the animal kids with their parents. Its a Big-a Day!
Want to hear more hi-fi music from Humongous Entertainment games? Here ya go:
https://thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com/
Want to set up your own hi-fi version of Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo? Heres WindowsTVs tutorial!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPdNk5AjCag
Thanks for caring about this stuff, yall
-George")
