arrangers: []
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers:
- link: artist/41395
  names:
    en: The Fat Man
- link: artist/1329
  names:
    en: Team Fat
- link: artist/1324
  names:
    en: George Alistair Sanger
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '39:58'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Mr. Death
    track_length: '1:58'
  - names:
      English: Hey Conductor
    track_length: '1:27'
  - names:
      English: Long Jazzy End of XMusic Box
    track_length: '1:23'
  - names:
      English: Infernal Melody
    track_length: '2:36'
  - names:
      English: Upstairs Hallway/Creep
    track_length: '2:08'
  - names:
      English: Dutton's Room
    track_length: 0:48
  - names:
      English: In the Walls I
    track_length: 0:26
  - names:
      English: Laboratory
    track_length: '1:01'
  - names:
      English: Chapel (11th Hour Version)
    track_length: 0:31
  - names:
      English: In the Walls II
    track_length: 0:48
  - names:
      English: Gallery
    track_length: 0:41
  - names:
      English: Pool Balls
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: Mirror Puzzle
    track_length: '2:24'
  - names:
      English: The Final Hour/Sadness
    track_length: '1:06'
  - names:
      English: Bathroom
    track_length: '1:57'
  - names:
      English: Detectives
    track_length: '1:15'
  - names:
      English: Kitchen
    track_length: 0:42
  - names:
      English: Train Puzzle
    track_length: '4:53'
  - names:
      English: Rain
    track_length: '3:05'
  - names:
      English: Love Soupreme
    track_length: '2:22'
  - names:
      English: Doll Room
    track_length: '1:00'
  - names:
      English: Funky Tubes
    track_length: '2:28'
  - names:
      English: Long Intro (7th Guest "Concept Sketch")
    track_length: '2:21'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/965
  names:
    en: Bandcamp
    ja: Bandcamp
    ja-latn: Bandcamp
  role: retailer
link: album/109307
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2021-02-24T10:00
  edited_date: 2022-09-16T03:44
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T03:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1015
name: The 11th Hour--Come Back!!
names:
  en: The 11th Hour--Come Back!!
  ja: The 11th Hour--Come Back!!
  ja-latn: The 11th Hour--Come Back!!
notes: 'Music composed by The Fat Man and Team Fat

  All compositions by George Alistair Sanger

  All compositions are (C)(P) 1997 Big Fat, Inc.

  Published by Fat Manor Publishing, BMI

  Package art by Rob Landeros

  The 7th Guest™, The 11th Hour, Trilobyte™ are trademarks of Trilobyte, Inc. © 1993
  Trilobyte Inc.

  Trademarks and graphics used with permission. Thanks, Rob!

  The wait is over. After nearly 30 years, the soundtracks for The 7th Guest and The
  11th Hour are finally being released in their entirety.

  With a haunting, atmospheric richness so perfectly and elegantly complementing every
  moment of exploration into the ghostly mansion of toymaker Henry Stauf, these complete
  works by George “The Fat Man” Sanger, now take the listener on a dreamy and nostalgic
  journey back to the pioneering days of DOS and CD-ROM.

  Often constructed upon brilliantly designed leitmotifs, the work as a whole is a
  dazzling, otherworldly, and constantly shifting chimera of multiple musical styles
  ranging from jazz, classical, and orchestral, to tango, surf rock, progressive rock,
  experimental, and calypso. Utilizing an architecture of evocative, compositional
  excellence, the eclectic influences are woven together seamlessly into a warm, familiar
  blanket of highly refined and regal sophistication. Vibrant, organic, colorful,
  and complex; every track is a multilayered marvel; showcasing just what was possible
  to create using MIDI “back then” when the unique technology and its unbridled sonic
  fidelity reigned supreme—spearheaded by people like The Fat Man.

  Placed beside the overly minimalistic film scoring style of modern video game music,
  the truth that this work represents a lost art becomes sadly clear. They simply
  “don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

  To me, the soundtracks for The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour are not only The Fat
  Man’s magnum opus but also the absolute pinnacle of the golden age of MIDI-based
  video game composition. It’s time they were finally released in their complete fullness.

  --Curt Tuckfield

  ***

  Of course, first and always thanks to Cindy for saving my life, and getting me to
  a point where I could find the space and heart to make this project happen.

  And oh, thank you so much to ALL the fans of the game. You solved these puzzles
  alone in the dark, or sitting on your parents'' laps, or in marathon sessions with
  your best friends. You overcame soundcard issues and you sat through long load times
  and overburdened computers, you endured the taunts of Henry Stauf, and beating him
  saved yourselves and countless innocent souls. This is for you.

  Thanks to Team Fat, my ideal workmates: Cowboy Composers and trail buddies Joe McDermott,
  Dave Govett and "Prof." K. Weston Phelan, and the legendary structural, promotional
  and textural work of Linda Law and Teresa Avallone.

  More recently, Curt Tuckfield, you really came through, and I am so glad you were
  there with tireless work and deep insight, to help me focus the intent of this release
  on what matters most--delivering what''s meaningful for the FANS--the PLAYERS.

  Speaking of which, deepest thanks to Superfans Curtis and Scott Tuckfield, Joseph
  David Grabko, Shane Hunt and Steve Cartoon for nagging me over the years and even
  decades to do this release. They found MIDI files for me on the internet where I
  was missing them, they helped me find the best versions, helped identify inconsistencies
  in MIDI playback, and created a track order that would feel complete and make sense
  to folks who put those hours into playing the games.

  And I can''t enough thank the games'' producers, Graeme Devine and Rob Landeros.
  Graeme has been a best friend, looking out for me and pulling me up since the day
  we met, and I shudder in weak moments to think of where I might be without him.
  And Rob has re-emerged as a real Artist''s Artist, a pal and a pleasure to hang
  with.

  And so many more of you. Brother Dave, always there when a drum needed playing or
  a song needed writing...and...

  Enough of this. In the words of Rob "Henry Stauf" Hirschboeck...

  WELCOME TO MY HOUSE!!

  --George "The Fat Man" Sanger'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: The Fat Man and Team Fat
    ja: The Fat Man and Team Fat
    ja-latn: The Fat Man and Team Fat
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- PC
products:
- link: product/17553
  names:
    en: The 7th Guest
    ja: The 7th Guest
    ja-latn: The 7th Guest
- names:
    en: The 11th Hour
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: HML 1001
  date: '1997-10-15'
  link: album/1695
  names:
    en: 7/11
    ja: 7/11
    ja-latn: 7/11
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  date: 2014-08
  link: album/111985
  names:
    en: '7/11: Music from "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th ...'
    ja: '7/11: Music from "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th ...'
    ja-latn: '7/11: Music from "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th ...'
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  date: 2024-03
  link: album/131280
  names:
    en: SOUP'S ON (SELECTIONS FROM STAUF'S INFERNAL JUK...
    ja: SOUP'S ON (SELECTIONS FROM STAUF'S INFERNAL JUK...
    ja-latn: SOUP'S ON (SELECTIONS FROM STAUF'S INFERNAL JUK...
  type: cancel
release_date: '2021-02-05'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 10.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com/album/the-11th-hour-come-back
  name: Bandcamp
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/109307?perpage=99999
votes: 0
