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'''Daniel Warren Forden''' (born [[September 28]], [[1963]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Game programmer#Sound programmer|sound programmer]] and music composer, and was the [[lead programmer]] on several high-profile [[arcade game|arcade]] and [[pinball]] games. He is best known for working on the ''[[Mortal Kombat (series)|Mortal Kombat]]'' [[fighting game]] series.
'''Daniel Warren Forden''' (born [[September 28]], [[1963]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Game programmer#Sound programmer|sound programmer]] and music composer, and was the [[lead programmer]] on several high-profile [[arcade game|arcade]] and [[pinball]] games. He is best known for working on the ''[[Mortal Kombat (series)|Mortal Kombat]]'' [[fighting game]] series (in particular his catchphrase "Toasty!" which would sound at impressive maneuvers).


==Biography and working style==
==Biography and working style==

Revision as of 05:18, 7 May 2009

Daniel Warren Forden (born September 28, 1963) is an American sound programmer and music composer, and was the lead programmer on several high-profile arcade and pinball games. He is best known for working on the Mortal Kombat fighting game series (in particular his catchphrase "Toasty!" which would sound at impressive maneuvers).

Biography and working style

Forden was born in Chicago, Illinois.

He is credited in the Mortal Kombat series as Dan "Toasty" Forden, and is known for an Easter egg that first appeared in Mortal Kombat II, where Forden's head would appear after a chain of combos in the bottom-right corner of the screen and shout "Toasty!" in a falsetto when an uppercut was performed. In Mortal Kombat 3, freezing an opponent in "danger mode" with Sub-Zero would make him appear and shout "Frosty!".

This Easter egg is tributed in the dance simulator StepMania: whenever a player gets 250 consecutive Perfects or better (Excellents or better in the 4.0 CVS version), a "toasty" appears. The PopCap game Peggle also features a tribute, as does the Aerosmith-themed rail shooter Revolution X, where singer Steven Tyler shouts "Toasty!" in reaction to explosions.

Dan is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the "TIMARA" program (or Technology in Music and Related Arts). He graduated in 1985 from the Conservatory and has since produced sounds for many Williams Electronics games. Forden's musical style, particularly for the Mortal Kombat series, is often a mixture of synthetic and organic sounds. A typical composition usually incorporates ethnic drumming with synthetic basses, synthetic leads and/or pads, and sometimes exotic instruments. His rhythms are usually very driving and his melodies can become quite complex.

Several songs that he composed for the Mortal Kombat 3 soundtrack were used in the precursor to South Park, Jesus vs. Santa.

Discography

Works

Pinball

Williams

Midway (Bally)

Stern

Video games

Midway

Williams

  • High Impact Football
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