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Dan Forden - Wikipedia

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Dan Forden
Forden in 2023
Born	Daniel Warner Forden (1963-09-28) September 28, 1963 (age 61) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation(s)	Musician, sound programmer
Years active	1985−present
Spouse	Ann Mazza (m. 1994)
Children	2

Daniel Warner Forden (born September 28, 1963) is an American sound programmer and music composer. He has worked on video games developed by Midway and its successor NetherRealm Studios since 1989. Forden achieved recognition for his audio work on the Mortal Kombat fighting game series where he was part of the original design team. He is also recognized for his Easter egg appearances in the series. Outside of video games, Forden played bass guitar in the progressive rock band Cheer-Accident from 1992 to 1993.^[1]

Biography and working style

Forden is the youngest of their four children to Sara Forden (née Mazza) and Michael Forden.

Forden 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.^[1]

In the Mortal Kombat series, he is credited as Dan "Toasty" Forden. The nickname derives from an Easter egg that first appeared in Mortal Kombat II, where Forden's head would appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen and shout "Toasty!" in a falsetto when an uppercut was performed. After being retained for Mortal Kombat 3, the Easter egg would not be used again until the 2011 reboot. It also appears in the "Tournament" stage of Mortal Kombat 11, using the Mortal Kombat 3 graphic of Forden. The "Toasty!" sound effect would be featured frequently in the series after its introduction, often in reference to fatalities performed by Scorpion.^[2]

Two additional Easter eggs were created featuring Forden in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3; freezing an opponent in "danger mode" with Sub-Zero would make him shout "Frosty!" and both players holding down the "High Punch" button after a Stage Fatality in Scorpion's Lair would make him shout "Crispy!"^[2]

Forden also included the "toasty" quote in the pinball machine Medieval Madness. When the player hits the right ramp, one of the quotes that is played is "toasty!".

The "Toasty!" Easter egg is attributed 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.

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

Works

Pinball

Williams

Black Knight 2000 (with Brian L. Schmidt and Steve Ritchie)
Bad Cats
RollerGames
Riverboat Gambler (with Paul Heitsch)
The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot (with Jon Hey and Rich Karstens)
The Getaway: High Speed II
Star Trek: The Next Generation
No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Medieval Madness

Midway (Bally)

Stern

The Simpsons Pinball Party (with Chris Granner)

Video games

Year	Game	Role(s)			System(s)	Notes
Year	Game	Audio director	Sound and/or Music	Other	System(s)	Notes
1989	Arch Rivals	No	Yes	No	Arcade	Uncredited
1991	Super High Impact	No	Yes	No	Arcade
1992	Mortal Kombat	No	Yes	No	Arcade
1993	Mortal Kombat II	No	Yes	No	Arcade
1995	Mortal Kombat 3	No	Yes	No	Arcade
1995	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3	No	Yes	Yes	Arcade	Grunts, Screams, Groans and Gibberish
1996	Mortal Kombat Trilogy	No	Yes	Yes	PlayStation	Graphics
1997	Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero	No	Yes	No	PlayStation
1997	Mortal Kombat 4	No	Yes	No	Arcade	Only credited in MK4 Design Team
2000	Mortal Kombat: Special Forces	No	Yes	No	PlayStation
2000	CART Fury	No	Yes	No	Arcade
2002	WWF Raw	No	Yes	No	Xbox	Sound effects recording
	NFL Blitz 20-02	No	Yes	No	GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox	Sound effects only
	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance	No	Yes	No	GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox
	MLB SlugFest 20-03	No	Yes	No	GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox	Sound effects only
2003	MLB SlugFest 20-04	No	Yes	No	GameCube PlayStation 2	Sound effects only
2004	Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy	No	Yes	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox	Additional audio
	NBA Ballers	No	No	Yes	PlayStation 2	Commentary design
	Mortal Kombat: Deception	Yes	No	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox
	MLG Slugfest Loaded	Yes	No	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox
2005	Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict	No	No	Yes	Xbox	Voice Production
	Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks	Yes	No	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox
	Blitz: The League	No	No	Yes	PlayStation 2 Xbox	Additional audio support
	NBA Ballers: Phenom	Yes	No	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox
2006	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	Yes	No	No	PlayStation 2 Xbox
2006	MLB Slugfest 2006	No	No	Yes	PlayStation 2 Xbox
2011	Mortal Kombat	No	Yes	Yes	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360	Lead sound designer
2011	Batman: Arkham City Lockdown	No	No	Yes	iOS Android	Senior sound designer
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Yes	Yes	No	PlayStation 3 Wii U Xbox 360	3 tracks in album^[3]
2015	WWE Immortals	No	Yes	No	iOS Android
2015	Mortal Kombat X	Yes	No	No	iOS Android PlayStation 4 Xbox One
2017	Injustice 2	Yes	Yes	No	iOS Android PlayStation 4 Xbox One	3 tracks in album^[4]
2019	Mortal Kombat 11	Yes	Yes	No	PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Microsoft Windows	Music for the stage "Sea of Blood"

References

^ ^a ^b Naumenko, Michael (April 2011). "Dan Forden Interview: The Creation of the Mortal Kombat 9 Soundtrack (April 2011)". Game-OST. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Williamson, James (August 19, 2020). "Where Mortal Kombat's Toasty Line Came From". Screen Rant. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
^ "Injustice: Gods Among Us - Original Video Game Score". iTunes. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "Injustice 2 (Original Video Game Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

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Atari games	Airborne Avenger Superman
Williams games	Flash Stellar Wars Firepower Black Knight Hyperball High Speed F-14 Tomcat Black Knight 2000 RollerGames Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Getaway: High Speed II Star Trek: The Next Generation No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Stern Pinball games	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Elvis World Poker Tour Spider-Man
Associated people	Larry DeMar Dan Forden Chris Granner Eugene Jarvis

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