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by FpUser 2118 days ago
Oh sweet memories. I did not play the game, my daughter did. But I absolutely loved the music and still have it in my playlist.
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I played it using a basic Soundblaster card in the 90s and it’s already amazing. Lately I used DosBox with the MT32 emulation and was blown away by how good it sounds.

Here’s an instruction on DosBox MT32 emulation if you’re curious: https://blog.zyrain.org/2016/11/roland-mt-32-and-emulating-i...

Here’s a clip of the MT32 opening soundtrack if you just want to have a listen https://youtu.be/i3dB0qEcG20

You might check out the Super Mercato Bros podcast. They've done a couple of episodes on the Monkey Island franchise:

http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/tag/monkey+island

(And FWIW, my brother played marimba and some assorted percussion on Escape from Monkey Island. One of his weirdest gigs ever...)

Music is very memorable! I kept the original game disc at my parents’ house so I wouldn’t lose the music. Silly me! There’s an entire internet of folks who won’t let this stuff die.