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Original Monkey Island theme is still my favourite bit of music from a game ever.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
I just finished transcribing it from a dumped midi file - https://musescore.com/user/36584999/scores/6891053 https://musescore.com/user/36584999/scores/6891053 . I wouldn't mind figuring out how to get a midi to sound like the PC speaker. Setting a square wave synthesizer as the instrument doesn't do it.
- jonplackett 5y ago
  Nice work! There's more going on in there than I expected!
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    Interestingly, the music is different based on the audio you select. If you listen to the PC speaker version of the theme, you might notice that the final note is arpeggiated, which isn't true for the midi version. The PC speaker version is also missing a note in the previous measure that exists in the midi. Then when the opening credits have finished and the game begins, there is background music for the lookout if you have midi audio, but silence for the PC speaker.
- maxime-esa 5y ago
  And there is an amazing piano transcription from w3sp, here: http://www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetmusic/personalcomputer/thesecretofmonkeyisland/index.html http://www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetmusic/personalcomputer/t... (check out his performance on youtube - not only the intro, but also the complete Woodtick theme, Jojo from MI2, etc.)
detritus 5y ago
I have it as a default ohrwurm, with ot regularly popping into mind as a background theme for hours on end, but I don't mind - it's better than the other wurms... My young daughter will grow up with a vague knowledge of it as it - along with the theme to Monty Python's flying Circus - are the two tunes I hum to her to get her to sleep.
the_af 5y ago
The Last Ninja (C64 version) holds that title in my heart. If you like it, do check out the rock remixes by a band called the Fastloaders (a live performance also features Ben Daglish, the original composer of some of the tracks. RIP, sadly).
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- Cybotron5000 5y ago
  Last Ninja’s music was super cool also! …had completely forgotten about that game - going to check out the Fastloaders asap :)
geephroh 5y ago
If you really want to geek out on the music, the Super Marcato Brothers podcast has done episodes on MI2 - MI4.[1] (And fwiw, my brother plays marimba and other percussion in MI4. To this day, one of the weirdest gigs he's ever had.) 1. http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/tag/monkey+island http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/tag/monkey+island
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jug 5y ago
Lovely cover here, recommended by Ron Gilbert himself: https://youtu.be/qUMKy2Jk3Oo https://youtu.be/qUMKy2Jk3Oo

I just finished transcribing it from a dumped midi file - https://musescore.com/user/36584999/scores/6891053 https://musescore.com/user/36584999/scores/6891053 . I wouldn't mind figuring out how to get a midi to sound like the PC speaker. Setting a square wave synthesizer as the instrument doesn't do it.

jonplackett 5y ago
Nice work! There's more going on in there than I expected!
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  Interestingly, the music is different based on the audio you select. If you listen to the PC speaker version of the theme, you might notice that the final note is arpeggiated, which isn't true for the midi version. The PC speaker version is also missing a note in the previous measure that exists in the midi. Then when the opening credits have finished and the game begins, there is background music for the lookout if you have midi audio, but silence for the PC speaker.
maxime-esa 5y ago
And there is an amazing piano transcription from w3sp, here: http://www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetmusic/personalcomputer/thesecretofmonkeyisland/index.html http://www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetmusic/personalcomputer/t... (check out his performance on youtube - not only the intro, but also the complete Woodtick theme, Jojo from MI2, etc.)

detritus 5y ago

I have it as a default ohrwurm, with ot regularly popping into mind as a background theme for hours on end, but I don't mind - it's better than the other wurms... My young daughter will grow up with a vague knowledge of it as it - along with the theme to Monty Python's flying Circus - are the two tunes I hum to her to get her to sleep.

the_af 5y ago

The Last Ninja (C64 version) holds that title in my heart. If you like it, do check out the rock remixes by a band called the Fastloaders (a live performance also features Ben Daglish, the original composer of some of the tracks. RIP, sadly).

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Cybotron5000 5y ago
Last Ninja’s music was super cool also! …had completely forgotten about that game - going to check out the Fastloaders asap :)

geephroh 5y ago

If you really want to geek out on the music, the Super Marcato Brothers podcast has done episodes on MI2 - MI4.[1] (And fwiw, my brother plays marimba and other percussion in MI4. To this day, one of the weirdest gigs he's ever had.) 1. http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/tag/monkey+island http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/tag/monkey+island

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jug 5y ago

Lovely cover here, recommended by Ron Gilbert himself: https://youtu.be/qUMKy2Jk3Oo https://youtu.be/qUMKy2Jk3Oo