Music in Monkey Island 2 Amiga Mystery

[Oloturia]

Hello everyone,
I just had some kind of "Mandela Effect" about the music in the Amiga version of MI2.


It seems that the majority of the people thinks that the Amiga version lacked music and iMuse.


ie:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=92109


I found many articles online stating that Amiga version lacked music, mainly the Woodtick themes. Every longplay on YouTube and all the rips of the OST lacked that music. I tried playing the game on a real Amiga500 with 2Mb and no music. Tried on FS-UAE, in Woodtick there was just silence.



BUT I clearly remembered music at the campfire after the opening sequence and in Woodtick, where the music slowly changed for every different scene, suggesting that iMuse technology was used.


I started to think that my mind created a false memory, when I found this video on YT:
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I asked my brother, he still has a tape where he recorded the audio from the Amiga, and... there is the Woodtick theme with all the variations and the campfire theme.


The only rational explanation I gave is that the version everyone is playing now is an early cracked version that lacked many features.


I still have the original disks, but 1) they are 11 and the chance that one of them is broken is very high 2) I don't have the tools to make the dump 3) I lost the copy protection wheel :\ (I found it online, but I don't know if it's the same for Amiga and PC, and the same for USA and IT version)

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by Oloturia

BUT I clearly remembered music at the campfire after the opening sequence and in Woodtick, where the music slowly changed for every different scene, suggesting that iMuse technology was used.
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The only rational explanation I gave is that the version everyone is playing now is an early cracked version that lacked many features.

I just tried the IPF release, which is the unmodified, uncracked original. There's no music at the camp fire scene. And that's also what I remember.

Originally Posted by Oloturia

I started to think that my mind created a false memory, when I found this video on YT:
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I don't know which sources he used, but again, there's no music in this place in the Amiga version. He must have mistaken the tracks as Amiga versions.

[Cubemon]

Originally Posted by Oloturia

I started to think that my mind created a false memory, when I found this video on YT:
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That video has the PC music played with FM sounds and with a soundfont or a sound module such as the MT-32. No Amiga audio.

The Amiga IS however capable of playing external MIDI sound sources, but I don't know if Monkey Island 2 supported that.

[Oloturia]

OK the YT tracks are not from Amiga but the "CD Version" (?)
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I listened to the tape. The tracks are a mix of Amiga and DOS version. I can't remember having the DOS version but... there is no other explanation.



So that's it, a false memory triggered by a wrong title on YT. No music for Amiga.

[Cobe]

When I recall "leg bone connected to the hip bone..." I even hear voices