Because why the hell not? In anticipation of an upcoming Escape from Monkey Island extravaganza, we give you the soundtrack:
Che[ck/que] can be sent to the regular address.
Update (April 17th)! Some of you had issues with the zips; these should now be fixed.
Call me Squinky
I had the same problem but I believe you can still get the same version of the OST at the Scumm Bar without the corruption - I downloaded it a while back and I was able to extract everything with that one. https://scummbar.com/resources/downloads/index.php?todo=MP3
Edit: yep, they're the same :-) Just compared the two - you're right!
osKar
Hi there, long time lurker here, but after the CMI soundtrack post I decided to become a patreon :-D That one and the EMI soundtrack were my favourites back then. I love those environmental sounds. When playing them back on well positioned speakers - it’s very atmospheric and eery sometimes!
Oh and does anyone else have problems when extracting these archives? It looks like one song in each archive is damaged. repairs don’t work either :-(
I had the same problem but I believe you can still get the same version of the OST at the Scumm Bar without the corruption - I downloaded it a while back and I was able to extract everything with that one. https://scummbar.com/resources/downloads/index.php?todo=MP3
Oh and does anyone else have problems when extracting these archives? It looks like one song in each archive is damaged. repairs don’t work either :-(
The lawyers theme was one I remember being amazing from the first half of the game and the standout from the second half was definitely the Knuttin' Atoll theme being a minor shift of the Jambalaya theme, along with Memory Returns, Showdown and Transmission Tower being amazing.
AlfredJ
Okay guys, I'll play through these games again to refresh my memory. I'm willing to admit I'm misremembering, but if I'm right, be prepared for some strongly worded ToMI OST defense posts when we get a new forum!
(I'm probably wrong)
Having recently dunked partly through both games, I’d say I marginally prefer TMI’s OST, technical quality aside. So you’re not entirely alone in this. ;
(I'm probably wrong)
Scummbuddy
Remi
Scummbuddy
Haha you're right. Nice LA news logo update
Thanks, I made and implemented that in 2014. ;-*
I was afraid of that. I'm sure I had noticed before and perhaps that speaks well of the cleverness that it still succeeds.
Or how rarely we post LEC related news. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Remi
Scummbuddy
Haha you're right. Nice LA news logo update
Thanks, I made and implemented that in 2014. ;-*
I was afraid of that. I'm sure I had noticed before and perhaps that speaks well of the cleverness that it still succeeds.
Rum_Rogers
AlfredJ
It's not as strong as the others (including the Telltale stuff, which was actually really good in that department I thought)
We all know EMI screwed things on Monkey Island but... c'mon, ToMI music pales in comparison. You can clearly notice the low budget Telltale had. One thing EMI does well is not looking (or sounding) cheap.
I agree with the budget thing, but I honestly do think a lot of the music itself (and their version of iMuse) was really good in ToMi. A lot of new influences and some really smart choices that fit the environments. I can't speak for the most recent games, but Telltale has always been good at that part of the equation - even their lesser games had really strong soundtracks.
It's been too long since I listened to these soundtracks in detail, but I remember that the EMI music became a lot less effective after the opening areas (which would make sense if I'm right that the composers left the project halfway through, but again, I could easily be wrong about that). But like I said, it's been a long time, and my memory could also be influenced by my overall disappointment with EMI.
AlfredJ
It's not as strong as the others (including the Telltale stuff, which was actually really good in that department I thought)
We all know EMI screwed things on Monkey Island but... c'mon, ToMI music pales in comparison. You can clearly notice the low budget Telltale had. One thing EMI does well is not looking (or sounding) cheap.
I can't help feeling slightly nostalgic when hearing the Lucre Island theme. Maybe I should dive into this one again when I have the time. Community playthrough of all the games when the forums are up? Apart from the recent remakes and a bit of Last Crusade a while back it's been years for me since I've done them all.
Scummbuddy
Haha you're right. Nice LA news logo update
Thanks, I made and implemented that in 2014. ;-*
Also I've just noticed the updated LucasArts logo there. Very nice.
Rum_Rogers
Ouch, thought it was a FLAC version!
But hey, it's upcoming, isn't it?
Alas, I'm not aware of one floating around. If anyone knows anything, send us an email, though!
But hey, it's upcoming, isn't it?