A Roland MT-32 being pushed to its absolute limit by Supertramp's drummer. Bob Siebenberg scored Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon after answering a Sierra newspaper ad, and you can hear a professional musician wrestling with early MIDI hardware in the best way possible.
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"Phleebhut" has this funky bassline that sounds impossibly smooth for 1989 PC audio. The "Astro Chicken" theme is pure chiptune comedy gold. Then "The Black Hole" goes dark and cinematic in ways DOS games had no business attempting.
The closing medley ties everything together like a proper rock album finale. Siebenberg never scored another game, which honestly makes this feel even more like lightning in a bottle. Play it through the MT-32 or don't bother.