Monkey Island (series)/Awesome Music
The Monkey Island series has had awesome, atmospheric tropical music since 1990. A lot of characters have their own recognizable leitmotifs, and many islands have memorable themes. A lot of the music was composed by LucasArts in-house composer Michael Land.
In General
- The intro theme to the original Secret of Monkey Island, which is so iconic that it has been remixed, for every game, except for the second one.
- The intro theme got ramped up for the Special Edition combining the old and new, the result simply being amazing!
The Secret of Monkey Island
- The music for the Melee Island map.
- The SCUMM Bar theme.
- The theme for Monkey Island itself.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- The second game got its own intro music, which some would argue is better than the first one.
- And its Special Edition version.
- The Underground Tunnels, a surprisingly creepy piece for this series.
- The Scabb Island map.
- Stan got a new theme in this game, which was so great it became his new theme song for the rest of the series.
- The guitar riff in this song is almost otherworldly.
- This song is surprisingly epic too
The Curse of Monkey Island
- A pirate I was meant to be. Also an Ear Worm.
- Blood Island had a tone of good and creepy music. There's the map music, outside the Goodsoup hotel, the upstairs hotel, and the cemetery.
- The cemetery theme is a newly arranged version of the cemetery theme from MI 2, which is also pleasantly creepy.
- Puerto Pollo's theme.
Escape from Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island
- The sweet theme of Spinner Cay, De Singe's theme, Morgan's swordfight theme, Hardtack and Trenchfoot's theme, the Belly of the Manatee, and the finale.
- These songs can be part Creepy Music, part Awesome Music, and part Terrifying Music: "De Singe's Battle Theme", "LeChuck's Revenge", "Rise of the Pirate God", and "The Ultimate Battle".
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