Hamish

I asked ChatGPT about it and it said it didn't know of such a movie, but that the synopsis showed great promise! Time to write to Spielberg ...

Turns out it's an original composition by Steve Wetherill, who did the MSX port: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1190683880796002&postID=5991347669152922159

Turns out it's an original composition by Steve Wetherill, who did the MSX port: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1190683880796002&postID=5991347669152922159

Turns out it's an original composition by Steve Wetherill, who did the MSX port: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1190683880796002&postID=5991347669152922159

Jet Set Willy Online also had this music, I don't know where it was taken from though.

I just posted the following at "Unusual Pokes", but just noticed this forum which might be a more appropriate place to ask.
Having now seen the depth into which you guys have gone exploring the in-game music, though, I am wonder whether I must have dreamed the whole thing. Just in case...
Hello everyone,
In my youth, I bought a second-hand ZX Spectrum with a cassette tape on which a POKEd version of JSW had been saved.
The POKEs appeared to have at least three effects:
Remove copy protection Infinite lives Easter egg in-game music (replacing Hall of the Mountain King) (...possibly also some of the official bugfixes?) I can still remember the music, or a close approximation. Here it is in ABC notation:
M:3/4 E |: A2 B | c2 d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c B | c2 d | c B E A2 B | c2 d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c E | A3 | -A2 A a2 g | f2 e | f2 g | f e d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c A a2 g | f2 e | f2 g | f e d | e d c | d c B | c B A | B A ^G A B c | B c d | c d e | d e f ^G A B | A B c | B c d | c d e a g f | g f e | f e d | e d c d c B | c B A | E3 | -E2 E :| You can easily hear this by pasting it at https://abc.rectanglered.com/. Alternatively, I have attached a MIDI file to this post.
I remember the sum total of bytes POKEd being way fewer than the number of notes above, so I figured at the time that the music must be an alternative soundtrack already hidden within the game.
I have tried searching for this melody on various services, without success.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Might it be an original composition by Matthew Smith?
Many thanks,
Hamish
 
query.mid

I just posted the following at "Unusual Pokes", but just noticed this forum which might be a more appropriate place to ask.
Having now seen the depth into which you guys have gone exploring the in-game music, though, I am wonder whether I must have dreamed the whole thing. Just in case...
Hello everyone,
In my youth, I bought a second-hand ZX Spectrum with a cassette tape on which a POKEd version of JSW had been saved.
The POKEs appeared to have at least three effects:
Remove copy protection Infinite lives Easter egg in-game music (replacing Hall of the Mountain King) (...possibly also some of the official bugfixes?) I can still remember the music, or a close approximation. Here it is in ABC notation:
M:3/4 E |: A2 B | c2 d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c B | c2 d | c B E A2 B | c2 d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c E | A3 | -A2 A a2 g | f2 e | f2 g | f e d | e2 f | e d c | d2 e | d c A a2 g | f2 e | f2 g | f e d | e d c | d c B | c B A | B A ^G A B c | B c d | c d e | d e f ^G A B | A B c | B c d | c d e a g f | g f e | f e d | e d c d c B | c B A | E3 | -E2 E :| You can easily hear this by pasting it at https://abc.rectanglered.com/. Alternatively, I have attached a MIDI file to this post.
I remember the sum total of bytes POKEd being way fewer than the number of notes above, so I figured at the time that the music must be an alternative soundtrack already hidden within the game.
I have tried searching for this melody on various services, without success.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Might it be an original composition by Matthew Smith?
Many thanks,
Hamish
 
query.mid