In 1993, Simon the Sorcerer released as a point and click adventure computer game. It is always fun to experiment and for anyone who had the pleasure in playing Simon the Sorcerer on the PC, Amiga, Acorn etc will remember the extremely catchy theme music.

It was due to this title I purchased the Yamaha SW60XG ISA card for my PC so that the MIDI music would sound much better ( which later encouraged me to buy a MIDI keyboard to attach to my PC and then the SW1000XG). You could easily suggest that it was down to this initial investment I found my love for Yamaha and the XG format, which of course then migrated to Yamaha keyboards and encouraged me to create the ‘Yamaha Personal Keyboard Owner’ website! For a lot of games this was great, however in an ironic twist, Simon the Sorcerer wasn’t General MIDI compatible so it sounded awful. However, years on I have re-worked the originals with the support of the game publishers and creators and now here is the theme played live using a multipad I created and a couple of registrations. Using the style Oriental Pop and the Tiny Lead voice predominantly I also mute out the bass for some sections of the style to match it better with the original theme.

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