Music ISLAND vol.4: Carnival of the Animals

Music ISLAND vol.4: Carnival of the Animals (サン=サーンス動物の謝肉祭) is a CD-ROM-based music entertainment title for the Pippin Atmark console. It features the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, presented with animation.^[1]

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Music_ISLAND_4_(Pippin_Atmark)_+_commentary — Music ISLAND 4 (Pippin Atmark) + commentary

Demonstration (in French).

Music ISLAND vol.4 features audiovisual presentations of the biography of composer Camille Saint-Saëns, his musical themes from The Carnival of the Animals, and game challenges with over a hundred different kinds of animals.^[2]^[3]

MIDI_in_Music_Island_4_(Pippin) — MIDI in Music Island 4 (Pippin)

Feature demonstration.

Three different editions of Music ISLAND vol.4 were produced: The Original edition includes bilingual English and Japanese support. It also supports General MIDI playback, either with built-in MIDI software or an external sequencer like Cubase, allowing the user to isolate instruments. The Lite edition omits English support and MIDI capabilities. The "Oke Pit" Orchestra & Piano Trainer edition includes the orchestral score sheets and a picture book with musical arrangements for piano solos.^[4]^[3]^[5]

Releases[]

Music ISLAND vol.4 was developed by Oracion (オラシオン) with Macromedia Director and was originally released around 1993 as a set of separate discs (not hybrid) for Windows and Macintosh in Japan.^[6] Though it is compatible with older Macintosh computers with 68040 processors and older PCs running Windows 3.1, MIDI support requires a Power Macintosh with a PowerPC processor or a PC running Windows 95.^[3]