I decided to download an emulator to see what the hubbub's about. Amiga instruments with different arrangements is definitely a good way to describe the Acorn Lemming's music. I have only listened to 3 of the Lemmings 1 tunes (especially since I don't have the passwords to the levels, especially the special graphics ones), and I think some I prefer the Amiga version more (in particular, some tunes in the Acorn version were cut short compared with the original), but it's definitely refreshing to hear some of the arrangements.
What really surprised and delighted me though is Acorn ONML. Instead of the 6 arguably mediocre tunes we get on Amiga, DOS, etc., you actually get a total of 25 new tunes that are in the same vein as the original Lemmings--a few originals together with many familiar music from either classical or "folk tunes" (for lack of a better term, but you know what I mean, things like "London Bridge is Falling Down" in Lemmings 1). Now
that's cool, and definitely what one would expect the music for ONML to be--nay,
should be.
On my home machine with the emulator, I didn't notice any crackling, but unfortunately I did notice some skips every now and then, which indicates the emulator's not quite fast enough on that computer to handle everything in time. If I have time I'll see if I can try it out on a few other computers available to me, and hopefully there's one that's good enough for recording the music. Of course, I think I first want some confirmation from weirdybeardy or others who own the actual computer to tell me whether the music from the emulator is close enough to the real thing to worth recording for.