Agreed.
It is definitely not the gear but what you do with it. Mind you for the time an MT32 was a pretty good deal. Surely it offered no editing (aside from sysex control of FX and basic patch parameters( it had some usable sounds, drum kits and most important of all it was multitimbral. Back in those days one was lucky enough to own at least a 4-track recorder. Most of us didn't even have that.
Anything that could play more than one part was an awesome deal. Especially something as easy to use and play with as an MT32!

Hey, besides "fantasia" there were some cool sounds. Remember "Echo pan"?
Or "Ice Rain" (Although I could be mixing it up with the original SC that had MT32 sounds in a hidden bank 2/bank msb 127 as I recall.) ? I mean at the time they seemed like state of the art Xpensive sounds.

Good music Nigel. I listened to it again today and it still gives me a very good feeling. The kind of feeling you get when you listen to something that you can relate to. Saying this both as a guitar and a synth guy.

-ED-