diff --git a/engines/kyra/gui.cpp b/engines/kyra/gui.cpp
index 5027792581b..0e0d62d1ae2 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/gui.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/gui.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "kyra/script.h"
 #include "kyra/text.h"
 #include "kyra/animator.h"
+#include "kyra/sound.h"
 
 #include "common/config-manager.h"
 #include "common/savefile.h"
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ void KyraEngine::readSettings() {
 	_configMusic = ConfMan.getBool("music_mute") ? 0 : 1;
 	_configSounds = ConfMan.getBool("sfx_mute") ? 0 : 1;
 
+	_sound->enableMusic(_configMusic);
+	_sound->enableSFX(_configSounds);
+
 	bool speechMute = ConfMan.getBool("speech_mute");
 	bool subtitles = ConfMan.getBool("subtitles");
 
@@ -108,6 +112,12 @@ void KyraEngine::writeSettings() {
 		break;
 	}
 
+	if (!_configMusic)
+		_sound->beginFadeOut();
+
+	_sound->enableMusic(_configMusic);
+	_sound->enableSFX(_configSounds);
+
 	ConfMan.setBool("speech_mute", speechMute);
 	ConfMan.setBool("subtitles", subtitles);
 
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
index 02208f9f5d0..a96c46604b9 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 namespace Kyra {
 
 Sound::Sound(KyraEngine *engine, Audio::Mixer *mixer)
-	: _engine(engine), _mixer(mixer), _currentVocFile(0), _vocHandle(), _compressHandle() {
+	: _engine(engine), _mixer(mixer), _currentVocFile(0), _vocHandle(), _compressHandle(),
+	_musicEnabled(true), _sfxEnabled(false) {
 }
 
 Sound::~Sound() {
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ void SoundMidiPC::onTimer(void *refCon) {
 }
 
 void SoundMidiPC::playTrack(uint8 track) {
-	if (_parser && (track != 0 || _nativeMT32)) {
+	if (_parser && (track != 0 || _nativeMT32) && _musicEnabled) {
 		_isPlaying = true;
 		_fadeMusicOut = false;
 		_fadeStartTime = 0;
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ void SoundMidiPC::haltTrack() {
 }
 
 void SoundMidiPC::playSoundEffect(uint8 track) {
-	if (_soundEffect) {
+	if (_soundEffect && _sfxEnabled) {
 		_sfxIsPlaying = true;
 		_soundEffect->setTrack(track);
 		_soundEffect->jumpToTick(0);
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound.h b/engines/kyra/sound.h
index 3252bee6d8e..a7de8513496 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound.h
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound.h
@@ -61,12 +61,20 @@ public:
 
 	virtual void beginFadeOut() = 0;
 
+	void enableMusic(bool enable) { _musicEnabled = enable; }
+	bool musicEnabled() const { return _musicEnabled; }
+	void enableSFX(bool enable) { _sfxEnabled = enable; }
+	bool sfxEnabled() const { return _sfxEnabled; }
+
 	void voicePlay(const char *file);
 	void voiceUnload() {}
 	bool voiceIsPlaying();
 	void voiceStop();
 	
 protected:
+	bool _musicEnabled;
+	bool _sfxEnabled;
+
 	KyraEngine *_engine;
 	Audio::Mixer *_mixer;
 
@@ -105,6 +113,8 @@ public:
 	
 	void beginFadeOut();
 private:
+	void play(uint8 track);
+
 	void loadSoundFile(const char *file);
 
 	void unk1();
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound_adlib.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound_adlib.cpp
index 79eb187dc5b..9680fe47015 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound_adlib.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound_adlib.cpp
@@ -2196,7 +2196,8 @@ void SoundAdlibPC::loadMusicFile(const char *file) {
 }
 
 void SoundAdlibPC::playTrack(uint8 track) {
-	playSoundEffect(track);
+	if (_musicEnabled)
+		play(track);
 }
 
 void SoundAdlibPC::haltTrack() {
@@ -2206,6 +2207,11 @@ void SoundAdlibPC::haltTrack() {
 }
 
 void SoundAdlibPC::playSoundEffect(uint8 track) {
+	if (_sfxEnabled)
+		play(track);
+}
+
+void SoundAdlibPC::play(uint8 track) {
 	uint8 soundId = _trackEntries[track];
 	if ((int8)soundId == -1 || !_soundDataPtr)
 		return;