Announcing the latest release of SDL_mixer!
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/
Thanks to everybody who contributed bug reports and fixes for this release! 
- Added Mix_Init()/Mix_Quit() to prevent constantly loading and unloading DLLs
- Check for fork/vfork on any platform, don’t just assume it on UNIX
- Fixed export of Mix_GetNumChunkDecoders() and Mix_GetNumMusicDecoders()
- Use newer MIDI API on Mac OS X 10.5±-
-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC