Well good news I beat the boss! Now I just need to see where Chapter 4 takes me

The sound problem occurs during gameplay, not when tracks change or restarting. Basically you're in the middle of doing something and blam-o the sound crackles for two seconds. It basically happens every few minutes of continuous play. Anyway I'll go try that latest version and double check to see if those bugs were fixed, and what lies in store in Chapter 4 (heehee rhyme!).
EDIT: Tried out Chapter 3 of the latest version and the beginning still has the one problem where dying messes up the game. Rather then a series of errors cropping up the Game Over logo shifts over the right edge of the screen, and I can't restart with R. Couldn't quit out the game using the Menu, but luckily the Options button was there which I used to relocate to someplace that wasn't messing up. Now onward to Chapter 4!