From Eno’s own account, he likened the task to “making a tiny little jewel” and that it helped him break out of the artistic rut he was in at the time. “I’ve never used a PC in my life I don’t like them,” Eno said in an interview with John Lloyd and Sean Lock on the BBC’s ‘The Museum of Curiosity’ in 2009.Įno was handed a long list of Microsoft-like adjectives for basing the composition-words like “inspiring, universal, optimistic, futuristic”-and it was to be no longer than four seconds.

Eno obliged the job despite his stated preference for using Macintosh computers. The company approached legendary ambient artist and rock producer Brian Eno (U2, Talking Heads, Coldplay) to compose the start-up ditty for Windows 95. Windows 95 / Brian Eno: In 1994, Microsoft needed something less obnoxious than the much-maligned Windows 3.1 TA-DA! for introducing its new operating system. Let’s have a look at the notable stories behind several Windows startup themes.

Less known are the musical minds that composed these sound snippets-and they are some famous ones at that. Windows startup sounds have been ubiquitous fixtures for PC users for over 20 years.

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