I was so sensitive to microseconds at the end of this that it really broke a logjam in my own work.
I got completely into this world of tiny, tiny little pieces of music. I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music.
The thing from the agency said, “We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah- blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,” this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said “and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long.” And I really appreciated someone coming along and saying, “Here’s a specific problem - solve it.” I’d been working on my own music for a while and was quite lost, actually. The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. It was composed by Brian Eno, whose previous work for Microsoft includes the original startup sound for Windows 95.Īs far as I know, he was also commissioned to do the Vista startup sound (all three seconds of it) and that got scrapped for Robert Fripp's version.Īnd an interview about "The Microsoft Sound" with Eno in 1996: The song is found under the filename "title.wma" in the following directory: C:\Windows\System32\oobe\images\. About 3 minutes and 52 seconds in, there is chanting. It is an ambient mix of what sounds like xylophones, steel drums, and computer-generated notes.
WHO COMPOSED MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 STARTUP SOUND REGISTRATION
The Windows Welcome Music is the 5 minute and 24 second song that plays when the user is required to enter information such as the user's name, whether Automatic Updates should be turned on and registration information. It's sort of relaxing - not really a U2 thing but a very nice little tune if I don't say so myself.Ĭlick Start > Run and type the following (or copy and paste) the following line:Ĭ:\Windows\System32\oobe\images\title.wma
For those running Windows XP, I don't know if you've heard Brian Eno's welcome sound.
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