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US Library Of Congress honours windows 95 and Minecraft theme as most iconic soundtracks
When it comes to PC startup sounds and all, no sounds at all are as stellar as when they get compared to the original Windows ...
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Is the Windows 95 reboot jingle now a historical sound?
It’s official — the sound that computers made when rebooting on Microsoft Windows 95 is now a historical sound. The jingle ...
Brian Eno's Windows 95 startup jingle and the Minecraft OST are now preserved in the USA's Library of Congress
The Minecraft OST was composed by German producer Daniel Rosenfeld (known professionally as C418) and released as the 2011 ...
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Windows 95 Jingle, 1960 World Series Broadcast and Other ‘Audio Treasures’ Added to the National Recording Registry
From a list of 2,600 nominations submitted by the public, the Library of Congress has selected 25 songs, albums and sounds that are at least ten years old to preserve for posterity ...
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Microsoft's Windows 95 startup sound has been immortalized in the Library of Congress
The US Library of Congress has decided to immortalize the Windows 95 startup sound in the National Recording Registry.
Brian Eno’s Windows 95 start-up sound just got preserved forever in the US Library of Congress
New entrants are added “based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage” ...
Pop songs, ‘Hamilton’ and Windows 95 chime join National Registry
More than 20 works were chosen this year to join the Library of Congress' registry, which preserves works deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” ...