In Microsoft operating System Windows 95 you find in the folder C:\Windows\Media a file with the name "The Microsoft Sound.wav". This sound sequence is played as standard when Windows 95 is started.

Under the properties of this wav-file Brian Eno is mentioned as the interpret, in fact Brian Eno is the composer of the sound sequence with a duration of 6,123 seconds. During an interview he remarks that he has received 35.000 US-Dollars for this commissioned composition.

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