New entrants are added “based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage” ...

Tracks added to the list are judged to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, ...

Whaddaya mean you don't recognise it? It's the Windows 95 start-up sound, and it's recently been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings. Alongside "Goodbye ...

The Microsoft Windows 95 start-up and reboot chime was composed by Brian Eno. Among the 84 sound elements Eno created for the project, the now-familiar six-second ...

The National Recording Registry announced its 2025 inductees, and there are some geeky sounds that will be immortalized in the Library of Congress. The Microsoft Windows 95 reboot chime was ...

The Windows 95 start-up audio was composed by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno. According to the blurb from the Library of Congress, the final sound clip was twice as long as Microsoft's engineers had ...

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Although often focused on music, spoken word, and field recordings, the 2025 inductees include one of the most iconic sounds in digital history: the Windows 95 “Reboot Chime.” In August 1995 ...