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Robert Fripp to Compose Vista's Soundtrack

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-more-eno dept.

brainstem writes "Recently, King Crimson founder, guitar master, and all around eccentric musical genius Robert Fripp spent a few days at the MS Campus recording soundscapes for Vista. Fripp, who has been at the forefront of electronic guitar composition for more than 35 years, first using analog tape delays, then with digital effects. He infused his unique brand of Frippertronics on the MS crowd. The Channel 9 site has posted a 25 minute video, chronicalling the event. Now I guess I finally have a reason to leave the default Windows sounds enabled."

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  1. If the sound is THAT good, by glomph · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll use it for my KDE start sound...

    1. Re:If the sound is THAT good, by ewhac · · Score: 4, Funny
      No, you won't. The sounds will be in defective (copy-protected) Windows Media audio files. You won't be able to play them on anything but Windows.

      Schwab

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    2. Re:If the sound is THAT good, by Weh · · Score: 4, Funny

      man, OSes have soundtracks now? What's next? Soundtracks for toasters? Where is it all going?

    3. Re:If the sound is THAT good, by Alioth · · Score: 3, Funny

      I wish operating systems *did not* come with frigging sound tracks. Every morning at work I have to listen to "Ding d'd'ding derr derr" as people log on, and "Ding ding doo ding!" when they go home and all other associated unnecessary sound. It would be nice if these sound tracks were off by default. Mind you, it used to be worse with Windows 95 - dong bllllllooob BING BIng Bing bing...

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  2. In the Court... by Exluddite · · Score: 5, Funny

    of the Redmond King?

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    1. Re:In the Court... by doxology · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here are the songs that Fripp is composing for Microsoft:

      21st Century Schizoid DRM including Smoke and Mirrors
      I Talk to the Windows
      Epitaph, Including Bloat for No Reason and an Exploit Tomorrow
      Sunchild Java Machine (Including the Dream and the Illusion of compatibility)
      The Court of the Redmont King including the Return of the BSOD and the Dance of Clippy

      Hint for the unacquainted

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    2. Re:In the Court... by DreadfulGrape · · Score: 5, Funny

      And don't forget...

      Larks' Tongues in ASP

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  3. Re:um by Alwin+Henseler · · Score: 5, Funny
    who is fripp

    Ehmm, the only person contributing to Vista that actually delivers on time?

  4. preliminary meetings... by santaliqueur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ballmer to Fripp: If you don't compose in the key C#, perhaps this flying chair will help you to B-flat!

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  5. Microsoft should save the money .. by Entropy · · Score: 5, Funny

    That they'll spend on this guy and just record the sounds of broken glass! :D

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  6. Re:Not to bash by imdx80 · · Score: 5, Funny
    >Maybe a few nice strums of the guitar for starting or stopping windows will help, but an all-out guitarfest might be a bit overboard.

    I've heard that vista is going to ship with lighters to hold up during some of the more poignant effects

  7. The Conversation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    B. Gates: Hello there, Mr. Fripp.

    R. Fripp: Please, call me Robert.

    B. Gates: Okay, Robert. Call me Bill. I'd like to make you a proposition.

    R. Fripp: Sure, Bill, fire away.

    B. Gates: I'd like you to make a number of various sounds for our latest OS, and in exchange for less work than it would take for you to make one of your many albums, we will hand you this enormous pile of money. How does that sound?

    R. Fripp: That... uh, that actually sounds rather nice.

  8. Somewhere Yngwie Malmsteen laments... by tyrione · · Score: 3, Funny

    Give it to me! I'll get ten times the notes in there whatever Robert plays.

  9. Re:um by Riktov · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's an old guy who performs weird and boring music that was popular waaaay before you were born.

    OK?

  10. Vista: the lyrics by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's cool and all to have a soundtrack, but what about start-up lyrics? "Wooooo.... Windows has started! Yeahaahhhhhh! owww!" "Come on! break it down!" - and then it blue screens.

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    1. Re:Vista: the lyrics by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have a really good idea for some wallpaper to replace that boring BSOD, that matches the theme, too.

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  11. Can't wait for the BSOD sound! by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    It will just be Steve Ballmer chanting maniacally "I repeat myself when under stress! I repeat myself when under stress!" over and over until you restart the machine.

  12. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

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