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Brian Eno

Brian Eno (full name Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno; May 15, 1948, Woodbridge, Suffolk) is a British composer specializing in the field of non-academic electronic music genres and styles. He is considered one of the founders of the ambient genre. Brian Eno began his career as a keyboardist and sound effects specialist in the band Roxy Music in the early 1970s. Subsequently, in addition to his solo work, he collaborated with such musicians and bands as U2, Talking Heads and David Byrne, David Bowie, Robert Fripp, Elvis Costello, John Cale, Nico, Paul Simon, Zvuki Mu, Genesis, Cluster, Slowdive, Coldplay, and Natalie Imbruglia. Eno also wrote the sound theme for the Windows 95 operating system, which is used at startup; the composition that was played during the third stage of Windows XP installation, also known as Windows Welcome Music; and for other operating systems in this family. In addition, Eno is known as the author of the "Prophecy Theme" in the film "Dune" (1984) by his friend David Lynch.