In 2006 I was 12 years old. I lost a friend very dear to me. For the next 7 years I listened to this music I knew only as "Windows welcome music" at least 100 times a day for the next seven years. I was going through a really bad depression and did not want to live anymore. This piece of music helped me through those difficult times and saved my life. I have listened to this song literally thousands of times. The other day I discovered a video about who made the music and found out it was Stan Lepard. I went to go and track him down so I could thank him for such a amazing piece of music that impacted my entire life. RIP Stan Lepard. I am so sorry that I did not get to thank you. I hope you are in a better place now and know that you changed at least one life.
Rest in peace, Stan. Download: archive.org/details/isk-3k-3 This mix is the original mix used in the Internet Explorer 3 Starter Kit 3 and Windows XP before the remaster of the SoundCloud release and the compression of Microsoft's uses of this. (reuploaded because of incorrect canvas resolution lol)
I wonder if when making Velkommen Stan LePard realised that a random track he made for Internet Explorer and Windows XP's OOBE (that most people wouldn't have heard) would become possibly one of the best sounding tracks of all time
Up to a point I had always installed XP on machines where XP didn't have native driver support for whatever sound card/chip was installed (meaning I wouldn't get to hear this during the setup phase). Then one day, while working for a small managed service provider (around 2005) and setting up a customer laptop (it was very early morning weekend and I was only one in office) I was re-installing XP pro on a newer Dell. After initiating the install, I sort of dozed off while lying on the floor and was awakened by this music (I'd never heard it before) Being a gen X audiophile familiar with very large range of music (and a bit of a stoner) I was immediately struck by it and how "chill" it was. 80s electronic composers like Jan Hammer and Vangelis sprung to mind. I am reminded that another composer/producer did music for Microsoft a few years before. Brian Eno composed the Windows Welcome sound for both Windows 95 and Windows NT4. Anyway, RIP to Stan Lepard for this quite alluring little ditty.
I'm WITH YOU ALL THE WAY on that... I was a computer technician back in the early days of DOS/Windows, and, a serious music lover (especially all things 'Chilled')... When I first heard this I just sat there, slowly nodding my head with a smile... Damn, it was a cool track! I don't know who, or why they put this in, but... Damn it was (still is) smoooooooth! 👌😏 Jean Michelle Jarre, Vangells, Jan Hammer, Brian Eno, they all started my journey into my favourite genre - Chillout/Ambient.... And over time have collected some perfect ear pleasing, mind relaxing gems from other managers of the audiogasmic... Chicane, Zero 7, Blank & Jones, Masters & Nixon, Lemon Jelly, Language Lab, Bassic, Above & Beyond, Cupsurfer, Cinemascope, Conjure One, Envio, Groove Armada, Moodswings, Nils Andreas, Lindstrom and many many more.... IF interested, check out my RUclips channel 'Favourites - Chillax' playlist (or any others for my eclectic taste lol)... 👍 😎🇬🇧
I didn't even exist when this song was created and shipped with Windows XP, but I really like it. Everytime I hear it I just feel happy and calm... such an amazing song... I even installed Windows XP in a Virtual Machine just to get the Original title.wma file... Rest In Peace Stan :(
Stan LePard was truly an amazing guy. He'll continue to change people's lives forever. Always something new learnt, when I listen to this song every time.
the soul of a man.... enjoyed his good ol days of an old windows computer... the who those who will never be forgotten... the music of windows xp who brought peace and atmosphere... an os will never be forgotten who are those as used by many people, before windows xp end of life... nostalgia will still keep going.... no matter on the song about our memories... rest in peace stan lepard. f pay to respects to this guy.
I am still a child and I have never experienced Windows XP but it sure does look like it's a very good operating system.. for 2006.. but it looks pretty good for an operating system made in 2006
@@jhatsworld your lucky, my school uses a literal mac for the entire lab and me being an experienced windows user, i just dont like it. its just not for me.
I'm 28 and as the last of the millennial's (the first of the zillenials?) you guys REALLY missed out. Growing up along-side the technology was the best experience.
This quality is absolutely beautiful. This track is two years older than me, I never got to eXPerience it during the installation first-hand but that doesn't matter. It still punches me in the gut every single time.
Very interesting how such a small detail as this song has impacted our life and probably other's too. I, personally discovered this song like 3 years ago and since then it became one of my favorites. It just felt special to me. Today, I watched two videos from a youtuber called Michael MJD about the origins and history of both Bliss (Windows XP's default wallpaper and the most seen image in the entire world) and title.wma (also known as Windows Welcome Music) . It's impressive how such small details can create not one childhood memory, not two, but thousands of childhood memories all around the world. ❤
some say that Kygo composes calming music.....some say Robin Schulz..... but best of the best know that stan lepard's masterpiece velkommen is the ultimate soother..... RIP Stan Lepard, u will always be remembered by thousands of us who love this music by heart.....
I was a computer technician back in the early days of DOS/Windows, and, a serious music lover (especially all things 'Chilled')... When I first heard this I just sat there, slowly nodding my head with a smile... Damn, it was a cool track! I don't know who, or why they put this in, but... Smoooooooth! 👌😏
apparently one of the devs just found it sitting there after looking through various source trees for microsoft stuff (most likely the internet explorer source tree) and decided to stick it into xp (after converting it into a wma)
Despite having grown up with Windows XP, I've never heard this music before. Not just does it feel nostalgic for me despite never hearing it, considering when it was actually created, it was ahead of its time.
I only used Windows XP for a very short time. I got my first PC with XP in 2003 but also switched to SUSE Linux 9.0 back then. But i remember this song well, i liked it a lot
(this is a true story about me) while i hurted my self on a treadmill on full speed i fell because i just didn't run on time i fell back but thankfully there wasn't a wall but there was a couch on the back i sped back on the treadmill i got alot of treadmill rashes and when i got patched up the only thing i wanted to lisson to is title.wma because is the best song to clear depression and sadness so when any of you get hurt or sad lisson to tiltle.wma but now im alright and good:D but everyone hope i don't fall on a treadmill agian and i will never go on a treadmill again
Bill Brown composed the score for XP (XP's sound set and XP tour), but this was made for the Internet Explorer Starter Kit by Stan LePard 5 years prior to XP's release and was slipped into XP by someone who dug up the file from IESK's source code and found it cool
![Stan LePard - Velkommen (Windows XP Welcome Music) [Lower Pitch]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ME5El8dyxJ0/mqdefault.jpg)
Stan LePard is now gone. He composed the music. May he rest in peace.
no, bill brown iv composed it and Stan LePard made it.
@@MelonsAndMore60 dawg you’re responding to a 2 year old comment
@@andry6702 and?
@@MelonsAndMore60 BRUH watch Michael MJD
Lets put stans grave in bliss xp
In 2006 I was 12 years old. I lost a friend very dear to me. For the next 7 years I listened to this
music I knew only as "Windows welcome music" at least 100 times a day
for the next seven years. I was going through a really bad depression
and did not want to live anymore. This piece of music helped me through
those difficult times and saved my life. I have listened to this song
literally thousands of times. The other day I discovered a video about
who made the music and found out it was Stan Lepard. I went to go and
track him down so I could thank him for such a amazing piece of music
that impacted my entire life. RIP Stan Lepard. I am so sorry that I did
not get to thank you. I hope you are in a better place now and know that
you changed at least one life.
Wow such a powerful story all because of an operating system
woah...
copypasted
@@mewity proof?
@@3flowin i literally saw this same comment from like 5 people
Rest in peace, Stan.
Download: archive.org/details/isk-3k-3
This mix is the original mix used in the Internet Explorer 3 Starter Kit 3 and Windows XP before the remaster of the SoundCloud release and the compression of Microsoft's uses of this.
(reuploaded because of incorrect canvas resolution lol)
Hi, do you know any way to install sm64 decomp in windows 8?
Stan also did the music for Halo 3 and ODST also Halo Reach
@@1Soniccool do you know how to use decomp?
@@cheddarsprojectdevelopment5188 stop asking, here is not the place.
@@nate_23 Needy people amirite
title.wma and Opus Number 1 will be engrained in every techies memory for years to come
Opus Nr. 1 *shivers* still traumatizes me 😂. Damn you Cisco!
Don't forget brightest day by Allec Williams (aka costco hold music) lol 😂😂😂
Indeed it will. I forget some stuff, but this will never, ever be erased from my memory, this heavenly song has been engraved in my memory
R.I.P
Stan LePard
August 10th 1956 - February 11th 2021
R.I.P Stan LePard
Our best legend may have passed away but his soundtracks will remain in our soul.
Indeed brother. This song will always be the best for many years to come
I wonder if when making Velkommen Stan LePard realised that a random track he made for Internet Explorer and Windows XP's OOBE (that most people wouldn't have heard) would become possibly one of the best sounding tracks of all time
Up to a point I had always installed XP on machines where XP didn't have native driver support for whatever sound card/chip was installed (meaning I wouldn't get to hear this during the setup phase). Then one day, while working for a small managed service provider (around 2005) and setting up a customer laptop (it was very early morning weekend and I was only one in office) I was re-installing XP pro on a newer Dell. After initiating the install, I sort of dozed off while lying on the floor and was awakened by this music (I'd never heard it before) Being a gen X audiophile familiar with very large range of music (and a bit of a stoner) I was immediately struck by it and how "chill" it was. 80s electronic composers like Jan Hammer and Vangelis sprung to mind. I am reminded that another composer/producer did music for Microsoft a few years before. Brian Eno composed the Windows Welcome sound for both Windows 95 and Windows NT4. Anyway, RIP to Stan Lepard for this quite alluring little ditty.
I'm WITH YOU ALL THE WAY on that... I was a computer technician back in the early days of DOS/Windows, and, a serious music lover (especially all things 'Chilled')... When I first heard this I just sat there, slowly nodding my head with a smile... Damn, it was a cool track! I don't know who, or why they put this in, but... Damn it was (still is) smoooooooth! 👌😏
Jean Michelle Jarre, Vangells, Jan Hammer, Brian Eno, they all started my journey into my favourite genre - Chillout/Ambient.... And over time have collected some perfect ear pleasing, mind relaxing gems from other managers of the audiogasmic... Chicane, Zero 7, Blank & Jones, Masters & Nixon, Lemon Jelly, Language Lab, Bassic, Above & Beyond, Cupsurfer, Cinemascope, Conjure One, Envio, Groove Armada, Moodswings, Nils Andreas, Lindstrom and many many more....
IF interested, check out my RUclips channel 'Favourites - Chillax' playlist (or any others for my eclectic taste lol)... 👍
😎🇬🇧
I didn't even exist when this song was created and shipped with Windows XP, but I really like it.
Everytime I hear it I just feel happy and calm... such an amazing song...
I even installed Windows XP in a Virtual Machine just to get the Original title.wma file...
Rest In Peace Stan :(
Stan LePard was truly an amazing guy.
He'll continue to change people's lives forever. Always something new learnt, when I listen to this song every time.
Stan LePard also composed the Windows 98 shutdown sound!
the soul of a man....
enjoyed his good ol days of an old windows computer...
the who those who will never be forgotten...
the music of windows xp who brought peace and atmosphere...
an os will never be forgotten who are those as used by many people, before windows xp end of life...
nostalgia will still keep going.... no matter on the song about our memories...
rest in peace stan lepard. f pay to respects to this guy.
Happy 22nd Anniversary Windows XP!
you are the one that made my childhood nostalgia great!
I am still a child and I have never experienced Windows XP but it sure does look like it's a very good operating system.. for 2006.. but it looks pretty good for an operating system made in 2006
Welcome... to Windows XP! Microsoft and Stan worked together to make this OOBE a truly increadible eXPerience, my he rest in peace...
i am not even that old but i am feeling sorry for kids these days, they didn't get to live that simpler but very exciting time
How old are you?
Although I'm 13, i used xp in school and miss the days of adobe flash.
I'm 22 and I shall always remember the childhood days with windows xp.
@@jhatsworld your lucky, my school uses a literal mac for the entire lab and me being an experienced windows user, i just dont like it. its just not for me.
I'm 28 and as the last of the millennial's (the first of the zillenials?) you guys REALLY missed out. Growing up along-side the technology was the best experience.
Thank You Stan Lepard
This quality is absolutely beautiful.
This track is two years older than me, I never got to eXPerience it during the installation first-hand but that doesn't matter. It still punches me in the gut every single time.
Very interesting how such a small detail as this song has impacted our life and probably other's too. I, personally discovered this song like 3 years ago and since then it became one of my favorites. It just felt special to me. Today, I watched two videos from a youtuber called Michael MJD about the origins and history of both Bliss (Windows XP's default wallpaper and the most seen image in the entire world) and title.wma (also known as Windows Welcome Music) .
It's impressive how such small details can create not one childhood memory, not two, but thousands of childhood memories all around the world. ❤
some say that Kygo composes calming music.....some say Robin Schulz.....
but best of the best know that stan lepard's masterpiece velkommen is the ultimate soother.....
RIP Stan Lepard, u will always be remembered by thousands of us who love this music by heart.....
I was a computer technician back in the early days of DOS/Windows, and, a serious music lover (especially all things 'Chilled')... When I first heard this I just sat there, slowly nodding my head with a smile... Damn, it was a cool track! I don't know who, or why they put this in, but... Smoooooooth! 👌😏
apparently one of the devs just found it sitting there after looking through various source trees for microsoft stuff (most likely the internet explorer source tree) and decided to stick it into xp (after converting it into a wma)
thanks for this.. Im sad over stans passing. He was a great man and a legend. REST IN PEACE.
most people did not hear this due to missing sound drivers at the point of the first bootup, which is a shame.
Ah,good times.(RIP Stan and thanks for reminding me of the XP nostalgia,Toru.)
why do tears come to my eyes when I listen to it?
It truly is an iconic piece of music. Extraordinary. I wouldn't say crying for me, but yes, this heavenly music evokes powerful emotions
He may be gone from this world, but what he left with us will be remembered.
This music will be stuck in history, forever
Absolutely beautiful. R.I.P Stan Lepard😢
i love this song so much
so do i
the welcome music also reminds me of how life went after 2019. it’s not the same as it was anymore:(
Cries in 32bit
Nostalgia...
what a beautiful song
RIP Stan LePard
I was born in the year Windows XP was released in 2001. I used it on my first computer in 2007 when I was 5 years old 😊
I was five when i first heard this song.... Im 15 now... This brings back so many memories...
You used windows Xp in 2010?
@@tftfxr56 windows xp died in 2014
The math isn't mathing here.
@@tftfxr56 i did, my dad gave me an old laptop lmao
Here after Michael MJD's video.
Same
Same
Same
Same
same
the year was 2002:
If you are lucky enough to hear this, your sound drivers are up to date!
or were lucky enough to have on-board AC97
I've been looking for this for so long, thank you very much
Beatiful music
Reminds me of 2000's Twistys videos with this track. Nice reminiscent for childhood discovery days.
He passed away, but this still is a banger.
I HAVE FOUND THE MUSIC OF THE FIRST YEARS OF MY CHILDHOOD. and now the person who made it died:(
Despite having grown up with Windows XP, I've never heard this music before. Not just does it feel nostalgic for me despite never hearing it, considering when it was actually created, it was ahead of its time.
This is just like: game passed or just the song that plays when I rise up to heaven
Rest in peace 🙏
2:41 my favorite also it gonna be 21th anniversary of windows xp
i can hear some XP sounds at 2:09, did they used this music to make XP sounds? or am i imagining things
The song came out in 1996, before XP was even a thing
Bill Brown started working on those _long_ after this was released
same
Rip Stan LePard :(
I will never forget the day our school bought us laptops for us to keep and hearing this song setting it up
so satisfying
Hello RUclips, today I’m going to show you how to find the hidden song on Windows XP.
it's perfect!
W11 is perfect ruclips.net/video/80TrwBzhUiQ/видео.html
the good ol days
If reincarnation exists, the "new me" would like to hear this melody in his head at the moment of rebirth
Play this at my funeral
Amazing !
I only used Windows XP for a very short time. I got my first PC with XP in 2003 but also switched to SUSE Linux 9.0 back then. But i remember this song well, i liked it a lot
beautiful! sad the composer died.
Good for sky high levels in Mario games
What kind of memories do you get when you listen to this song?
windows
famous wallpaper called "bliss"
newgrounds i don't know why but i think i heard this song on there
“Evolution of Windows” by Enderman, I don’t know if he actually made that vid
I sold it in 2008
ruclips.net/video/80TrwBzhUiQ/видео.html
I did the wrong thing... I sold my win XP pc when I only was 13...
This was peak Windows
Is it just me, or does it sound like someone's playing tennis in the background?
😢😢rip
This should be on the next voyager space craft.
You have save editor for need for speed carbon for ps3
no
never used one
That opening chord had me thinking I was playing halo for a second😭
i mean Stan did do some music for Halo games
This isnt related to the video in any way but damn; you are a youtube og-
tbh, windows xp's sound effects are the best. said this as a windows 11 fan btw
...why are you a fan of windows 11?
@@TorutheRedFox idk it looks good for me and the tabs
7 better
@@TorutheRedFox thats your opinion
Wait, you're real?
Windows xp startup meaghan martin and claire holt
le big ripp
Toru the red fox we need to talk
Is windows 11 has title.wma
no
only XP and Sever 2003 had it (although 2k3 didn't use it and was a different song)
ruclips.net/video/80TrwBzhUiQ/видео.html lol
Ok..
most viewed photo and music :))))
4:27, 4:55
MI COMPUN
Please say something about the music not just rip.
Very banana breab
Velkommen til Windows XP.
(this is a true story about me) while i hurted my self on a treadmill on full speed i fell because i just didn't run on time i fell back but thankfully there wasn't a wall but there was a couch on the back i sped back on the treadmill i got alot of treadmill rashes and when i got patched up the only thing i wanted to lisson to is title.wma because is the best song to clear depression and sadness so when any of you get hurt or sad lisson to tiltle.wma but now im alright and good:D but everyone hope i don't fall on a treadmill agian and i will never go on a treadmill again
C:/WINDOWS/System32/oobe/images/title.wma
Here you go :)
Let's credit the composer :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown_(composer)
Bill Brown composed the score for XP (XP's sound set and XP tour), but this was made for the Internet Explorer Starter Kit by Stan LePard 5 years prior to XP's release and was slipped into XP by someone who dug up the file from IESK's source code and found it cool
@@TorutheRedFox TIL :)
pls com to brazil