Brian Eno's Windows 95 startup jingle and the Minecraft OST are now preserved in the USA's Library of Congress

The original music for Minecraft, alongside the reboot jingle for Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system, have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress and are now part of the American audio canon.

These were two of the 25 recordings that make up 2025's additions (thanks AP), all of which were chosen for their "cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage."

"These are the sounds of America, our wide-ranging...