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'''Elevator music''' (also known as '''[[Muzak]]''', '''piped music''', or '''lift music''') is a type of [[background music]] played in elevators, in rooms where many people come together (that is,for withreasons noother intentionthan whatsoever to listenlistening to music), and [[music on hold|during telephone calls when placed on hold]]. ThereBefore isthe aemergence specificof soundthe associatedInternet, withsuch elevatormusic was often "piped" to businesses and homes<ref>Kate Mossman. [https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music,/2021/03/science-background-muzak but'The itscience usuallyof involvesbackground simplemuzak'] instrumentalin themes''The fromNew "soft"Statesman'', popular31 musicMarch 2021</ref> through telephone lines, private networks or "targeted radio broadcasting (as in the BBC's ''[[lightMusic music|lightWhile You Work]]"'', classicalwhere musicpowerful beingspeakers performedwere byset slowup strings.in Thisfactories typeto ofmake musicthe wasbroadcast producedaudible).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tlw8#:~:text=This%20programme%20serves%20as%20part,use%20or%20misuse%20of%20technology. for''The instanceDay the Muzak Died''], BBC radio documentary by theFalling [[Mantovani|MantovaniTree Orchestra]]Productions, andbroadcast conductors30 suchMarch as2021</ref><ref>{{cite [[Franckbook Pourcel]]|title=Music andWhile [[JamesYou Last]],Work: peakingAn Era in popularityBroadcasting around|last= theReynolds 1970s.|first=Brian |publisher=The Book Guild Publishing |location=Leicester |year=2006 |page=2 |isbn=1-84624-004-2}}</ref>
 
There is no specific sound associated with elevator music, but it usually involves simple instrumental themes from "soft" popular music, or "[[light music|light]]" classical music being performed by slow strings. This type of music was produced, for instance, by the [[Mantovani|Mantovani Orchestra]], and conductors such as [[Franck Pourcel]] and [[James Last]], peaking in popularity around the 1970s.<ref>Lanza, Joseph. ''Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-listening, and Other Moodsong'', University of Michigan Press (2004)</ref>
More recent types of elevator music may be computer-generated, with the actual score being [[algorithmic composition|composed entirely algorithmically]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Murphy | first = Michael | title = People are confusing computer-generated music with the works of J.S. Bach | newspaper = Quartz | location = New York | date = August 26, 2015 | URL = https://qz.com/488701/humans-are-confusing-music-composed-by-a-computer-for-j-s-bach/ | access-date=Jun 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Wilson | first = Chris | title = I'll Be Bach: A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete? | newspaper = Slate | location = New York | date = May 19, 2010 | URL = http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2010/05/ill_be_bach.html | access-date=Jun 16, 2021}}</ref>▼
 
▲More recent types of elevator music may be computer-generated, with the actual score being [[algorithmic composition|composed entirely algorithmically]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Murphy | first=Michael |date=August Michael26, 2015 | title = People are confusing computer-generated music with the works of J.S. Bach | newspaper = Quartz | location = New York | date url= August 26, 2015 | URL = https://qz.com/488701/humans-are-confusing-music-composed-by-a-computer-for-j-s-bach/ |url-status=live |access-date=JunJune 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last archive-url= Wilson | first = Chris | title = I'll Be Bach: A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete? | newspaper = Slate | location = New York | date = May 19, 2010 | URL = httphttps://wwwweb.slatearchive.comorg/articlesweb/arts20220710213452/music_boxhttps:/2010/05/ill_be_bachqz.htmlcom/ | accessarchive-date=JunJuly 1610, 20212022}}</ref>
==Other uses==
The term can also be used for kinds of [[easy listening]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSpqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|page=52|title=American Popular Music, Grades 5 – 8|author= Mark Ammons|publisher=Mark Twain Media|date= 6 Aug 2010|isbn=978-1-58037-983-0}}</ref> [[piano]] solo, [[jazz]] or [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] music, or what are known as "[[beautiful music]]" radio stations.▼
 
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Chris |date=May 19, 2010 |title=I'll Be Bach: A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete? |newspaper=Slate |location=New York |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2010/05/ill_be_bach.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628151547/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2010/05/ill_be_bach.html |archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>Typical example of elevator music is the hungarian band called [[Djabe]] which released all their records in audiophile quality.
This style of music is sometimes used to comedic effect in [[mass media]] such as [[film]], where intense or dramatic scenes may be interrupted or interspersed with such anodyne music while characters use an elevator. Some [[video game]]s have used music similarly: ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Metal Gear Solid 4]]'' where a few elevator music-themed tracks are accessible on the in-game [[iPod]], as well as ''[[Rise of the Triad: Dark War]]'', [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|''GoldenEye 007'']], ''[[Mass Effect]]'', and ''[[Earthworm Jim]]''.{{original research inline|date=November 2016}}▼
 
==OppositionOther uses==
▲The term can also be used for kinds of [[easy listening]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSpqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|page=52|title=American Popular Music, Grades 5 – 8|author= Mark Ammons|publisher=Mark Twain Media|date= 6 Aug 2010|isbn=978-1-58037-983-0}}</ref> [[Lounge music|lounge]], [[piano]] solo, [[jazz]] or [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] music, or what are known as "[[beautiful music]]" radio stations.
There are a number of societies, such as [[Pipedown (campaign)|Pipedown]],<ref name="Pipedown"/> that are dedicated to reducing the extent and intrusiveness of piped music. This campaign group proposes that some people can be deeply annoyed by piped music, and even find it spoils their enjoyment in recreation or drives them out of shops. They suggest that eight out of 10 people have left an establishment early because it was too noisy.<ref name="Pipedown">See [http://www.pipedown.info/ Pipedown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501080921/http://www.pipedown.info/ |date=2007-05-01 }}</ref> The [[Good Pub Guide]] 2017 called for a ban on piped music in pubs, already the case in houses managed by the [[Samuel Smith Brewery]].
 
▲This style of music is sometimes used to comedic effect in [[mass media]] such as [[film]], where intense or dramatic scenes may be interrupted or interspersed with such anodyne music while characters use an elevator. Some [[video game]]s have used music similarly: ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Metal Gear Solid 4]]'' where a few elevator music-themed tracks are accessible on the in-game [[iPod]], as well as ''[[System Shock]]'', ''[[Rise of the Triad: Dark War]]'', [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|''GoldenEye 007'']], ''[[Mass Effect]]'', and ''[[Earthworm Jim]]''.{{original research inline|date=November 2016}}
 
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