2019 Lincoln Aviator chimes recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The notes are precise, crystalline and rich with detail, recorded by heralded musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. And they can only be heard in the all-new Lincoln Aviator, which makes its debut Nov. 28 at AutoMobility LA.
Unique chimes, informing drivers of everything from an open fuel door to an unlatched seat belt, are now symphonic in the all-new Lincoln Aviator. Three levels of informational chimes - non-critical, soft-warning chimes and hard-warning chimes - will provide distinct musical alerts for about 25 features in the vehicle.
“Aviator represents the true vision of the Lincoln brand,” said David Woodhouse, design director, The Lincoln Motor Company. “With a look this striking, we needed to have sounds that matched the beauty of this vehicle.”
The three-row Lincoln Aviator introduces groundbreaking performance and intuitive technology. Lincoln’s vehicle harmony team ensured that an SUV of such distinction in its design and engineering receive equal treatment in terms of its audio evolution.
“This is quite a departure for us - introducing music into the informational chime world,” said Jennifer Prescott, supervisor, vehicle harmony, The Lincoln Motor Company. “But we’re always thinking about luxury, and this was a way to take Lincoln to an even higher level.”
After brainstorming unique sound options with her team, Prescott sent an email to the musicians at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. “I truly thought they’d think I was crazy,” she recalled, laughing. “But we wanted to make sure every detail in this vehicle was perfect.”
Anne Parsons, president and CEO of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, adds: “As the hometown orchestra of the Motor City, we were definitely interested when Lincoln contacted us about work that brought together music, cars and technology,” she said. “The DSO has historically valued the use of technology to increase access to classical music, from radio to recordings to the internet, and we are very excited about this new project.”
Through multiple sessions, musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra recorded several iterations of the alerts, exploring and experimenting with notes after Prescott and team explained how the sounds would be incorporated in an upcoming luxury vehicle. With Aviator not yet in production, Prescott had the musicians sit inside a Lincoln Continental to experience the ambiance.
“We told them the flavor of the new vehicle and gave them scenarios of the alerts,” she recalled. We told them, basically, to design their own soundscapes. Then they just went in and started playing. And it was phenomenal.”
Selecting the right mix of sounds was not easy, she admits. The first time, more than 125 options were recorded. After a multitude of internal Lincoln listening clinics, those sounds were narrowed down to a single chime.
At that point, the vehicle harmony group returned to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a request to build a suite of embellished chimes around that particular note, and about 100 recordings later, the Lincoln team conducted more listening clinics, striving for - and ultimately finding - the symphonic soundscape that brought the project to life.
The final selection is played by three renowned musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: They are Adrienne Rönmark, violin; Eric Nowlin, principal viola; and Joseph Becker, principal percussion.
“It was a very stimulating project; sounds and soundscapes are so much a part of our life that we often don’t really notice them - and yet they can provide all these triggers that are so important,” Rönmark said. “As a musician, usually what my job entails is trying to bring to life a piece of music that’s already been written. So to be a part of this process, to create sounds knowing their meaning first, and then create the sound second, was a really, really engaging way to process the sound.”
For Nowlin, the creative freedom just added to the enjoyment. “It was very open-ended, which was great,” he said. “For us, it was an organic process. We were constantly changing something. We would change a rhythm, or how fast we were playing, or we would change the pitch. Through that process, we were really able to hone our ideas.”
The experience of merging technology and music was amazing, agrees Becker, in that it opened up a world of possibilities.
“One of the really interesting parts of this is we’re changing language into music,” he said. “There’s a list of words that they would like to convey, and we have a bunch of sounds, and we just have to experiment to have those two match up so that the experience is good for the driver.
“I feel like we all have enough technology with our phones and our computers every day,” he said. “People want to get away from that sometimes, so it’s kind of nice to have actual instruments. I think the concept of incorporating it into the car in a different way is very cool.”

[@MineMiguel40]

never thought i'd be searching up car chimes but here i am

[@SMBPlushShow]

Same I have plush videos to film but instead I’m here lol

[@gamer_jay356]

Your not the only one. My whole entire is just car chimes

[@Somebody_you_met]

Same

[@Yeetus_W00FLES]

Same but they used real people to make it that is not cheap lol

[@turkeyswissandcheddaronwho8203]

See just simple things like this is what makes lincoln better than cadillac in my opinon

[@TurtleGlo]

I would buy a Lincoln and purposely leave the headlights on so I can listen to this for hours kek

[@EricFortuneJr.]

Until the battery dies..

[@oofernoobynoob6866]

its so soothing

[@EricFortuneJr.]

@Leothebest1893 Every vehicle has at least one battery, some have two, some have four. You never heard of a car battery??

[@Farmer-bros-adventure]

@@EricFortuneJr.
My ute has 2 trackor batteries in it. While my cattle truck has 6.

[@Unknown-2015]

😂😂👍🏻

[@brianhua8226]

2:13 The face you make when you remember your Lincoln repair bill.

[@ceebreezie6740]

😂😂😂😂

[@robloxfan4271]

used to hate this chime, but the more i hear it the more beautiful it sounds

[@Lucky8s]

​@@Brian_Eugene_Lee
Ford's chime is easily one of the best chimes for any mainstream vehicle.

[@Prestontheaxolotl_official]

@@Lucky8strue but Lincoln a lil better ngl

[@michaelcosgrove4027]

Wow, so classy! I would purposely forget to shut the headlights off just to hear this chime lol

[@TheUnsureFox]

Such thought and attention to detail put into their cars. Lincoln is becoming a force to be reckoned with.

[@davidpulaski5628]

They gave a lot of thought to this. Good work FMC... :-)

[@chefcjnobles2423]

Attention to detail is awesome when it comes down to stuff like this. An orchestra to record your chimes? Smh wow just wow

[@the8419]

Yes, they went out of their way to do this, but they can’t even rust proof their vehicles properly.

[@aidenpearce456]

Meanwhile my 91 crx is like BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP *starts engine* BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

[@zionharris3357]

Thank you to the people who made the chime for the navigator 🤍❤️💕💘💖💞🖤💙💜

[@Yeetus_W00FLES]

It was originally for the aviator

[@potatocubes69]

If I have one of these, Imma just drive with the doors open

[@isaiahshultz4296]

No way that is dangerous you could get in a wreck

[@Nexus104]

@@isaiahshultz4296 r/woooosh

[@0------iiiiiiii]

@@isaiahshultz4296 r/wooosh

[@WadeMcLure]

Love it!

[@danielonn2002]

If I were deigning a car I would give the option to chose the dings you want or even recorded messages that you can record

[@1234ismyname]

lol but if your door is open it could say "CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR" right?
i hope it will :D

[@damariuseaton6678]

1234ismyname Lmao they should make a different tone for each key fob used for the car, mine would be "Make sure your still jnder warranty before you drive like an idiot" and my childs would be "drive save or imma whoop dat ass"

[@trinidadtrevizo7015]

Me too

[@zacharybishop6595]

Ford should give you the option for the musical one playes through the speakers, the one played through the dash or the pre-2010 one.

[@smartkid1201]

Just beautiful!

[@zacharybishop6595]

Meanwhile Chevy’s still using the boring bong they’ve used since the 90’s.

[@jacobguzmanmusic3174]

WhosThisNerd you mean early 2000s

[@zacharybishop6595]

@@jacobguzmanmusic3174 No the early 90's Corvette had it, I think some Buick models did too.

[@davidperry4013]

00s Toyotas have the best sounding monotone Chime in the world.

[@MrKarmapolice97]

And that ugly outdated blueish green on the gauges

[@kevinbradwell659]

They’re changing it for 2021

[@soidus]

Can't wait to buy Lincoln Nautilus 2021 and listen to all those luxurious abnormal chimes!

[@sharq5468]

sad to tell, those chimes are on aviator and navigator only

[@0------iiiiiiii]

@@sharq5468 Also the corsair I think

[@jfsiiiautomotivereviews8343]

That is so frickin cool!!!!

[@kaiokendo]

the violinist and her face when does this ultraexpensive chimes

[@SaturnAura-ir2sd]

These smooth chimes makes me want to buy a 2020 Lincoln Aviator

[@TorpidAlpaca663]

I want that sound on the Ford Expedition

[@jacewinkler2540]

Lol it is not luxury.

[@electricbird423forester9]

Yeah he's right Lincoln is just there rich cousin lol they could have the NEWWWWWWER SEXXXY FORD 2020 CHIME

[@TorpidAlpaca663]

Lol

[@2005acurarl]

You do get something similar in the expedition It’s just a little bit quieter

[@davidperry4013]

It would work if there is a ford equivalent of bimmercode and it has to be a select 2013 or newer model or all 2017 and newer models.

[@CalvinJacobStevenson]

Beautiful

[@ventasonline3854]

The sound is beautyfull❤❤❤ i love this sound omg❤❤ lincoln your al potency

[@mklrd4evr]

I love this

[@anythingpossible_official]

This is one of the reasons I would buy a Lincoln.

[@mtunofun1]

i’m waiting for the 2022 Navigator to come out just because of the updated door chimes lol.

[@ShanardDSeabrooks]

Lincoln got it going on do you hear me?!! 👂🏾

[@condition.130]

I like it.

[@turkeyswissandcheddaronwho8203]

Everyone gangster till the car starts singing to you

[@danielonn2002]

The dings are in beat of 2 and 4 and are in an E and C Note or a D and E Note.

[@king_83227]

0:15 is my favorite

[@aidenwalter1044]

Licolin chime so cool

[@davidperry4013]

I want FOMOCO to include this chime in an over the air update for 2016 or newer model Lincoln’s.

[@iiMxttOfficial]

Meanwhile, My MX-5 is goin’: Beep beep, beep beep

[@t.trashbag2185]

Next up: The car mixtape!

[@gregghanson6095]

About one try in 50 is together enough to use! See what Lincoln does with that!

[@Beluga..]

i love this brand 😂😂

[@coolguy2873]

Imagine if New York Symphony Orchestra performs this.

[@turkeyswissandcheddaronwho8203]

Ita cooler because lincoln is made in Detroit and this is the Detroit orchestra

[@shuladapula]

I like the Ford motor put the chime on the Ford ranger and all of the cars on ford

[@aayanbaig4775]

0:22 my replay button. Don't question it.

[@danielonn2002]

Did the dials move on the monitor as the sounds were recorded.

[@shuladapula]

I hope they can put it on the navigator

[@FordEscape12345678]

So far, it's on the Aviator and the Corsair. Maybe they will.

[@keithndlovu6702]

The batman has me here

[@micahhuge1474]

I just realized it sounds like a more luxurious Ford

[@the8419]

Yes, that’s exactly the point

[@oscarmorales8979]

Meanwhile my 09 Dodge Challenger does bingbingbingbingbingbing *starts engine* biiinnnggg biiinnnggg biiinnnggg

[@tyronlemons5203]

1:27 sounds like a better ford chime

[@lofidude1271]

When u baught the lincoln and just want the chime

[@marcco954]

Meanwhile... my car : Bing Bing Bing Bing!!!

[@ExiledWolf84]

Meanwhile, my 89' Toyota 4runner goes: "EEEERrrrrEEERrrEEEEERRRrrrrEEEEEE"

[@FordEscape12345678]

Lol

[@kaiokendo]

0:40 ill receive millions just for four notes

[@kuwait10101]

I want a voice ford expedition please 🙏🏻

[@Lincolntowncoupe]

I prefer the 70's vibraphone chime but that's just me

[@gabequinones5650]

do the ford one

[@javelinjav2695]

Violin is great for music but certainly not for "chime". Violin sound is harsh and it doesn't sound like a "chime" at all and it's very irritating; the sound is more suitable for "systems errors". I wish there's a way to change or disable the chime once and for all.

[@aidenthecomputernerd]

Meanwhile when nissan's been using their old ass beeper since 2001...

[@coolcarreviews0129]

Ye

[@abdullaharif6455]

The melody of the first chime sounds a bit like an old Samsung message tone.

[@jcgoolsby11]

The marketing department for Gold Bond should take note of this and find something more appealing than the sudden harsh trumpet blast they use, that is so friggin startling and offensive...OMG😓

[@mylestech7301]

I barely hear a difference that’s crazy

[@danielonn2002]

Where are the smiles from the instrument players? They look sad or too serious.

[@jm-mi7kl]

they *are* serious. this is their craft.

[@sheabrown]

Truth be told they've probably done that jingle several hundred times waiting for somebody to be 100% happy with it

[@justin_grindley]

Annoying af, the chime used in the 2010s was better and actually sounded like a version of Ford’s tri-tone chime that couldn’t be confused for anything else

[@JESHLESS]

I don’t like the last one ngl.

[@temperature8]

How do you turn this off?

[@politicalgangster9395]

LMFAO you can’t

[@temperature8]

@@politicalgangster9395 The notes are the 1st 3 of Diana Ross's tune "Do you know where you're going to..." I end up thinking about it every time I get into the car.

[@FordEscape12345678]

There is a way to disable the sound. I'm just not sure on how to do it.

[@politicalgangster9395]

Ford Escape it’s just it’s not ran on a chime box like older cars. Stuff like that requires more complex work.

[@FordEscape12345678]

@@politicalgangster9395 Wait so how did they input the sound into the vehicle without a chime box?

[@nickkpoon]

man this is some boomer shit

[@alpzepta]

Oh man.. Hyundai is gonna lose in the best chime in the world. Oh well atleast it’s still better than Nissan and Toyota Beep Chime.

[@hazman1732]

Hmm I’m not sure if I want it to be my warning chime. They should use the BMW or Subaru Warning Chime.

[@zacharybishop6595]

RockyCargo 1 I’d use the one from the 2015 Focus honestly.

[@angelmartinez1763]

They just cant

[@wesleyditchko8376]

Very Annoying !!!!

[@EnglandIsBetterThanIceland]

Also in the aviator