Flourish

Flourish, also known as Flourish.mid is one of the three hidden MIDIs located in the Windows/Media folder, and can be still found on most modern-day Windows OSes, alongside Onestop.mid & Town.mid.

The midi file was composed by Nathan Grigg, who also composed Town.mid.

It has a jungle-like melody and lasts for 1 minute, 28 seconds (1:28). The song plays at 120 BPM.

Also, just like Onestop.mid, Flourish utilizes a feature known as "Program Change", which allows an instrument to change on a single channel: Electric Bass (Finger) changes into a Pad 8 (Sweep) and then back into Electric Bass (Finger) as the song ends.

The earliest build of Windows that this midi file can be found is Windows 2000, as a test midi file in DirectX9c, but was later included in the Windows/Media Folder in Windows ME, where Passport.mid, Canyon.mid & the RMI Classical Midis used to be.

Since then, Flourish.mid has been on all builds of Windows from Windows 2000-Windows 11.

Flourish.mid in DirectX9c
Flourish.mid replaced the original 90s DirectX midi testing track, DXDiag.MID as of DirectX9c found in Windows 2000:

Instruments
Pad 2 (Warm) 2x

Acoustic Grand Piano

Electric Bass (Finger)

Pad 8 (Sweep)

Marimba

Kalimba

Electric Guitar (Jazz)

Acoustic Guitar (Nylon)

Fretless Bass 2x

Drums (Standard Kit)

Rock Organ

Soprano Sax

Electric Guitar (Muted)

Vibraphone

Comments (Midi Information)
Flourish

©2000 Microsoft Corporation

Nathan Grigg

Other Midis by Nathan Grigg
Town - Another midi file found in the Media folder in Windows ME-Windows 10, also composed by Nathan Grigg.

IE4CHAN - A prototype of Flourish that is found in a .cab file of IE4, which is found on a Windows 98FE CD.

Global Underscore - A midi file that could be found searching up Clipart in Microsoft Powerpoint & Microsoft Clip Organizer. It has similarities to Flourish.

j0074226.mid (NaturH) - An alternative version of Global Underscore. Sadly, since it's real name has not been identified yet, it hasn't got its own page. However, a .mid link of it can be found on both the Microsoft Clipart Midis category, & the page for Global Underscore.

Soweto Underscore - A midi file that could be found searching up Clipart in Microsoft Powerpoint & Microsoft Clip Organizer. It has similarities to Town.

Listen to Midi
Since the midi file was designed to run on a Roland Wavetable General Midi soundcard, the midi file will sound drastically different on older versions of Windows since they use an OPL3 soundcard.

(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi file will download instead)

Listen to Flourish.mid: https://sites.google.com/site/musiccurios/downloads/flourish.mid?attredirects=0&d=1

Mirror Link: http://soundblaster16.net/midi-f/flourish.mid

Last Resort Mirror Links
If all the links above are broken, these Archive.org mirror links are most likely to work. However, using right-click to download the midis results in the file becoming corrupted upon download. They can only be saved by left-clicking on them.

Archive Link: Archive.org of Music Curios Link

Videos
Brandon Lee shows how to find Beta Flourish (IE4CHAN) on Windows 98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKT5Vhw1nS0&t=248

OPL3 Flourish.mid on an emulated Windows 3.1 on Nintendo Wii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHTiWDHlsE&t=268

Other Soundcards
Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth (Original Version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvNz0Rdg9To

OPL3 (Soundblaster 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nro7oQCqBGc&t=436

OPL3 SB16 Voyetra SuperSAPI: Sorry, there is no video of this yet...

Gravis Ultrasound: Sorry, there is no video of this yet...

Sound Blaster AWE64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldDQ6xqw2NQ&t=20

Yamaha YMF724: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldDQ6xqw2NQ&t=884

DOSMID (MS-DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYn561A9PMo&t=763s- It is completely butchered and sounds horrendous; you have been warned!

Apple Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkshctsiLcM

Mixcraft: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Midi Devices
Roland SC-55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1WQSPzaAM

Roland SC-88: Sorry, there is no video of this yet...

Yamaha MU80 MIDI Device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_omoN4UpYws&t=368s

Roland MT-32 (MUNT): Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Keyboards
Korg MicroARRANGER Keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAJMWdxhw60

Yamaha PSR-S950: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schDEpEo4fc

Phones
Nokia x3-00 Phone: Sorry, there is no video of this yet...

Remixes of Flourish.mid
'''ACTIVATION_KEY=FLOURISH/. - by Chimeratio: '''https://soundcloud.com/sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle/chimeratio-activation_key

An experimental electronic glitch arrangement of Flourish.mid, created by Chimeratio for the collaborative album "STAFFcirc vol 6.0 - WINDOWS VARIAT~1"

Trivia

 * This song is actually an extended version of the MIDI file IE4CHAN, which dates back to Windows 95! This makes Flourish.mid the oldest surviving midi file on all modern Windows builds.
 * It was rumored that Flourish was originally used in "DirectX Diagnostic Tool 9.0 (Dxdiag)" to test the DirectX sound, replacing DXDiag.MID. This has since been proven true thanks to YoshiLightStar's video evidence.

Similar Midis
IE4CHAN.MID - A beta version of Flourish.mid found on Windows 98 that was possibly supposed to play when installing Internet Explorer 4 (Windows 95's Internet Explorer), but was left unused.

It was discovered by Patch93 on YouTube who found it in some CAB files on a Windows 98FE CD.

Global Underscore - A midi file that was once found in Microsoft Clipart & Microsoft Clip Organizer. Sounds very similar to Flourish, and was also composed by Nathan Grigg.

j0074226.mid (NaturH) - Possibly an alternate version of Global Underscore. It was also composed by Nathan Grigg, composer of Flourish and Town.