The Lincoln aviator uses the music of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as warnings

A cacophony of strident electronic beeps does not favor a luxurious and relaxed environment – at least according to the luxury automaker Lincoln. That's why Lincoln said Monday that his next Airman Crossing Avoids traditional alert tones and instead uses "symphonic" musical tones for everything from open door warnings to more serious driver alerts.

And these are not just musical sounds created by engineers, but rather real recordings of performances by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

The new Lincoln Aviator will be fully unveiled later this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. (A concept version was introduced in March at the New York Auto Show.) The Aviator concept was a three-row crossover featuring a twin-turbo V6 powertrain with an optional plug-in hybrid powertrain. Expect more details when the production model will debut.

The new Aviator alert sounds, which you can hear in the video below, fall into three categories that Lincoln calls non-critical chimes, software warnings and horns. They will be used for 25 different alerts in the Lincoln Aviator. The engineers were able to use more detailed audio recordings because they managed to free up more space on the chip used for the warning tones in the car.

The project began when Jennifer Prescott, supervisor of what Lincoln calls "Vehicle Harmony," sent an email to the Detroit Symphony about the possibility of recording new tones for the vehicle. "I really thought they'd think I was crazy," she said in a statement. "But we wanted to make sure all the details of this vehicle were perfect."

Lincoln engineers and DSO musicians met several times, initially recording 125 audio samples. Lincoln then reduced these to certain tones, went back to record more music with the DSO and finally opted for three alert tones. The latest sound clips were performed by Adrienne Rönmark on violin, Eric Nowlin on viola and percussionist Joseph Becker.

"We explained to them the taste of the new vehicle and provided them with alerts scenarios," Prescott said in a statement. "We basically told them to create their own soundscapes, and then they just came in and started playing."

Although Lincoln says that the use of "symphonic chimes" is a first feature of the industry, it should be noted that recent Volvo models also use musical notes rather than electronic beeps for warnings such as as parking sensors and other alerts. Still, Lincoln's decision to record a live orchestra clearly makes a difference.