News entertainment hindi music More than background sound: How airlines are using music to calm and connect Trending From Hans Zimmer to Shankar Mahadevan, airlines are enlisting musical heavyweights to create distinctive sonic identities. Can anything soothe a hassled air traveller, trapped somewhere between turbulence, delays and the purgatory of a long-haul flight? Dark chocolate? A cup of hot tea? What about music, perhaps?In 1978, Brian Eno thought so.