I brought this to light years ago and uploaded it!
It's bizarre. midi_14 is a knockoff of the Ice Climbers title theme as well. This is the only Motorola phone to include these midi_xx ringtones; I assume they came from Compal, the Taiwanese ODM that manufactured it.
Certain models of the 2003 Motorola MPx200 clamshell phone contained a ringtone that was blatantly just the "Fever" theme from Dr. Mario with different notes.
π [RINGTONE] π
Title: Good Evening
Source: Arphiola Halloween 1 campaign
Composer unknown
Year: 2005
Cover art
bucolic systems, an album of mellow electronic music inspired by the Frutiger Aero aesthetic, has just been released! 13 artists and 3 designers have worked hard to deliver some beautiful music and design.
technomarina.bandcamp.com/album/bucoli...
bucolic systems premieres in 10 minutes - hop on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpat...
Enter bucolic systems, a mellow electronic album inspired by the Frutiger Aero aesthetic! Releases on September 5.
[RINGTONE]
Title: Flow
Model: Nokia 7710
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
[RINGTONE]
Title: Flow
Model: Nokia 7710
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
You can find downloads for the ringtones on this site: onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/u...
Yes, you can find many of them here! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I believe there's also many that are currently lost but I'm happy many were preserved.
[RINGTONE]
Title: Journey
Source: HTC E-Club Ring Tone Pack 1
Composer: Benjamin Bethurum [HTC]
Year: 2008
[RINGTONE]
Title: Mind binding
Model: Sony Ericsson W52S
Composer unknown (company: Crypton Future Media)
Year: 2007
(yes, the company that made Hatsune Miku - they did lots of ringtone work for Japanese phones)
[RINGTONE]
Title: Feeling Good
Model: Samsung SGH-P200
Composer unknown
Year: 2006
[VIDEO RINGTONE]
Title: Garden
Source: Ovi Store
Composer: Hannu af Ursin (@hannuafursin.bsky.social) [Nokia]
Year: 2010
(Many of Hannu's tones really do encapsulate the audio side of Frutiger Aero!)
Been talking with Tobias lately, he's helped to confirm many of the tones he did for Sony Ericsson, ranging from silly novelty ones like this to unusual electronic stuff: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Title: Hide & Seek
Model: Sony Ericsson W550i
Composer, lyrics, vocals: Tobias Leo [Corporate Music of Sweden]
Year: 2005
Despite Jens only having three confirmed credits (these above), I was able to get a good understanding of his style thanks to correspondence with one of Vitamin's founders. His ringtones have an often dreamy, liminal feel to them:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Titles: Surprise + Raw + Hectique
Model: Sony Ericsson P910i
Composer: Jens Jungmark [Vitamin Se Media]
Year: 2004
(rip Jens... passed away of cancer in 2012 :( )
[RINGTONE]
Title: Smiling Faces
Model: Sony Ericsson V800
Composer: Kjell Rune Myrland [Soundonweb]
Year: 2004
[RINGTONE]
Title: Smiling Faces
Model: Sony Ericsson V800
Composer: Kjell Rune Myrland [Soundonweb]
Year: 2004
Tekken: The Iron Fist Tributes, an album featuring arrangements of Tekken music, is out! It is part of the @utaforce.bsky.social project, comprising multiple Namco arrange albums from various groups.
technomarina.bandcamp.com/album/tekken...
Unfortunately, both of these videos have been blocked by copyright troll Aviator Management GmbH. For the soundscapes video I decided to just mute out the offending one (track 9), and the documentary I uploaded here: archive.org/details/full...
![Making Windows Vista Sing: Robert Fripp and the Vista Melody [Channel 9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:knnyhl2q4chmvp5tnubzaea5/bafkreidhj4ltqxqaiwnttzjrr5fxugtkqsptcftepw7fcqqjkk3tr3pozm)
Uploaded a 1 hour documentary about Fripp's second recording session at Microsoft! Also features a group convo between Fripp and the devs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiiO...
Steve Ball, who created Vista's other sounds, was the one to get Fripp involved with making the Vista startup, and also worked on the first soundscape here.
Download: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I have found ten of the soundscapes that Robert Fripp created for Windows Vista! These were made available on the WorldWide Telescope website. Unfortunately they're only in mono WMA, but these are still interesting.
[RINGTONE]
Title: Jacks aslyum
Model: Sony Ericsson F305
Composer: Paul Bergman (@shapelesscube.bsky.social) [PlusFourSix]
Year: 2008
[RINGTONE]
Title: 1987 Networks
Model: Panasonic G60 (licensed from Yamaha)
Composer: Kimitaka Matsumae
Year: 2003
(definitely gotta be inspired by Aphex Twin's "Pulsewidth".. hmm..)
[RINGTONE]
Title: Moonlit Haze
Model: Motorola E815
Composer: Conor O'Sullivan [Motorola]
Year: 2005
[RINGTONE ARRANGE]
Title: Brunchosaurus Flex
Album: STAFFcirc vol. X - RingToads
Arranger: Lars Edvall
Label: STAFFcirc (@staffcirc.bsky.social)
Year: 2025
Original ringtone:
Title: Brunch
Model: Sony Ericsson W890i
Composer: Lars Edvall [PlusFourSix]
Year: 2008
Tune in on Friday 7 March at 2pm PT / 5pm ET for the STAFFcirc vol. X - RingToads listening party. Featuring 24 ringtone "bangers" and "dope" visuals by zipdisqβ’!
youtu.be/btOffQgF3Fg
