Ringtone / Tech Product Bangers

[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!)

Tobias Leo - YouTube

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

Jens Jungmark - YouTube Jens Jungmark composed ringtones for Sony Ericsson via Vitamin Se Media, during the mid-2000s. Later worked as a sound designer for Ubisoft. Unfortunately pa...

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, by Technomarina 18 track album

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...

Making Windows Vista Sing: Robert Fripp and the Vista Melody (2006) : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A rare video showing Robert Fripp's second recording session at Microsoft, where he created more soundscapes as explorations for creating the Windows Vista...

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...

YouTube video by Ringtone / Tech Product Bangers Making Windows Vista Sing: Robert Fripp and the Vista Melody [Channel 9]

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...

YouTube video by Ringtone / Tech Product Bangers Robert Fripp & Steve Ball - Windows Vista soundscapes

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

YouTube video by STAFFcirc STAFFcirc vol. X - RingToads 【Listening Party】

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 zipdisq™!
youtu.be/btOffQgF3Fg

The Story of MIDIport, by Technomarina 20 track album

Technomarina's first album, The Story of MIDIport, is out!

technomarina.bandcamp.com/album/the-st...

An upcoming album of original MIDI music! If you enjoy old ringtones and synth demos, you'll be sure to get a kick out of this album.

(some of the composers involved worked on ringtones back in the day, too!)

The Story of MIDIport is Technomarina's first album, telling a city's story through music composed with MIDI sound sources! It is due for release sometime this month, so stay tuned. Here are five excerpts.

(mastering is still in progress)

Title: PolyZoot
Software: WebTV Plus
Original album: Headspace RMF Vol. 7: Underground
Composer: Blake Leyh (@earlofedgecombe.bsky.social) [Headspace]
Year: 1998 (composed in 1997)

New starter pack for tech product composers: go.bsky.app/NMijJoB

You might not recognize all of them, but it's still nice to collect them here!

[RINGTONE]
Title: Hunted
Source: Nokia 9500 Communicator WAP downloads site
Composer: Hannu af Ursin (@hannuafursin.bsky.social) [Nokia]
Year: 2004

[RINGTONE]
Title: Melody 9
Model: Samsung SCH-A970
Composer unknown
Year: 2005

[RINGTONE]
Title: Scan Speed
Model: Casio GzOne Commando
Composer unknown
Year: 2011

[RINGTONE]
Title: plastic tomorrow
Model: Sony Xperia A (SO-04E)
Composer: sasakure.UK (@sasakureuk.bsky.social)
Year: 2013

(miku!!! :D)

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]
Title: Electro Underscore
Original titles: DrmBsL / Thirdage Underscore
Source: Microsoft Office downloadable clipart
Composer: Tony Verderosa
Year: 1998

(this one is also interesting. trippy MIDI drill'n'bass!)