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Horny Motor Mash [Sony Ericsson downloadable ringtone]
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Project: Nokia Deluxe
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2003
Commentary: A lovely ambient tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not. It came from the Nokia Deluxe project (seemingly intended for business-oriented phones, the same project that Dreamy (bs_tone01b) and Carouselle (bs_alert05b) are from.
Model: Nokia N70
Composer: Aleksi Eeben [Nokia]
Year: 2005 (composed in 2004)
Commentary: An interesting electro tone with some tabla thrown in. Probably one of the closest ringtones in feel to Aleksi's late 90s XM module stuff.
Model: Sanyo MM-8300
Composer: Traditional
Arranger unknown
Year: 2007
Commentary: A jazzy DnB arrangement of the children's rhyme of the same name. Wow.
Model: Toshiba W54T
Composer: Gustav Holst
Arranger unknown
Year: 2007
Commentary: A lovely jazzy 2-step arrange of Gustav Holst's piece "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity".
Project: Nokia Deluxe
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2003
Commentary: A tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not. It came from the Nokia Deluxe project (seemingly intended for business-oriented phones, the same project that Dreamy (bs_tone01b) and Carouselle (bs_alert05b) are from.
Project: Futurist
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2003
Commentary: A tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not. It came from the Futurist project, the same project that Flow (Optimistic) and Grasp (Simple) are from.
Model: Nokia 7710
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2003 (Nokia 7710 released in 2004)
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
Commentary: A tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not. It is somewhat similar to Feelings in feel (no pun intended!).
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
Commentary: A tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not.
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
Commentary: A tone that was not used on any phone; it is unclear whether it was sold to Nokia or not.
Model: Nokia 6600
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2003
Commentary: The original version of this ringtone before it went under optimization.
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
Commentary: The original version of this ringtone before it went under optimization.
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Year: 2004
Commentary: The original version of this ringtone before it went under optimization (and modulated from G to B minor). The remixed audio version, created by Hannu af Ursin, retains the original key though.
Project: Mango
Composer: Jussi Salonen [Nokia]
Year: 2002
Commentary: This was intended for the Nokia 7600 and/or N-Gage, but never got selected.
Project: Mango
Composer: Jussi Salonen [Nokia]
Year: 2002
Commentary: This was intended for the Nokia 7600 and/or N-Gage, but never got selected.
0:00 Final version
0:01 Second + first versions
Model: Nokia N-Gage
Composer: Jussi Salonen [Nokia]
Year: 2002 (N-Gage released in 2003)
Commentary: A weird hip hop ringtone that makes use of vocoder samples. Compared to the final mix used on the N-Gage, this uses a more electronic-styled drumkit, which honestly sounds better here.
Model: Samsung SCH-E250
Composer unknown
Year: 2004
Model: Samsung SCH-W240
Composer unknown
Year: 2007
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: HMD Pulse
Composer: Johnny Phethean
Year: 2024
Commentary: This is allegedly the new HMD default ringtone. This new set of ringtones/alerts was composed by English sound designer Johnny Phethean, not Henry Daw as previously rumoured. They are quite minimalist but pleasant - more sonically interesting than the HMD Nokia tones were, IMO.
Model: Korg ESX-1
Composer: Kemmei Adachi (aka KEMMEI) [Sound Beats]
Year: 2003
Commentary: A fun house tune by KEMMEI, best known for his work on games such as Gran Turismo 5 and LocoRoco.
Model: Korg Triton Extreme
Composer: Kemmei Adachi (aka KEMMEI) [Sound Beats]
Year: 2004
Commentary: A wacky house tune by KEMMEI, best known for his work on games such as Gran Turismo 5 and LocoRoco.
Source: Yamaha SMAF Entertainment website
Artist: VOCE3341
Year: 2006 (composed in 2003)
Commentary: This demo makes use of the MA-5's "Humanoid Voice" vocal synthesis feature.
Source: Yamaha SMAF Entertainment website
Artist: VOCE3341
Year: 2006 (composed in 2003)
Commentary: This demo makes use of the MA-5's "Humanoid Voice" vocal synthesis feature.
Source: Yamaha SMAF Entertainment website
Artist: VOCE3341
Year: 2006 (composed in 2003)
Commentary: This demo makes use of the MA-5's "Humanoid Voice" vocal synthesis feature.
Source: Yamaha SMAF Entertainment website
Artist: VOCE3341
Year: 2006 (composed in 2003)
Commentary: This demo makes use of the MA-5's "Humanoid Voice" vocal synthesis feature.
Model: Motorola V180
Arranger: Bunny Knutson [Tribal Brands]
Year: 2004
Original track:
Title: Good Times
Album: Club UK: Vol. 1
Composer: Laurie Burgess
Label: KPM Music
Year: 2002
Commentary: A MIDI arrangement of Laurie Burgess' "Good Times", licensed from stock music label KPM Music via APM Music.
Model: Motorola i265
Composer: Nicholas Dobson [Tribal Brands]
Year: 2004
Model: LG LP3800
Composer unknown
Year: 2004
Model: LG LP3800
Composer unknown
Year: 2004
Model: Sony Ericsson W950
Composer: Jens Bergmark (aka RedTop) [PlusFourSix]
Presumed singer: Jenny Hallberg
Year: 2006
Source: Yamaha MA-3 middleware source code
Composer unknown (company: Yamaha MusicSoft Europe)
Presumed arranger: Yasunori Ogawa [Yamaha]
Year: 2001 (originally composed in 1997)
Commentary: This is based on an older Yamaha XG demo.
Source: Yamaha MA-3 middleware source code
Composer: Mark Newby-Robson [Yamaha MusicSoft Europe]
Presumed arranger: Yasunori Ogawa [Yamaha]
Year: 2001 (originally composed in 1996)
Commentary: This is based on an older Yamaha XG demo.
Source: Yamaha MA-3 middleware source code
Composer unknown
Presumed arranger: Yasunori Ogawa [Yamaha]
Year: 2001 (originally composed in 1996)
Commentary: This is based on an older Yamaha XG demo.
Model: Nokia N95
Composer: Niklas Gustavsson [PlusFourSix]
Singer unknown
Year: 2007 (composed in 2005)
Model: Nokia N95
Composer: Brian Salter [Beatnik]
Arranger: Hannu af Ursin [Nokia]
Year: 2007 (originally composed in 2004, arranged in 2005)
0:00 Chasing Rudolph
0:27 Cinderella
0:52 Figure Skating
1:18 Fireplace
1:50 First Snow
2:14 Frost is Fine
2:38 Robo-Santa
2:56 Snowflakes
Source: Headspace RMF Vol. 10: Holiday
Arranger: Brian Salter
Year: 1997
Original track:
Composer: James Lord Pierpoint
Year: 1850
Composer notes: "A mellow swing and a bit of softshoe shuffle are what this sleigh ride is all about -- who needs all that dashing around anyway?"
Source: Headspace RMF Vol. 10: Holiday
Arranger: Brian Salter
Year: 1997
Original track:
Title: Deck the Hall(s)
Composer: Traditional
Year: 15xx
Composer notes: "A popular carol done with a latin twist... get out those Cha Cha heels!"
Model: GEM S2R
Composer unknown
Year: 1995
Original title: Symphony No. 9
Model: GEM PX3
Original composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Arranger unknown
Year: 1989
Model: Sharp SH-03E
Composer unknown
Year: 2012
Model: Sharp SH-03E
Composer unknown
Year: 2012
Model: Sharp SH-03E
Composer unknown
Year: 2012
Model: Sharp SH-03E
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Arranger unknown
Year: 2012


