Ringtone / Tech Product Bangers

I have written a document about the creation process behind the sounds and music of Windows Vista! This will be further updated whenever more information is found. docs.google.com/document/d/1On…

@rererererevi No, not quite. It's based on Francisco Tárrega's "Gran vals" and was used well before the Nokia 8800 came out in 2005. He only did the ringtones for this specific model, but it does have a unique version of Nokia tune that he made.

2. In 2009, YMO (as HASYMO) created the song "Good Morning, Good Night" for the NTT DoCoMo NEC N-04A commercial. The phone itself has 14 original ringtones by HASYMO. The ringtones aren't on the internet, but the song is: youtube.com/watch?v=Gzuwrn…

3. With the release of the UC YMO compilation in 2003, official ringtones of tracks were distributed on the Record Kaisha Chokuei♪ site. These were created by Hideki Matsutake, who did a lot of programming work on their actual songs. youtube.com/watch?v=bpNmkC…

@mertonesque @ryuichisakamoto @hosonoharuomi_ Yes indeed, on "Field Work"! And Thomas himself became a ringtone maestro at Beatnik in the early 2000s.

@techprodbangers @ryuichisakamoto @hosonoharuomi_ Sakamoto also collaborated with Thomas Dolby

🧵 Yellow Magic Orchestra & ringtones: a thread. YMO is a Japanese synthpop band (Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi), known for their groundbreaking electronic music. Let's explore their connection to ringtones... (1/5)

YMO is one of my favorite electronic bands, so I hope this was insightful! They have influenced lots of musicians especially game composers - and certainly many ringtone/tech product composers as well.

4. Not quite YMO, but speaking of Matsutake, his music company Music Airport created ringtones for companies like Sony Ericsson, Yamaha, Sanyo, Nokia, etc. It is not clear if he personally composed any himself or if they were all outsourced. youtube.com/watch?v=DP8xoi…

The Sharp AQUOS 206SH has an audio version of this ringtone! It's interesting to hear the differences. youtu.be/W18dimharlY?si…

[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)

In the 2000s, Crypton Future Media, best known for making Vocaloid - created ringtones in SMAF format for Yamaha's MA chips, and released CDs to promote the sites. Many of these got included on Japanese phones by manufacturers such as Sharp and Sony Ericsson. (1/6)

The third one is Evolution, released in 2003 mainly to promote G6.COM. This was released for general sale, not just as a promo. makou, 3rd, ymd, BigFoot and dubrex participate, as well as BSC (Kuniyuki Takahashi) Download: archive.org/details/g6com-… (4/6)

The second one is MelodicLover Stylish Club Sound Tricks on Mobile, released for MelodicLover's launch in 2002. BigFoot, Sextus and dubrex also participated. Download: archive.org/details/melodi… (3/6)

Thanks to makou for taking the time to rip these super rare CDs! Crypton's ringtones have been a big rabbithole, compared to many companies who are more secretive about their creators. Playlist of Crypton ringtone uploads: youtube.com/playlist?list=… (6/6)

makou also released two albums of extended arrangements of his ringtones: The Outer Side of the Circulation (2004) and triptych (2006, published by G6.COM). They are on his Bandcamp: makou.bandcamp.com/album/the-oute… makou.bandcamp.com/album/triptych (5/6)