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/1...
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/1...
YMO in 1981 (from left to right: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi)
The Nokia 8800, released in 2005 with ringtones by Ryuichi Sakamoto
The NTT DoCoMo NEC N-04A, released in 2009 with 14 ringtones by YMO under their HASYMO name
🧵 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...
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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.
![Back Again [Music Airport ringtone demo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:knnyhl2q4chmvp5tnubzaea5/bafkreibudvaqne4yhg6iur4l5czrhqrr422oxlo6hjghxrc3cryi3a5lju)
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 some himself or if they were all outsourced.
An example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP8x...
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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.
They're pretty good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpNm...
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HOPE （この中で一番メロディアス） SESAMI （短いベル音） BLUE HEAVEN （「Good Morning…」のイントロ部分） A HINT （優しいベル音） ATTENTION （ブザー系。細野さんの「フィルハーモニー」に出てきそうな音かも） GOOD NEWS （スーパーマリオでパワーアップキノコを取った時のような音） ALARMING （テクノな感じ） RING RING （エレクトロニカな感じ） MERCURY （アンビエントな感じ） AERO （アンビエントな感じ） OPEN SESAMI #1 CLOSE SESAMI #1 OPEN SESAMI #2 CLOSE SESAMI #2 per https://www.marigold-mu.net/blog/archives/332
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.
Sadly the ringtones have not been archived and shared online yet, but the song is available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzuw...
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The most well known connection is that in 2005, Sakamoto composed all the ringtones for the Nokia 8800. They are tranquil, blending acoustic and electronic instrumentation.
I uploaded a full collection of them in 2023: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9in...
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YMO in 1981 (from left to right: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi)
The Nokia 8800, released in 2005 with ringtones by Ryuichi Sakamoto
The NTT DoCoMo NEC N-04A, released in 2009 with 14 ringtones by YMO under their HASYMO name
🧵 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)
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.
🎃 [RINGTONE] 🎃
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.
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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
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
