TiPb Asks: What's your iPhone ringtone?
Marimba, the default iPhone ringtone, is so 2007 -- so we're curious what you're using today? Have you stuck with the built-in tones or have you gone with something custom? Do you just use one ring tone for everybody or have you personalized your favorite contacts?
If so, do you like songs with lyrics or do you prefer instrumentals? Do you keep things musical or do you sometimes go with soundboard clips for that comedic effect? Video game themes, movie themes, rock, hip hop, special effect sounds, celebrity tag lines, sports jingles?
Let us know what you're using, and for those of us looking for some cool new ringtones, what would you recommend?
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My default ringtone is the orchestral theme from the Tim Burton Batman movie, with other orchestral themes (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, 2001, E.T., The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) set for specific contacts.
My ringtone is the theme song to prison break. Best ringtone Ive ever had
Super Mario Bros theme. When not using that I have the "Old Phone" ringtone active.
My current ringtone is Born This Way by Lady Gaga. I like songs with words. I set contacts with certain songs that remind me of them. Though I do have the exorcist theme song (tubular bells) set for work so I know its something I probably don't want to answer. I just wish I could use ringtones as text message alerts I used to have some interesting songs before I switched to the iPhone. But either way I love my iPhone and can't live without it!
I've been rolling with Dirty Old Town by The Pogues
the theme song to 'the office'
Had that one about 5 years ago. Still a good one.
I have that fir when my work call me.
Personalized for certain contacts. I should get a set of the tones featured on USA Network's "Fairly Legal"... the lead character has various 'Wizard of Oz' song clips for certain contacts on what I believe is her iPhone... the rest of the show features Macs all over the place...
The 24 cisco ringtone.
What is Cisco ringtones, and where did you get it?
Mine is the first 30 seconds of Ring-A-Ling from the Black Eyed Peas. Makes me laugh everytime I hear it.
Area codes by Ludacris and my custom text tone is the main beat from 'thizz damce'. Every time I get a text I'm singing 'can you do the thizzle dance' lol
The ringtone from "Crank".
Me too - ringtone on acid - classic!
Crank! The best ringtone I've used for several years now.
The CTU ringtone from 24
+1
I have ringtones for my most frequent callers. Anyone I work with (I'm a teacher) has part of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" (We don't need no education). A friend who is a Spiderman fan gets a gypsy guitar version of the Spidey Theme. My principal has the "Imperial March" (you know, Darth Vader's theme), my wife has her own ringtone - Tessie by the Dropkick Murphys, if the house calls my cell it plays the Doctor Who theme, and I have many others.
I love www.myxer.com as it allows you to take any MP3 you have and turn it into a ringtone. So... I ask people what song is their favorite and then make a ringtone out of it for them.
If you aren't in my contact list it plays "Long Way Round" by the Stereophonics. I also occasionally replace that with the theme from the show "Firefly"
Dream Theater's "The Glass Prison" (John Petrucci's arpeggio section from the beginning). Except for my soon-to-be fiancé, hers is Train's "Marry Me."
The "doorbell" sound from Babylon 5 when someone is at the door of your quarters. Well, I added a little reverb.
My ringtone is Surrender by Third Day.
Yakety Sax.
Everything is better with Yakety Sax.
On fridays its "friday" by rebecca black just to annoy everyone
then normally its jurassic park theme song
Mine is instrumental version of The Stripper by David Rose. It's all burlesquey and trashy and hilarious.. haha..
I use Friday, by Rebecca Black! Always letting me know what day it is. (as long as it's Friday!)
A rock version of Get A Weapon from Megaman 3
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi
The Picard Song. Chorus.
"you don't know me" by apparat
California - Phantom Planet
Commucition Breakdown, Led Zeppelin as a default. Some custom for friends & family.
Kickstart my heart by Motley Crüe from the carnival of sins tour cd !
It's sort of ridiculous to pay for something like this and their pitch is admittedly obnoxious but i've been using the "JFK HI" tone from this collection for years: http://www.iringpro.com/purchase/zen2_purchase.html
It's very distinct and catching but also very pleasant
I have the Nokia ringtone from the 2009 Star Trek movie.
submarine dive klaxon
Bruises by Chairlift (used on the old Nano commercial)
@RobT43
Tron
Right on!
Mine is fairly old - it's In A World... by Beau Weaver from TUAW as my default, but I do customize some.
I am, as always, captain default. Marimba, baby! Set for everything, everyone, just like it came out of the box.
Me, too.
Nothing says "Grab this phone from the owner's hand and hurl it into a brick wall" like a hip-hop ringtone.
Kock Smoker!
The 'Torchwood' theme.
Barney Stinson's "Magic Ringtone" from How I Met Your Mother.
Mine is the theme from Hawaii 5-O!
Midnight express theme song ... Chase by giorgio moroder
Italian euro discotheque for the win! Lol
as opposed to Italian African discotheque?
Lol the only person I know that would fit that category is KANO or Sylvester.... Heck Eddie Murphy did a discotheque song in the 80s ...."party all the time" google it
Chamillionaire - The One
Yakety Sax, the Benny Hill theme song
Some contacts have their own song: Beethoven's Für Elise for a friend who loves that piece; bagpipes for a Scottish friend, etc. For all others I use the Angry Birds theme.
Mine is CeeLo Green's "F*** You."
Sanford and Son theme song
Jetson's door bell. Goes with the mid century modern home and decor.
Time bomb by all time low
Lupe fiasco, Paris Tokyo.
That's a good one.
Just the old phone one. No custom tones. I should use the Darth Vader tone for my boss though...
Mine is quite rude. Not sure what it's actually called but in an Asian voice it goes like this.
Pick up your phone you fxxking bastard, ding a ling, ding a ling, you fxxking bastard. Yes you you fxxking fxxking bastard etc
It gets even funnier. Not for the faint hearted.
my ringtone now is the beginning of "no life without you" a soundtrack from the series Spartacus..
Intro to Van Halen's "Dance the Night Away". Sublime!
I use Plea by Say Anything for my gf so I know it's her and everyone else gets the standard Marimba (which I quite enjoy, though dated it may be).
Blur - Song 2. Nuff said.
My DEFAULT ringtone is actually 10 seconds of silence. That way if someone who is not on my contact list calls me my phone won't ring.
I have assigned the theme from Superman (the movie) as my ringtone to my casual contacts.
AC/DC Thunderstruck Video Ringtone
Orchestral theme from Indiana jones. Used this from a few phones now....
Espn hockey night
I used iringtones on my Mac to make a custom one from Britney Spears "Trouble for me" ;)
I use the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' wrist communicator sound as my ringtone, makes me feel like a Power Ranger and brings back childhood memories...now, to get a decent phone watch to go with it.
Funny...my iPh4 ringtone is Treo Classic that I ripped from my 700p years ago. I though that I'd be different. The looks I get when I answer my phone calls amidst iPhanboys....priceless.
Tank!, opening theme from Cowboy Bebop.
Born This Way by Lady Gaga.
"Truckin" by the Grateful Dead
Mine is 10 seconds of instrumental version of Dr-Dre feat Snoop Dogg - Still DRE.
If you think about it, it's actually a flavored-up marimba.
Me too!!! Best ringtone I've ever used...
I use the instrumental too, but I let it play for about 30 seconds.
The Game by Motorhead
I'll change it randomly betwixt these:
Mickey Avalon - My Dick (usually set to this)
Motorola - Continental (for the times I miss my old DPC550)
Salt 'n Pepa w/ En Vogue - Whattaman
Robin Sparkles - Let's Go To The Mall
Star Wars Death March.
you mean imperial march... and yeah i have the same one, except it's the family guy elevator music version of that song, from season 6 episode 1. if you havent seen that episode then i recommend you get on that, pronto.
I'm using the theme from the boondocks saints movie!
This makes a great ringtone. I've had it as my default since I got my iPhone 3GS.
I use perfect timing by orba squa for all of my contacts. Reminds of the beginning of iPhone.
The Office theme song
I use the the hollowing theme. My wife gets freaked out everytime she hears it. Lol
I'm using "the phone is ringing" by the Wonder Pets. My kids think it's hysterical.
I use Intros from favourite tracks, made in Garage Band. Walk This Way for my spouse (we love hill walking), Sweet Child of Mine for the kids, Mission Impossible for work contacts, and the default varies between Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) Pride of Cucomonga (Grateful Dead) and While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles).
When are we gonna get custom message tones???????????
Hawaii Five-O
+1
I use im beggin-step up ost
Georgia's voice of course because I'm nutty like that!
Star Wars ringtones (various)
"Derezzed" by Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy, however almost everyone I talk to on a daily basis has their own unique ringtone. For example, "L's Theme" from Death Note, "What the Hell" by Avril Lavigne, "Victory Fanfare" from FFVII... there are so many and I keep adding them to change it up.
Last few seconds of Cheap Sunglasses by zz top.
Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. I switch between that and I live version of the guitar solo from comfortably numb.
I have about ten seconds of foghorn. Not as irritating as the football crowd with vuvuzelas, but close.
Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland. It was given away free with the Daily Telegraph when I had a Sony P900 and I've used it ever since - nearly ten years I suppose.
Currently using a custome modem dial tone. Makes people cringe. and laugh because it brings back memories.
Wow. Sorry for the spelling and punctuation mistakes. -10
Händel's Sarabande, the theme from Barry Lyndon.
Mine is the opening of old tv show 1adam 12. It's the rto saying one Adam 12- one Adam 12 a 211 in progress one Adam 12 handle code 3!
Theme song from Fox's tv show House.
That would be "teardrop" by Massive Attack, at least according to the closed captioning.
Wow, there are some great ones on here that I never even considered!! I have quite a few different John Mayer songs, and my favorite Keith Urban song "'Til Summer Comes Around" but I made it custom, and the quality doesn't sound too good, so I have to go back in and redo it. I just downloaded the House theme song, which is awesome, but the one I've gone back to time and time again is "Not Afraid" by Eminem, the chorus. Gets my adrenaline pumping every time I get a phone call.
I have a 1950 telephone sample, you all remember when phones went ring ring and for my wife "Cholton and the Wheelies".
Since I hate being interrupted by the phone, I use Flora Purim's opening refrain "Stop haunting me now" from Good Morning Heartache.
'I Dream of Jeanie' for my wife (Jean), 'Old Phone' for my parents, and 'Piano Riff' for everyone else.
What is this stupid phad with song ringtones? What ever happened to a sophisticated simple ring? The fact that I had to SSH into my jailboken iPhone to dig out the FaceTime ringtone (which I use) is ridiculous. I also have a sweet ring that's used for all the phones in entourage. Email me at benmastel@gmail.com if you want me to share.
It's George takaei now!
I use the intro to "limelight" by Rush. Awesome :)
The cave by Mumford and sons!
Johnny got his guitar by pearl jam.
i use the angry birds theme song. yes i'm a addicted!!!
I have two that I switch between... Primarily I use Gary Hoey's version of "Linus & Lucy" (The Peanuts theme) and occasionally I will swith to "The Answering Machine" by Marillion.
Dexter theme song
My default is currently "Tell me I'm a wreck" by Every Avenue. Otherwise all the important people have custom songs that remind me of them. My boss and all of my clients from work have the ringtone from the One Missed Call movie. And I use "who can it be now" by Men at work for Google Voice (I have it set to show my GV number for the caller ID). You can see and download my collection of ringtones from http://www.mediafire.com/?9ii044eciec83.
100% of the people at the iPad 2 launch had the "old Phone" ringtone
About thirty seconds of "It Ain't Me, Babe" by Joaquin Phoenix from the Walk the Line soundtrack
A section of The Coming of the Martians from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. It's loud and high pitched so I stand a good chance of hearing it, and in the ~4 years I've had it on several different phones I've never found anyone else with the same ringtone.
Rick Ross - Aston Martin Music
Marimba ;D
Keeping it original
The chrous to "Plastic Beach" by Gorillaz
Sweet. There's a ringtone in every song of that album. Love ti.
The theme song from "Archer" - which is currently the funniest show on TV.
Awesome where did u get that?
The start of Bubbles by Biffy Clyro
I had the Tetris theme, but when I upgraded to 4.3.1, I forgot to resync the ringtones...so I am back to Marimba.
Show Me a Good Time - Drake (Phone)
Mario Coin Sound (SMS)
The beginning of The Star of County Down by Bardic.
Friday. by Rebecca Black.
Every day of the week or just on Fridays?
Everyday for the past week... But now that u say that... It is officially my Friday ringtone! Lol
Resident Evil 2 Theme
Colonial Anthem from Battlestar Galactica now, but it was A Beautiful Mine (Mad Men theme) for a long time.
kush (instrumental) - dr. dre
and law and order sound for sms
Rolling stones " paint it black"
I composed the theme music for a local TV show here in Birmingham Alabama (ABC 33/40). The name of the show is Talk of Alabama. The theme music is my ringtone :)
Skype ringtone.
I guess I'm old school. I use the default ringtone. But I have songs and stuff for my FABfaves: mom= angry birds pigs and sometimes "momma" by Stewie Griffin. Dad= Star Wars Imperial march. Sis= NFL on Fox. My friend Jen= "Bravo TV's Watch what happens later" tone.
ed,edd&eddie,killer cartoon and ring
One of my own, professional-sounding ringtones! (click my name for the link)
I have the iPad sound that is in the iPad commercials..
Underworld 'Born Slippy'
Assigned to work: Lady Gaga Telephone. Starts off "Stop calling, stop calling I don't wanna talk anymore." Default is Angry Birds tone...both from Cydia
Mine is the theme from "Yor: the Hunter from the Future"
Chris brown ft justin bieber "next to you"
Mariah Carey- Angels Cry
Custom excerpt from Pink Floyd's early single "Point Me At The Sky"
Dexter Opening song
"Santaria" by Sublime, and the ringtone from Crank
The opening to "Dayvan Cowboy" by Boards of Canada.
Kanye West power.
"the chase" by georgio moroder, possibly better known as the intro music to coast to coast am.
pimp on vacation ..http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1406341/pov.m4r
My mom - flight of the bumblebee
Gf named Anna - banana phone
General - imperial march
LMFAO f/ Lil Jon - Shots
For SMS: "Mail, Motherf...." from the movie Eurotrip. It's awesome! (the ringtone, not the movie)
Switch between the start of Ego by Beyonce ft/ Kanye West and Ooh Ahh by Gritz.
The son of Flynn - Tron Legacy Soubdtrack :)
Old phone ring.....
Or sometimes Jesus Walks- Kanye West
I alternate between two ringtones that I edited from classical pieces, featuring piano and harpsichord. They are loud and distinctive
Still a Weirdo by KT Tunstall
Back in black for default, wild thing for wife, homer for boss, the office clips for various co-workers, etc
That ring-a-ding dingy-dong ringtone from the Gieco commercial. On a side note, my wife HATES it.
I'm a big fan of custom ringtones, though I use Marimba for my iPhone alarm. I use Pappa Don't Preach for my father's calls, Mad Men theme for my husband's, Hooked on a Feeling for my general ringtone, and many others for my friends. I love knowing who is calling by hearing their ringtones.
Dropkick murphy - shipping of to Boston
I make custom ringtones from my music collection using Ringer for Mac. I always find good instrumental sections to use. My current default is 'The Scarecrow' by Avantasia.
Motorola 3 ringtone
Marimba all the way.
"Let's Go To The Mall" by Robin Sparkles
WOW that's keeping it real.
Why, thank you! I do not have the "sandcastle in the sand" or "the beaver song" however in my ringtone collection.
Cocaine. UGK Feat. Rick Ross
"You're the best around" the theme song from the original Karate Kid at the end after he wins the first match. Now that's keeping it real.
The Knife - Heartbeats
I have What Difference Does It Make by The Smiths.
My default ringtone is a mix from a midi jazz tune in which I substituted a telephone ring for one of the instruments and 3 synthesized voices saying "Your phone is ringing."
I have about 250 ringtones on my iPhone, some by subscribing to the macmost ringtone podcast and some custom created.
My ringtone is one I created from a song called Cambodia. It's the melody part of the song. :)
Eruption from Van Halen
i switch between this and Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song
I use a version of the ringtone of the original iphone ad, but instead of flat sound level, this one starts in silence and goes up in volume through 30 seconds....gives me time to answer before it gets really noisy, is noisy enough when I need it to be noisy :)
For those callers that I do not know I use "who are you" from the The Who. Everyone else that Call frequently have their own from my son's Rebel Rebel to my favorite oldie Der Kommisar which makes me smile when I hear it just as I smile when my better half calls.
"Call Me" by Blondie
My ringtone is Journey's "Urgent" and when my wife Mandy calls me... You'll never guess what ringtone that is ha ha... Barry Manilow's "Mandy" ta da!
Ummm Einstein, Urgent was recorded by Foreigner, no Journey.
Theme from"IT Crowd"
Could you possibly send that ringtone to me? I love that show lol!
I create my own from the beginning of Yazoo's "State Farm", a cool, funky, synth instrumental.
By the way, Dustin, Foreigner sings "Urgent".
I use an ambient ring tone for everyone but my ex. His ringtone is the quacking duck ('cause that's all he does is quack, quack, quack).
My default is "Don't You Wanna Stay" by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson. I change it about once a week. My fiance's personal ringtone for when she calls is "I Get Carried Away" by George Strait. And, when work calls, my iPhone plays "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck. :-)
I love the intro instrumental bit from J.Lo's "Get Right". And just load Alvin & The Chipmunks "Low"!!
Cheap Sunglasses from ZZ Top!
An instrumental bit of Arcade Fire's "No Cars Go". When someone calls I always let it play a bit so I can listen to the song. I usually have a musical ringtone, but it's always been one tone for all calls. Next up is a Jezabels song. Great band from Austrailia.
Team America Theme Song unedited since my bros deployed. Other wise usually He's Mine by Billy Ray Cyrus.
EFF YEA!!
Well with 673 ringtones on my iPhone it's hard for me to stick with just one for too long. If I had to pick one of my most played ringtones it would be "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO.
I just brought a iphone and I dont know how to create ringtones for free on my device, help
Go to audiko.net you can download them from there right to iTunes
Thanks, the ringtones work get.
mine is the Door Bell from Star Trek Next Generation because the iPhone always reminded me of those datapads (and I firmly believe you should use an ACTUAL song as a ringtone)
shouldn't*
I've used the one that Chuck Bartowski uses from 'Chuck' for quite awhile now and still like it.
It's the one that I made for TiPb's iPhone 4 giveaway contest. It's special because I won the iPhone from TiPb and now it's my ringtone... :) I love TiPb
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/03/hunch-hunch-what-what
That ^
Archer <333
When my wife calls, it's Escape Clubs "Wild, Wild, West": "she's so mean, I don't care; I lover eyesand her wild, wild hair; dance to the beat that she likes best".
I'm using the beginning (7 seconds in) of this song from the 'Hanna' soundtrack:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKlRD9Wkyw0
The CTU ring tone from 24. Gets a lot of comments. Either that, ot the Metal Gear Solid ringtone.
I use that also for my default. Good choice.
Mine is adam sandler's ringtone in the movie bedtime stories, that "ring ring" then screams lol
That's what I have assigned to my ex-wife! Hahahaha...
Miike Snow- Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix) is what I'm jamming with right now. Love it.
I wrote my own tune and made it my ringtone.
Mine is "undead" by Hollywood undead.
Mine is an instrumental interlude from "With You Friends" by Skrillex. I usually fleet between ringtones but I'm particularly taken with this one.
I have a song that I first heard on an ad for the original iPad a while back. It's the beginning of a song called "Never Stop" by Chilly Gonzales
my current ringtone is diamond eyes, by shinedown, its the chorus. i change it up every couple days, with a mix of various others songs. but thats the current one.
my own clips that I edited, switch between James brown "Living in America" and Santana "Black magic Woman".
Good Old Collingwood Forever! (The theme song for the Collingwood Football Club in Australia)
I go back and forth between the theme from the Rockford Files and the theme from Sanford & Son. I think any great instrumental Television Theme song from the 70's works great.
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar (How to Make It in America)
Eruption from Eddie van halen
Intro to Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. :)
If you love to change your ringtones as often as you change your undies, you need to checkout GeoRing app. You can create a Ringtone Playlist of your favorite songs and Shuffle your ringtones to hear a new song every time your phone rings! :)
"friday by rebecca black"
Beginning guitar solo of "Just got Lucky" by Dokken
Yup, me too. Been using it off and on about 2 years!
Mine is the opening bars from Queen's One Vision for most callers. Certain customers have the theme from Halloween and my Dad has the theme from Steptoe and Son!
Clocks by Coldplay
And I'm Yours by Jason Mraz for my wife...
Metal Gear Solid - first the "!" Alert, then the Codec ring
Imperial March (aka Darth Vader's theme).
Still using Marimba. It's a classic.
This isn't spam, just the best way to let you hear my ringtone:
http://epiconeliner.com/
My wife always complained that I never felt my phone vibrate or heard it ring when she would call me. Made this a ringtone, and I haven't missed a call since.
The Who,
whoooooo are you who who who who!
Mine is "Speak Softly Love", the love theme from The Godfather. Everyone at work loves it....hahaha
I love Marimba ringtone even its still my defaul ring tone even though its been a long time since i buy ipod.
C.R.E.A.M. Instrumental by the Wu-Tang Clan. Dolla dolla bill y'aaaall.
I use and love the ringtone from 24. It is distinctive and relatively rare. I always know when the ring is MY phone.
I have the Austin Powers ringtone (originally In Like Flint) for the same reason. My partner has the Marimba so he's confused every time they use it on TV!
I have the theme song from Torchwood on mine as my default ringtone. Richard Marx's "The way she love me" for my ringtone when my wife calls... awwww right :)!
I have the theme song from A-Team :)
Yea, I just have the standard Xylophone. I used to have several different ringtones. One day, restored my phone, didn't select a new tone. Just left it on Xylophone. It gets the job done.
I recorded my son's cry from when he was three monts old. I love watching people react when my phone rings.
I use the opening theme to Fatal labyrinth, an old Sega Genesis game. I've always loved the tune and NOBODY has the same ringtone as me.
Star Wars Episode IV: Mos Eisley Cantina Song, but my wifes is Pinky & The Brain Theme...
The first 35 sec of the song "information" by the band Dredg. Its phenomenal!!
Woo dredg! Good choice, can't wait for their new album. : D
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