I remember someone posting about using a sound grab of Mike Reid (you might remember his as Frank Butcher on EastEnders or Doug the Head in Snatch) saying “Fuck off!” as only he can say it…
My current tone is the opening bars of the theme from Speed Racer (the cartoon)…I end it with the rev of the engine. My text message tones switch between “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” and “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”.
I have a clip of loons calling across a lake that is good for waking up to. I also grabbed the opening percussion line from “No One is to Blame”. Very unobtrusive.
I clipped tham all in Audacity and loaded them into the phone.
I’m on a quest to get all my old 60’s cartoon themes in there.