# What's your ringtone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055 "2005-05-09T14:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/21 "2005-05-09T17:08:32Z")
For my family: Ghostbuster theme For everyone else: The Muppet Show theme It makes me happy when my phone rings! šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/22 "2005-05-09T17:13:29Z")
**Ode to Joy**. Iā€™ve been fruitlessly searching for an American vendor who has a polyphonic version of **Molly Malone**. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/23 "2005-05-09T17:23:13Z")
Mine is Kashmir, Led Zepplin. Simple ringtone though, not the real music. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/24 "2005-05-09T17:29:23Z")
Currently my ringtone is _Touch Me_, The Doors. If Iā€™m having a bad week, I switch it to _Beast of Burden_, The Rolling Stones. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/25 "2005-05-09T17:30:28Z")
Mineā€™s a little ding-a-ling sound thatā€™s called ā€œEuro Phoneā€ for some reason. It actually does kind of sound like an actual phone ringing. Thatā€™s why I use it, because all of the other ones are music or weird beeping noises. Also it makes me feel Euro-Chic. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/26 "2005-05-09T17:31:32Z")
Anyone figured out how to create a custom ringtone and upload it to a phone yet? For example a line ripped from a DVD or a special excerpt of a MP3? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/27 "2005-05-09T17:38:39Z")
Iā€™ve been tempted to record myself shouting, ā€˜RING!ā€™ for my ringtone; but I still like _Peter Gunn_. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/28 "2005-05-09T17:44:04Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Anyone figured out how to create a custom ringtone and upload it to a phone yet? For example a line ripped from a DVD or a special excerpt of a MP3? To totally oversimplify, it depends on what kind of phone you have. Some have more capabilities in the ringtone department than others. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/29 "2005-05-09T17:44:51Z")
Like **elfbabe** , my ringtone is also Zelda music. Itā€™s just the main Zelda theme. Itā€™s one of those phones where you punch in the ringtone yourself. I found it on a website, punched it in, and modified it until it sounded right. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/30 "2005-05-09T17:52:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Anyone figured out how to create a custom ringtone and upload it to a phone yet? For example a line ripped from a DVD or a special excerpt of a MP3? Yep - thatā€™s how I do it with my Motorola. Any MP3 can be edited down (I keep it at ~20 seconds), then I can upload to a website and point my phone there and download it, or I use a data cable to transfer directly from my computer. Currently I switch between _Glasgow Love Theme_ from the _Love Actually_ soundtrack, and the main theme from _The Black Stallion_ movie soundtrack. Not that I ever have my phone on, but now that classes are done Iā€™ll probably have it on more. I am so afraid that it will ring during class that I rarely turn it on, except when I need to make a call. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/31 "2005-05-09T18:00:47Z")
I donā€™t like polyphonic ringtones at all (which somewhat sucks because my phone has a half-decent rendition of Canon in D on it, but I like my phone to sound somewhat like a phone, thank you). So I picked Flight of the Bumblebee instead, although Iā€™ve got it set to ring and vibrateā€“my phone is really quiet and I often canā€™t hear it ring while Iā€™m outā€“and Iā€™m tempted to set it to just vibrate, which I swear is at least as loud as the ringtone when itā€™s not on me. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/32 "2005-05-09T18:02:59Z")
I have KISS Detroit Rock City, unless of course itā€™s my wife calling, then its the Law and Order Theme. Donā€™t want to know what that says about our relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/33 "2005-05-09T18:11:26Z")
Mineā€™s usually set to vibrate, but when it rings, it plays Tubular Bells (or, as I like to think of it, the Exorcist Theme). šŸ™‚ My favorite ringtone is a thing called ā€œDanger Girlā€ which came with my old T-Mobile Sidekick, but when I changed phones (to an AT&T Samsung) I couldnā€™t find it for that one. No offense to anybody who has it and just hasnā€™t responded yet, but I find it heartening to see that nobody admits to having that stupid frog making motorcycle noises thatā€™s apparently insanely popular in Europe. I listened to it once online just to hear what all the fuss was about, found it annoying as hell, and gave thanks that it seems not to have caught on in the US. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/34 "2005-05-09T18:12:28Z")
When I discovered that my phone could use any MP3 file as a ringtone, I briefly had it play the little boy saying ā€œYOU DIRTY NAMBLA!ā€ from the end of Turbonegroā€™s ā€œMidnight NAMBLA.ā€ Then I switched it back to ā€œring ring,ā€ because itā€™s technically my employerā€™s phone. If I didnā€™t find polyphonic ringtones mostly annoying, Iā€™d probably use the opening bars to ā€œIron Man.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/35 "2005-05-09T18:33:30Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > Yep - thatā€™s how I do it with my Motorola. Any MP3 can be edited down (I keep it at ~20 seconds), then I can upload to a website and point my phone there and download it, or I use a data cable to transfer directly from my computer. > > Currently I switch between _Glasgow Love Theme_ from the _Love Actually_ soundtrack, and the main theme from _The Black Stallion_ movie soundtrack. Not that I ever have my phone on, but now that classes are done Iā€™ll probably have it on more. I am so afraid that it will ring during class that I rarely turn it on, except when I need to make a call. Hmm, so youā€™re saying that your Motorola inherently undertsands MP3 format and is able to d/l the file and store it as a ringtone? Cool beans. Iā€™ve got an older Spint PCS Samsung N400 which probably is less user friendly than that. I need a new phone I guess. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/36 "2005-05-09T18:46:24Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > ā€¦I like my phone to sound somewhat like a phone, thank youā€¦ I work with a woman whose cell phone has a ring tone that sounds like an old phone ringing, like phones used to sound in the 50s and 60s. Itā€™s this neat old ā€œba-riiiing!ā€ sound. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/37 "2005-05-09T19:50:47Z")
I just switched; I originally used ā€œSpringā€ (from Vivaldiā€™s Four Seasons, I believe), that came with my phone ā€“ but I just downloaded the Fellowship theme from Lord of the Rings. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/38 "2005-05-09T19:55:21Z")
I have some customized ringers for family members: SWMBO - Chariots of Fire The Teenage Terror - Wm. Tell Overture Private or Blocked numbers - X-files theme But since I run a Taekwondo school and we forward the school number to my cellphone when weā€™re not in the school, itā€™s only appropriated that I have Mortal Kombat as my main ringer šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/39 "2005-05-09T19:57:58Z")
Currently using a truncated version of ā€œThe Glory Daysā€ from **The Incredibles** soundtrack, though Iā€™ve also got ā€œThe Increditsā€ (also from the soundtrack) and ā€œCorneriaā€ (from Nintendoā€™s original **Starfox** ) on the phone, for when I get bored. I also have ā€œRoger me! Wilco me! Anything! Hello, hello!ā€ for voice mail notifications. I donā€™t really care about ā€œkewlā€ ringtones, I just want something thatā€™s (a) loud enough to hear in a noisy place and (b) is distinctive enough so I know itā€™s my phone making the racketā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055/40 "2005-05-09T20:06:53Z")
_Back in Black_ - AC/DC I love my ringtone. šŸ˜ƒ So far itā€™s the only one Iā€™ve downloaded, and it plays no matter who is calling. Sometimes I think about setting the phone to play AC/DC just for callers who are in my contacts list, but my phone rings so infrequently (when it isnā€™t on vibrate/silent) that I probably wouldnā€™t notice a difference. šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/303055.md?page=3)