Designed to fit many occasions, moods and personalities, these miniature gems take ringtones to new compositional heights offering from quirky childlike tunes to sophisticated relaxing ambiences, Celtic ditties, hilarity, horror and Epic Orchestral rises.

Album Notes
Ringtones just may be the new, perfect 21st Century Art Form in our fast-paced, 2-second soundbyte, cellphone-obsessed world!

Composers are saying, “so I can’t get you to sit down in the concert hall for a 25-minute symphony, how about if I get a catchy little song in your head, one that you can hear every time someone gives you a ring?”

Crafting an original, effective musical message in the timespan of 22 seconds or less can tax a composer’s creativity. The challenge is to hit the mark dead on - to resonate with a particular mood or character, and do it all within a constricted time frame. Nicer yet is if the composition in miniature proves musically satisfying. A tall order for sure, but I hope at least this anthology makes for fun listening. And who knows, maybe one of these Ringtones just might be the perfect gift for yourself or someone you know!

Choose a few from the variety of different Ringtones to match the specific personality traits of your favorite callers. Why not find the perfect Ringtone to fit a certain Holiday spirit?

Each Ringtone is sorted into certain categories to facilitate selection. Here are some example categories:

Epic Ringtones!
Funny Ringtones
Pleasing Ringtones
Haunted Halloween Ringtones to die for!

Hope you enjoy this collection. Please stay tuned for more in future…
Remember, you can also email me if you would like to have a personalized ringtone created exclusively for you. 
richard at bachiosaurus dot com Your own unique signature ringtone to rattle the air!

CREATE RINGTONE FOR iPHONE FROM MP3 iTUNES:
Let’s go to make free music ringtone for iPhone. Get your music files ready and we can get started right away.

Step 1. Run iTunes on your computer.
You can download iTunes on to your PC or Mac if not yet. It is free to download from Apple website here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Step 2. Drag and drop MP3 music from computer to iTunes library.
Drag and drop MP3 to iTunes library, then you can find it from the Music library in iTunes. If the music has been added to iTunes before, you can go to find it from the Music library without adding it again.
Step 3. Trim your music for iPhone ringtone
You have to cut long music songs to less than 40 seconds. Your iPhone will not accept longer music files as ringtones. Right click on the MP3 file, select Get Info from the jump down menu.

create ringtones for iphone using itunes

Go to Options tab, then specify the start time and stop time to trim long mp3 music song.

convert mp3 music to iPhone ringtones with iTunes
convert mp3 music to iPhone ringtones with iTunes
Step 4. Create AAC version
MP3 files are not recognized as ringtones on iPhone. You need to convert MP3 to AAC version within iTunes. Right click on the same music track. Select “Create ACC Version” from the pop-up menu.

Step 5. Rename m4a file to m4r ringtone format
After converting MP3 to AAC audio format, you can drag and drop the converted AAC version from iTunes to your computer desktop. You will then find the file is in .m4a audio format. You need to rename the music file from m4a to m4r file which is the right format for iPhone ringtone. Here is a page you can find out more about iPhone supported ringtone format.

Step 6. Sync ringtone from computer to iPhone
You can choose to sync ringtones to iPhone via iTunes or use a third party tool such as free iTools to transfer ringtones to iPhone without iTunes or sync.
UPLOADING RINGTONES:
Just to take some mystery out of the process, I have included below different methods you can choose from to upload Ringtones to your phone.

A Few Different Ways to Add Ringtones to your Cell Phone:

1.	Use Bluetooth to transfer ringtones from your computer to your phone…
2.	Use a USB cable if available for your model of phone to transfer ringtone from your computer…
3.	If your phone is internet capable, you can download ringtones directly…
4.	Some wireless providers allow you to send the ringtone via email directly from computer to phone as a text message attachment. Example: your Verizon Wireless phone number is (987) 654-3210; email the attached tone to 9876543210@vzwpix.com, save to phone as ringtone

How to Apply & Use the Ringtones:

1.	Upload ringtone…
2.	Go to “Settings Menu”…
3.	Enter “Sound Settings” or similar for ringtones…
4.	Select appropriate Soundfile…
5.	Click “OK” or “Confirm”

Richard Altenbach

Off the Hook Ringtones, Vol. 1

a variety of music demonstrating different moods, instrumentations and styles ...

Cinematic Music

The Halloween Season invites exploration of the darker side of human as well as NOT SO HUMAN nature; this anthology of creepy music runs the gamut of emotions one might feel on a dark and stormy night from eerie unease, tortured anxiety to downright horror! (not to mention humor...)

Horror Music

These inspired, cinematic soundscapes derive fresh beauty from Celtic, Dark Age, and New Age influences, mystically ushering you to scenes of medieval life as richly textured as any Bayeux tapestry; from small arcane instrumental tracks to epic symphonic.

Celtic / Mediaeval

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2 implementable “Silent” Trax (no Music)- 30 secs. & 60 secs.,
1 Phone Ringtone derived from standout musical hook –
good “game-branding” tool!

Contact Richard Altenbach to launch your Interactive Musical Score:
richard@richardaltenbach.com
www.richardaltenbach.com
310.403.0611

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Epic orchestral theme; meditations of a Dark Age pilgrim on a long journey.  Here, the melody itself seems on an unending quest to ask and find answers to some profundity...
Celtic, medieval, strings brass, huge video game, cinematic, film
Finalist in the UK SongWriting Contest (Instrumental), 2014!

Bidwell's Path

This track is from the album Haunted Halloween Music: 13+ orchestral soundscapes to die for... and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardaltenbach3

Possession

Dark Fairy

Ghostly Theme

Imp of the Perverse

This track is from the album Off the Hook - Ringtones, Vol. 1 and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardaltenbach4

Huzzah! / Celtic Ringtones

Making of A Gargoyle

Who's There?

This track is from the album Mysts at Foggie Brae - medieval soundscapes and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardaltenbach

Pilgrimage Across the Plains

Respite at the Dragon & Damsel Inn

The Celtic Knot Untied -harp reverie

self-explanatory ...
This track is from the album Mysts at Foggie Brae - medieval soundscapes and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardaltenbach
in the Renaissance style

Lute Song at Twilight

Call of CuChulainn

Faerie's Embrace

Village Blythe

Brother Geoffrey's Quest Complete

For Purchase Options of Solo Piano Sheet Music, please click on the following LINK to J.W.Pepper:
https://www.jwpepper.com/the-Jester%27s-Waltz/11519402.item

Quirky
https://youtu.be/0mACIdVcRMo

the Jester’s Waltz 
composed by Richard Altenbach, ASCAP 

Richard’s piano piece, "the Jester’s Waltz", was awarded the Diploma in the Second Degree in National Professional Category in the Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition.
The composition was performed at the World Composers' Recital at the Golden Key Music Festival in Vienna, on July 31, 2024, where Richard was awarded the Diploma and Winner's Medal on the stage of Vienna’s historic Ehrbar Hall during the Award Ceremony. This is a recording of the live concert performance.

Performance Notes:

Being of Viennese extraction, Richard has always had a soft spot for the beauty and elegance of the waltz. But this is not that! 
Rather than a reverential bow to Johann Strauss, “the Jester’s Waltz” owes more to the influence of Erik Satie and Cirque du Soleil. A wild and farcical parody of the once-venerable dance form, it’s called the jester’s waltz because the jester dances, and he juggles, and tumbles and fumbles, and sometimes even dabbles into moments of beauty … But, not to worry; he soon gets right back on track!  

The piece has been described as “playful, hilarious, manic, fiendishly fast”...all of which bodes well to be entrusted to the sleight of hand mastery of a willing virtuoso pianist … heartfelt thanks to Anna for bringing it here to life!

I am grateful to the Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition, new friends and colleagues, the extravagantly beautiful and historical Ehrbar Hall with its grand Bechstein piano, and of course, the incomparable city of Vienna, home of the beloved Waltz!

Richard

The Jester's Waltz for Solo Piano

space; crash, awakening on a seething planet, fight, alien fanfare, and the void of space-sci-fi creature feature music

Sci-Fi Soundscape : "Parallax"

Celtic, orchestra, dark age instrumentals
featuring intimate ensembles to orchestral music for this Dark Age/Celtic Video Game Asset Pack

Medieval Montage  Featuring Intimate Ensembles To Orchestral Music

powerful, orchestral, brass, percussion, crescendo

Action Cue  - Steroidal Game   Film Trailer

Epic Theme for a Heroic Saga-RPG

primal, fun, family, adventurous!
music from the Musozoic-"Mesozoans, eat, drink and be manic for tomorrow you..."

Dinosaur Adventure Game THEME

Altenbach Family Christmas Hits! / featuring LIVE & Studio - recorded Performances

First Noel - Piano ACCOMP for Sing-Along

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays - Dawn & Ken, VOX

Silent Night - Guitar ACCOMP for Sing-Along

Dad's Greatest Hits!

Scarlet Ribbons

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (TCC) - Bren, age 12

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Bren, age 8

5 "Tales" of Passion and the Macabre for Piano Trio - PNO, VLN & CEL - Impressions from selected Poetry & Short Stories of Poe:

- The Raven -  "Nevermore", "Lost Lenore"
- Annabel Lee - "Angel's Envy", "Tomb by the Sea"
- To Helen - “Beauty amongst the Roses"
- Hop-Frog -“the Jester's Last Jest”, "Hop-Frog & Trippetta Waltz"
- The Bells -“Intro”, Var. 1 -"Golden Wedding Bells”, Var. 2 -“Silver Sleigh Bells”, Var. 3 - “Alarum / Iron Bells”, Var. 4 - "Bells, Bells, Bells”, “Finale”

Composed by Richard Altenbach

These movements are impressions of the selected Poe works rather than attempts to musically summarize them. I term the musical style “Ultra-Romantic Expressionism” - an appropriately Romantic Classical tonal sound palette featuring vibrant dissonances befitting of the moody mind of the author.
Opening with the 3-note "Nevermore" motif (cello), "The Raven" ponders the angst and ultimate fury of the narrator, who feels sorrow over the fate of his beloved, departed Lenore while taunted by an enigmatic bird that perches in his apartments. The woody taps of the string players' bows represent the "tap-tap- tapping" on the chamber door. Spiky, dissonant chords signify the persistence of the ebony-plumed visitor. Anxious musical elements bring us to breathless turmoil. The slow “Lost Lenore” section features a somber cello theme poised over the piano’s deep, languid, unfurling clouds of chords. 
A violin interlude bridges this piece with "Annabel Lee", a gothic, romantic ghost story. A lover forever pines over the loss of his lady, blaming the jealous angels for tragedy. "Angel's Envy" describes the stormy cliff at the sea they frequented, while the eerie middle section, "Tomb by the Sea" explores the man's supernatural obsessions.
Solo violin brings us to “To Helen”. Contrasting the typical conception of Poe’s works as grotesque, morose and macabre, we hear more hopeful major tonality. “To Helen” is actually 2 distinct poems of the same title. In one version, Poe extols her beauty effusively. In the other, he speaks about her in a rose garden at midnight, wondering about what was and what could have been.
We now pivot harmonically to whole-tone and chromatic madness in “Hop-Frog” -  a Hobbit-sized court jester famous for his wit. He and his lovely Trippetta, were kidnapped from another land to serve at the whim of a boorish king. When the king unwisely insults Trippetta, the jester contrives a unique punishment involving a chandelier and masquerade ball gone very bad! The music here is quirky and sarcastic. The 2 heroes ecstatically escape back to their country. The carnival-like waltz describes their celebration.
“The Bells” evokes the emotions and rhythms suggested by the ringing of the various bells (tinkling silver sleigh bells, golden wedding bells, alarm bells, iron tolling bells). There is an Intro, 4 Variations and Finale ending in a cinematic, celebratory flourish. The final iteration of the “Evermore” motif in the last measures is extolled in a victorious, even hopeful manner. Listen for the “bells, bells, bells, etc,” and the indefatigable “Nevermore” motif haunting throughout the work...

Poetic Reflections

Piano“Crazy IceCream Truck!" for Medium Easy Level Piano 
by Richard Altenbach, ASCAP

Overview:
“Crazy IceCream Truck!” is a lively and playful piece crafted for easy/intermediate pianists. Inspired by the world of clowns and ice cream trucks, this composition is brimming with surprises.
What Makes It Special:
• Playful and Funny: The silly melodies, unexpected notes and off-kilter meters make it a joy for both performers and listeners.
• Engaging for Beginners: Its lively character exercises rhythmic skills and encourages self-expression, making it a delightful choice for novice pianists to explore their musicality.
Imagery: Imagine a colorful ice cream truck coming around to your neighborhood! The music captures this whimsy that brings smiles and laughter to all who hear it.
Why Listen: With its quirky charm, “Crazy Ice Cream Truck!” is a fantastic addition to any recital. It’s sure to uplift the audience and impress - a perfect choice for budding pianists
to showcase
their abilities.
Summary:
“Crazy Ice Cream Truck!” is a joyful, imaginative piano solo, chock-full of fun. It invites players and listeners on a cheery musical journey.
Enjoy the RIDE!

Crazy Ice Cream Truck! Medium Easy

“Crazy IceCream Truck!" for Easy Level Piano DUET
by Richard Altenbach, ASCAP

Overview: “Crazy IceCream Truck!” is a lively and playful piece crafted for beginner pianist students. It is a duet for student and teacher! Inspired by the world of clowns and ice cream trucks, this composition is brimming with surprises.
What Makes It Special:
• Playful and Funny: The silly melodies, unexpected notes and off-kilter meters make it a joy for both performers and listeners.
• Engaging for Beginners: Its lively character exercises rhythmic skills and encourages self-expression, making it a delightful choice for novice pianists to explore their musicality.
Imagery: Imagine a colorful ice cream truck coming around to your neighborhood! The music captures this whimsy that brings smiles and laughter to all who hear it.
Why Listen: With its quirky charm, “Crazy Ice Cream Truck!” is a fantastic addition to any recital. It’s sure to uplift the audience and impress, making it a perfect choice for budding pianists
to showcase
their abilities.
Summary:
“Crazy Ice Cream Truck!” is a joyful, imaginative piano duet, chock-full of fun. It invites players and listeners on a cheery musical journey.
Enjoy the RIDE!

Crazy Ice Cream Truck! Easy DUET

The Jester's Waltz: A Fun and Quirky Dance
by Richard Altenbach, ASCAP
Medium / Intermediate Level Version for Piano

Overview: “The Jester’s Waltz” is a playful and silly piece of music for piano. Instead of being a serious, elegant waltz-like many others, this piece is full of surprises and fun, inspired by clowns and circuses.
What Makes It Special:
• Not a Traditional Waltz: It doesn’t follow the usual rules of waltz music. Instead, it twists and turns in unexpected ways.
• Funny and Playful: The music is like a jester playing tricks, with off-kilter melodies and lively, energetic rhythms.
• Exciting to Play: This piece is fun to perform.
Imagery: Think of a colorful circus or a funny story where the characters are playful and a bit mischievous. The music brings to life a world full of surprises, making you smile and laugh.
Why Listen: With its quirky spirit and unique style, “The Jester’s Waltz” is perfect for adding some fun to any recital. It's a joyful piece that makes people happy and is sure to impress!
Summary
“The Jester’s Waltz” is a delightful and whimsical piano piece that turns the traditional waltz on its head, full of laughter and energy.
Enjoy the RIDE!

the Jester's Waltz - Medium / Intermediate Piano

a little techno nightmare that might prove hard to forget!

Electronesia

Eerie Violin / Haunted Halloween Ringtones to die for!

the Jesters Waltz / Funny Ringtones

This New Day / Pleasing Ringtones

Lounge Piano / Pleasing Ringtones

Horn Reveille / Pleasing Ringtones

Celtic Pipe Dreams / Celtic Ringtones

trailer music to a dark fantasy film (move over "Black Swan!")about a, uhh... well, haunted ballerina...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBDei6PfBM

Unbroken ("Ballerina") TEASER

exhilarating music for a hanggliding film

Trekking The Clouds

a scene from a film about horrific abuses of a credit collections agent, based on fact...I do mean horror!

Collections

Prehistoric World Music THEME/music from the Musozoic-"Mesozoans, eat, drink and be manic for tomorrow you..."

Chicxulub - Dinosaur Musings on the Meaning of Life OR Trouble at the K/T Boundary!

Epic Anthem to honor our fantastic military men and women, past and future! 
powerful, orchestral, brass, percussion, crescendo

Warrior's Hymn

for an amazing website dedicated to uplifting terminal cancer patients, "Jesus Loves Larry", this is music to underscore inspiring biblical verses; This New Day Montage_Prayerful Meditation, Reverence, Contemplation through Joy, This New Day ( votum theoricus, reverentia, intuitus per tripudium, is novus dies )

This New Day MONTAGE

Live, Hollywood Orchestral track to score for the final racing scene of a film about victory for man & beast and by extension family and humankind; ASCAP Film Composer Workshop Participant, Richard Altenbach

In The Winners' Circle

For Purchase Options of Piano Solo Sheet Music, click on the following LINK to J.W. Pepper:
https://www.jwpepper.com/Losing-Love/11548628.item

love song from the emotive, uplifting feature film, "Stealing Time" by Oscar-nominated director Darrell Roodt:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2593128/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_2

Losing Love

quirky; Being of Viennese extraction, Richard has always had a soft spot for the beauty and elegance of the waltz. But this is not that! Rather than a reverential bow to Johann Strauss, The Jester’s Waltz owes more to the influence of Erik Satie, Cirque du Soleil, and the court jester from Edgar Allan Poe’s story, Hop-Frog.
Cheesey MIDI carnival band instruments

The Jester's Waltz MIDI manic band

Hear some of Richard's thoughts on music, music-making, and the "Musozoic"!  These 5 snippets were taken from a radio interview on LA's KMozart FM Station:

KMozartRadio2

KMozartRadio1

Richard's arrangement (in MIDI) of the beloved song "Con Te Partirò" (by Francesco Sartori, music & Lucio Quarantotto, lyrics; sung by Richard's beautiful wife Dawn Simmons for her father's memorial service ...

Con Te Partiro - DAWN SIMMONS, Soprano

Bren Sings! Mark Lowry. Buddy Greene, composers;  Bren Altenbach, voice; Richard Altenbach, piano; Richard Altenbach, engineer Bachiosaurus Studios.

Mary, Did You Know? - Bren Altenbach, voice; Richard Altenbach, piano & engineer

Dawn Sings! Irving Berlin-composer; Dawn Simmons-voice; Craig Palmer-piano

White Christmas - Dawn Simmons

Director Leaf Lieber's stylish, dark and atmospheric horror short film has won 4 awards and has recently screened at the venerable Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Below are cues scored by Richard for the film. Reminds me of Poe's quietly shrieking horror story, "the Oval Portrait". (Could be described as "Black Swan" meets "Psycho"!)

Link to film:
vimeo.com/231149638
WINNER BEST OF FEST SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL 2018
WINNER BEST DIRECTOR SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL 2018
WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SEVEN HILLS FILM FEST 2017
WINNER BEST PRODUCING MOONDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2017

4 Leaf Lieber "Paint Me..."

"Paint Me" Final Scene & Credits

STILLE NACHT, HEILIGE NACHT
for Violin & Piano 
comp. by Franz Xaver Gruber; arr. by Richard Altenbach, ASCAP 

   The story of the creation of the beloved Christmas song, “Stille Nacht” or “Silent Night” is well-known. In the postcard Alpine village of Oberndorf, Austria, Christmas Eve 1818, a Catholic priest named Father Josef Mohr had a dilemma: Mass was to be celebrated that evening, but the church organ was kaput, perhaps due to rats in the pipes! While gazing down at the village that day, the inspired Father Mohr jotted down the soon-to-be-famous lyrics to a new song. He then tasked his organist Franz Xaver Grüber to come up with a melody to be accompanied on guitar. After just a few hours, Grüber premiered the carol. 
   Weeks later, renowned organ builder Karl Mauracher arrived to repair the Oberndorf organ. When he finished, he asked Grüber to test the instrument. The church organist proceeded to play the tune that had so recently occupied his soul, “Stille Nacht”. Greatly impressed, Mauracher took the words and music to his home village where eventually, two well-known families of singers, the Strassers and the Rainers, heard it. These “King Family” type ensembles loved the carol and spread it throughout Europe. The Strasser sisters ultimately performed it for King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia in 1834. The king did much to boost the fame of the lovely tune. In 1838, The Rainers brought the song to the US, singing it in German at New York’s Trinity Church. 
   What is perhaps less well-known is that the original character and even the melody itself have changed significantly from the original! The 1818 version fits the mold of a gentle, lilting folk dance (in 6/8) rather than a sentimental, slow hymn. Speculation is that the more angelic, languid approach proved more effective and fitting for a large singing ensemble such as those described above. In our modern rendition of the carol, the contour of the penultimate phrase soars, chorus-like, lingering upon the satisfyingly highest pitches and harmonies. These notes actually differ from the original tune, which also carries on more quickly and modestly, and is marked by a persistent dotted rhythm throughout. In addition, immediately at the end of the verse, Grüber repeats the final two phrases. This does not comport with the modern form of the song. 
   Richard’s arrangement relies on the original 1818 version, with the violin at times adorning the revered melody with slight ornamentation at a higher register.
Performed by Richard Altenbach, Violin & Nancy McCrae, Piano

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