“Bulletin” is a pleasant first taste to the motif of bells and other tuned percussion featured throughout the project’s runtime. The next track, “Beacon,” doesn’t make much of an impression and is a repeating note that decreases in volume. The very first track on the project is “Apex,” which features a simple noisy synth that echoes heavily for a short amount and sounding strangely distant. Why is Apple so keen on keeping this a secret? Could this group of songs be counted as an unofficial Owl City album? How would these songs play as listened to like an album?īased on the presumption that these ringtones are an unofficial Owl City album, this review will be examining this group of tones as an album and measure their success from a purely musical standpoint, not how effective they are at waking someone up. But this information only creates more questions.
And the plot thickened when Owl City himself put “Apple Sounds” on his official discography, later taking it down presumably on Apple’s request. These ringtones were fine, but many of them created a pretty unpleasant listening experience.Īlong with the release of iOS 7 in 2013 came a new set of ringtone options, and the previous sounds were tucked away in a folder entitled “Classic.” From a musical perspective, the 26 new ringtones were a drastic improvement from the original selection.Īpple has done a pretty good job at keeping the authorship of these ringtones shrouded in mystery, but many fans of electro-pop sensation Adam Young - also known as Owl City, creator of the timeless insomniac anthem “Fireflies” - heard these tracks and could not help but make comparisons to his work. Apple’s original ringtone list had many strange and off-putting options, such as a dog barking, a pinball machine being used, and the unintelligible muttering of a robot. Apple took advantage of this early on with the iPhone by including a large selection of ringtone choices. Along with this convenience, the phones include a feature that most alarm clocks do not possess: the ability to pick from a library of short ringtones, providing a personalized way to wake up. Instead of having to worry about keeping a bulky alarm clock plugged in on your nightstand, an alarm could just be set on a phone. Among the devices that were rendered partially obsolete by smartphones are alarm clocks. The innovation of the smartphone removed the necessity of many tools such as calculators, maps and phones with more than two buttons.
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