Lars Edvall

Lars Edvall is a Swedish composer. Through his company Beatlife, he has composed hundreds of ringtones and alerts for PlusFourSix's clients, Sony Ericsson and Nokia between 2006 to 2010. His ringtones span a range of genres, including pop, rock, classical, jazz and dance. He composed a total of 1252 sounds (ringtones, alerts and music tracks) for PlusFourSix in total; only 262 (approximately 21%) were sold, although most of these were widely used.

Outside of his ringtone work, he is also a singer-songwriter and has composed for other productions.

Sony Ericsson
Edvall composed hundreds of ringtones and other sounds for Sony Ericsson, making him one of the most prolific composers for the company. His work with the company lasted around early 2006 to late 2008. As well as composing preloaded sounds, he also composed several downloadable ringtones, including for seasonal/event campaigns. He felt that the company was not picky about his work, and that multiple styles and genres could ship on the one phone.

As Edvall started work with the company in 2006, the vast majority of his compositions were audio-based, however he did compose a handful of MIDI ringtones and alerts.

Nokia
In addition to Sony Ericsson, Edvall also composed dozens of ringtones for Nokia between 2006 to 2010; while his work lasted over a longer time period, he did not do as much work with Nokia than Sony Ericsson. He felt that the company's requests were much more precise, as he was shown examples of genres he had not heard of. They often asked him to make changes, such as changing a note or replacing one instrument with another.

His work with Nokia also encompassed a range of genres. He composed several MIDI ringtones used on lower end phones that were among Nokia's last MIDI ringtones to be introduced. He is known to have composed MIDI ringtones for Nokia as late as 2009, but it is unclear if those were shipped.