Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone is a composer. He has composed for various media, including games, TV shows and movies. He also worked on arranging several monophonic Nokia ringtones to MIDI between 2000 and 2004, including the Nokia tune (along with the audio piano version); he did not write any from scratch though.

Work for Nokia
Livingstone started creating polyphonic arrangements of Nokia's monophonic ringtones on a freelance basis in 2000 through his company Media Themes and Sound Design (MTS). After Jarkko Ylikoski reached out to him, he admitted that he works on music in his bedroom. While he intially used a Yamaha sound chip, he later switched to using one of Nokia's sound banks from Beatnik. One of his most notable contributions includes the polyphonic Nokia tune, frequently mistaken as being arranged by Thomas Dolby. It went through various iterations, including versions with cello and oboe instead of piano. He is also confirmed to have done the wakeup tone (also based on Grand Valse) along with the audio versions of the Nokia tune.

It is unclear what his role with Nokia was between 2003-2004, as no new polyphonic arrangements were introduced after 2003. It is likely he created other audio ringtones, as this was during Nokia's shift from polyphonic to audio. He has stated he did not write any ringtones from scratch, and was given a list of orders of ringtones to arrange. He also said he felt on a high while creating ringtones and that it "felt like we were creating history together".

Credits
This is a list of known Nokia tracks Livingstone has worked on. He done many (but not all) polyphonic arrangements of monophonic ringtones, but very few have been properly confirmed. He has stated he will dig out his list of orders, but has yet to do so.

Ringtones

 * Nokia tune (2002) — Arrangement
 * Nokia tune (2004) — Arrangement
 * Swing player (MIDI remix) — Arrangement [NOTE: Monophonic version appears to have went unused]

While Oscillation (a short sci-fi-esque sound effect) credits him, he has stated he did not create it, despite the credit in the metadata. It is unknown what his involvement was.

Other

 * Wakeup tone — Arrangement
 * Wakeup tone (audio remix) — Arrangement