Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone
Go Hollywood with a free "In a world" ringtone
You know those movie trailers that begin with the narrator intoning the familiar words "In a world...."? Beau Weaver, a Hollywood narrator and diehard TUAW reader who does a lot of those trailers, was asked by his friends to create an iPhone ringtone that played on the same phrase. He did, and he'd like to share it with TUAW readers for free.
Just pop over to Beau's website at http://www.spokenword.com/ringtone/, listen to the ringtone, and if you like it, follow our TUAW tutorial on how to create an iPhone ringtone from an MP3 with GarageBand. To download the MP3 for slicing and dicing in GarageBand, just Control-click the link and select Save Link As.
Thanks for the fun freebie, Beau!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luke H. said 10:25AM on 8-24-2008
That's freaking awesome!
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Dimas said 10:27AM on 8-24-2008
Thanks Beau!! Cool Ringtone.
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Vanja said 10:30AM on 8-24-2008
Can I just recommend using www.audiko.net to make the ringtone - its much easier than messing around with garage band!
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Ben said 10:58AM on 8-24-2008
One click download! No fooling around with garage band.
I added it to my myxer account and it is still free.
http://www.myxer.com/ringtone:637041/
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Chantal said 10:58AM on 8-24-2008
Freakin'! Thanks Beau!
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Beau said 11:13AM on 8-24-2008
Ah hem, that isnt my website...
Oh right, wrong Beau :D
Back on topic - cool ringtone.
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Nick K. said 11:22AM on 8-24-2008
Holy crap! That's incredible! I'm DEFINITELY gonna let every call go to voicemail now! :D
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Tom said 11:39AM on 8-24-2008
I created two with Audiko, which also has iPhone formats and will always be free
Long: http://audiko.net/ringtone/Beau+Weaver/337949/In+A+World/en.html
Shortened: http://audiko.net/ringtone/Beau+Weaver/337931/In+a+World+(short)/en.html
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khirbat said 2:17PM on 8-24-2008
Hi Tom, Thanks for doing this. Unfortunately, I get "Sorry, please try again later." each time I click on http://audiko.net/iphone/337949.m4r
VDO said 1:15PM on 8-24-2008
Dude you rock!!
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harrywolf said 2:18PM on 8-24-2008
'Pick up the freakin' phone' - I used iToner.
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Dante said 11:49PM on 8-24-2008
Also of note is Rogue Amoeba's MakeiPhoneRingtone, a small little freeware program you can use with any AAC file. I just imported the MP3 into iTunes, converted to AAC, dragged-and-dropped it onto the program window, and it was automatically thrown into my Ringtones folder. Simple and flawless. Get it here: http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
Pete said 2:52PM on 8-24-2008
beau, if you ever wanted to make extra money you should do personalized ringtones like this. I'd pay $20 for you to do one for me
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mike said 5:19PM on 8-24-2008
don lafontaine sounds better
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MILE said 9:25PM on 8-24-2008
This is pretty cool, but it would be really awesome if he did some kind of voicemail message...! :)
I'd probably even pay for that...!
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MILE said 11:25PM on 8-24-2008
Wow, I just realized that this is one of the few iPhone optimized sites that has actually optimized the comment feature as well...!? Nice job, TUAW...! :)
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Justin said 11:43AM on 8-25-2008
This mp3 file sounds absolutely AWFUL on my phone. Has anyone else had the problem? You can barely hear his voice.
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Dave said 1:15PM on 8-25-2008
Absolutely hilarious. I'm downloading it now.
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Louie said 4:48PM on 9-02-2008
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html
Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.
Don LaFontaine was featured as "that voiceover guy" on a recent Geico commercial.
LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, according to ETOnline, "Entertainment Tonight's" Web site. He died from complications from pneumothorax, a collapsed lung that causes air to build in the pleural cavity, his agent, Vanessa Gilbert, told "ET."
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