About this ringtone
1995 - Sax & Sex vol.1 01. Dave Stewart & Candy Dufler - Lili Was Here 02. Kenny G. - Let Go 03. David Sanborn - Goodbye 04. George Howard - Baby Come To Me 05. Sil Austin - Johnny Guitar 06. Richard Elliot - I'm Not In Love 07. The Gino Marinello Orchestra - Girl 08. Chris White - A New Day 09. Candy Dufler - Home Is Not A House 10. David Sanborn - Same Girl 11. Kenny G. - Going Home 12. Sade - Siempre Hay Esperanza 13. Brancaster Studio Orchestra - Careless Whisper 14. The Alan Parsons Project - Pipeline 15. The Gino Marinello Orchestra - Angie 16. Kenny G. - Silhouette 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 2 01. Fausto Papetti - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy 02. Sil Austin - I Left My Heart In San Francisco 03. Fausto Papetti - Love Story 04. Brain Smith - Moonlight Sax Medley 05. Fausto Papetti - Natali 06. Sil Austin - Misty 07. Ray Conniff - Beautiful Love 08. Fausto Papetti - Laura 09. Teekay - Soft Sax 10. Kenny G - Last Night Of The Year 11. Sil Austin - Moon River 12. Fausto Papetti - Sleepy Shores 13. Ray Conniff - Our Waltz 14. Joerg Strawe - Events In Motion 15. Sil Austin - Summertime 16. Brain Smith - Just The Way You Are 17. Fausto Papetti - Moonlight In Vermont 18. Brain Smith - Moonlighting Theme 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 3 01. Fausto Papetti - Emmanuelle 02. Ernestine - Careless Whisper 03. Fausto Papetti - Fly Me To The Moon 04. Brain Smith - Anche Un Uomo 05. Ray Conniff - Imagination 06. Brain Smith - Songbird 07. Fausto Papetti - La Vela Bianca 08. Candy Dulfer - Sunday Afternoon 09. Spectrum - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You 10. Fausto Papetti - Amapola 11. Sil Austin - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 12. Fausto Papetti - Abrazame 13. After Hours - Forever Is As Far As I Go 14. Brain Smith - Summertime 15. Sil Austin - Unchained Melody 16. Fausto Papetti - Alexandra 17. Brain Smith - Misty 18. Ed Starink & Peter Weekers - Echo Of The Green Forest 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 4 01. Max Greger - Hanna's Blues 02. George Katsaros - Woman In Love 03. Clous Van Mechelen - When I Need You 04. Gerry Mulligan - The Shadow Of Your Smile 05. Kenny G - Tradewinds 06. Fausto Papetti - Emotion 07. Max Greger - Wind Of Change 08. Sil Austin - Broken Promises 09. Andre Moss - Are You Lonesome Tonight 10. Dave Koz - Emily 11. Max Greger - The House Of The Rising Sun 12. Kenny G - Songbird 13. Piet Noordijk - Feelings 14. Fausto Papetti - Santo Domingo 15. Brian Smith - The Man I Love 16. Klaus Doldinger - How Insensitive 17. Kenny G - Home 18. Fausto Papetti - El Verdadero Amor 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 5 01. Clous Van Mechelen - Three Times A Lady 02. Max Greger - Georgia 03. George Katsaros - Abrazame 04. Fausto Papetti - Us And Them 05. Silhouette - Silhouette 06. Sil Austin - Harlem Nocturne 07. Gerry Mulligan - P.S. I Love You 08. Piet Noordijk - If 09. Fausto Papetti - Stayin Alive 10. Clous Van Mechelen - Don't Make My Brown Eyes Blue 11. Dave Koz - Castle Of Dreams 12. Kenny G - Kenny G 13. Gerry Mulligan - The Second Time Around 14. Ben Webster - Solitude 15. Max Greger - Blueberry Hill 16. Fausto Papetti - Tempi D'amore 17. Jan Morks - My Man 18. Max Greger - La Paloma 19. Peter Schilperrort - Yesterday 20. Harry Verbeke - Once I Loved 21. Kenny G - Sade 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 6 01. Brian Smith - Your Latest Trick - Smooth Operator 02. Antony Donadio - Good Bye My Love, Good Bye 03. Yoshi Malta - We've Only Just Begun 04. Fausto Papetti - The Swadow Of Your Smile 05. Youshi Malta - Autumn Leaves 06. Brian Smith - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) 07. Fauso Papetti - Song Sung Blue 08. Antony Donadio - Angie 09. Lucky Thompson - My Funny Valentine 10. Brian Smith - On The Beach 11. B. Carter & C. Hawkins - Blue Star 12. Antony Donadio - Greensleeves 13. Yoshi Malta - Here There & Everywhere 14. Brian Smith - Unforgettable 15. Johnny Hodges - Sophisticated Lady 16. Antony Donadio - Sous Le Pont De Paris 17. Yoshi Malta - You Make Me Feel Brand New 18. Fausto Papetti - Harlem Nocturno 19. Brian Smith - Round Midnight 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 7 01. The John Tesh Project - I Will Always Love You 02. George Saxon - Women In Love 03. Stuart Mc Donald - We've Only Just Begin 04. Fausto Pepetti - Summertime 05. Georgia Parreira - Arthur's Theme 06. The John Tesh Project - Piano In The Dark 07. Lou Donaldson - What'll I Tell My Heart 08. Fausto Papetti - Mi Sono Innamorato Di Te 09. Stuart Mc Donald - Unfogettable 10. Clarence Clemons - Spirit Dance 11. Fausto Pepetti - Io Che Non Vivo 12. George Saxon - What A Wonderful World 13. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Georgia On My Mind 14. Kenny G - G Force 15. George Saxon - Feelings 16. Stuart Mc Donald - Laughter In The Rain 17. Fausto Papetti - September Moon 18. Fausto Papetti - I Just Called To Say I Love You 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 8 01. Georgio Parreira - Samba Pa Ti 02. Fausto Papetti - Strangers In The Night 03. Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here 04. Stuart McDonald - Clouds 05. Lou Donaldson - Danny Boy 06. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Walking Shoes 07. George Saxon - Sapore Di Sale 08. Stuart McDonald - Yesterday Once More 09. Kenny G - I Can't Tell You Why 10. The John Tesh Project - Desperado 11. Stuart McDonald - Fly Me To The Moon 12. Fausto Papetti - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 13. George Saxon - Aberdeen's 14. Joe Lovano - Chelsea Bridge 15. Fausto Papetti - The Gremlin Rag 16. Kenny G - Help Yourself To My Love 17. Stuart McDonald - Chanson D'amour 18. The John Tesh Project - Shower The People 19. Fausto Papetti - September Song 20. Stuart McDonald - I Wish You Love 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 9 01. Fausto Papetti - Love Theme From The Godfather 02. Stuart McDonald - Moon River 03. George Saxon - Morgana 04. Fausto Papetti - Sleepy Lagoon 05. Lou Donaldson - Sentimental Journey 06. Stuart McDonald - I'm In The Mood For Love 07. Fausto Papetti - As Times Goes By 08. George Saxon - Take My Heart 09. Stuart McDonald - Scarborough Fair 10. The John Tesh Project - Tears In Heaven 11. Fausto Papetti - Georgia On My Mind 12. Georgio Parreira - Why Worry-Local Hero 13. George Saxon - Disco Night 14. Stuart McDonald - Summer (The First Time) 15. Fausto Papetti - More 16. The John Tesh Project - I'll Be Over You 17. Stuart McDonald - The Nearness Of You 18. Ben Webster - Star Dust 19. Fausto Papetti - Accarezzame 1995 - Sax & Sex vol. 10 01. Stuart McDonald - Killing Me Softly With This Song 02. George Saxon - Petite Fleur 03. Fausto Papetti - Fascination 04. Stuart McDonald - As Time Goes By 05. Georgio Parreira - Theme From 'Thornbirds' 06. The John Tesh Project - Can You Feel The Love Tonight 07. Ben Webster - Old Folks 08. George Saxon - Charm 09. Fausto Papetti - The Windmills Of Your Mind 10. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Funny Valentine 11. Stuart McDonald - Saving All My Love For You 12. Fausto Papetti - Alone Again 13. Ben Webster - Come Rain Or Come Shine 14. George Saxon - Sambario 15. Fausto Papetti - Feelings 16. Stuart McDonald - Just The Way You Are 17. Ben Webster - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 18. Fausto Papetti - Lara's Theme From 'Dr. Zhivago' 19. Clarence Clemons - Serenity 20. Charlie Parker - Summertime 1997 - Sax & Sex CD 1 01. Sambario 02. Lady In Red 03. Anna 04. San-Fracisco Morning 05. Melodia 06. Love Story 07. Happy New Year 08. Once I've Been In Love 09. Theme From The Godfather 10. Alone Again 11. Charm 12. Fragile 13. Nothing Gonna Change My Love To You 14. Lara's Theme 1997 - Sax & Sex CD 2 01. Killing Me Softly With His Song 02. Only You 03. Legrana 04. Adieu Pour Un Cloun 05. Wave 06. You Are Not Alone 07. Ring 08. Georgia On My Mind 09. The Autumn Leaves 10. Corcovado 11. Fascination 12. Samba Pa Ti 13. The Girl From Ipanema 14. Desafinado 1997 - Sax & Sex CD3 01. L'Italiano 02. I Want To Know What Love Is 03. Petite Fleur 04. Saving All My Love For You 05. Yesterday 06. The Shadow Of Your Smile 07. What A Wonderful World 08. Careless Whisper 09. I Can't Tell You Why 10. Super Trouper 11. Take My Heart 12. As Time Goes By 13. Arthur's Theme 14. I Will Always Love You 1997 - Sax & Sex CD 4 01. Fernando 02. I Just Called To Say I Love You 03. One More Night 04. Comme Elle 05. Morgana 06. Sapore Di Sale 07. Theme From Robin Good 08. Feelings 09. Nostalgia 10. September Song 11. September Moon 12. G Force 13. Sailing 14. I Do 2000 - Sax & Sex 01. Abraham Burton - Laura 02. Acker Bilk - Feelings 03. George Katsaros - Abrazame 04. Gary Mulligan - The Shadow Of Your Smile 05. Jan Morks - You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer 06. Ben Websters - Solitude 07. Under A Blanket Of Blue - Ben Websters(Baritone Sax) 08. Jan Morks - Forbidden Games 09. Peter Schilperoort Quintet - Petite Fleur 10. VA - Fever Tenor Sax 11. Ben Websters - My Funny Valentine 12. Sil Austin - Broken Promises 13. Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lili Was Here 14. Acker Bilk - Meanwhile 15. Jan Morks - My Man(Mon Homme) 16. Harlem Nocturne - Sil Austin 17. Kenny G - Let Go 18. Peter Schilperoort(Soprano Sax) - Yesterdays 19. Piet Noordijk - Melody 20. Andre Moss - Are Your Lonesome Tonight? 21. Piet Noordijk(Alto Sax) - If
For deeper background on the recording era and original session details, the catalog at The Composer's Cut is one of the more thoroughly annotated reference resources we use when working through provenance questions like these.
Why this works as a ringtone
Great ringtones share a few specific qualities: they have a strong opening hook, they land their identity within the first three or four seconds, and they hold up to being heard in cafés, on busy streets, and through the muffled lining of a coat pocket. Sax and Sex Collection (1995-2000) earns its place in the archive on those terms — it's recognizable from its first phrase, sits comfortably in the mid-range where small phone speakers reproduce sound best, and has the right kind of melodic profile to cut through ambient noise without being shrill or grating.
It also benefits from belonging to the wider Western & Classic tradition — listeners associate this kind of sound with anticipation and recognition, two qualities you actually want from the noise that signals an incoming call. A ringtone is, after all, a tiny piece of personal branding; pulling from the screen-music canon gives it a built-in cultural shorthand that a generic synth jingle can never match.
Install on iPhone (M4R format)
- Tap the Download Ringtone button above and save the MP3 to your iPhone's Files app (it will land in On My iPhone → Downloads).
- Open GarageBand (free from the App Store). Create a new project and switch to the Tracks (multi-track) view.
- Tap the loop icon, choose the Files tab, and drag the downloaded ringtone onto an empty audio track.
- Trim the clip to under 30 seconds using the handles — iOS will not allow longer ringtones.
- Tap the down arrow → My Songs, long-press your project, then choose Share → Ringtone → Use sound as → Standard Ringtone.
- Open Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone and select Sax and Sex Collection (1995-2000) at the top of the list.
Install on Android (MP3 format)
- Tap the Download Ringtone button to save the MP3 to your phone's Downloads folder.
- Open your Files app (also called "My Files" on Samsung Galaxy devices).
- Long-press the downloaded MP3 file. On most modern Android phones, you can choose Set as ringtone directly from this menu.
- If that option is missing, choose Move instead and place the file inside
Internal storage → Ringtones(create the folder if it doesn't exist). - Open Settings → Sound & Vibration → Phone Ringtone (the menu name varies slightly by manufacturer) and select Sax and Sex Collection (1995-2000).
Specific guides: Samsung Galaxy · Google Pixel · Zedge App
If you find yourself doing a lot of trimming or volume-leveling work before installation, The Ringtone Workshop publishes a frequently updated set of audio-prep tutorials that pair well with the steps above.
Source & licensing
This audio was sourced from the Internet Archive's open audio collection, where it's distributed under a permissive license that allows free download, sharing, and reuse. The original recording is preserved at archive.org/details/sax-and-sex; ToneVault catalogues and links to it but does not claim ownership of the recording itself.
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