Animal Crossing: New Horizons' town tunes, or "island tunes" more accurately, are a fun way for players to customize the sounds that they hear when entering buildings and speaking with various villagers. However, some fans may not know exactly how to make their own town tune in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, or they may simply need a little inspiration to get started, and this guide looks to provide assistance with these matters.
To create an island tune in Animal Crossing: New Horizons players must first upgrade the Resident Services tent by building the museum, Nook's Cranny, and houses for three villagers. Once the tent has been upgraded to a legitimate building, players can then speak with Isabelle inside and ask her to "change the island tune." Doing so will bring up a simple composer, which fans can then use to create and set their custom ACNH town tune.
While the process for making a town tune in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is simple enough, some fans may be looking for a little guidance with their compositions. Fortunately, many players have already begun sharing their custom island tunes by way of a website called NookNet. Indeed, fans can use the browse and search functions on NookNet to preview a myriad of town tunes, and they can then simply copy desirable compositions into their own games.
Additionally, players can look back to the town tunes that were made for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, as those will also work in ACNH. There are many videos collecting these older town tunes on YouTube, and here are several that feature compositions from movies, video games, and beyond:
Of course, town tunes are far from the only way for players to customize their islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as bridges, slopes, and paths can all be employed to create something truly unique. There is even terraforming in ACNH, which fans can use to really change the layouts of their islands when it has been unlocked. While custom town tunes may feel fairly small when compared to these large projects, they still give players another way to breathe a little more life into their creations.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.