One of the most prominent and important features of your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island is always your town tune, the jingle that plays as you interact with your islanders. Isabelle lets you customize your ACNH tunes, but thinking creatively can be difficult if you're not musically inclined.
Even with a seven-second time limit and limited range of note options, you can still work some impressive musical magic to make your city sound great. We've found the best, catchiest and most iconic town tunes you can create for your island tunes at Animal Crossing.
Updated by Gabriele Castania on January 2, 2026: With a big update to bring Animal Crossing: New Horizons to the Nintendo Switch 2 right around the corner, we're back to update our list of Town Tunes at ACNH with a few more tips to help prepare your island for the new arrivals. Enjoy eight new Town Tunes to make sure your ACNH Town Tune is the best it can be, plus some improvements to our presentation on this list!
Totoro theme
My Neighbor Totoro
The top-tier candidate for world's most adorable family animated movie is Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro. It follows a family that moves into an old house in the countryside where two young daughters come across various spirits, including the giant and cuddly Totoro. You look at her and hear her music in your head.
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To hear it out of your head and in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you have to go Leia LeilaniPlaylist of. Here, you can hear the sweet little theme tune for the Ghibli mascot and we want to be a character that visits our cities and helps our crops grow.
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Undertale
A large part of the Undertale fandom is thanks to a lazy and arguably indifferent skeleton with mysterious powers. He's been silently observing your actions throughout the entire game, but you're usually happy to see him. This is partly because he has a sweet theme song for his appearance.
While Undertale and Animal Crossing: New Horizons are as different as night and day, A large spoon Added Sans theme to playlist. By tuning into this town, you can imagine that Sans is watching the development of your town from somewhere off-screen. Perhaps your city is where he can find true rest and joy?
“never leave you”
Rick Astley
This eclectic collection of town-tune ideas from Reecee Also includes the Family Guy theme, Aha's 1985 mega-hit 'Take On Me', the Super Mario Sunshine Victory theme, and Windows XP's startup sound.
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We appreciate the sheer randomness of the selection and chose this fantastic rendition of Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' as our example. After all, who can resist Rick Rowling and their visitors?
Chocobo theme
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The Final Fantasy series seems to float casually between extreme drama and scenes where you need to do things like catch frogs in a swamp. Some of the early entries made the stakes super high, but all that tension is taken away when you get to ride a chocobo for the first time. That's because it's a little edgy and a really upbeat tune.
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons soundtrack is already very happy, but A large spoon We've turned our attention to the Town Tune version. Put it on, and you'll be smiling, but also hoping that some modder out there has made it possible to invite Chocobo villagers to visit our cities.
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Kiki's Delivery Service
Studio Ghibli fans are sure to enjoy of Leia Leilani Town Tune Video, themed entirely around anime studios. It includes songs from Ghibli classics such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo and Howl's Moving Castle.
Some tunes have multiple versions, meaning you can take your pick, but this one takes us straight to Kiki at the Bakery. There is also a second part that follows – we wish we could use both!
Welcome to Dangan Island
Dangaronpa
This selection of Danganronpa Town tunes covers several sections of the game and includes the morning theme, body discovery chimes and many songs from the series. Above is the music for Welcome to Dungan Island by CarelesssPrince.
If you want to hear some alternative Danganronpa songs, then make sure to check it out The sophisticated stonerDanganronpa town tune selection. We promise – Animal Crossing is the way Much healthier than Danganronpa!
“The Final Countdown”
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These ACNH island tunes cover a wide range of themes, including gaming, general music, and holiday songs. By another firm favorite in this selection Jvgsjeff Final Fantasy 7 is an airship theme.
However, we chose 'The Final Countdown' because of how iconic and recognizable the classic rock song has always been. This version pulls from the exact part you expect and leaves you singing the rest in your head.
Route 201 theme
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
As various pocket monsters are munching on Poke Balls, you can't escape the popularity of Pokemon itself. It's a series that has built itself on solid gameplay, a huge roster of colorful creatures, and a competitive community. From Generation 4, we got to play the catchy tunes that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl heard on our journey.
This is the music behind Route 201 and was captured by the remastered Town Tune A large spoon. Plug it into your music system, and you can see yourself walking down that path, but you can't walk yourself. Still, you can dress up as your village Pokemon trainer and hit the shops for related clothes and decorations.
“it's a small world”
Disney
This compilation of Disney Town tunes by Alex Brandenburg Featuring music from the iconic Disney series Frozen, Tangled, Moana, Aladdin, and many more classic movies from the Disney Vault.
Despite the rich selection of options in the collection, we couldn't help but select this iconic Disney earworm, 'It's a Small World' from the ride of the same name at Disney World. If you prefer more classic options that will make any Disney fanatic smile, be sure to check out the video to make your choice!
Toss a coin at your Witcher
The Witcher 3
If you've been turning up the volume when 'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher' comes into our lives – from the game or Netflix's The Witcher – we've got good news: the instant classic can now be recreated in your city and you're sure to sing along every time. thanks to EpiphagineWe are now feeling Jaskier's vibes on our island.
Who knows, the love of the song might help you get the audience to listen to it. All together now “Ring some bells to my village, Oh island of many, Oh island of many.” It can catch on, especially if you put a tasty donation box with the display.
