[ilovesocks]

Has anyone ever listened closely to the music from the Maxis PC game The Sims? It's great - especially the "downtown" music from the "Hot Date" expansion, which is a sort of super laid-back big band jazz. There's also meditative piano stuff (build mode), upbeat orchestral pieces (buy mode), and sort of combo-style songs (neighborhood mode).

If you have the game, dig around in the folders 'til you find the one with all the music in it. They're encoded as ~192kbps mp3's, but they sound really well-recorded, IMO.

P.S. this is the original Sims, not The Sims 2.

 

[rabidmoose171]

I sorta remember the music from way back in sim city days. It was pretty chill.

 

[Schalldampfer]

Haha, yeah, most of the music from Maxis is good. Try SimCity 4, and Sims 2, too.

 

[ilovesocks]

Can anyone recommend music that's similar? I've got some Miles Davis, Maynard Ferguson, Coltrane, Vince Guaraldi, and lots of Oscar Peterson, and I haven't found anything that I like quite as much as the Sims stuff. I really like the clarity of the recording. The warmth of the older stuff has its charm, but I also like the modern sound and style of this music.