The Sims Soundtrack: Building Mode 2

[carby84]

This really brings back memories. I never could figure out why the build music was so depressing, but I loved it all the same. Great, great pieces.

[mcpencil]

WHY IS THIS MUSIC SO DEPRESSING???? 

[HitsugiNerd]

Ah... I loved the music to this game. So many memories behind it.

[IrishHaight]

Oh god the pain of remembering such great time in my life :')

[Miskenesco]

I'd listen to this daily if I'd remember to do so.

[IcePickSnowmanzzzz]

makes me look at life so differently. i should be happier and stop taking life for granted. idk or maybe its the childhood talking like everyone else below me.

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[bigredjew]

Wake up in the morning. Go to Elementary school. Get called fat, ugly, and loser. Get rocks thrown at. Come home to verbally abusive father. Go in room, shut and lock door and play the Sims. It's all I ever had...it's all I ever needed.

[ORENGEcarot]

@bigredjew awww :(

[razbizzle]

@bigredjew and that feeling of playing this game is what brings us together, my friend. we wont forget these memories

[MVProductions3]

This music makes me want to study science properly until I know how to time travel! Back to childhood It would be!

[TargetNumber09]

Play this with /watch?v=AYw7eJYadco at the same time

[avaron100]

I miss so much old the 2000 - 2005 old days, when I was a kid all the internet stuff, computer games, and computer stuff seems to be so more cool ):

[ThisIsSerenity]

The first comment on this page says it all really... But just to add, tears of joy and pain are trickling out of my eyes. The joy is for having the pleasure of playing this in my childhood, and recognizing at such a young age the beauty in this music. The pain is for the generations who don't have a childhood.

[CheshiarHat]

the buy mode music is always so depressing

[Yooksey]

My God. It's a computer game. But..guys. This soundtrack is VERY GOOD. It's... really nice music.

[Cesariono]

@Yooksey What, you think Videogames usually have crap music? I strongly suggest you check out the OST of a game called "Nier". If you like this track, I suggest you check "Grandma" and give "Gods bound by rules" a go too.

[Yooksey]

@Cesariono Of course not. But I never thaught, The Sims can have really good music. Other games - of course, and your example is good.

[pipari100]

Wish I could play this song on the piano...

[manofzelego]

"The Sountrack"? Lolwut?

[prefershe]

Merry Christmas of 2011!

[klepperchicks]

I can play this on the piano

[rocksation]

yeah, remembering the old sims...

[KiraRera1]

i just had to go back and search for my childhood game music. this was always my favorite song on there and i'd just sit their on the buy mode all day just to listen to it wishing it would come back on the next time i went to buy something.

[jozilife]

Everything was so much simpler as a kid :'( god i miss those days...i miss them so much!!!

[Halberd96]

Jeez, nostalgia

[TwInGeMiNi707DruMS]

This music calm my anger down in so many ways.

[SrgStorm12]

Where have the years have gone? i miss everything...the 90's tv shows.....the gameboys.....the friends that i once knew......my toys :'(

[TheTivster]

The music from the first game was always the best out of all 3, as far as I'm concerned. The games themselves got increasingly better over time, but I have to say, the music got worse.

Though, that just may be because I'm biased towards all the piano themes. <3

[willmecool]

This and RainyMood go perfectly together!

[OmFGCloWn23]

This+Fireplace video = extreme warmth

[oturram]

J'en ai joué à des jeux vidéo, mais je peut dire sans crainte que cette musique est surement le plus belle que j'ai jamais entendu dans l'univers des jeux.

[CelestiusNexus]

This reminds me of my horribly messed up childhood where I'd kill all of my Sims using that rocket shooter inside a house with no doors. And then music like this plays, and I would just lay there for a minute and then do it all over again :)

[kirby28645]

This is the song I listened to when sleeping every night in middle school. The build and Latin neighborhood tunes. I never had trouble sleeping thanks to these masterpieces. I even woke up and got to school on time each morning. Thank you Sims! ^^

[lillblaxta]

Ahhh i remember the old good time! When i was a little boy who just had bought the first Sims. I wish that i could go back in time to when me and my friends were playing this for hours! Sadly thats not possible :,( Many memories from this songs! Many thanks from Sweden 26/11/2011. I miss the 90's.....

[Stuttsis]

@lillblaxta Jag känner detsamma :'( Allt var faktiskt bättre förr.

[MsHamsterluver1]

cries of nostalgia

[Redletterstv]

Beautiful

[Bonedart1]

fuckin nostalgia man T_T!

[BonziOi]

i started crying whn i read the top comment...

[MrRecht93]

When the Sims were cool.

[ymistillavirgin]

@MrRecht93 simplistic yet endless. as opposed to the new ones

[themuzer]

this music is so beautiful and relaxing...yet at the same time it kept me awake for hours

[MaciAliDrew]

All the orignial Sims music makes me wanna cry... :( I miss the old sims, still the best, because that's what i grew up playing on the computer

[totstar92]

My childhood just called. I want The Sims back

[HoodyBoy85]

I love how much response this video gets...the power music has to make you revisit places you do/don't want to go.

[Lilyfloss]

THESE!! I want to learn how to play them on piano

[MontagnaMagica]

I never even played this game, yet it still makes me think back on my childhood!

[TheStevenOoi]

@MontagnaMagica never played the sims 1? you have no childhood D: no offense just kiddin

[chucknorrisfearsno1]

This one was my favorite one :)

[oLUKITAo]

all i have to say: ahhhh the joyyy...

[Prissi20]

In the end, the longing is in the imaginations

[mcguirerocks]

I would constantly stop my game and just sit in building mode to hear this specific piece. I told myself that when I got my own place, this is what would be playing in it. The tone is just amazing; it's not happy, but not really sad, either. It just feels like everything is the way it's supposed to be.

[Prissi20]

@mcguirerocks love your comment, especially the end sentence

[hikarushirou]

@mcguirerocks Can I thumbs up more than once? :( This. I swear I would do the same thing.

[RyanFreeman96]

@mcguirerocks me too :)

[Mystdrak]

What a coincidence that I have 5 bullets in my gun, now all I need are plane tickets...

[MarkaRoxx]

look. it says "sountrack". : )

[DanielCanMakeVideo]

Memories (;

[hauntedsim]

when i was 6 i played this <3 and i kinda still play it

[Lionzlove]

So inspirational

[curvalcurval]

Sims 1 music is so beautiful. I play Sims 3 now and sometimes (especially in CAS) I have to turn the volume down because the music is so annoying.

[exkuhpid]

@curvalcurval ikr?

[esquiloassasino]

I used to play The sims in my Dad's computer when i was 7-8... Nostalgia hits you hard....

[FireyFistOPain]

this guy is a fucking genius! GAH! MOAR!

[NotoriousWriter]

why couldn't they just keep this soundtrack. It was wonderful the way it was.

[SnakeMan227]

I recorded this and play it for my 4 month old daughter when she's sleepy. Knocks her out.

[TheDeftones4lyf]

I would always listen to this tune when I'm building, no other one:)

[oturram]

Magnifique, la plus belle musique des jeux vidéos pour moi.

[Mas0o0n]

i filled an entire lot with graves once... only the large ones though, the small ones were annoying.

[MultiPosts]

I can't help but to listen to this song and feel sad, but yet happy at the same time.

[7JoshDean7]

I think i remember falling asleep on the computer desk to this song

[masterlinko]

Hello, Childhood.

I missed you.



[Skate2bate]

sountrack eh?

[Gamer606]

I was a little girl and this was the first computer game i ever played. I can still hear the "whop" sounds and "cha-ching" noises in my ears from being on build mode.. And when this specific song came on I would fall asleep like a baby :)

[Lucios1995]

@Gamer606

The 5 second song when you get the warning of a robber in the lot scared me shitless as a kid.

[Scottym4456]

@Lucios1995 it did me too!

[carobratz]

@Lucios1995 I know what you mean u.u

[chickenlicking2k11]

this sounds like trees by keiko matsui...

[b0w5er]

This music really helps you think.

[NemoMovies]

good times. good times...

[revengeofbutthead]

damn! i miss my house

[StanleyNguyenChannel]

this game....sheer beauty.

[webkinzfreak24]

I used to make a family of rich looking people ,a couple of poor looking people, and then a maid. After I would trap the poor people and the maid in a room and made it look a dungeon. The maid had a kitchen in hers though. Then I would let the rich people live a normal life. I made the maid(lol) cook and then moved the plates myself to the house and dungeons. Hah. I had to buy and sell the door so she could get out the clean the house. lol

[flyforce16]

The music in Sims 1 was so... lonely. Really beautiful though.

[DigiKiddo625]

What's the name of this song dude?

[xHanna7colax]

This looks like a good game. I started off with sims 3 because it was the latest version... And I loved it! I played it all day until my hands dropped off. Then I tried sims 2, Which was great in many ways, but the graphics were not as good.

Because I've only experienced the latest versions, I dont now what to expect from The Sims 1!!!

[Crazyistmanever2alt]

@xHanna7colax in my opinion, The Sims 2 is better than the Sims 3. even the graphics are not as advanced or Superior like to Ps3, Or Xbox 360.

[yacaqmierpongo]

The great thing of The Sims is that i didnt need internet... so you could play it anytime you wanted!!!

[hatsuharu333]

AH I MISS MY CHILDHOOD T____T it was the first game I ever truly got addicted to =)

[ellamise]

i can remember i would always make a house with 7 kids and one adult who was the uncle and i pretended he wwas looking after the kids whilst the perants where away on holiday....now if i did that it would seem as though a peverted old man stole seven kids and the perants didnt bother looking for them.

[alphanum001]

This'll work great looking outside the window on a rainy afternoon.

[DruTruBuilder]

This is my favorite music score of all time, from the sims 1. where can i get the mp3 of this song it would love to use these on my video's I upload on here

[HesterDW]

@DruTruBuilder check the description

[gigan36]

Gotta love this song. It just tells the entire story of death inside of about 5 minutes. You always felt like a dick after hearing this song in the midst of incinerating another family of innocent sims.

[PapomanResurrect]

Almost sounds like Rocket man in the beginning

[Wishchrono]

@PapomanResurrect What's further interesting about that is the 420 likes... Lol

[dduyuu]

gonna install sims1 again <3

[SpyWhoLovedHimself]

One time I invited Cassandra Goth over, trapped her in a dungeon-like room, put a window in the wall and a chair just outside for my Sim to view her from. She died of starvation after about 10 minutes on super-speed mode.

Her parents kept coming over saying it's time for her to go home lol.

[HoodyBoy85]

I think if there was a theme for nostalgia, this would be it.

[KennyRobinson74]

lol i can remember doing the ;,;,; code thingy to get cash xD

[lollopisemis]

ROFL! Remember how the babies were randomly transformed into children that didn't look like the parents at all? I always used to get the guy with Harry Potter-glasses and I thought he was so damn ugly so I always imprisoned him and then I would watch him wet himself and cry until he finally died (In military clothes that would take him to the boarding school which he couldn't get to since he was locked in). Those were the times... People like me shouldn't play Sims lol

[Gamer606]

The build mode songs were a way for the creators of sims to make sure the simmers would get some sleep!

[SyrathZidane]

oh Maxis, why dint you make more music like this on the Sims 2 & 3 ?

[CourtneeMalakian]

this used to make me sad when i was a kid. it still does :( BUT I LOVE ITT! <33

[BLong100591]

I cried to this one XD

[HatsuneMikuVocaloid2]

I used to think this song was like, legitly evil. I don't know why, but when I was 8, I thought that like, satan or something composed this song LOL.

[TheRisingIcarus]

@HatsuneMikuVocaloid2 HAHA that's hilarious xD

[TheSwali]

this would be so hard to play :( :( :( GOD DAMN IT WHY DID I QUIT AT NINE YEARS OF AGE!!

[Toksikeurope]

memories... sims 1 is amazing.

[rooftop25]

uff this song is so sad.:(

[SarethZhukov314]

Reminds me of back in the day when i built walls around my sims so they couldn't escape and eventually died. Fun times.

[GScott7]

@SarethZhukov314 LOL i used to make like the max in one family and put them in a closed room with a fireplace and a chair and let them all burn up! i was evil, i called it survivor

[FrancisMcLee]

Ah, memories ... when I built walls around the guests and let them starve for those beautiful gravestones in the garden ...

[angellcorps1]

@FrancisMcLee Lol I used to do the same thing!



[sxcaki]

my favourite 'build mode' song of them all! :P

[MrHuntingHawk]

this was the reason why my houses were so shitty and tastless. id build my houses really fast because i would fall asleep to quickly if i didnt lol

[bmrcutiepie]

This one is on my iPod. I literally fell asleep on my desk listening to this...

[FireFightFilms99]

this is the kind of music you see a black guy in an all white suit and a white piano playing. <3

[ElToya1992]

@FireFightFilms99 fo realz :,)

[Robbie641]

The music in the new sims SUCKS compared to this beautiful music.

[ThorinSHR]

Did anyone else see the Sims Social trailer at e3? Did anyone else watch this right after they saw the Sims Social trailer at e3? Did anyone else cry like a damn baby after watching this right after watching the Sims Social trailer at e3?

[AnLukis]

I never liked this song when i was six. I was scared when this song was playing and when I was alone at home at night. Traumatic experience xD

[Samphie7]

@AnLukis This song spooked me too when I was younger, no idea why.

[SPIKES69696969]

This kinda reminds me of a theme of a relationship falling apart between 2 sims



[stickting]

Why are we nitpicking about what style it is? It sounds avant-garde, it sounds jazzy, it's definitely improvisational, and IT'S A WONDERFUL WORK OF MUSIC.

[Drezgality]

I am musician, and i really love music from Sims. It is masterpiece. But i have one question. Does anybody knows what genre is this? I want to learn more about this genre and musicians who wrote that kind of music. Thank you :)

[Aleixpb2]

@Drezgality If you are muscian and you don't know the style of this music you have a problem xD. It's a jazzy improvisational style wrote by Jerry Martin, composer of all The Sims music and Sim City music.

[Drezgality]

@Aleixpb2 "its a jazzy improvisational style.... I just waited smartass kid like you to tell me how it is jazzy improvisation. This is far away from Jazz, and it is more likely Avant-guarde, new age instrumental piano. This form have jazz chords, yes it is, frygian and lydian. If you listen to this song, you probably didn't realize that constitution of musical pattern and other musical forms are placed integral, than the jazz musical forms. Go there and learn what jazz music is Smart Ass. !!!

[Aleixpb2]

@Drezgality Jerry Martin (the composer) about this song: "A beautiful solo piano piece from the "Build Mode" in an improvisational jazz style".

Who's the smartass now? ¬¬

If you don't have any idea is not my problem. You wanted to know what genre was and I answered you, you wanted to know about the composer and I also told you. And then you insult me...

[HoodyBoy85]

This one was always my favorite; I'd start building and then just drift off into some deep thought. There are definitely more pros that cons when it comes to Youtube.

[DivasRule528]

it sounds in my mind looking back at days of school with your friends

[Naec0o]

My favorite song of the Build Mode . Almost crying ...

[MelodyOfTheDamned]

This used to be my favorite Build Mode soundtrack... it reminds me of my times at school :)... with friends, with people who are dear to me... and well of the sims :P!! :)

[breaksystembse]

Listening to this while it raining outside right now... :)

Also playing The Sims. :D

[KoparkaPanaMarka]

wats the name of that kind of music?!?!?!

[MrPianoDan]

@KoparkaPanaMarka new age ..beautiful, isn't it? :)

[jengle521]

Almost all the songs in this album make me soo relaxed it opens up mind! i think bout when i was younger and my brother! Life has soo many possibilities take chances!

[tfrenay78]

Actually, this song was released as part of the official soundtrack: nl.7digital.com/artists/ea-gam­es-soundtrack/the-sims/04

Please buy it from there to support the creators. You can probably also find it on iTunes.

[CroWn3611]

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sorry bout da random letters yall..i fell asleep on my keyboard while listenin 2 dis nice music..

[Lukassius]

lovely music, but why is 'Soundtrack' wrongly spelled? -> Sountrack

[xanatos35]

@Lukassius its one of the mysteries in life, its right next to "what happens after i die"

[LisaSpringfield]

Never really liked the building mode music, always muted the music.

Though I loved buy mode music. :)

[EconomicTerror]

@LisaSpringfield me too. I just didn't like this music and it would make me feel depressed.

[Kustav]

This is brilliant with rainymood

[GarudaSmash]

Makes me think of my future... images of me being a father, playing outside with my children, seeing my smiling wife. Going through all those events in their lives...

[971LiLDream]

les bon moment a passer devant le PC a joué aux sims <=)

[Bikertothemax1]

Does the back ground on this music remind anyone else of a "Chicken in a Biscuit" box or is it just me?

[Balertman]

The Sims 1 has to be the greatest game ever made.

[Lespaul09MKN]

This game just brings you back, not many can do that.... with just the music :)

[zoo1619]

Back when I was young, and Sims was new to me, I had absolutely hated these songs. Now I appreciate the true beauty of them, thank you aging.

[xXCrysGXx]

This song has always made me feel kinda sad coz the first time I heard it was when my first sim had just died. And also when I was renovating The Goth's house. The Goth's were a depressing lot too lol.

[Rodriquez124]

This always was the "rainy day" chant for me, always had this track when it was rainy outside, there it worked it's true magic imo. Love Sims 1 music, so much soul in it, makes you think.

[azaman1000]

Aww shiit, makes me feel like its 8:00PM and im sitting next to the fireplace with a cup of cocoa, and relaxing..... ahhhhhhh

[GeorgiaJde]

Yes this song is somewhat sad.. But i always noticed that element of hope in it, and thats why I love it so much.

[Trinity5987]

@GeorgiaJde totally agree, it has a faint sense of melancholy, but quickly turns to hope and faith.. it just seems to grow... love it!!!

[imallfordabulls]

I think I'll install this game just so I can put all the music on my iPod.

[Boygenius403]

how can you dislike this? thumbs down to the 4 people who dont understand music

unless you accedently hit the thumbs down button when you meant to hit the thumbs up! :P

[FunKCX]

* Head falls on keyboard *

ZZZzzzzzzzz

[ktcrotty22]

absolutely beautiful. gives me the chills every time

[alovelyjessture]

@cocoalrose HAHAHA. mine too. generations before and after us will never understand :)

[IEpicEric]

First house I made the father over cooked the meal, set the house on fire, died, set the mother on fire, she died. Then, the daughter left alone was tooken away by a lady wearing a suit. I cried like a baby.

[SpyWhoLovedHimself]

@IEpicEric LOOOOOOL!!!

[shoplifting1is1fun]

Sims 1 had the best music. Brings back memories

[cocoalrose]

These songs are the epitome of my middle school life

[Snake4175]

@cocoalrose As they were mine...

[ktcrotty22]

hahaha seriously!

[triftt]

i want to import all my sims 1 soundtrack to sims 3 while i redecorate my house :P

[Girlthatrocksu]

I love the Sims 1 Soundtrack! Its so relaxing

[InTheEnd0108]

is this on itunes??

[Girlthatrocksu]

@InTheEnd0108 I doubt it, but if you look at the description of the video you can see where you can download it.

[averagejustin]

this song makes me think of all the sims in my game that died in kitchen fires :'(

[Agent1W]

You'd think that you should be awake if you're going to construct or remodel your home. But how??? :D

[Ultimatley]

this song is best when you drink a bottle of wine and then pretend your an architect

This music makes me want to sit in my living room and ponder shit