Editing The Sims (video game) (section)

===Music===
The game music was composed by [[Jerry Martin (composer)|Jerry Martin]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sims |url=http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/the_sims_g1.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713102158/http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/the_sims_g1.php |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2011 |website=Jerry Martin Music}}</ref> [[Marc Russo]], Kirk R. Casey,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Credits |url=http://www.taymusic.net/credits.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724093134/http://www.taymusic.net/credits.php |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2011 |website=TayMusic.net}}</ref> and Dix Bruce, with additional participation from jazz pianist John R. Burr for the songs used in the game's Build Mode.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Alex Robert |date=2018-03-09 |title=The Untold Story of 'The Sims,' Your First Favorite Jazz Record |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-untold-story-of-the-sims-your-first-favorite-jazz-record/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Vice |language=en |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915142047/https://api.intentiq.com/profiles_engine/ProfilesEngineServlet?at=39&mi=10&dpi=793790479&pt=17&dpn=1&jsver=5.09&iiqidtype=2&iiqpcid=1230eb3b-a95b-40c4-9849-2de91c49e67a&iiqpciddate=1726410047885&iiqcallcount=0&iiqfailcount=0&iiqnodata=false&iiqlocalstorageenabled=true&tsrnd=47_1726410047886&fbp=3488735574&cttl=43200000&rrtt=0&dud=0&abtg=A&iiqppcc=0&ref=www.vice.com |url-status=live }}</ref> The game disc contains 37 tracks, of which 15 were published in 2007 as an official soundtrack album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sims: The Original Game Soundtrack |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/17d20cc7-4267-4e48-9257-ea9fcfcf3d9e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629091017/http://musicbrainz.org/release/17d20cc7-4267-4e48-9257-ea9fcfcf3d9e |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2011 |website=[[Musicbrainz]]}}</ref> Most of the tracks contain no vocals, but some of them feature Simlish lyrics.

In recent years, critics have praised and noted the game's use of new age and jazz music.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpVUi9TQ8U | title=How the Sims Made New-Age Jazz Piano the Soundtrack of Our Lives | website=[[YouTube]] | date=September 22, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-untold-story-of-the-sims-your-first-favorite-jazz-record/ | title=The Untold Story of 'The Sims,' Your First Favorite Jazz Record | date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref>