The Sims Original Video Game Soundtrack is the official soundtrack

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 to EA

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's 2000 strategic

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 life-simulation

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 game The Sims

The Sims

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The songs were composed by Jerry Martin, Marc Russo, Kirk R. Casey, and Dix Bruce. The game disc contains 37 tracks, of which 13 are background songs (for the Neighborhood, Build and Buy modes) and 24 are radio songs (covering the genres Classical, Latin, Rock and Country). A selection of 15 of the tracks (from both the background and radio sets) were published in 2007 as an official soundtrack album. Most of the tracks contain no vocals, but some of them feature Simlish lyrics.

Track listing

1. "Now Entering" (Marc Russo) – 3:44
2. "Neighborhood" (Marc Russo) – 4:13
3. "Under Construction" (Jerry Martin) – 4:48
4. "Buying Lumber" (Jerry Martin) – 5:06
5. "Mall Rat" (Jerry Martin) – 2:44
6. "Groceries" (Marc Russo) – 2:32
7. "SIMnata #4" (Jerry Martin) – 3:09
8. "SIMnata #15" (Jerry Martin) – 4:47
9. "BoSIM Nova" (Marc Russo) – 3:39
10. "Samba SIM" (Jerry Martin) – 2:57
11. "SIM Nights" (Kirk Casey) – 4:43
12. "Fishin'" (Dix Bruce) – 3:45
13. "SIM Hoe Down" (Dix Bruce) – 3:38
14. "SIM Yonder" (Dix Bruce) – 3:58
15. "SIM Hagar" (Jerry Martin) – 3:18

All tracks

The tracks selected for the official release are highlighted.

Source	Set	#	Filename	Artist	The Sims Title	Original Title	Length
Background music	Neighborhood mode

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| 3 || nhood3.mp3 || Jerry Martin || The Neighborhood || || 2:08
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| 3 || build3.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Since We Met || || 5:45
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| 4 || build4.mp3 || Jerry Martin || If You Really See Eurydice || || 3:42
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| 5 || build5.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Now What? || || 6:37
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| 6 || build6.mp3 || Jerry Martin || The Simple Life || || 5:48
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| rowspan=4 | Buy mode
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| 3 || buy3.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Elm Street || || 2:50
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| 4 || buy4.mp3 || Jerry Martin || || || 2:18
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| rowspan=24 | Radio music
| rowspan=5 | Classical
| 1 || bbmaj.mp3 || Jerry Martin || SIMnata #13 || || 6:12
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| 4 || gmaj.mp3 || Jerry Martin || SIMnata #5 || || 4:08
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| 5 || fmaj.mp3 || Jerry Martin || SIMnata #12 || || 3:26
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| rowspan=7 | Latin
| 1 || latin1.mp3 || Jerry Martin || How You Doin' || Cocktails Anyone? || 5:30
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| 2 || latin2.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Martinis For Two || Doobadoo || 6:29
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| 5 || latin5.mp3 || Kirk Casey || Lounge Lizard || || 5:08
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| 7 || latin7.mp3 || Marc Russo || Jacuzzi || || 5:10
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| rowspan=5 | Rock
| 1 || rock1.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Oh Sims || || 4:41
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| 2 || rock2.mp3 || Jerry Martin || That's Hot || || 4:29
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| 3 || rock3.Mp3 || Jerry Martin || Yea Yai Yo || || 5:23
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| 5 || rock5.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Middle Finger || || 5:30
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| rowspan=7 | Country
| 1 || beaumont.mp3 || Dix Bruce || Beaumont Rag || || 3:44
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| 2 || devilsdr.mp3 || Dix Bruce || Devil's Dream || || 3:05
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| 3 || downroad.mp3 || Dix Bruce || Goin' Down The Road || || 2:57
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| 6 || splatter.mp3 || Jerry Martin || Splatter || || 4:29
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Adapted versions of Yea Yai Yo and Samba SIM were used in the opening video

Intro sequence

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 and the loading screen

Loading screen

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, respectively.

External links

• The Sims (Soundtrack) at Last.fm
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• Sims 1 Music Track List