Does this background music sound familiar to anyone else?

Linamints

Someone please tell me I'm not crazy and that this is the build mode music, right?
https://youtu.be/PwmmAtCMrrA?t=14m51s

Sigzy05

It's TS3's build mode music.

Linamints

There's another Sims 3 track later in the episode too! It just throws me!

MemoriiValentine

I believe it's because the Sims 3 music is royalty free ? I've heard some in rupaul' s drag race season 6

Sigzy05

MemoriiValentine wrote: »

I believe it's because the Sims 3 music is royalty free ? I've heard some in rupaul' s drag race season 6

Some of it yes.

puzzlezaddict

Not to nitpick, but technically it's buy mode music... the build mode tracks are all much less hyper/chipper/check-out-this-shiny-new-object-it'll-totally-fix-all-the-problems-in-your-life-don't-you-just-HAVE-to-have-it?! and more mellow and laid-back, the kind of music you'd want when planting trees and maybe sculpting a pond.

I've seen several TV show segments that used Sims tracks as background music, including a 2012 Olympics filler piece. I think there's just a general catalog that sound engineer types can draw from, just like there are libraries of stock footage and photos. And it would make perfect sense for a composer to upload his or her work and hope for some exposure, even if there aren't any rights fees attached.

GrijzePilion

Don't forget Colossal used a track from TS3 in one of their Cities: Skylines trailers once. Unknowingly, that is.
So yeah, it's licensed out and most of these producery types don't even know what the music's from.

king_of_simcity7

I got this message:

'This video contains content from Channel 5, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.'

Sigzy05

GrijzePilion wrote: »

Don't forget Colossal used a track from TS3 in one of their Cities: Skylines trailers once. Unknowingly, that is.
So yeah, it's licensed out and most of these producery types don't even know what the music's from.

Everyone in the comments on that video was telling the developers they used TS3 music ahaha it was hilarious, I think one of them commented they didn't knew and it was a coincidence.

dominimp

Even heard some of the Sims 1 music in various commercials

It must be due to permission from Steve Jablonsky or Jerry Martin or any of the other artists (Those 2 come to mind because most recognizable)

And yeah that did sound like Sims 2 or Buy Mode music

Rukola_Schaaf

@king_of_simcity7

king_of_simcity7 wrote: »

I got this message:

'This video contains content from Channel 5, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.'

poor you
i had to endure that message for years with many tracks on youtube until youtube finally settled an agreement with the music regulator in germany

polrbear

I remember years ago recognising sims2 music on a program or commercial. I am not surprised people are using music from 3