{
  "id": 654998,
  "title": "How The Sims Made New-Age Jazz Piano the Soundtrack of Our Lives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/how-the-sims-made-new-age-jazz-piano-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T09:23:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/video/how-the-sims-made-new-age-jazz-piano-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Sims soundtrack is an iconic piece of video game music, and the build mode's minimalist new age jazz piano songs are undoubtedly among it's most famous tracks. We spoke to Jerry Martin, the composer of the soundtrack, to find out how and why new age jazz piano became the sound of The Sims.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}