The Sims - Under Construction (Build Theme 1 / New Beginnings) | Piano Cover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2020
- A piano cover of 'Under Construction', the first building theme heard in 'The Sims' video game.
Recorded and filmed at Musicarta Media, London.
Pianist, Oliver Bowring, based his performance on a transcription by Pseudo from Game Music Themes. The sheet music, MIDI and other files associated with that transcription can be found at:
www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetm...
Links:
Facebook: / musicarta
Twitter: / musicarta
Instagram: / musicarta
Credits:
Pianist: Oliver Bowring
Original Composer: Jerry Martin
Sound Production: Oliver Bowring
Director of Cinematography: Oliver Bowring
Camera Operator: Joe-lee Coupe
Post-production: Oliver Bowring
Video Equipment:
-Canon EOS-1D X Mark II Camera - amzn.to/3dO5qs3
-Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM Lens - amzn.to/2BUxxnP
-Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens - amzn.to/2h2MD22
-Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
-Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 Carbon Fibre 4-Section Tripod with Manfrotto MVH500AH Flat Base Pro Fluid Head
-Revolve Motion Slider
-SoftPanels 1x2 LED Light Fixture
-PhotoSEL LS21E52 Softbox Light
Audio Equipment:
-Bentley GP148 148cm / 4’10” Grand Piano recorded by a pair of vintage Neumann KM84i small diaphragm cardioid condenser microphones.
-AMS Neve 1073 DPA Stereo Mic Pre Amp with Analogue Output
-Sony DMX-R100 Digital Audio Mixer
-Focusrite RedNet D16 AES Interface
Software:
-Audio recorded and mixed in Pro Tools HD 12
-Audio mastered in Adobe Audition CC 2020
-Reverb used: Bricasti M7 (modified Gold Hall preset)
-Video edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2020 - เพลง
There's something so magical about the original compositions for this game that take me back to a special place when I hear them. I felt a rush of emotion when I heard this. It was absolutely perfect and I swear a tear nearly came out.
Sounded like heaven's childhood
😍😍😍
Tenes razón rey
This was always one of my favorite tracks from TS1, and it takes me back to 2001 when I first played it. Countless hours building, buying, and causing chaos in live mode without a care in the world!
THIS IS THE BEST VERSION ON TH-cam. PERIOD.
amekanasai Thanks so much! I’ve been meaning to cover this one for so long and never got round to perfecting it until lockdown. Really wanted to do it justice so it means a lot to hear this. ~Oliver
@@MusicartaMedia Nice! It was so perfectly played it felt like you were the original pianist who recorded this for the Sims 1 game, haha =) And the camera shots were very professionally done. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
The nostalgia of playing Sims as a kid... When he started playing and the blue progression bar appeared I actually teared up.
Wow. It just made have tears. Which means excelent job. Seen this. Now i am 31. And i still remember playing the Sims at my Pentium MMX. Back when it was made by Maxis. And yes i admit using Rosebud back then just to get the robotmaid. Such a great childhood memories. Now as an adult. I wish to get back in that time. And keep enjoying it.
On bottom line...Thank you. Thank so very much for this video and bring the childhood back to many of us.
the sims 1 build theme piano is soo underrated. it needs more recognition. thats why this video is awesome and thanks for making the piano cover for it dude. people who felt nostalgic listening to this is thanking you! including me :)
Wow! Jerry Martin came up with the basic themes for me, I improvised it, Jerry edited it, and now, I couldn't play it to save my life!
So much fun to see and hear this!
Are you John R Burr?? THE JOHN R BURR???
Thanks for creating such beautiful music. Years later I still listen to these songs. Also have learned about half of “Now what”
I started to learn piano because of The Sims. I have made it my mission to be able to play all those Sims Build mode tracks before I am on my death bed.
Lol don't be stupid 😆
@rowdys Same buddy, same.
How's the progress?
How's the progress ? :)
How's the progress? :)
4,000 views for a video that shows and provokes deep nostalgic emotions? What the hell, TH-cam. I'll share this on Facebook gaming groups. Anyway, YOU are wonderful, man. Thanks for choosing to cover this masterpiece. The simple but elegant production of this video deserves more than just a few thousand views.
I love how you added the blue beam above your head. Not that you needed it because you already reached max level creativity!
I love the little blues licks added in between
Love that right-hand fade-away at 1:00
How about that little turn at 4:18 love the smirk cause he knows he nailed it
the build mode songs are forever my favorite piano pieces. You absolutely nailed it
You added a skill bar above you, but no skill bar appears when you are already at skill level 10! Bravo! Subbed immediately.
The music from The Sims 1 feels like it's telling a story. While the others are all good, there was something less engaging about the music. Thos one felt like finding places for objects, painting walls, and ordering food before collapsing, tired but happy, on a mattress to sleep, with one last squee of "new house!"
This song is much better than anyone would think
Honestly, thank you for doing this cover, very well done. This takes any 90s gamer kid back to such a wonderful time and the fact your keeping it alive in 2020 and that deserve appreciation!
Such an impromptu piece. Magnificent.
Would love to see Jerry recording it for the game.
*This is simply perfect*
Yes it's beautiful. I remember going nuts over it back in the day
YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE THAN ONLY 40.000 VIEWS! The best piano cover so far I have ever seen of The Sims soundtrack! I loss my count of how many times I've seen this video!
All the memories of me playing Sims 1 on my old computer come flying back fast hearing this! 😁👍
This looks so fun to play! Amazing cover and brings back so many memories ❤
I wanted to see how the pianist's fingers move when playing this song, and I'm thoroughly entertained.
I keep coming back to this video. Perfect cover.
Love the learning bar and diamond
There's so much _joy_ in this video. Thank you for sharing
words cannot describe how this makes me feel, this music does the best job.
This deserves more views.
This sounds so rich and crisp!
This is nostalgic and beautiful. Thank you for it.
This is SO good! One of my favourite pianos pieces ever. You play it beautifully. How long does something like this take to learn?
Yeeeeeah boiii someone finally did an upload in the post HD era 🥰
This is truly outstanding! I love the sims 1 playlist, and this piece has and always will be my favourite. This performance and cover is amazing. It’s truly inspiring. Exceptionally well played. 👏👏👏
Sounded like heaven 😇😇😇
So good it gives me goosebumps! It gave me so much sweet memories that I'm listening to this as I renovate my first house in 2022.
probably the most underated music of all time and this is my morning alarm also.
This deserves a million views. You slayed it!
I've been listening to this song for years, it makes me feel so alive and it never gets old.
Your cover is the best I've seen on TH-cam, gives me the same feeling as the original and I love listening to it specially in the morning, would like to see you playing Build 6 or 3 one day, those are also amazing songs.
Perfect version
It has transported me back to 20 years ago. Very nice moments come to mind.
Reading the comments make me feel old, i used to play this game after work, i was out of highschool already for a couple of years
This is so perfect! Every note is spot on!!! Beautiful job! How has this video not blown up yet?!
Stunning.
Working on this now, but god damn, the syncopation is very difficult and I consider myself a drummer even. 5 stars out of 5.
pure emotion!
ahhh, this brings back memories of the good old days of my childhood. Absolutely great cover. Loved it!
Same here! This brings back all the good old memories of childhood
I love the plumbob and skill bar you placed. Brilliant high quality playing too!
Beautifully played!
Immaculate...
Ahhhhhhhhhh take me back!!!!
I wanna do this so baaad , but its freakin impossible haha.. you did it amazingly beautiful. Why did i getcso excited about the intro lol i love Sims too much
I love this dude, epic intro
I know this tune by hard in my mind... and this is the most flawless performance I've seen so far
Masterpiece
Amazing and beautiful, very well done!
Beautiful!
Superb job!!
Bellísima 🥰, felicitaciones 🎉
This is so beautifully done 🥰 Thank you so much for making and sharing this.
Wow I missed this!!!
Amazing, I love this video, I wish you had the other build theme songs as well, i'm learning build mode 4 atm, my goal is to eventually learn this song too.
Omg i always come back to this song and this performance is really spot on! Thank you
wow the sims. so much memories with this soundtrack…
Absolutely amazing!
WHAT !! This is perfection, editing and all. Great work
Wow, so well played! So percise, thank you! Could also play the sims build 5 sheet music, called "Now what" ? But its insanely hard...
Thank you so much for playing one of my favorite piano pieces of all time. This brings back a lot of good memories.
Wooow! Amazing 😍
Wow, this is absolutely incredible. I don't know what it is with this version, but it brings me to tears every time I listen to it. Such a beautiful composition and such an amazing cover. Fantastic job!
This is just beautiful
Incredible! Its like an exact copy of the game soundtrack. Amazing .. I wish i could play piano like this. Thanks for this video!
magical performance!
Congratulations! The best cover for this song I've seen. I wish I could play that way. This song and Dark City Treno, from Final Fantasy IX, are the best piano videogame songs.
Really amazing, it is just a perfect cover, congratulations!
Amazing
simply amazing. i love the blue progression bar touch, it made me emotional! also, listening the recorded song is already beautiful enough, but i think hearing it live would be simply mind-blowing (almost like: omg, an actual human is actually playing this!)
Dude! This is the best video of the sims piano cover I have ever seen in my humble life lol
Amazing
Nicely performed!
Woooow ! ✨ Congrats from Reunion Island 🇷🇪
Flawless
such a beautiful song
Amazing cover ! I never played piano but this track definitely seems to be advanced level.
woah amazing!!
you are the best!!!! great job man
Likely my favorite piano song of all time. I used to play this piece myself and it took me 8 years to learn lol.. Not kidding. I learned in couple of page bursts starting in 2008 with years in and out of touching piano, and finally finishing the ending (part with more chords) in 2017. Though now I'd need a refresher on some parts to get it fully back. I can tell you're notes are pretty spot on while there are some subtleties that I never fully got down. Not a judge but my only critique was occasionally feeling the tempo slightly off, causing a little choppiness. Not sure if anyone agrees with that but I know from own experience it's something hard to maintain throughout the whole song. Anyways I've always wanted to learn Sims Build 3 next, but after part 1, is a massive project lol. Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful it makes me wanna cry!!!
Omg so touching. I Love this song
This is amazing
This music makes me start to play piano. My main objetive is play this music.
Ahhhhh! He has a plumbob
Loving the After Effects techniques!
Amazing! If only I could play this
it makes me cry :(
Very gooood 👏🏼👏🏼 and the intro is 👌🏼😅
Wow! Just wow! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I spent more time in the building mode of the sims just because of this song 😅
This is great. Thanks so much 😊💚
Better than the original, it's more expressive. Love it.