Jerry Martin (composer)

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Jerry Martin
Origin	United States
Genres	Jazz video game
Occupation	Composer
Instruments	Guitar keyboards
Years active	1985–present

Jerry Martin is an American composer, best known for his work composing music (particularly jazz) for television commercials, and being the lead composer for several games in The Sims franchise, including SimCity 3000, The Sims, The Sims Bustin' Out, The Sims 2 and SimCity 4. He made a return in 2020 with SimCasino.

Early life and education

Martin began taking music lessons at the age of 10 and played guitar and keyboards in various ensembles through his high school and college education. Martin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition from California State University, Hayward and a Master of Fine Arts from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College.^[1]

Career

In 1985, he founded his original music composition and production company called "Musicontrol". From 1985 to 1995, Martin composed and produced music for various projects such as video soundtracks to national TV and radio commercials, working with over 90 individual film, video and ad agency producers on over 200 different commissions from companies such as AT&T, Toyota, the NBA, Honda, and others. In 1996, Martin joined the Maxis division of Electronic Arts as studio audio director and Lead Composer. From 1996 through 2004, he composed and produced music and directed the audio for multi-platinum video game franchises such as The Sims and SimCity.^[1]

In 2005, Martin started his new company, Jerry Martin Music, and is currently working on various professional and personal musical projects.^[1]

Works

Video game soundtracks

Companies whose TV commercials feature Martin's compositions

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jerry Martin Biography". Official site. Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/video_credits.php Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Jerry Martin's video game credits at his official site
^ Maxis, Inc. (31 October 1996). SimCopter (PC) (1.00 ed.). Electronic Arts, Inc. Level/area: Main menu – credits. Original music and sound effects – Jerry Martin
^ "SimCasino Soundtrack". SimCasino Soundtrack.
^ "Tromi". mycophobia's web site.

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SimCity

Main games	SimCity (1989) SimCity 2000 SimCity 3000 SimCity 4 Rush Hour SimCity (2013)
Other games	SimTown SimCopter Streets of SimCity 64 DS Societies Creator DS Social BuildIt

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Other games	SimsVille (cancelled) Online Bustin' Out The Urbz The Sims 2 for console Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Pets Castaway Apartment Pets Stories Carnival Medieval Social FreePlay Mobile

Spore

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