Comprehensive SimCity Music Collection, Version 3.2

[trar 336]

Honestly, I couldn't tell you. Sorry that's not much help.

[Dynamo 3]

From briefly watching a gameplay clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj8jbm5kXKw), it would appear that the music is indeed quite short and loops often - at least for the first music track in the game. I suppose whoever ripped it did not correctly configure it to have proper looping, but the music is there in full, otherwise. I guess that's some information for anyone else who might have been wondering the same.

[Haljackey 17,354]

Just popped up on my feed: Sega Saturn SC2K!
 

 

And related- Playstation OST for 2K
 

 

[ohdude 2,353]

This song remind me one of the SimCity 4 OST....maybe God mode song...:  enjoy while you are working on SimCity projects

 

[matias93 7,535]

On 11/23/2022 at 7:21 PM, ohdude said:

This song remind me one of the SimCity 4 OST....maybe God mode song...:  enjoy while you are working on SimCity projects

 

And into the playlist it goes, thanks!

[ohdude 2,353]

On 25/11/2022 at 4:38 AM, matias93 said:

And into the playlist it goes, thanks!

Oh!! thanks dudes!! i 've posted it on another topic and for i while i thought that it was removed.

Now I know where is the correct topic.

Enjoy!

[trar 336]

So I took a look at the SimEverything compilation I linked earlier, and it had music from an entire game I wasn't even aware of: SimCity Jr. which was a Japan-only SNES port of SimTown. It also has a couple tracks from the SNES and Saturn ports of SC2K I missed, titled MP3 versions of the SimCopter/Streets of SimCity radio ads and DJ spots, MP3 versions of the first SimCity's music and better titles for the Amiga CDTV version. It's not organized by folder though - it's all in one massive ZIP file. Still worth checking out!

[Turnstyled 512]

Back when I was trying to get into retro computing, I messed around with soundfonts and Roland MT-32/CM-32L emulation. I even bought the dedicated Roland Sound Canvas emulation software solution from Roland, but it was much better to just use a Roland SC-55 soundfont. Said soundfont wasn't perfectly accurate, but it was more than good enough. I played with soundfonts based on various hardware devices from the past. I also had an mt32-pi built using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W connected to my "modern" PC.

When I was working on a project at my local community college, a student on the project was into collecting guitars because "each one sounded a little bit different." I didn't actually say it or think it at the time, but I later thought of "Welcome to the world of sound cards, MIDI modules, and wavetable synthesis daughterboards!" as a response. If you look on YouTube, you'll find some popular MIDI tunes from DOS games, such as GRABBAG from Duke Nukem 3D, being played with over 70 different sound devices for comparison.

[trar 336]

10 hours ago, Turnstyled said:

Back when I was trying to get into retro computing, I messed around with soundfonts and Roland MT-32/CM-32L emulation. I even bought the dedicated Roland Sound Canvas emulation software solution from Roland, but it was much better to just use a Roland SC-55 soundfont. Said soundfont wasn't perfectly accurate, but it was more than good enough. I played with soundfonts based on various hardware devices from the past. I also had an mt32-pi built using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W connected to my "modern" PC.

When I was working on a project at my local community college, a student on the project was into collecting guitars because "each one sounded a little bit different." I didn't actually say it or think it at the time, but I later thought of "Welcome to the world of sound cards, MIDI modules, and wavetable synthesis daughterboards!" as a response. If you look on YouTube, you'll find some popular MIDI tunes from DOS games, such as GRABBAG from Duke Nukem 3D, being played with over 70 different sound devices for comparison.

Absolutely. That's why there's like six different versions of the SC2K music available for download: I figured it was necessary for posterity's sake.

I'm even thinking about putting up an AdLib version since I know a lot of people used it back in the 90s. When I played in the early 2000s I had the Microsoft general MIDI, so naturally that was the very first version I had up.

[Terring 6,476]

My two favorite game franchises are SimCity and Command and Conquer. C&C is a goldmine of great tracks, some of which sound neat in SimCity. For instance, this song sounds like mixing SC3K jazz with SC4's hip hop and night scenes. And it's from a war game!

 

[fugosushi 41]

On 2/12/2022 at 11:12 AM, matias93 said:

I've been making my own list of songs that sound like SimCity music. In the playlist I included some of the original songs that I really like, but here I'll be marking them apart, if you want only the ones that would be additional. Obviously, is a work in progress and I'm contiuously adding more songs that match the style.

Overall, is a cool mixture of jazz, fusion, math rock, ambient and some other game soundtracks.

  The list, in no particular order (Reveal hidden contents)

Douglas Holmquist - Credits (Does Not Commute OST)
Douglas Holmquist - Metropolis
Douglas Holmquist - Port
Douglas Holmquist - Garbage Golf
Douglas Holmquist - City Night
Douglas Holmquist - City
Douglas Holmquist - Suburb

Camel - Supertwister

Jaume Vilaseca Trio - Hairless Heart (Genesis covers)
Jaume Vilaseca Trio - Dusk
Jaume Vilaseca Quartet - The Musical Box

Happy The Man - Hidden Woods

Jerry Martin - Building (SimCity 3000 OST)
Jerry Martin - Illumination
Jerry Martin - Infrastructure
Jerry Martin - New Terrain
Jerry Martin - Magic City
Robi Kauker - Window Washers Dream
Anna Karney - Urban Complex
Kirk Casey - SIM Nights (The Sims OST)
Marc Russo - BoSIM Nova
Jerry Martin - Buying Lumber
Jerry Martin - Under Construction
Jerry Martin - The New Hood
Jerry Martin - Shape Shifter (SimCity 4 OST)
Jerry Martin - Without Form
Kent Jolly - Zone System
Anna Karney - Urban Underground
Edwin Dolinski - Chain Reaction
Jerry Martin - By The Bay

Michael Hedges - Spare Change

Congreso - Un Sueño Perdido
Congreso - El Sombrero de Ruben
Congreso - Musica para Tu Regreso

Vangelis - Soil Festivities: Movement 4
Vangelis - The Oracle Of Apollo
Vangelis - Nerve Centre
Vangelis - Side Streets
Vangelis - Twilight

Plini - Inhale
Plini - Other Things
Plini - Ko Ki
Plini - Heart

Sarah Longfield - Ember
Sarah Longfield - Citrine
Sarah Longfield - Intro

Jake Bowen - Mare Tranquillitatis

Michael Manring - Selene

Covet - good morning
Covet - predawn (feat. Phillip Jamieson)
Covet - pirouette
Covet - odessa
Covet - Nautilus
Covet - Hydra
Covet - Currents
Covet - gleam

Toe - Metronome

GENTLE LOVE - Aquatic Ambiance (Donkey Kong Country)
GENTLE LOVE - Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64)

David Maxim Micic - 500 Seconds Before Sunset

The Flashbulb - Morning Run

Bill Laurance - Neverending City
Bill Laurance - Ready Wednesday
Bill Laurance - The Good Things
Bill Laurance - U-Bahn
Bill Laurance - Swift
Bill Laurance - Mr. Elevator
Bill Laurance - Red Sand
Bill Laurance - December in New York
Bill Laurance - Money in the Desert

fox capture plan - The Last Story of the Myth
fox capture plan - Konton to Souzou No Kikagaku
fox capture plan - Kaleidoscope
fox capture plan - Fragile #2
fox capture plan - Fragile #1
fox capture plan - Asian Dancer

Snarky Puppy - Gemini
Snarky Puppy - Kite
Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Snarky Puppy - Flight
Snarky Puppy - Sintra
Snarky Puppy - Bling Bling
Snarky Puppy - Xavi
Snarky Puppy - Bad Kids To The Back

Chon - Visit

Iamthemorning - Harmony

Via Luna - No One Cares

Richard Henshall - Limbo (Instrumental)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Mirage

CHARLIER/SOURISSE - Barbary Coast

Metro - It's All Good

Shaun Martin - Lotus

If you want to hear it fully, it's on Deezer:

https://deezer.page.link/wKbsYPM8UhcFueGi7

I too have been making my own playlist of songs that sound like SimCity music. A lot of them are so uncanny, you'll swear they were actually from the real game.

Check out the full playlist on Spotify if you'd like to hear what I'm talking about: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3z0uFhT3Q9ryiRs6KGtEDh
 

 

[Terring 6,476]

I just found a great cover of By the Bay made by roggeralves94

 

[Cyclone Boom 17,016]

On 11/07/2023 at 3:56 PM, Terring said:

I just found a great cover of By the Bay made by roggeralves94

Very nice find! That's very well done, and they sure made a great job of the remix. That sure takes musical talent to construct a tune by ear.

On a related note, I noticed a suggested video which has the same Jerry Martin tune played by a live orchestral band:

Pretty cool I think, even though the tune is quite a bit slower than the original. I found if increasing playback speed to 1.15 via the "Custom" option in the settings, it matches more closely to what we're familiar with. I notice on the projection screen it shows some gameplay snippets from SC4 as well.

I like how they create the same musical feel of the track, with the variances from playing live.

Timeless tunes, timeless game. It'll sure be fun to get back to SC4 someday...

[Haljackey 17,354]

In my feed this morning- a very high quality compilation of the original SC3K soundtrack. Great tunes to work to

 

[Haljackey 17,354]

Here's a good version of the SC64 soundtrack

 

[Haljackey 17,354]

SimCity SNES Lofi

 

[Haljackey 17,354]

Breaking down the SimCity SNES music

 

[skorge659 6]

 i made a cyberpunk 2077 radio mod

 

[trar 336]

I found out there's an Internet Archive upload of Sim-Melody from SimCity 2000, so I added it to the OP. That along with the FLAC download of SimCity 64's music in the description of the YouTube video that Haljackey posted...last year. Sorry for the delay!

[Haljackey 17,354]

SiIvaGunner playlist for SC SNES. Fun twists on some classics songs on the game.

#6 for Megaopolis is prob my favorite mix.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0CQjrcN8D3W1qa-OrOnjR4EpKQKFrsq

 

[Haljackey 17,354]

Wow these orchestral renditions of SC SNES  are so dam good. Give the village theme a listen. There are others too like the town.

This is beautiful

Thanks to @Pluto on the SC4E discord server for sharing!

 

https://discord.com/channels/383313438065033228/383313438065033230/1414043323827486903

[Randoguy45 10]

Anybody here know of a way to mod the Mac soundtrack into the windows version of SimCity 2k ? from what i remember the Macintosh version sounded better. the tracks need to be in midi format for it to work, not mp3.

[TogaMasterJohn 711]

On 1/11/2026 at 1:07 AM, Randoguy45 said:

Anybody here know of a way to mod the Mac soundtrack into the windows version of SimCity 2k ? from what i remember the Macintosh version sounded better. the tracks need to be in midi format for it to work, not mp3.

The sc2kfix plugin for the Windows 95 version of SC2K allows you to use MP3s instead of MIDI, which is a really nice feature. I highly recommend using it!

 

[Randoguy45 10]

15 hours ago, TogaMasterJohn said:

The sc2kfix plugin for the Windows 95 version of SC2K allows you to use MP3s instead of MIDI, which is a really nice feature. I highly recommend using it!

 

thanks man i'll check it out for sure

[Randoguy45 10]

16 hours ago, TogaMasterJohn said:

The sc2kfix plugin for the Windows 95 version of SC2K allows you to use MP3s instead of MIDI, which is a really nice feature. I highly recommend using it!

 

This plugin is amazing! and i also like all the other features as well especially that floating dialog box thing which really brings back that mac look. Thank you very much for sharing this.

[TogaMasterJohn 711]

33 minutes ago, Randoguy45 said:

This plugin is amazing! and i also like all the other features as well especially that floating dialog box thing which really brings back that mac look. Thank you very much for sharing this.

You're welcome! When I first heard about the project, I was immediately intrigued... and then upon trying it for the first time, I was immediately hooked! I can't go back to the "vanilla" Windows 95 version, even on my vintage machines! 

[Lab Rat 15]

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[trar 336]

The music collection hasn't been affected by the server issues, as far as I'm aware.