* If you're a fan of jazz music, then you can't go wrong with the soundtracks to pretty much every ''[=SimCity=]'' game since 2000. Their composer, Jerry Martin, is a genius. The songs are especially awesome due to the fact that they aren't just jazzy sounding melodies, but ''full, complete jazz songs,'' right down to the amazing improvs, which aren't generally used so completely in regular gameplay elsewhere (generally being only used for credits or special sequences and such), and they have a great band besides, especially in ''[=SimCity=] 3000:''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWLwASzJpM Central Park Sunday.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA_OK1UbmGI South Bridge.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4vRJF8L4SY Updown Town.]]
** Seriously, of all the ''VideoGame/SimCity 3000'' Music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBszCIKYumk Broadway]] is the most upbeat and dynamic.
** The Ambient and Epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NYlwwFiEbI New Terrain]], which almost always plays when you're staring at a blank canvas that will become a new city.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkMZtXFdlso Magic City]] is six minutes of distilled, beautiful awesome.
** If you're not a fan of jazz, you may enjoy the complex, layered, and soothing sound of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5HC6Hw0qQ Window Washer's Dream.]] It's a relief to hear when rebuilding after a disaster.
* While the literally horrifying graphics of ''[=SimCopter=]'' left much to be desired, the soundtrack went a long way towards making up for it. Some of the best tracks:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgPW5lpjoKA Career Menu]] theme, and the orchestrated version that plays as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4WOIW2h24 Hangar Backdrop.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1gBSXk_zQ Jazz 5]] especially shines among the jazz tunes (just listen to that sax!), but we've also got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qc9YD_mE0A Jazz 4]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkyQvL_HPSw and 6]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LKZOVMtzTI Techno 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NxGVzZ27iU 2]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMWq1iYcUE 3,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mRHKGZP7eI 4]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R3Cf43pRO4 Rock 1.]]
* ''Streets of Sim City'' received the same Jerry Martin treatment in the music department. Despite the game being unfortunately riddled with bugs that probably will never be fixed (since it was released back in 1997), the soundtrack actually manages to be even more memorable and awesome than the ''[=SimCopter=]'' score, and many of the songs were {{recycled|Soundtrack}} into ''VideoGame/TheSims'' and even ''The Sims 3''. Some notable examples:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xARqaxlDqA Techno 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4lYxiisAMY 3]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfIQGEUnU90 and 5]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3k2-v13uVQ Bluegrass 3]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au9S8lCKFek and 6]] ("I'm just a splatter...splatter...splatter on the windshield of life.")
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDFcyKB7gl4 The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNBACgxW7g entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLTqMeRNWE hard]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9_ewpEbPM rock]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxnxqsrhu1A playlist]] ("YOU'RE THE CZAR IN YOUR GOOD OLD KICK-ASS CAR!").
** ...and then there is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyOY1NFPQg garage music]], which is predominantly composed of garage noises.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ThZoCk1Dw All]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87qj5cixMg of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij8g7szF0WA the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT5aLjZOxvw jazz]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V2HBgtV0zs songs]]. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7a6EK1aIFY this]].
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* ''Sim City 4'' has the stunningly awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HW5agFwUY Epicenter]].
** Along with the mesmerizingly epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I86TfGM2OIA Oasis]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08L8Xsy8Hk Rush Hour]] is a rather spicy jazz piece that is very suiting for a city full of highways, shopping malls, offices, and "busy" areas in town.
** ''Sim City 4'' also has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX4HqntdXtE "Wheels of Progress".]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_Loy885rk "The Morning Commute"]] from the ''Rush Hour'' expansion is even more stunning.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g4tcUBNq8A "Night Owl"]] is fitting for a seedy area at night.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4FfPLJMgmI "Chain Reaction"]] is a great piece for building and admiring high-tech industrial zones.
** The beautiful, rolling [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pric3K9yZ3o "No Gridlock"]] easily evokes Arcadia.
** Then there's dusky, sleepy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JS1ZsZDqOA "Street Sweeper"]].
** And now we have the terrifying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDJzf5jqccw "Primordial Dream"]], a [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] and, quite frankly, [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment oddly out of place]] tune which would fit in quite well in a series like ''Franchise/SilentHill'' or ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''. It always plays after you obliterate the city... ''over the barren wasteland''. Worse still, [[SchmuckBait it's unchecked by default]], and if you ''do'' check it, then it's the only song that plays!
* The SNES version of ''VideoGame/SimCity'' has a different BGM for all six city sizes, every one a winner: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcP8MRh8r4 Village,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzL5W8regZY Town,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-GwS84dsM City,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsM1K_9bDnE Capital,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2U_nQxLLOE Metropolis,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJcjWhMvE8 Megalopolis.]] The gradual increase in energy from the laid back Village track to the triumphant Megalopolis track suits the growth of the city perfectly.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zi26VQnsQM "Village"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmLxKhyzyBM "Town"]] were orchestrated for the second Orchestral Game Music Concert back in 1992. This is every bit as awesome as it sounds.
** Composer Soyo Oka named "Metropolis" as one of the favourite tracks she has ever composed (alongside "Rainbow Road" for ''Super Mario Kart'' and the menu theme for ''Pilotwings''). It is the only melody to appear in both the (unreleased) NES port of the game as well as the SNES port. Clearly ''she'' thinks highly of it.
* The 2013 reboot expands the soundtrack as your city increases in population and they saved the better tracks for later.
** The first time you hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxoYyIupNVI Town and Out]] feels monumental.
** Make a megalopolis and you'll get the wonderfully sophisticated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qxWwMvy1xE Tale of Sim Cities]].
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtLKapIiK0 SimCity, November 2019]]. Holy Crap.''
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