SimCity 3000

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Bewertung: 3 / 5
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SimCity 3000

19. March 2023

Composer: Jerry Martin

Original Soundtrack (OST)
HappyJazzPianoSaxophonStringsSwingTrance

Big city feeling

Although SimCity 3000 doesn't catapult the scenario 1000 years into the future, you can still see the six-year gap to its predecessor, SimCity 2000, at least visually: The pixelated DOS charm has given way to pretty, semi-3-D graphics from the iso perspective, which already makes me want to start building cities again - albeit preferably in the successor SimCity 4. Meanwhile, the accompanying soundtrack has also made a small evolutionary leap and sounds like the acoustic link between the SimCity- and the Sims-series, which was to be launched a year later, in 2000. Here, as there, composer Jerry Martin takes the creative lead, which culminates not only in catchier melodies but also more interesting tracks.

In contrast to SimCity 3000 we are spared dodgy MIDIs, but instead get 'real' tracks that oscillate somewhere between spherical, trance-like beats (Infrastructure, New Terrain, Power Grid) and jazzy big city flair (Night Life, Sim Broadway, Central Park Sunday, South Bridge), as we later encounter in The Sims addon Hot Date . Overall, I like what's on offer here even more than the predecessor, especially this feeling of 'vastness' and grandeur, as conveyed in Magic City for example. However, in keeping with the nature of the genre, you shouldn't expect anything groundbreaking. In any case, this score is sure to put you in a good mood while swinging.

SimCity 3000
Original Soundtrack (OST)
SimCity 3000
15 Tracks
01
SimCity 3000
Jerry Martin
★★★ 01:03
02
Building
Jerry Martin
★★★ 06:03
03
Concrete Jungle
Marc Russo
★★★★ 07:03
04
Illumination
Jerry Martin
★★ 08:05
05
Infrastructure
Jerry Martin
★★★ 07:07
06
New Terrain
Jerry Martin
★★ 05:41
07
Night Life
Jerry Martin
★★★ 06:31
08
Power Grid
Jerry Martin
★★★ 05:44
09
Sim Broadway
Jerry Martin
★★★★ 06:06
10
UpDown Town
Jerry Martin
★★★ 03:44
11
Magic City
Jerry Martin
★★★★ 06:08
12
Window Washer's Dream
Robi Kauker, Kent Jolly
★★★ 04:59
13
Central Park Sunday
Marc Russo
★★★ 05:32
14
South Bridge
Krik Casey
★★★ 06:40
15
Urban Complex
Anna Karney
★★★ 06:32
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