Year: 1999
Type: Original Soundtrack (OST)
Composer(s): Jerry Martin
Number of tracks: 15
Rating
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.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Ratings |
| 01 | SimCity 3000 | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 02 | Building | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 03 | Concrete Jungle | Marc Russo | 4 |
| 04 | Illumination | Jerry Martin | 2 |
| 05 | Infrastructure | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 06 | New Terrain | Jerry Martin | 2 |
| 07 | Night Life | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 08 | Power Grid | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 09 | Sim Broadway | Jerry Martin | 4 |
| 10 | UpDown Town | Jerry Martin | 3 |
| 11 | Magic City | Jerry Martin | 4 |
| 12 | Window Washer's Dream | Robi Kauker; Kent Jolly | 3 |
| 13 | Central Park Sunday | Marc Russo | 3 |
| 14 | South Bridge | Krik Casey | 3 |
| 15 | Urban Complex | Anna Karney | 3 |
