Platforms: Windows
Year: 2012
Published by: Maxis
Number of Files: 35
Total Filesize: 244 MB
Date Added: Mar 24th, 2025
Album type: Soundtrack
Uploaded by: E_Case
From the Comprehensive SimCity Music Collection, version 3.2, compiled into single album with custom cover.
Additional information:
Some of this music was freely available on the internet for a period of time, cortesy of Maxis. There was also a commercial release in 2003 with 13 tracks entitled 'Music from SimCity 4'. As far as anyone knows, it is out of print.
SIMCITY 4:
Genre/Style: Electronic, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Soundtrack, Deep House, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Ambient, World
Total length: 02:12:06
Above the Clouds/From Above [Region]
3:59
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A very linear and ethereal piece used in "God Mode" using the stylized angels singing cliche." - Jerry Martin
Bohemian Street Jam
5:42
Clarinet [Bass] – Paul McCandless
Congas – Karl Perazzo
Double Bass – Ruth Davies
Percussion – Karl Perazzo
Saxophone [Alto] – Marc Russo
Saxophone [Soprano] – Rock Hendricks
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A "jazz street jam" sound with an underlying patternistic feel featuring world famous woodwind virtuosos." - Jerry Martin
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
By The Bay
6:07
Drums – John Mader
Guitar – Jerry Martin
Oboe – Paul McCandless
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A patternistic minimalist piece featuring a beautiful oboe solo." - Jerry Martin
"SimCity 4’s first expansion pack was also named "Rush Hour"; speculation abounded that a follow-up would thus be called "By the Bay", and focus on water transport." - alerante.net
Crosswalk Talk
5:06
Unknown
Epicenter/EpiCentre
6:28
Bouzouki – Captain Ginger
Synthesizer – Humble Brothers, The
Composer: Ken Marshall & Traz Damji
Gritty City/Rockin' Down
5:32
Composer: Walt Szalva
Landfill
5:19
Composer: Marc Russo
Night Owl
5:20
Guitar – Kirk Casey
Synthesizer – Kirk Casey
Trumpet – Eddie Ramirez
Composer: Kirk Casey
"This is the original Mix For Sim City 4000. It features Eddie Ramirez on Trumpet." - Kirk Casey
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
No Gridlock
7:52
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A slowly building patternistic piece featuring acoustic piano and evoking the tinkering nature of game-play."
Oasis
6:08
Composer: Traz Damji
Parallel View [Region]
5:31
Composer: Kirk Casey
"This Song is also from SIM CITY 4000. It was the music for the God mode and represented a serious vibe." - Kirk Casey
Primordial Dream [Region]
5:23
Composer: Michael Land
Re-Development
5:10
Guitar – Jerry Martin
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A slowly building patternistic minimalist piece featuring acoustic guitar with long delay timing." - Jerry Martin
Rush Hour
5:29
Drums – John Mader
Saxophone – Marc Russo
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Composer: Jerry Martin
"An upbeat urban sounding tune used in marketing and in the "Mayor Mode" of game-play." - Jerry Martin
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
Shape Shifter/The Creator [Region]
7:37
Percussion – Richard DeGraffenreid
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Wind Chimes – Jerry Martin
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A very linear and ethereal piece used in "God Mode"." - Jerry Martin
Street Sweeper
5:04
Saxophone – Marc Russo
Synthesizer – Marc Russo
Composer: Marc Russo
"This Track was used in the introductory movies to SimCity 4 and Rush Hour." - Alerante.net
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
Taking Shape [Region]
4:25
Composer: Bob Marshall
"I am the composer of Taking Shape from the Region mode music in the game. I was working on a contract basis for Jerry Martin as a music composer at the time. We were asked to submit 5 minute tunes. For some reason, I wasn't credited, although I did get paid for the job." - Bob Marshall
Tarrmack
5:34
Composer: Kirk Casey
"This is another SIMS tune for SIM CITY 4000. Also the original Mix. This song was inspired by DJ Shadow's "Changeling/Transmission 1" from "Endtroducing" (1996)." - Kirk Casey
Terrain [Region]
5:38
Guitar – Captain Ginger
Synthesizer – Humble Brothers, The
Composer: Ken Marshall & Traz Damji
The New Hood
5:21
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Trumpet – Eddie Ramirez
Composer: Jerry Martin
"This is in the urban "Trip Hop" style and features some amazing wah-wah trumpet work." - Jerry Martin
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
Transit Angst
4:40
Guitar – Stef Burns
Synthesizer – Robi Kauker
Composer: Robi Kauker
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
Urban Underground
5:07
Composer: Anna Karney
Without Form [Region]
6:32
Cello – Hugh Livingston
Congas – Karl Perazzo
Drums [Hand] – Karl Perazzo
Oboe – Paul McCandless
Synthesizer – Jerry Martin
Composer: Jerry Martin
"An epic piece with acoustic and electronic intruments and rhythms from Javanese Gamelan traditions of Indonesia." - Jerry Martin
Zone System
3:37
Guitar – Kent Jolly
Composer: Kent Jolly
Also featured in SimCity Deluxe for iOS (2010).
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RUSH HOUR:
Genre/Style: Electronic, Jazz, Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen, Soundtrack
Total length: 01:03:35
SimCity 2000 Theme
Composer: Sue Kasper (also composed the rest of the SimCity 2000 music)
Hidden track played by the Ice Cream Truck in U-Drive It Mode.
Arctica [Region]
5:10
Composer: Ken Marshall & Traz Damji
Area 52/Bombay [Region]
7:36
Composer: Jerry Martin
"Acoustic/Electronica (Acoustica) featuring some excellent Bansuri playing (Indian bamboo flute)" - Jerry Martin
Bumper to Bumper
7:06
Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Pololanik
Composer: Jerry Martin
"More rush hour traffic." - Jerry Martin
Chain Reaction
6:19
Composer: Edwin Dolinski
Deserted
5:12
Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Pololanik
Composer: Andy Brick
Dig Deep [Region]
5:56
Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Pololanik
Composer: Jerry Martin
"A textural Orchestra piece evoking the moving and shaping of terrain in "God" mode." - Jerry Martin
ElectriCITY
5:13
Composer: Ken Marshall & Traz Damji
"This track was used as the introductory theme for the second hour of NPR’s 7 December 2005 broadcast of On Point, “Video Game Revolution”. Ironically, SimCity wasn’t mentioned at all during the episode." - alerante.net
Floating Population
5:14
Composer: Walt Szalva
Metropolis
5:06
Composer: Ken Marshall & Traz Damji
The Morning Commute
4:47
Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Pololanik
Composer: Jerry Martin
"An epic orchestral piece inspired by the toll gate in the morning on the bay Bridge." - Jerry Martin
Wheels of Progress
6:01
Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Pololanik
Composer: Andy Brick