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Anyone who has nostalgia for SimCity should definitely give a listen to its amazing soundtrack: https://youtu.be/PSv37HwwojU

Jerry Martin, the composer for most of The Sims franchise, is a legend. The music is like vaporwave before vaporwave.

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Along the same lines, the best thing to come out of Sim City 2013 is Chris Tilton's orchestral soundtrack. It uses musical tropes from 50s/60s Hollywood futurism and adds some modern atmosphere to it. Somehow the composer manages to keep the 'camp' of old movie soundtracks without it being cheesy. As with any good OST, music changes with the context. New skyscrapers will trigger sweeping full pit orchestra music. There are nighttime mixes for each song that lean into distant acoustic bursts. Also I love that when building hospitals, the music incorporates rattling pill bottles, jingling metal instruments, and clanging beakers. So fun!

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