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SimCity 3000

Most music that comes on the actual game disc is encoded in the proprietary Maxis XA format, which has of course long been reverse-engineered and can be decoded by programs like FFmpeg.

Ten of the game’s tracks were released as a CD compilation, which contains additional performance credits in its liner notes.

Title	Composer	Expansion	Filename	Time
SimCity Theme	Jerry Martin	3000	n/a	1:01
Heard during the game’s introductory movie. The track isn’t stored as a separate audio file in the game installation, but it’s on the official soundtrack albums.
Window Washer’s Dream	Robi Kauker & Kent Jolly	Both	3kd1.xa	4:59
SIM Broadway	Jerry Martin	3000	3kg2.xa	6:02
Mysteriously, this track was completely removed from SimCity 3000 Unlimited — unlike Concrete Jungle, it’s not even on the disc.
Updown Town	Jerry Martin	Both	3kj1m.xa	3:42
Night Life	Jerry Martin	Both	3kj2m.xa	6:28
South Bridge	Kirk Casey	Both	3kj3m.xa	6:38
Central Park Sunday	Marc Russo	Both	3kj4m.xa	5:29
SimCity 3000 Loop	Jerry Martin	3000	3kloop.wav	0:11
SimCity 3000 Unlimited Loop	?	Unlimited	3kloop.wav	0:22
Unsurprisingly, this is the tune that plays on a loop while the game is doing busywork, such as loading or saving a city.
Building	Jerry Martin	Both	3kp1.xa	6:01
Magic City	Jerry Martin	Both	3kp2.xa	6:06
Illumination	Jerry Martin	Both	3kp3m.xa	7:47
New Terrain	Jerry Martin	Both	3kp4.xa	5:41
As the name implies, this is the first song you hear after the inception of a new city.
Concrete Jungle	Jerry Martin	Both	3kp5m.xa	7:00
This track is only present by default in 3000, but can be re-enabled fairly easily in Unlimited by opening Apps/Res/Sound/audio.ini in the game’s installation folder, searching for Concrete Jungle, and changing the beginning of the line from ;0x0a to 0x13 — note the removal of the semicolon.
The Howling Wind	Jerry Martin	Unlimited	3kse1.xa	6:38
Sixth Floor	?	Unlimited	3kse2.xa	4:49
Prior to Maxis’ acquisition by Electronic Arts, the company’s headquarters were located on the sixth floor of California Plaza in Walnut Creek, California. I’m fairly certain the title is a reference to that, and not the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but I could be mistaken.
Desert Sand	?	Unlimited	3kse3.xa	4:49
City Lights	?	Unlimited	3kse4.xa	5:02
City of Dreams	?	Unlimited	3kse5.xa	5:08
Power Grid	Jerry Martin	Both	3kt1.xa	5:44
Infrastructure	Jerry Martin	Both	3kt2.xa	7:06
Urban Complex	Anna Karney	Both	3kt3.xa	6:29
SimCity 2000 Theme	?	Both	sc2kbug.xa	?
Hidden track in both 3000 and Unlimited. It can be enabled by opening Apps/Res/Sound/audio.ini in the game’s installation folder, searching for SimCity 2000 Theme, and changing the string 0,0,0,1 at the end of the line to 0,1,0,1.

SimCity 4

Unlike its predecessor, SimCity 4 conveniently stores its music in MP3 format. You can find the files under Radio/Stations in the game’s installation folder.

Once again, thirteen of the game’s tracks were put out on a CD compilation, with performance credits in the liner notes.

Mayor Mode

Title	Composer	Expansion	Filename	Time
Bumper to Bumper	Jerry Martin	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_01_M.mp3	7:06
The Morning Commute	Jerry Martin	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_04_M.mp3	4:47
Wheels of Progress	Andy Brick	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_05_M.mp3	6:00
Deserted	Andy Brick	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_06_M.mp3	5:11
Metropolis	The Humble Brothers	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_07_M.mp3	5:06
ElectriCITY	The Humble Brothers	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_09_M.mp3	5:11
NPR borrowed this track to use as the opening theme for a 7 December 2005 On Point episode on video games, which mentioned SimCity a grand total of zero times.
Floating Population	Walt Szalva	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_10_M.mp3	5:13
Chain Reaction	Edwin Dolinski	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_11_M.mp3	6:15
Rush Hour	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m01.mp3	5:24
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.
By The Bay	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m02.mp3	6:03
The New Hood	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m03.mp3	5:16
No Gridlock	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m04.mp3	7:48
Re-Development	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m05.mp3	5:09
Most of the gameplay teasers posted prior to SimCity 4’s release used this tune as background music.
Bohemian Street Jam	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4m06.mp3	5:37
Urban Underground	Anna Karney	Both	SC4m07.mp3	5:04
Street Sweeper	Marc Russo	Both	SC4m08.mp3	4:59
Instead of a separate theme, as in 3000, SimCity 4 and Rush Hour’s introductory movies use a snippet of this track.
Crosswalk Talk	?	Both	SC4m09.mp3	5:03
This track is the only one missing from the full SimCity 4 soundtrack album available on streaming services and the iTunes Store. In its place is a track labeled Simmin’ by Rock Hendricks that is actually an erroneous duplicate of Bohemian Street Jam. This may imply that Crosswalk Talk was in fact composed by Hendricks, with Simmin’ as an alternate title.
Tarmack	Kirk Casey	Both	SC4m10.mp3	5:31
Night Owl	Kirk Casey	Both	SC4m11.mp3	5:19
EpiCenter	The Humble Brothers	Both	SC4m12.mp3	6:26
Gritty City	Walt Szalva	Both	SC4m13.mp3	5:31
The full soundtrack album calls this Rockin’ Down.
Zone System	Kent Jolly	Both	SC4m14.mp3	3:32
Transit Angst	Robi Kauker	Both	SC4m15.mp3	4:41
Landfill	Marc Russo	Both	SC4m16.mp3	5:16
Thanks to Jenko Grund for composer credits.
Oasis	The Humble Brothers	Both	SC4m17.mp3	6:04
Thanks to Andrew Hamilton for composer credits.

Region Mode

Title	Composer	Expansion	Filename	Time
Area 52	Jerry Martin	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_02_G.mp3	5:13
SimCity.com and Jerry Martin’s Web site called this Bombay.
Dig Deep	Jerry Martin	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_03_G.mp3	5:56
Arctica	The Humble Brothers	Rush Hour	SC4ep1_08_G.mp3	5:09
Above the Clouds	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4g1.mp3	3:56
Jerry Martin’s Web site referred to this piece as From Above.
Shape Shifter	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4g2.mp3	7:32
Jerry Martin’s Web site referred to this piece as The Creator.
Terrain	The Humble Brothers	Both	SC4g3.mp3	5:35
Without Form	Jerry Martin	Both	SC4g4.mp3	6:28
Taking Shape	Bob Marshall	Both	SC4g5.mp3	4:22
Mr. Marshall himself wrote in with the following: 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.
Primordial Dream	Michael Land	Both	SC4g6.mp3	5:20
Disabled by default, but easily turned back on by checking its box in the audio settings.
Thanks to Jenko Grund for composer credits.
Parallel View	Kirk Casey	Both	SC4g7.mp3	5:28
Thanks to Jenko Grund for composer credits.