SimCity 3000 - Central Park Sunday

[@usmansm]

This music reminds me of young & innocent days. Not a worry in the world, just me and videogames.

[@16-BitGuy]

same here

[@brandonrooney109]

same man, same. not a worry in the world.

[@zanderman004]

...and Windows 98... technology stops there.. ahhh.. lovely.. :')

[@hbilha]

20 years after playing Simcity 3000, I still randomly play this song in my mind sometimes. Epic tune!

[@BenchFox_]

Wait, you also have a Walkman stuck in your brain?

[@marioburbank1135]

hahahaha same here... usually when I´m cleaning the house... and use The Sims 1 music to relax XD.

[@RHYTE]

This song is just amazing and it should be a jazz classic

[@djmhyde]

actually is based on a jazz classic, ¨take five¨ from Dave Brubeck

[@RHYTE]

@@djmhyde I love take five! But how is it based on that exactly?

[@GabeSyme]

@@RHYTE they're both in 5/4 time, that's about it.

[@davidsooley6548]

It takes a lot more from “So What”

[@thepirategamerboy12]

Unfortunately because it's from a video game some people I guess wouldn't consider it "real music." Shame on them though.

[@Yekta.coskun]

Went to the observation floor of empire states building and listened this song for hours... Achivement completed

[@xanderleesweet]

Next try Central Park on a Sunday evening ;D (like the song's title XD)

[@StatickyCat]

@@xanderleesweet That's a genius idea lol

[@DaL33T5]

It's funny. Whenever I hear tunes from old games I've played, I tend to get nostalgic in a "god-I-wish-those-days-never-ended" way. But with these songs, It's more of a positive, soothing "life-is-as-good-as-it-was-back-then" kind of nostalgia.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

I'm waiting for the day I can finally say this 😞

[@Cheesemonk3h]

because sim city 3000 is just as good today as it was back then. nothing about it has changed, or more specifically, nothing about the framework about it's interpretation is changed. nobody is paying billions of dolalrs to manipulate your opinion about the social or political implications of sim city... it's just a game you played as a kid. you can't say the same about Halo or call of duty.

[@Ragitsu]

@@Cheesemonk3hWhy is that? The original _Halo_ debuted in 2001.

[@stephansaunders386]

Never thought I'd be listening to this song, some 20 years later, just for the enjoyment of it. Nostaglia to the max. Kinda weird listening to this without the sim construction noises going on though LOL XD

[@kylev.1163]

*City falling into a a crippling debt, communities turning into projects and abandoned streetcorners, fires everwhere* *This happy ass song plays in conjunction*

[@ps3master72]

And nuclear fallout engulfing the Eastern half of the city

[@PelemusMcSoy]

I always was a sucker for irony.

[@mkien2005]

Jazz up your life no matter what 😂

[@jtroopa]

That 5/4 time signature really does a great job of keeping you engaged. Maybe it's just the irregularity of it.

[@ianeiI]

It's almost feels like a major key Take Five

[@theviolinoob]

@@ianeiI for sure its a reference

[@dutt.instincts]

@@ianeiI yup

[@GiuseppeSan]

It's swung 5/4 which gives it such a cool feel. I didn't even realize it was 5/4 at first because something about it feels so natural. Amazing track. All the solos are incredible too.

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

Classic piece composed in 5/4 time. Love SimCity 3000's soundtrack.

[@607]

I never realised. Wow.

[@laca103]

2022....Still listening to it in loop, during work :D :D

[@JoshuaTollon]

Ladies and Gentletrolls, this is what city-building music should sound like. All of the joy, the mirth, and the romance of constructing a city from nothing. The day-life, the nightlife, and all with enough commercial and industrial value to let those shiny simoleons roll right into the coffers. After all, we have to keep that frumpy treasury adviser sane and happy.

[@StatickyCat]

And then there's Power Grid, Infrastructure, and Urban Complex because every city has an ugly side, and they all go through a terrible recession at some point.

[@Fiddlestickz1]

I listen to this in Cities: Skylines, so good!

[@evannewman8381]

+Fiddlestickz1 Me too! I got tired of the soundtrack so I put on SC3k and SC4 music in the background.

[@DeadHandtheSurvivor]

Ditto. It's really fitting when you're building an European city, at least to me it is.

[@rogermichou8654]

can you put another music in background and keep other city skyline sounds such as traffic and and train moving on tracks for instance ?

[@jm2000]

Yep, go into the Options menu and under Audio only lower the Music Volume.

[@TheTechCguy]

Same. All it took was downloading the custom music feature and the actual ost from SC3k.

[@Moistcraictical]

Despite this songs epicness, all I can remember when I hear it is falling into unforgivable debt, my advisers nagging at me, and lots and lots of tornadoes. So many tornadoes. /"(Y_Y)"\

[@samsabruskongen4081]

haha :D

[@nerosonic]

haha you can turn disasters off you know... but you can't turn off your advisors lol

[@GlassDeviant]

Just ignore advisors (mostly) and turn off disasters, they always come at a ridiculous rate in the game anyway. The only advisor you really need to watch is the one where if you ignore it, your transportation network decays.

[@ravenoftheredsky]

Lmao

[@WAYNE1980AA]

i love tornadoes

[@lifevest1]

Half my city is abandoned Abandoned Reason: Lack of Chocolate Sprinkles Me: WTFFFF????

[@RS250Squid]

You forgot the prime rule of keeping your citizens happy: The Chocolate Sprinkles must flow!

[@PHILMKD95]

No power?

[@TheTechCguy]

Like in Cities Skylines. Or Simcity Societies. Every other city sim known to man.

[@SuperflyGaming]

Usually change in population density, if you have more high density residential areas but not many high density commercial areas next to them you'll see this more often 😛

[@gunner-pm7jh]

;)

[@RS250Squid]

UPDATED - see edit below: According to Wiki: the music was composed by Jerry Martin.... "The fifteen tracks from the game are also available as MP3s for download on EA's SC3K website for listening outside of the game" (now a dead link). The jazz musicians are Vincent Herring on alto and tenor saxes, Ryan Kisor on trumpet, Joey Calderazzo on piano, the late Dwayne Burno on double bass, and Jeff Hamilton on drums. A couple of places now seem to be charging for the soundtrack, Itunes included, but I think that since EA were happy to offer it for free on their own site, we all have the moral authority to seek it elsewhere :-). UPDATE: This track was actually NOT by Jerry Martin, it is one of two tracks on the sountrack that were by a dude called Marc Russo. Beyond8's comment down there *points down* has more information. If anyone else was wondering, Jerry Martin did 10 of the 15 songs from the soundtrack, with 2 by Mark Russo, and 3 by Robi Kauker & Kent Jolly, Kirk Casey, and Anna Karney.

[@carlosroberto366]

hey thanks for the info mate :D

[@megamanfan3]

Jerry Martin also worked on the original Sims

[@bynd8]

+Andy B sorry It's completely wrong for this track !! Composed by Marc Russo, who plays the saxophone, Louis Fasman on trumpet, Ruth Davies on bass, Paul Van Wageningen on drums, and John R. Burr on piano (the same from The Sims build mode)

[@RS250Squid]

+beyond8 Yikes. You're right, I just looked on Itunes!

[@EdForceOne-p1z]

Available on Spotify now!

[@aussiejinjo]

want to put this on an ipod and walk around central park in the fall listening to this

[@salmartone1383]

+aussie jinjo me too but i'd do it in the summer

[@DeadHandtheSurvivor]

+aussie jinjo Be sure to do it on a Sunday.

[@aussiejinjo]

i actually did it last november when i was in NY :) www.flickr.com/photos/aussiejinjo/23142463676/in/datetaken-public/ photot aken while i was doing it

[@DeadHandtheSurvivor]

aussie jinjo That's awesome, But you didn't do it on a Sunday! Time for a retake, man!

[@aussiejinjo]

its a long trip from aus lol

[@Alternatevil]

This song, as well as Updown Town, are perfect complements to walking on a city street on a sunny day.

[@CassidyListon]

THIS IS THE BEST SONG IN THE GAME!

[@sams1170]

I remember noticing somebody in the comments section said that this reminds them of Hey Arnold, whoever you are I just want to say that that is so in the pocket lol spot on observation.

[@MRtucnakCZE]

After many years... After many new Sim Cities... Even after new Sim City (V) This Sim City, is the best Sim City ever...

[@mkien2005]

yep, for sure!

[@StatickyCat]

This always seems to play when the city's doing well! When this plays I feel happy.

[@HotEmeraldX]

I think this is also an excellent song for working

[@TheNextProtoman200]

As a kid I made sorta like a great depression town and made it poor and falling apart. The memories with this song remind me of when me and my cousin were little (we are 14 now) and found this game in the basement, we didn't know what it was, so we just played it and loved it, good times!

[@henkerdebenk594]

+ChicagoBulls 1999 Making a Great Depression town as a kid rather sounds like you sucked at SimCity though I failed too, lol. 8 years old and no idea what you were doing, but it was awesome

[@silberwolf0794]

Jacob-Henk Teertstra same

[@Segasedge]

I was in Central Park this past Sunday and this song came to mind. Sat on a bench and just listened to this on low volume.

[@bot10berg]

Gotta love that 5/4 meter!

[@Sannoso]

If you want similar music, check out Lee Morgan on "Sidewinder" and "Moanin", when he was with Art Blakey.

[@EdForceOne-p1z]

Sidewinder is fantastic!

[@michaelcroff7097]

I checked these out and while they sound like fantastic music to play during a romantic hotel rendezvous, they don't have that incessant "alright let's get to work" feel of this soundtrack

[@brody9371]

This song brings back good memories of playing that amazing game.

[@kzt396]

Brings back such nostalgia... I remember playing this game whenever I was bored. This particular song accompanied me going bankrupt. It sucked me in. I couldn’t stop. Until the old IOS game got taken off the App Store. Wish I could play it again, just like old times.

[@chl6542]

Oh man, lovin those city vibes......

[@DanielNoronha86]

Its hard to believe its a video game song

[@carlosroberto366]

in fact most Jazz songs will likely go well with Sim city if they follow the pace of this one.

[@MrAnderson7372]

Such great nostalgia! Love this! Jerry Martin is such a talented composer, I hope I hear some of his new stuff soon.

[@tomas.eduardo.j]

You aren't wrong about the great Jerry Martin, however this composition is by Marc Russo.

[@snalteben]

So many late nights with this game and the wonderful music.....

[@VazDraeStudios]

Dear god... the memories. Brings back the nights after elementary/middle school where I'd come home, quickly do my homework so I could play this for a long time =)

[@UnsolvedMysters14]

been bumpin' this soundtrack for days now and playing the game again, great times all around

[@excelsior1018]

Still listening in 2020.

[@BioShmid]

i looked up 'sim city 3000 soundtrack' hoping to find this and it's the first thing that pops up. amazing.

[@Pancho96albo]

absolute banger

[@RS250Squid]

I used to love Simcity 3000 as a kid, and I loved the soundtrack. I used this tune as the background music for a video presentation I made as part of my coursework in second year university. It was a good piece of work and I got a good score. This tune brings back happy memories for many reasons 🙂.

[@LynviMovies]

this was one of my favorite songs when i was playing sim city 3000 so gladd i found it :)

[@s.gallagher4851]

As a jazz head, Sim City has some of the most impressive jazz from a video game!

[@user-np3mj3bf6f]

Sounds very similar to "This Here" by Cannonball Adderley Quintet.

[@benderjoecool8838]

Omg, I can't believe I never realized that until re-listening to this song almost 10 years later!!! lol

[@mvtisoul]

this is one of my favorite songs of all the time im not even kidding

[@Xalerdane]

There’s something special about the jazz music in this game. I listen to it, and I’m filled with images of the city. But not in the ‘iconic monuments or people at fancy events’ sense, I’m talking about a montage of brick walls, concrete stoops, inner-city light rail, runty trees with wrought iron fences around them, crowded sidewalks, that sort of thing.

[@mshara1]

Goergous. They should play this over the speakers at Arrivals at LaGuardia airport.

[@HBC101TVStudios]

I got a Simcity 3000 during i was in 1997. Oh shit now i am 30 years old now!

[@ersatzvitamin1]

Imma put these Jerry Martin soundtracks as my earliest jazz influences

[@AykutKlc]

Excellent piano backing and solo

[@boss888888881]

This reminds me of The Sims Bust'n Out!

[@ifrit35]

+boss888888881 Naturally, same composer.

[@TheoHockeyton]

I still play this game on a daily basis !

[@thejordancolemanshow2274]

Still do? ⛄

[@TheoHockeyton]

@@thejordancolemanshow2274 I played this weekend. 😄

[@jack7240]

Still do?

[@jordanwilson3824]

I first heard this song in a Mugen video (Homer Simpson vs Superman) back in middle school. Ahh memories.

[@jimidoodles]

This was my favorite track of 3000

[@PHILMKD95]

So many petitions and meetings to attend to. I'm only one Mayor, one at a time please.

[@KC97220]

This always sounds so refreshing. Must be because of how it plays post disaster.

[@NKBlazer]

I feel like I turned on the weather channel.

[@Whongzei]

Fucking smooth jazz baby, smooth as an albino panda with a regressive fur gene.

[@65oh7]

5 beats in a measure, heck yeah!

[@Shiruvan]

I can't believe the 'official' upload sounds crappier than 128kbps mp3 file that we had since 20+ years ago!

[@pikfortuin]

So many good memories...

[@Ottawa3453]

Jerry Martin, you're a genius!

[@IonMoritz]

@CrusadeFromHell I think at 4:26 the player was pressing the "Build Coal Power Station". It's how we all start after finally breaking the music spell, isn't it?

[@debianqemero6887]

Thanks dude, that's the game i was looking for

[@Yourname942]

0:00 - 0:15 reminds me of the Chocobo theme from one of the Final Fantasy games

[@quietkidjunk]

Hands down my fav

[@deejay3971]

dayumn this shit is funky doode.

[@GiganticPyro]

Wanna feel important and wealthy? Listen to this music.

[@sarinsua]

Epic songs

[@HikikomoriDev]

The hot dog in the park day.

[@JoshuaTollon]

The only trial game there was that I recall was "Populous: The Beginning". Great game.

[@Luigibro606]

I used to bring my copy into school to play during lunchtime. :3

[@quippic8]

I personally am a huge fan of this jazz-blues-ska song. If I could play this song on my instruments of music believe me, I would.

[@burritowyrm6530]

y’all remember that ios port that got taken down from the apple store good times man

[@joshuaortmeyer291]

NOSTALGIAAA

[@onatto]

This isn't a big band, it's a quintet with Vincent Herring on alto and tenor saxes, Ryan Kisor on trumpet, Joey Calderazzo on piano, Dwayne Burno on double bass, and Jeff Hamilton on drums, check out the Wikipedia page. I'm not sure either what this type of jazz is called, guess it's just mainstream jazz and it's great :)

[@607]

What a classic.

[@XeutonMojukai]

This was my favorite backdrop to sending in thirty tornadoes...

[@DSC4]

here from dankpods

[@arayaphornpraphan9678]

Another great music.

[@xen05z]

This makes me think more of Bourbon St. than Central Park...

[@eternalreturnal]

Its big band indeed, but it's a more contemporary form of big band, like you said. The drums especially. Traditional big band playing is much more straightforward

[@PokemonHaloFan]

Hearing this music reminds me of my city being demolished by aliens who decided to destroy my nuclear power plant and irradiate everything as well.

[@JSKlunk]

Which style of jazz is this? I've always wondered, but I don't know much about jazz. I love this stuff though.

[@akagames1078]

The style is "Good shit"

[@Phippsta]

I suppose it's sort of "Cool Jazz" inspired- a bit like Dave Brubeck's Take Five, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon etc.

[@dutt.instincts]

Avant garde

[@y0y0dude7821]

@greob True, Coltrane did a lot of darker, slower stuff and AFAIK not a bunch in irregular time signatures (e.g this song, 5/4). Whatever. Great song, catchy as you'll get!

[@vroomba03]

So ready for the new sim city

[@Spiceofmadrid]

It's really more like big band. But it mixes "fusion", which has funk elements in it, too. I'm no jazz expert, but I suppose that's what it would be. :)

[@Midnite24]

This always played after a disaster.. best music to hear ;)

[@abbbaa8761]

Best song ever. =)

[@donpawa]

You can hear something fall at 4:25

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Lol hmmm that's odd... wonder if that's in the actual track or from the upload.

[@donpawa]

@@NostalgiCrazy it's in the actual track, i downloaded the game and it's there also.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

@@donpawa Sound production team missed it XD

[@LynviMovies]

@RedDaVincy thank you. I'm very grateful to have 2 useful eyes.

[@bluetrane65]

Sounds like the song "this here" by cannonball adderley

[@Evazan-uw2vn]

Is this in 5/4? WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@willygoat9390]

Does anyone wanna start a jazz band for the purpose of playing this song?

[@giuniral]

Oh boy. I read some of the comments mentioning "how great this game was so long ago", and the comments are almost 10 years old. I don't deal with the passage of time all that well I suppose.

[@Ozarkian_McFox]

Songs like this make me want to find a time machine.....

[@alermaia]

me too !!! my favorite

[@crazygrainger2006]

Any music majors here? Would you say the chorus in this piece is a 16-bar Blues progression? Bars 1-8 is the same chord structure as a 12-bar form (I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I), but bars 9-12 has an odd turnaround (iii-ii diminished-ii-V) until it goes to the I chord at 13-16. Note: I'm a classically trained Music Education major with a basic understanding of Jazz, who is creating a lesson plan on the Blues form for an assignment.

[@alexpearson8907]

lolol life hacks is the best.

[@TheKatamariguy]

DLC for 2013 game - music from Simcitys 3000 and 4.

[@siskavard]

2 people had their splines reticulated.

[@GalaxiaStars]

Maxis: Is there a...problem? *trollface pops up*