You know what's funny about this soundtrack, every single song has the village theme inserted on it, like a leitmotif. Soyo stated that she wanted the player to thrive and progress without forgetting it's own roots, pretty dope right ?

Soyo Oka was and is a brilliant composer, even back then, her unusual timing signatures made her stand out from the crowd. Plus the sound she uses has this way of invoking a whimsical, nostalgic feeling. It was her compositions that made many early SNES games, like Sim City, Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart, etc. simply magical and dreamlike. So many memories of playing this, and yes, the City level theme is my favorite. It's just beautiful to listen to, and it is timeless.

Soyo Oka's work on Sim City and Pilotwings is absolutely incredible. I'd play these 2 games specifically just to listen to the music back in the day.

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@DesertRainReads

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, she is an amazing and underappreciated composer. It was her compositions that made many early SNES games like this simply magical.

@pj2yyy2

9 ай бұрын

Soyo Oka is perhaps one of the most underappreciated musical geniuses of the VGM world.

@Fogoat

8 ай бұрын

@@pj2yyy2 Agreed. This OST and Pilotwings OST are some of my most replayed soundtracks from the SNES era. All of these tracks are so amazing to just sit down and listen to.

I love this…i haven’t heard or remembered this songs for almost 30 years and suddenly they all came back 😢

Sim city 4… The soundtrack is amazing.

I always have goosebumps when hear the game music from simcity .. reminds the good time of childhood.. and so relaxing …

Soundtrack is chef's kiss

Aww, I wanted to see the comments on the Disaster song xDD But pretty amazing, nice review of this classic!

I have the title screen music as a wake up call ringtone. And a fun little fact, all of the soundtracks have the same melody, the melody is clear in the village music.

I remember I could just put the controller down and just listened to the music back 30 years ago when I was a little kid. The musics of Gradius and EDF in SFC were amazing too.

Makes me tear up with nostalgia

You hit on everything good about this soundtrack. I was a HUGE SimCity fan all the way from SC SNES through SC4+RH, and every soundtrack is nostalgic to me. But there truly is something about the SNES SC that set it apart, and you broke down why beautifully. The the second movement in "Capital" and the bassline in "Metropolis" are among my favorite parts of the whole soundtrack. When I made a new city, my goal was to be able to hear those on loop. lol.

This just popped up in my recommended videos and I could not agree more. The Village Theme is my all time favorite. I almost used it in my wedding. But we decided to go with Fisherman's Horizon from FFVIII.

I had very little skill or desire to play the type of game play that Sim City offered, but I couldn't stop trying just for the music alone. That is some powerful stuff 😊

It fit so perfectly with the creative joy of this game!

That budget screen music seems like he's missing being home with his family because he's working overtime at work.

Got here via the KZread algorithm, probably because I have hundreds of hours of playtime listening to the SimCity theme over and over again. I tried to convince all my friends that this is the best video game soundtrack, but usually the response is "yeah it's nice I guess" while I could go on for hours about how GOOD it is! By the way, did you ever hear the Japanese orchestra playing the Sim City soundtrack! It's REALLY powerful, and I wish I could hear more of it! If you cant find it, I can see if I can dig it up in my favs somewhere! I subbed and will check out the rest of your channel when I'm less busy again! :)

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I've managed to find the Village and Town theme but if you have links to the rest that would be so good, thank you :)

@Karpour

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonLoveridge Here's the link! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXt_tNdpobC2kbA.html

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

@@Karpour amazing thank you so much!

@DesertRainReads

Жыл бұрын

I so wish they would make a remaster of this game for the Switch. Maybe update some of the stuff you can build, but keep the classic gameplay and soundtrack in tact. Also, gonna add, the orchestrated versions of the village and town theme songs sound like they would fit right in with a Dragon Quest game. Like seriously, I can easily imagine them playing as you march your characters around a village or town in Alefgard or something. Just stunning all around. Shame the city theme wasn't orchestrated, I would've loved to hear that.

This Video was SO good! My best friend and I used to wreck his dads full screen city while he was at work. Great memories. Thanks Simon!!!!!

This OST is so nostalgic, omg

@Mermi

Жыл бұрын

Almost bring me to tears, it's so powerful.

@DesertRainReads

Жыл бұрын

@@Mermi right? The soundtrack is what made the game so damn magical. It still stands the test of time. Wish Soyo Oka was still composing music like this, hell, I wish Sim City SNES got an HD remaster, I'm shocked it hasn't. Sure, the franchise has evolved, but honestly none of them have the same magic that this installment had and still has.

KZread must be listening to me. I was just telling my wife how good this music is.

Oh dude, I frothed this game as a kid!

Thanks for this, Simon! Love the SimCity tracks that you played for us like Village. Hope to catch you again on your streams when my work schedule permits.

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

Always think of you when I play Village on stream :)

@DesertRainReads

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonLoveridge I would love to hear your take on the City theme. My favorite theme in the entire game. It's just so dreamlike, relaxing and an absolute joy to listen to.

@dragonslayer9671

Жыл бұрын

​@@SimonLoveridge wonder how come this game wasn't on the nso is it cause ea owns sim city

Ah, those were the good old days...

I was always more of a Jerry Martin / Sim City 3000 fan, shit is timeless

Omg I love this so much!

I'm sure you've heard it by now, but the version released using the uncompressed source samples is out and it's brilliant. This is one of my favorite soudntracks of all time and hearing it "from the source" is like a special treat. kzread.info/head/PLD-vbw8Jmuyifr6-Y8N6AjhqFeA6m_PhA

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

Only found it recently, absolutely love it!!

OKA STYLE

I personally, liked the music from Livin' Large

One of your live commentors asked about an orchestrated version, and there was. Called the Orchestral Game Concert performed by the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra. In Orchestral Game Concert 2 they performed Villiage and Town from the SNES/Super Famicom version of Sim City. Definitely give it a check if you haven't already. I'm sure someone already did giving this was last year. Villiage: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5Nh3KWrfpCziJs.html Town: kzread.info/dash/bejne/faGA2q2hqd3fcrA.html

@SimonLoveridge

4 ай бұрын

This is amazing!!

Fantastic video

@SimonLoveridge

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yo, but the SimCopter music though...