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OST - SimCity 2000 (Mac OS Soundfont)

by: Maxis

Publication date: 1993

Topics: SimCity 2000, Soundtrack, OST, FLAC, Mac OS, DOS, MIDI, General MIDI, Soundfont

Language: English

SimCity 2000 MIDI Soundtrack - Mac OS Soundfont version

Game: SimCity 2000 (DOS)
Year: 1993
Composer: Sue Karen
Publisher: Maxis

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This is a recording (originally FLAC, but available in multiple formats
through the Internet Archive) of the SimCity 2000 MIDI soundtrack, using a
custom soundfont created by Rich "Weeds" Nagel and Tom "Zarggg" Ditmars. The
MIDI files are from the MS-DOS version and were edited to work with the new
custom soundfont, and won't sound correctly unless played back using it. The
soundfont is included in SC2KMac.zip.

I made small edits to two of the MIDI files. "Newspaper Segue" (10010.MID) and
"Virtual Village" (10011.MID) both used two woodblock instrument channels
which didn't correct using the Mac OS soundfont--in the Mac OS version itself
these instruments aren't woodblocks. You can find these in "Edited
tracks.zip". The originals are in "Unused tracks.zip" if you want to compare.

Aside from that edit, I also modified the order in which the tracks are
played, and omitted one track (which is also in "Unused tracks.zip"): the
"Repetition Rendition" actually has two versions in the DOS soundtrack, with
different main instruments, but the Mac OS version doesn't have the alternate
instrument so it would've been a duplicate. Tracks 16 and 17 are also shorter
versions of previous tracks, but since they actually do play back in the game
I've kept them.

Also, a modified version of the original SimCity Classic background music is
included as well, made to use this soundfont's instruments. In case you've
wanted to hear what the original game's background music sounds like if it had
been included in SimCity 2000.

I've ordered the tracks slightly differently from most releases. It starts
with the main theme, then the longer tracks, then the shorter tracks/snippets,
finally the unused track and the SimCity Classic theme.

All tracks are in FLAC L8 (highest compression) and have 500ms affix/1500ms
suffix silence.

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Released by: dada78641, 2020-01-26

Archive of this soundtrack:
https://archive.org/details/SimCity2000MIDIMacOSSF

Archive of the soundfont:
https://archive.org/details/SC2KMac.zip

The soundfont project was initiated on the Vogons forum:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=22804

The SC2KMac.zip file with the soundfont was posted there as well:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=192865#p192865

Addeddate: 2020-01-26 18:25:35

Identifier: SimCity2000MIDIMacOSSF

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Year: 1993

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Reviewer: MrWerauchimmer - - February 20, 2024
Subject: Thanks a lot for sharing!

A few infos:

"...the "Repetition Rendition" actually has two versions in the DOS soundtrack, with
different main instruments..."

The official Title for that track is "The Construction - HAPPYLAND". There are 3 different versions of "The Construction": MAXIS, LAKELAND & HAPPYLAND.
Maybe that is of interest.

"...Tracks 16 and 17 are also shorter versions of previous tracks, but since they actually do play back in the game I've kept them."

The official Title for track 16 is "The SIM Magic for (ENIAC)" and for track 17 "Melancholic Mayor".
They are part of the OST and there's no reason to scrap them. But 17 is actually a long version of track 10, wich is the original version that is pretty short.

"I've ordered the tracks slightly differently from most releases."

For my part, I have altered all the track orders in all the SC2000 ripps on my hard drive to that from the only official OST-like release in existence (COCC-13052, NIPPON COLUMBIA CO.).
Not because I think that order is particularly good or sensible, but simply because this is the only official song order that exists. AND it has the official Titles. I wonder where these weird names like "Chinatown Concerto" or "Railroad Rap" came from... Wtf?
Here is a list with the assignments of all the different titles and track names in the order adapted from the OST-like release:

01 Dawn of City = Harbor Hymn
02 Dancing Megalopolis = Downtown Dance
03 The SIM Magic for (ENIAC) = Traffic Trouble (only section A)
04 The SIM Magic - Experience MODE = Traffic Trouble
05 The Construction - MAXIS = Disaster Decision
06 The Construction - HAPPYLAND = Repetition Rendition
07 Selfish Citizen = Mayor Mambo
08 Skyscrapers = Serious Sims
09 Tax & Money = Subway Song
10 Pale City = Bluesy Berg
11 Growing up Town ~ Prologue = Newspaper Segue
12 Growing up Town ~ Theme = Virtual Village
13 Work work work! = Railroad Rap
14 Buildings = Chinatown Concerto
15 Melancholic Mayor = City Shimmy (only section B)
16 Melancholic Mayor (long version) = City Shimmy (long version)
17 Misty Lake = Unused (10017.MID)
18 Key of Success = SimCity Segue

I'm not sure about "10017.MID" but I'm pretty sure it's "Misty Lake".

Oh and the name of Sue Kasper is spelled wrong in the readme by the way.
And yes, she's the one and only composer of these tracks. But I would like to know if she was really responsible for ALL the songs on ALL the different systems. That "Map3" track from the SNES ripp is pretty strange...

Greetings!

Reviewer: SomethingIGuess2019 - - February 24, 2021
Subject: Very good

This is a surprisingly good OST upload, and the edits feel natural.

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