BODY: Nintendo added the soundtrack to SimCity to its Nintendo Music streaming service on August 21, giving subscribers access to one of the most beloved score's in the Super Famicom library.
The collection features 21 tracks in total, spanning the game's progression system from humble beginnings to sprawling metropolis. Highlights include "Village," "Title," and "Capital" β pieces that scale in grandeur as your city grows in population, mirroring the on-screen simulation.
Originally released by Nintendo in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1991, SimCity was a worldwide best-seller and the console adaptation of Maxis's landmark city-building franchise. The Nintendo-published version added its own distinct personality, including the mischievous Bowser as a rampaging disaster monster and a memorable original soundtrack composed by Soyo Oka.
Nintendo Music, which launched in October 2024, is available to Nintendo Switch Online members and offers streaming access to music from across the company's game history, complete with features like extended looping and spoiler-hiding controls.
The insider take
Among Japanese retro-game fans, Soyo Oka's SimCity score enjoys near-legendary status β its bright, optimistic melodies are often cited as the reason so many players left the game running just to listen. Oka, who also scored Super Mario Kart, crafted music that made civic planning feel joyful rather than tedious, and the escalating themes tied to city size were a clever bit of interactive scoring years ahead of their time. Its addition to Nintendo Music is a quiet but meaningful nod to the deep bench of talent behind Nintendo's early-'90s catalog, and a reminder of how central the Super Famicom era remains to Japanese gaming nostalgia.
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