Jerry Martin came back for Rush Hour and leaned harder into world music influences and it rules. The SimCity 4 expansion soundtrack pulls in global textures that match the idea of a growing international city. "Bombay" opens with sitar and tabla rhythms that gradually fold into electronic production, and "Arctica" goes in a completely different direction with icy ambient pads and crystalline synths.
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"The Morning Commute" captures that specific energy of a city waking up, all forward momentum and building complexity. Eleven tracks but every one pulls its weight. The whole expansion score feels more experimental than the base game, like Martin had the freedom to push into weirder territory.
If you played SimCity 4 modded to oblivion, this was your background music for hundreds of hours.