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"Hey, (game song) is totally a copy of (non-game song)!"
- Thread starter CaptainNuevo
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Yes, I recall listening to that song and realizing the similarity. It's "Turtles Have Short Legs."
A part from The Elder Scrolls theme can be found in Gustav Holst's Planet suite (specifically in Jupiter).
Many other famous compositions like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator etc. can be heard throughout The Planets. Really worthwhile checking it out.
Many other famous compositions like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator etc. can be heard throughout The Planets. Really worthwhile checking it out.
this is the one I immediately thought of. I played it for the first time recently and i started singing the "Angel" lyrics as soon as i got to the title screen. Undeniable.
Haha I came here to post this one. The problem with that one is that it is actually true, they did reuse the song for the game.
Not sure if it's a straight copy from Driv3r but the stylistic similarity with Red Dead Redemption 2 is striking.
you don't have the actual piece it's corresponding to?
The menu music for Playstation All-Stars noticeably sounds a lot like Finale by Madeon.
What makes this truly bizarre is that they actually licensed Finale by Madeon and used it in the intro cinematic to the game! You go from hearing the real thing and then hearing a facsimile the moment you press start. Why compose a new song that sounds so much like the song you already licensed?
What makes this truly bizarre is that they actually licensed Finale by Madeon and used it in the intro cinematic to the game! You go from hearing the real thing and then hearing a facsimile the moment you press start. Why compose a new song that sounds so much like the song you already licensed?
I'm hearing a lot of inspired tracks here, more than plagiarized. I'm sure most of them used the inspiration as temp-tracks for the composer of the game.
Yeah I know, it was not a complain, just something I was hearing :D
First thing I thought of.
Blindingly obvious, even though I only got around to DOOM 1 in like 2013. AIC is one of my bands!
The arcade and NES game Gyruss features versions of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" based on the band Sky's prog rock arrangement:
EDIT: Holy shit, I could've sworn I posted this a few days ago.
EDIT: Holy shit, I could've sworn I posted this a few days ago.
Okay, my fucking rabbit hole has gone even deeper as I've now found that the Japanese track I compared the Yakuza track to is in fact a cover of an Italo/Hi-NRG song:
Also, I found a song that's a little more comparable to the other Yakuza song I posted:
I don't know if it's "totally copy" from another song but Astro Bot's theme opening reminds me of Muse's Starlight for a bit.
I used to sing the lyrics of 'Lost in Hollywood' with the first notes of God of War's theme, fits perfectly:
Video's with that song don't seem to work somehow, anyway it's from 25 seconds onward if you want to check it :)
Also: sometimes the music from Sekiro sounds a lot like The Witcher 3's music.
We Happy Few's title theme seems like an homage to 60s British TV show Randall and Hopkirk Deceased
Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts's soundtrack is absolutely chock full of them
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
There are also pastiches of the original themes to The Love Boat, Dynasty and Dallas in there.
Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts's soundtrack is absolutely chock full of them
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
There are also pastiches of the original themes to The Love Boat, Dynasty and Dallas in there.
I love these kind of threads! Was this already here?
I have problems embedding the second video. Does anyone know why?
I have problems embedding the second video. Does anyone know why?
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Steve Miller Band - Swing Town. https://youtu.be/1jGYx0hMjM0
Suikoden World Map. https://youtu.be/nafqgc8Mx58
Suikoden World Map. https://youtu.be/nafqgc8Mx58
Btw I collect stuff like this in a central place. Maybe you find something you don't know yet:
https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/PhilsPhindings/
https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/PhilsPhindings/
This isn't exactly what the OP is about, but some might appreciate it as a neat bit of trivia anyway.. In the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, the save menu/data screen music is (at least partially) an arrangement of a song called "White Flower" by the girl band ZONE. The original song released a few months before the game, and was used as the game's image song in trailers and TV commercials. Sadly the game version was not included on the OST and was changed for both the western releases and FFTA2 (to a considerably worse song, imo.)
This is the song in the Japanese release of the game:
ZONE - 白い花 (White Flower)
And for refernce, this is the data screen music from the western release:
This is the song in the Japanese release of the game:
ZONE - 白い花 (White Flower)
And for refernce, this is the data screen music from the western release:
I might be going crazy, but I remember listening to a mixtape (an actual one) my cousin made for me and my brother when we were little which mostly comprised of 90s pop music she recorded off the radio, and I remember this one song sounding VERY similar to Sonic Boom from Sonic CD, but I cannot for the life of me remember what the song was.
Still the biggest bullshit ever. Theres so much music out there theres bound to be same sounding stuff out there.
