Soundtracks you didn't know were stolen [Archive]

Bigfoot

05-14-2009, 06:35 AM

This is a pretty interesting article that lists a bunch of songs from video games that sound similar or are blatantly ripped off from other songs.

I never even thought to notice the Guns N' Roses relation with Mega Man X 5, lol.

There are a lot that involve Earthbound.

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/soundtracks-you-didnt-know-were-stolen/a-2009051312473912094

Meteo Xavier

05-14-2009, 06:44 AM

Ok, that article made two fatal mistakes:

1. It killed my ISP and made me restart.

2. Failed with a capital PH to mention Elec Man Stage and R.E.M. "All The Right Friends"

Native Jovian

05-14-2009, 02:46 PM

There are a lot that involve Earthbound.
I can't read the article (firewalled here) but two Earthbound songs I remember off the top of my head are the drug store music (When I'm Sixty-Four) and the game over music (Livin' on the Edge).

Halt

05-14-2009, 02:58 PM

I can't read the article (firewalled here) but two Earthbound songs I remember off the top of my head are the drug store music (When I'm Sixty-Four) and the game over music (Livin' on the Edge).

haha same here. Silly school blocks, I'm being watched by 'SyncronEyes" is what my school uses, So I'm not gonna by-pass anything right now :P. I'll wait until I get home. I'm very interested to see this though.

SpanishFly

05-14-2009, 04:02 PM

I know there's a song in Kirby Super Star that I SWEAR sounds just like "House of the Rising Sun".

SoloGamer

05-14-2009, 04:33 PM

I know there's a song in Kirby Super Star that I SWEAR sounds just like "House of the Rising Sun".

That'd be the end theme of Revenge of Metaknight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbKx2XHW28)

yangfeili

05-27-2009, 07:40 AM

This topic came to mind when I started replaying Etrian Odyssey earlier tonight. Every time I hear the Pub theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6C9hM6Daos

I think of this old Faye Wong song:

http://www.karaoo.com/video/1485/王菲-Faye-Wong--可爱眼睛

Not so close that I'd call it stolen or anything, but there it is. (Actually, I understand that the Faye Wong song is itself a cover of something else.)

Txai

05-27-2009, 09:57 AM

I always thought the Ken Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C66x4KzyDTs) from street fighter 2 was somehow related to Top Gun - Mighty Wings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzl8Bwwc9M)

1337 1

05-27-2009, 09:57 AM

haha same here. Silly school blocks, I'm being watched by 'SyncronEyes" is what my school uses, So I'm not gonna by-pass anything right now :P. I'll wait until I get home. I'm very interested to see this though.

Bahahaha, that lame filter?! That was what they used at my school (well, when I went to school). I still remember the time it blocked ocr under "religious cult" or something.

Ah yes, the wonders of modern technology.

Nekofrog

05-27-2009, 10:06 AM

The Terminator theme starting at :37 and beyond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO2sHdDO6cw

and Lufia's "Iris" theme from Lufia 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXyn-2GIhs&feature=related

Both share a common melody.

Gario

05-27-2009, 06:15 PM

lol, I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing that out (and ruining yet another song for me - I think this is #2 on the list of songs Nekofrog has ruined for me...).

zircon

05-27-2009, 06:51 PM

LuketheXjesse

05-27-2009, 07:18 PM

Bahahaha, that lame filter?! That was what they used at my school (well, when I went to school). I still remember the time it blocked ocr under "religious cult" or something.

Ah yes, the wonders of modern technology.

Hahaha, my old high school never did anything like that.

Back before I even got Roadrunner, I would get on OCR from school and download some of the MP3s (this was also before I knew of torrenting) of Project Chaos and Rise of the Star every day, and any other things on the site that interested me.

DJ Mighty

05-27-2009, 09:12 PM

That's gotta be intentional.

i was thinking the same thing

Sinewav

05-28-2009, 09:17 AM

I'm not terribly familiar with it myself, but wasn't the entire DOOM soundtrack ripped off rock songs or something?

Deathtank

05-28-2009, 11:57 AM

Damn japanese composer thieves!!!!! kill 'em all!!!! :-x

The Coop

05-28-2009, 06:11 PM

Shame I can't hear the comparisons I'm not familiar with. Even with Adblock disabled, and NoScript allowing everything, not one music link works.

Deathtank

05-28-2009, 07:29 PM

Shame I can't hear the comparisons I'm not familiar with. Even with Adblock disabled, and NoScript allowing everything, not one music link works.

why dont you use another browser? google chrome or safari maybe?

05-28-2009, 08:38 PM

I always thought the Ken Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C66x4KzyDTs) from street fighter 2 was somehow related to Top Gun - Mighty Wings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzl8Bwwc9M)

The fact that it reminds me of Mighty wings is the main reason i love the Ken theme. I mean, if you are gonna bite a riff, might as well take one of the best. :-)

DarkeSword

05-28-2009, 08:52 PM

I hate when people say Robo's Theme is ripped off of Never Gonna Give You Up. The chords are different and it's only the first few notes that are the same. :\

The Coop

05-28-2009, 09:06 PM

why dont you use another browser? google chrome or safari maybe?

Why would I use a browser that plays my gifs too slowly (last time I checked, both use a down throttling setup like IE does)? Besides, it has something to do with FireFox 3. Various interactive things simply don't work, like the play buttons on that site, or the newer interactive radar on weather.com. They work fine on the final versions of FireFox 2, so I just downgraded.

cobaltstarfire

05-28-2009, 10:18 PM

I hate when people say Robo's Theme is ripped off of Never Gonna Give You Up. The chords are different and it's only the first few notes that are the same. :\

I've noticed a lot of the time when people say "this song ripped off this one" that's normally the case, the similarity is so superficial that sometimes it's hard to actually pick it out.

Brome

05-28-2009, 11:11 PM

I've noticed a lot of the time when people say "this song ripped off this one" that's normally the case, the similarity is so superficial that sometimes it's hard to actually pick it out.

I agree with you and with Darkeword !

The Pezman

05-29-2009, 08:06 AM

Y'know, I'd actually heard of Can before. Just not that song.

Native Jovian

05-29-2009, 02:03 PM

I hate when people say Robo's Theme is ripped off of Never Gonna Give You Up. The chords are different and it's only the first few notes that are the same. :\
Why you gotta hate?

Why can't you love instead?

"I love people that realize that Robo's Theme isn't actually ripped off of Never Gonna Give You Up because the chords are different and it's only the first few notes that are the same."

Archaon

05-29-2009, 02:19 PM

I hate when people say Robo's Theme is ripped off of Never Gonna Give You Up.

People tend to confuse "meshes well with" and "ripped off from" when it comes to music on the Internet.

Not everyone is at your level of musical expertise, alright DarkeSword? Some of us chose to take a different path in life. THAT DOESN'T MAKE US BAD PEOPLE.

HAVE SOME MERCY FOR GOD'S SAKE.

Meteo Xavier

05-29-2009, 05:49 PM

People tend to confuse "meshes well with" and "ripped off from" when it comes to music on the Internet.

Not everyone is at your level of musical expertise, alright DarkeSword? Some of us chose to take a different path in life. THAT DOESN'T MAKE US BAD PEOPLE.

HAVE SOME MERCY FOR GOD'S SAKE.

You'd shut'chure mouth if-ya-nu-what-was-gud-forya!

- Dumb and Dumber.

Sam Ascher-Weiss

05-29-2009, 08:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxBwelptag

Power Smoothie

06-01-2009, 04:35 PM

This could have been mentioned before, but the first time I heard Wizzy by Nu Foundation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qq012mkqgw) my immediate thought was "robotnik's theme!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnPgETMe69g

I don't suspect plagiarism, but you have to wonder...

The Author

06-01-2009, 04:59 PM

Wow, that last one is blatant.

StandingInMotion

06-01-2009, 06:44 PM

Txai

06-01-2009, 07:06 PM

Power Smoothie

06-02-2009, 12:51 PM

Nu Foundation's only been active in the early 00s onwards, as far as I'm aware.

Nu Foundation could have ripped off the 1992 theme, I guess.

JH Sounds

06-02-2009, 05:34 PM

I think it's the third time I pointed this out, but still...

Yoshi's Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGuvEAGpog) vs. Tchaikovsky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQ3ZRmkmy4)

Probably just a tribute, but still lol.

Geoffrey Taucer

06-07-2009, 05:39 PM

http://www.geoffreytaucer.com/randomstuff/numbdreamers.mp3

?

zircon

06-19-2009, 04:51 PM

Super Mario Brothers - Underwater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlQpNRfst4

Eddie Lang - April Kisses (0:15)

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/April_Kisses/1551328

StandingInMotion

06-19-2009, 05:18 PM

http://www.geoffreytaucer.com/randomstuff/numbdreamers.mp3

?

That is really cool-sounding!

EdgeCrusher

06-19-2009, 06:44 PM

I'm not terribly familiar with it myself, but wasn't the entire DOOM soundtrack ripped off rock songs or something?

Yeah, Doom and Doom 2 consisted of popular rock and metal bands at the time. That's where the whole "Bobby Prince is a dirty thief" website came in and posted them all. I wonder if thats still up....

The Coop

06-19-2009, 06:48 PM

Yeah, Doom and Doom 2 consisted of popular rock and metal bands at the time. That's where the whole "Bobby Prince is a dirty thief" website came in and posted them all. I wonder if thats still up....

Not the same name, but...

http://www.doomworld.com/linguica/doomcovers/

José the Bronx Rican

06-19-2009, 11:12 PM

Since I've got a minute, I'll offer two interesting similarities I discovered a while ago.

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Sonic Adventure 2 - Fly in the Freedom [Theme of Rouge] - 2001; brass arrangement, 3:31-fadeout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICnW8aEAX4w

Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamer - 1994; brass arrangement, 2:05-2:26 and 2:46-fadeout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrH6dUGHiTg

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Sonic Adventure - Limestone Cave [Icecap] - 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT4N2bczvtg&feature=channel_page

Swing Out Sister - Icy Cold as Winter - 1997
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VB6kKwe0bQ

JH Sounds

06-19-2009, 11:29 PM

http://www.geoffreytaucer.com/randomstuff/numbdreamers.mp3

http://www.zshare.net/audio/61603861927bb732/

Sockpuppet

06-20-2009, 01:45 AM

Ooh, looks like a chance to advert- uh, I mean share the Youtube series I just took over (with permission).
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F6573DE5F92499BD
Here's a collection of similarities between VG music and other music. Among all the vague ones and proper arrangements are some really interesting examples.:razz:

LuckyXIII

06-20-2009, 01:55 AM

Not the same name, but...

http://www.doomworld.com/linguica/doomcovers/

NEDM

10char

StandingInMotion

06-20-2009, 05:53 PM

It's small, but as soon as I heard it in dotHack, I had to rewind it:

Fidchell - Chain of Fate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApLwKkDbcjM at 1:03

vs

Kefka's Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmmZyTwVVqY

[]Diracy

06-20-2009, 06:57 PM

I always thought the Ken Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C66x4KzyDTs) from street fighter 2 was somehow related to Top Gun - Mighty Wings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzl8Bwwc9M)

Same, at least the intro. Now if it was Guile's theme it would make a lot more sense.

Vyse of Arcadia

06-21-2009, 06:29 AM

Weren't bits of the Super Mario RPG soundtrack taken from some classical works? I think "Still the Road is Full of Dangers" was, maybe?

Keller

06-22-2009, 06:36 AM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA Matthew Bellamy has said Bliss is his favourite song because it's got all these 80s arpeggios and keyboards on it which remind me of some music I heard on some children’s music programme when I was five. I think I ripped it off that. And that reminds me of when I was a bit simpler, a bit more of a pleasant state.[1] Thanks wikipedia, I wonder if Mathhew Bellamy played top gear.

Fenrir

06-22-2009, 11:27 AM

Most of that was a crock of shit.

Remix Challenge

07-10-2009, 12:01 AM

For someone who made such a lofty introduction on the newbie board, this is a rather mundane post...however, I found it interesting, perhaps you will as well:

I noticed a rather eerie similarity between the songs for Buoy Base Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy:
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/wii/supermariogalaxy-floaterlandXGv1.mid

and the Crimean Army Sortie from SSBB/Fire Emblem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPsXPAc_k5k&feature=PlayList&p=11C96F1C0DD828C8&index=5

For Buoy Base, the similar bit starts at around 00:50, and in Crimean Army Sortie it starts after the intro, or at 00:14.

The two melodies are nearly the same. Do they share the same composer? (the SMG one was composed by Mahito Yokota, according to my soundtrack; I have no idea who composed the Crimean Army Sortie or its original form)

Thoughts? Ideas?

yangfeili

07-10-2009, 05:05 AM

Metroid and Ys stole their "Item Get" jingle from each other. Or both stole it from some common third source.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyFeGs5xeV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4YccfcmTs

Neo Samus

07-10-2009, 06:42 AM

Offspring- Gone Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psc7eimMtv0&fmt=18

Sonic CD (US) - Sonic Boom Ending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx1nZBs6GK4&fmt=18

Maybe I'm just crazy, but ever since I heard gone away it always reminded me of Sonic Boom ending theme. Does anyone else notice the similarities??

Binarynova

07-12-2009, 01:53 AM

2. Failed with a capital PH to mention Elec Man Stage and R.E.M. "All The Right Friends"

Oh wow that's amazing. I never noticed that before, but now I hear Elec Man every time I hear that. :D

Brome

07-12-2009, 02:50 AM

WarpstarRider

07-12-2009, 08:15 AM

Here's one I came across while listing to some C64 tunes.

Bombo (Commodore 64) - City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIFusC5ZLh0 (starts around 0:39)

Donkey Kong Land (Game Boy) - Construction Site Fight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9HMIWB8aes

KyleJCrb

07-12-2009, 02:24 PM

Why would I use a browser that plays my gifs too slowly (last time I checked, both use a down throttling setup like IE does)? Besides, it has something to do with FireFox 3. Various interactive things simply don't work, like the play buttons on that site, or the newer interactive radar on weather.com. They work fine on the final versions of FireFox 2, so I just downgraded.

The MediaWrap plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1879) fixes it.

KyleJCrb

07-12-2009, 02:33 PM

I've listened to all the soundtracks on that site, but I think it's a little far-fetched ... If composers use the same chords, then yes, it make be similar :)
Which reminds me of video on Youtube, I found : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_f6pfabQk
:)

In a similar vein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLThSLBQv8&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRkwMfJ6DR0&fmt=18%EF%BB%BF

A-RoN

07-12-2009, 03:50 PM

Earthbound "Your Name Please"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rVPijCrCA

John Reuben "Gather In" (0:11 - 0:16)
Bassline sounds very similiar but it's in E and at 1:45 is when it goes to C. You have to listen carefully to the bass player since the bass frequencies in the video are horrid. Great Song though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdkyrI97Wo

The Derrit

07-12-2009, 10:14 PM

This guy TOTALLY stole from Chrono Trigger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLfC2kkvPw

ok not completely, but its a great song and the bells sound JUST like the ones from the game. so listen to it

TheSnowStorm

07-12-2009, 11:54 PM

I may get laugh for this but I think KOF '98 intro song (the riff) stole the riff to Aerosmith's "Walk this Way"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVxBm3dy0XY (King of Fighters '98)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORAvMk-iXec (Walk this Way)

Also, apparently the reason the song "Singing Mountain" from Chrono Trigger SNES was removed from the game is due to the composer was inspired by "Castle in the Sky" main theme but didn't wanted to be call a thief. So I heard.

Singing Mountain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94F6pNTS7Nw

Castle in the Sky Theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLFXX-uT0AQ

Which is not shocking seeing Chrono Trigger's Zeal Era (forgot what was the actual year) is inspired by that movie.

I do believe Micheal Jackson composed the score for Sonic 3 seeing he was a huge Sonic fan.

Fratto

07-13-2009, 02:02 AM

This is offtopic now?

The Coop

07-13-2009, 02:46 AM

This is offtopic now?

Perhaps djp is about to alter this site so that it's no longer about game music, remixing, or music in general. Maybe he's changing it's central theme to sewing, making this thread no longer have any bearing on OCR or its main focus.

I mean, that's all I can think of as to why a thread about music would be off topic here.

Fratto

07-13-2009, 03:30 AM

Outlandish Crocheting Remix?

The Derrit

07-13-2009, 03:53 AM

I mean, that's all I can think of as to why a thread about music would be off topic here.

Agreed.

I mean a thread about videogame soundtracks in offtop? Whats going on i don't even

DarkeSword

07-13-2009, 05:27 AM

Moved by mistake because of a thread-merge. :<

Fixed now.

Drack

07-28-2009, 05:46 PM

Companies sometimes reuse their own music in games of different series.

Nintendo is guilty
Super Mario Bros. World 3 Map (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uupQ-tCqjQ4&feature=related) and Legend of Zelda's File Select and Great Fairy Fountain music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gE3SYOVx3I&feature=related)

Capcom is guilty - My friend spotted this when I introduced him to Street Fighter II after he somehow avoided it for all these years!
Street Fighter II Character Select (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAAGUtNi_Bw) and of all things, Pheonix Wright - Ace Attorney - Search ~ Core (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxGHvoK9XI)

Drack

08-04-2009, 08:18 PM

I found some more... This isn't reference or reuse, though. Seems more like stealing.

Theme of Super Metroid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7nEZWqG92Q&feature=PlayList&p=DD19A4220B8B5B8F&index=1)

Skies of Arcadia Gigas Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJD6CYUfPpo) at :20

ifirit

08-04-2009, 09:12 PM

DJ Crono

08-07-2009, 09:01 AM

I noticed this similarity when this song first came out, and it seems like no one else has mentioned it so.....

Chrono Trigger - Magus' Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhnBUd6R31k

N.E.R.D. - LapDance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_uDcCZDrxg

Start at 3:09 on LapDance, and it's super clear.
It's a vibraphone playing the magus theme very clearly in the background.

The Author

01-04-2010, 09:38 PM

The Derrit

01-04-2010, 10:20 PM

Thread necromancy time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaA2WiyqO1E

I've heard this in a remix here, I am nearly 100% positive, can't remember which one, so I figured I'd throw it out in here while I was searching on my own.

it sounds familiar to me too, but from what i'm not sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au7W8tbSFtU

does this sound familiar? it did to me, especially around 2:50, then i realized why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9OAkA6L6s&feature=related

Mini-Me

01-04-2010, 10:45 PM

Thread necromancy time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaA2WiyqO1E

I've heard this in a remix here, I am nearly 100% positive, can't remember which one, so I figured I'd throw it out in here while I was searching on my own.

Maybe you're noticing similarities between that and the Requiem theme from Ninja Gaiden? (It's in these two remixes here and others on other sites: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00867/, http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00934/)

Xenon Odyssey

01-04-2010, 11:11 PM

Maybe you're noticing similarities between that and the Requiem theme from Ninja Gaiden? (It's in these two remixes here and others on other sites: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00867/, http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00934/)

Before I read this post, the theme was going through my head and then all of a sudden I heard:

SOME GUY, HE DIED, AND PEOPLE CRIED. WHEN PEOPLE DIE YOU TEND TO CRY. (http://dof.olremix.org/mp3/Dwelling_of_Fools_-_2005_08_-_Death_of_a_Hero_(Emotional_Pop_Mix).mp3)