BrothaDom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I think it's only from the end of it. I'm not sure either way though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissidia Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 2black2stronk that Sonic song intro lol. My favorite plagiarism is Aeris theme straight up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Justice Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Mainstream music is dumb? I never knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Looking at this from another angle, VGM itself has been known, on occasion, to steal from mainstream music So perhaps this is just payback, or things coming full circle. I'm not JUST talking about Doom, there are plenty of other examples; of course, there's a difference, in my mind at least, between compositional "borrowing" and actual sampling, but the endpoint is that all music steals from other music, in a sense. In a way, I'm almost happy that it often goes uncredited, because I'm not 110% sure I want Chrono Trigger to be forever associated with Wiz Khalilfa, in the public's view. I guess that's a whole different conversation, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslacrashed Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Wow, I think a lot of people here could stand to put down their bottles of haterade... People like what they like. I think it's awesome you have all these upcoming rappers and rock bands sampling video game music. Shows you they are people too, with interest and hobbies like us, and want to show their love for it just like we do. and to make this post relevant, I present Charles Hamilton's November 10th track, which uses a masterful sampling of Sonic's Marble Zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftninja Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Alright. I listened to OP's examples. Honestly, these have nothing whatsoever to do with 8bit 80's. Seriously. You say 8bit, and I expect. No, demand chiptune. See Halc, Benjamin Briggs, Insert Rupee, even Virt for chrissake. This is chiptune. This is 8bit. Only a few underground artists and bands will use this. Hell even Whiz Khalifa did it. But you distinctly knew what it was. Pussy Cat Dolls and Dev and Beyonce? Nigga plz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washudoll Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Didn't Eminem made a track with some Soul Calibur II BGM. I thought it sounded similar. Track is called Hellbound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal cannon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 How much does it sound like it comes from a late 80s 8 bit platformer? That has to be the worst platformer music of all time. Like worse than Elevator Action. Learn to 8bit man MAINSTREAM MUSIC USES SIMPLE WAVEFORM SYNTHS NEWS AT 11! Because seriously fuck FM synthesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Briggs Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 FM more like fag mania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal cannon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 hahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derrit Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Really this sums up Hip Hop for me. All I hear is about how real this kinda stuff is... Its anything but REAL. we're all glad you're so closed minded go lurk more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Briggs Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 the nigga nigga nigga song is absolutely hilarious though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniscence Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Didn't Eminem made a track with some Soul Calibur II BGM. I thought it sounded similar. Track is called Hellbound. Well, yes and no: It was a Masta Ace song that Eminem was featured on, not vice versa The song also has a quote from Mitsurugi saying "You'll be in hell before me." So they're not really hiding where it's from. (The song's name is Hellbound) The song is from an album called Game Over which was released by an independant label and features a number of VGM related beats (as its name would suggest) Soul Calibur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Yc1pkmF9w Hellbound (feat. Eminem) by Masta Ace There was a follow-up album with some similar content. Kid Icarus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APRgPg_p810&t=2m16s Move In, Ride Out by Tonedeff There's a bunch of other instances as well, obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky o'hare Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 This Honda commercial uses music from Alien 3 (NES), Anticipation (NES), and probably something else. Not that I'd call an obscure car commercial 'mainstream', but it's an interesting example of retro vgm being used in a modern advert where virtually zero percent of the target audience will recognize the samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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