Lampje4life Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Didn't see a topic about this yet, only VGM based on real life songs, not vice versa. So today I was watching some Slam.FM (a popular TV/radio station here in The Netherlands) and I was disgusted. There was a track playing by Afrojack, named "Rock the House", and the melody was a copy/paste from FF8's The Landing (and even some Zanarkand in between). I wonder why Square/Sony (I don't know who holds the rights) doesn't sue them, cause it's clearly a huge copy/paste. Afrojack - Rock the House: (Starts with the chords from Zanarkand) (1:00 = The Landing, the main riff in the whole track) (3:50 = Zanarkand again) The Landing Original: To Zanarkand Original: Another one I found earlier, Adrenalize - Voices of Passion. It's a copy/paste (although there's a LITTLE more variation) of DKC2's Bayou Boogie. Adrenalize - Voices of Passion: Bayou Boogie Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsbV5mkNLsE I wonder if you guys have any more examples. Maybe it's weird but I feel sad in a way that the original composers / games don't get credit. It would be -ideal- to have them play at huge Clubs/Festivals and have the crowd known about the game they are from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Felis Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 There's this bubbly-as-hell American pop song (I'm assuming) that played in a Wegmans while I was shopping this year, that had the melody of Fancy Mel from Drew Prism/Threads of Fate, but the rest of the song was unremarkable other than that plagerised bit. I have no idea who ripped that song, but it annoys me when plagerism happens in music. Too bad it happens all the time, just google "plagerism" paired with "Beatles" or "Oasis" to see how much of their stuff was lifted from somebody else. I mean Oasis ripped off an iconic tune from a classic Coca-cola commercial and got away with it, just what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad.mixx Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I don't think I have to even post this one, but it's schala's theme for those who don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I don't think I have to even post this one, but it's schala's theme for those who don't know Like, seriously? This wouldn't even pass as a remix here... straight ripoff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Didn't see a topic about this yetI think there was already a topic called: "VGM with real-life counterparts", but I can't find it anymore...Like, seriously? This wouldn't even pass as a remix here... straight ripoff...Yeah, people keen on source interpretation might be upset about it. But this is how sampling has always worked in hip-hop music. Legality of source usage is what concerns me, since this is a song from his latest album that also has an official music video and stuff. Video which I will not link out of respect, because it's unsurprisingly NSFW and in no way related to Chrono Stripper ...er, I mean Trigger. ;P Bottom line, he's proly making money off of SE's beloved property, most likely without being licensed nor paying royalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbu Frahma Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Bottom line, he's proly making money off of SE's beloved property, most likely without being licensed nor paying royalties. Which I'd imagine they can't be happy about. And I wouldn't blame 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I like how the only good parts of that Afrojack song are the ripped off parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Odyssey Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 People complaining about Wiz Khalifa Never Been was released on a mixtape called Kush & Orange Juice, which is available for free. The legality of it is no more than what we do here and the millions of tributes on YouTube. I'm sure he's probably gotten some schmucks to give him money for it, but it was released for free. Same for this track (source), which is was released on his latest free mixtape, Taylor Allerdice. However, he was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2009 when he released this track, , however I feel as if he actually sampled the Sonic tune in question, rather than his lazier attempts with Never Been (whether or not he released the record for free is debatable; I can't find too much info on that).He also did ( ), however, this was after leaving Warner Bros. Records earlier in 2009, and we all are pretty familiar with Nintendo's stance on music usage.That concludes your Wiz Khalifa video game sampling lesson for today, since this topic comes up all the time when these threads are posted, and this honestly took me 5 minutes on wikipedia; it took longer finding links for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampje4life Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Like, seriously? This wouldn't even pass as a remix here... straight ripoff... I really don't get how they can get away with this :') Kickstarter gets burned down, whining about piracy, seems they don't really care about plagiarism. Also funny how some comment "it's inspired by <insert song title>". Yeah, copy/pasting is so inspiring lol. Atleast they should give proper credit. It's funny to see a videoclip with thousands of people going crazy on a (bad) FF8 remix, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 It goes the other way (game composers ripping off non-game songs) much more frequently, but there are a few examples of this: - @1:27, they pretty clearly ripped a sample from the album. - Totally rips . - Dragonforce pretty handily ripped music from Double Dragon. They also the intro to the song 'Winning Run' from Super Hang-On. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Never Been was released on a mixtape called Kush & Orange Juice, which is available for free. The legality of it is no more than what we do here and the millions of tributes on YouTube. I'm sure he's probably gotten some schmucks to give him money for it, but it was released for free. I don't really know the guy or his music, so all these precisions are welcome. Thanks Xenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Afrojack sucks. No innovation or creativity in his music or most other popular electronic artists, sadly. Decent production at least. Pro tip: Supersaws or single buzzy overcompress saw waves being pitched around aren't cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I find it hilarious that 9/10 of the people in popular music blatantly stealing from good music, often outside the mainstream, are terrible rappers. Vanilla Ice blatantly stole from Queen MC Hammer blatantly stole from Rick James Wiz Kahlifa stole from Chrono Trigger's soundtrack Tone Loc stole the guitar riff from "Jamie's Cryin'" What pisses me off the most is how such douchebags call it "sampling". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMonz Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Pendulum's Granite always reminds me of super mario world's castle music in the first 30 seconds. I think this one is likely to be accidental, but still. It sounds VERY similar to me xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Here's a list of Mitsuda songs sampled: http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Yasunori%20Mitsuda/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2manygentlemen Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I've seen the beginning of Bliss by Muse compared to Top Gear's . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Here's a list of Mitsuda songs sampled:http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Yasunori%20Mitsuda/ That Devlin one isn't too bad IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I would pay good money for an entirely Wiz Khalifa'd Chrono Trigger OST. Just the idea of him rambling about doing drugs over this track would make it worth it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerothemaster Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 While we're on the subject of rappers sampling video games, 50 Cent has a song that samples Kirby's Epic Yarn, according to a SPIN article I read a while back... ...I wish I was kidding (OJ by 50 Cent Feat. Kidd Kidd)I have no clue what the original is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Another one I found earlier, Adrenalize - Voices of Passion. It's a copy/paste (although there's a LITTLE more variation) of DKC2's Bayou Boogie.Adrenalize - Voices of Passion: Bayou Boogie Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsbV5mkNLsE An interesting thing about Bayou Boogie is that the percussion intro is basically the same as the percussion intro to the Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPanther Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 An interesting thing about Bayou Boogie is that the percussion intro is basically the same as the percussion intro to the Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight." So we've just been inspiring one another through time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampje4life Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 So we've just been inspiring one another through time... It's absolutely true that DKC music was often based on / inspired by excisting tracks. Like Ice Theme from DKC2 was based on Antartica by.. forgot the name.. It was in the other thread running here on the forums ^^ But that's inspiration, it's different from plagiarism! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiowar Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 wait till you see this youtube video i found of beethoven sampling daft punk for his unfinished tenth symphony, and then the related videos of the progression of art as a dialogue among creators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Sort of a reverse situation, but there's a part of FF5's "Battle on the Big Bridge" that has almost exactly the same chords as the intro to "Hotel California" by the Eagles. http://zirconstudios.com/music/wips/FF5_HotelCalifornia.mp3 Only one chord is totally different, another is just the relative minor in FF5. Cool eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Sort of a reverse situation, but there's a part of FF5's "Battle on the Big Bridge" that has almost exactly the same chords as the intro to "Hotel California" by the Eagles.http://zirconstudios.com/music/wips/FF5_HotelCalifornia.mp3 Only one chord is totally different, another is just the relative minor in FF5. Cool eh? ...That's it, now someone has to remix Battle on the Big Bridge in the style of The Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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