Game music that resembles other music

[BetaWolf47]

Does anyone know any video game music that highly resembles other music, gaming or not? I know Mega Man music sounds like a lot of oldies music, such as the level select for Mega Man 1 sounding like bits of a Journey song.

There's also Bionic Commando (NES) and The Last Ninja 3 (C64)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZE4ERq4EY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-pgh5yYti4
It's probably just coincidence, but 0:10 of the Bionic Commando music sounds really close to 0:11 of The Last Ninja 3 music.

[Casati]

As they say, Hydlide music sounds like Indiana Jones driving an ice cream truck.

Starship Hector has same music as RoboWarrior.

[lookfun78]

Tetris gameboy theme song is a remake of "Korobeiniki," a 19th century Russian folk song about the burgeoning love between a peddler and a peasant girl.

[Jorpho]

Is this inspired by my recent post in this other thread..?
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73045

There's the infamous comparison of Sonic 3's music and Michael Jackson's work, of course. And Hylide's brazen theft of Indiana Jones.

[Dangerboy]

Mass Effect 1 has a 2 tracks that have the same opening notes / chords / sounds (or 99.8% close to it) as two Depeche Mode songs. I mean like, you could mistake one for the other.

[VACRMH]

I have 2, both from Kraftwerk. I can't seem to remember the exact songs that they remind me of though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHNUQOhEkAo 30 seconds in reminds me of a track from Final Fantasy VII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgwHRK4n-rY Reminds me of...I want to say Star Ocean? Maybe 2?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Tetris gameboy theme song is a remake of "Korobeiniki," a 19th century Russian folk song about the burgeoning love between a peddler and a peasant girl.

Er, I thought Tetris used Russian folk music to begin with. It doesn't sound like it, it's supposed to be it.

[j1e]

The famous Chrono Trigger (Robo?) music that sounds like Rick Astley, the Rick Rolled song.

[Baloo]

The famous Chrono Trigger (Robo?) music that sounds like Rick Astley, the Rick Rolled song.

Wow, I've never heard that one before, that's pretty freakin' similar, haha!

[DDCecil]

I think I've mentioned this before, but Dragon Warrior II overworld theme with all 3 party members alive and Little Nemo: The Dream Master Stage 1 both sound almost alike.

The second part of Flashman's theme (MM2) sounds like the theme song from the old Nickelodeon show Wild and Crazy Kids.

SMB3 Hammer Bros. theme = old "Everybody's Skippy Dippin'" commercial.

[kupomogli]

Castlevania 2 Belmont's Revenge "Road of Enemy" and Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne "Boss Appearance" sound like they have the exact same composition except SMT Nocturne's is slightly slower.

One of the Colossus themes on Shadow of the Colossus sounds like Star Wars.

[kafa111]

california games sounds like louie louie
well california games theme IS louie louie

[Kirbysuperstar]

I've got two.

Parappa the Rapper - Instructor Mooselini's Car Lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoqllL8Vl6o

Sounds like

Can - Turtles Have Short Legs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxGaC4wzt50

No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle - Skelter Helter (SLING SHOT on the OST)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrsQU8fuBs

Sounds like

Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KE9lvU810&ob=av2e

[kedawa]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The King of Fighters '94 brazil stage BGM.
It starts out exactly like Surprise, You're Dead by Faith no More.

[BricatSegaFan]

I can't quite remember which Maverick's stage it was, but in Mega Man X3, there's part of a song that's almost exactly like Guns N' Roses' "My Michelle". I remember reading up on it and it was actually supposed to be intended, the composer was a major Gn'R fan. Awesome!

Neon tiger

[CelticJobber]

Parts of the Dolphin Park music from Wave Race 64 sounds a hell of alot like the Mary Tyler Moore Show's theme:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiW3pyMdp3w

[hellraiser]

I'm surprised no ones mentioned this

Contra hard corps character select music resembles" I like big butts" by sir mix a lot.

Check if you don't believe me! Lol

[RulerStabInTheEye27]

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[BricatSegaFan]

Wow this thread is old!!!

Well I happened across this video on YouTube and indeed it seems that thunderforce 4 intro sounds very similar to Dokken : lightning strikes again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjHq...e_gdata_player

[rbudrick]

Wow this thread is old!!!

Well I happened across this video on YouTube and indeed it seems that thunderforce 4 intro sounds very similar to Dokken : lightning strikes again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjHq...e_gdata_player

Pretty sure that one's a coincidence. I have a buddy of mine, Jay, that used to listen to too much Dokken and pretty much every hair band that sucked, ever. If you're a Dokken fan, I apologize. See, the thing is, there were a lot of bands that had that almost exact same riff in every song. That riff style is quintessetially 80s. My friends used to rag on Jay all the time because every time he "wrote" a new guitar riff, it sounded exactly like that Dokken and TF4 riff. We'd laugh our assess off because it was it literally sounded like the same riff every time. This was in the mid 90s. Now granted, we were all metalheads, but even us metalheads knew that waaaay too much 80s music was absolute shit, but Jay loved all of it. The worse, the better. There is a large group of us that used to hang with Jay and every time we heard a cliched-sounding 80s riff, we'd call it Jay Music, or a Jay riff.

The earliest example I know of of a riff like that is in a Black Sabbath song off of 1975's Sabotage (My favorite album ever by them). Scan to 3:23:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoVCO6vOTD4
A slower version of that riff, for sure, but the same pattern.

-Rob