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10-09-2015, 01:00 AM
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I remember there being a thread like this some time ago, but I don't know where it is now. Hope it's okay if I bring it back just for the halibut.
Anyway, this has been a thing as of recent - finding songs in video games that sound similar to a song not video game-related. It's happened quite a few times. Feel free to share any experiences you've had with this matter.
For example:
This song shares some similar chords in the main melody with
this song.
Even though everyone knows this by now, I feel it's obligatory to post this:
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It's weird how certain songs sound so similar, that people actually find it interesting. Yet the composer for early-2000s DBZ games is now in hiding because some of his music had pinches of old 70s tunes.
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12-09-2015, 02:56 PM
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Dokapon Millenium Quest (July 14, 2000)
Forest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drX83WsC4dw
Forest Temple:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnzXIzI8ros
-vs-
Pokemon the Movie 2000 (July 21, 2000)
Lugia Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqpXrDuLqE0
Both came out the same month of the same year. Who stole from who? I want to say Pokemon stole, because...
Madou Monogatari ARS (1993)
Schezo Intro Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6rny6-d8To
-vs-
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (November 21, 2002 for R/S)
Fortree City:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKndzmu__nc
Clearly, they stole this time F3.
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Neon Tiger Stage Theme
My Michelle - Guns and Roses
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Gotta three-fer.
Safe to say, Jungle Hijinx (and every other variation) was probably inspired by those classic jazz tunes.
And there is this in the first Donkey Konga
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