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* The UsefulNotes/AcademyAward ceremony has ended on one of these since the early 1990s, combining famous orchestral movie themes with instrumental versions of songs: "Hooray for Hollywood" (serves as {{Bookends}}), "That's Entertainment", the main theme from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} "Oklahoma!"]], [[Film/TopGun "Take My Breath Away"]], the themes from ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Born Free'', and ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1957), [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys "Moon River"]], [[Film/MaryPoppins "Chim-Chim-Cher-ee"]], [[Film/{{Arthur 1981}} "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]], [[Film/FoulPlay "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]], [[Film/{{Fame}} "Fame"]], [[Film/{{Flashdance}} "Flashdance...What a Feeling"]], [[Film/{{Rocky}} "Gonna Fly Now"]], [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk The Raiders March]], and the ''Franchise/StarWars'' main title. It's never been updated, possibly because genuine movie theme songs with lasting appeal have been relatively rare since the 1980s.

* The UsefulNotes/DSiWare game ''Art Style: Pictobits'' ends with one, incorporating bits and pieces from all of the remixes featured in the game.

** All the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive games did this, combining every stage theme into one medley with a reprise of the title theme at the very end, with the exception of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'' which had an original track instead of the usual medley. Both episodes of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'', the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'' games, and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' do the same thing.

** The ending credits sequence of ''{{VideoGame/EquestriaBound}}'' features a medley of music from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that was not used in the game proper. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYgHWRLIxVY Listen to it here.]]
* The ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series, starting with ''Twisted''.

Compare the visual counterpart, the CreditsMontage. See also MedleyOverture. Not to be confused with MedleyExit.

* Conan the Barbarian by Music/BasilPoledouris

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* The second part of the credits for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' combines pieces of "Woody and Buzz" and "Infinity and Beyond".

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' follows suite. The first 10 minutes use the battle themes for [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Toy Box]], [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Arendelle]], [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean The Caribbean]], [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 San Fransokyo]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Olympus]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Kingdom of Corona]], and [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monstropolis]] in that order, then it surges into [[BookEnds Guardando nel Buio]][[labelnote:*]][[StarterVillain Ansem's]] final boss theme from [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the original game]][[/labelnote]], before ending with a triumphal replise of Dearly Beloved.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' uses the themes from each respective game in the series (64, Melee, and Brawl). This is done again for the credits sequence of the 3DS and Wii U instalments.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games frequently do this, starting as far back as the original game; more often than not, generally in conjunction with a unique composition. For example, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaDbhsD7EqY Ending Medley B]] from Book II.

* In all three ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, after an AwardBaitSong, there's a medley of music for the film, including some deleted and never heard before pieces. In the Extended Editions this is taken UpToEleven, adding from 10 to 20 minutes of additional music over the Fan Credits. ''Film/TheHobbit'' seems to be following the same pattern.

** ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' takes this UpToEleven by creating a medley of the ending themes from the first ten games! The prequel does the same thing, but includes ending themes from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI,'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII,'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' as well. It is also bookended by the opening and closing bars of the song Final Fantasy at the start and end. Listen close for them.

* The title track of Music/{{Nightwish}}'s ''Imaginaerum'' concept album functions as this with full orchestra only versions of different parts of the album.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', if only for the cast roll segment; the rest of the credits have individual compositions.

** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Kingdom Hearts 3D [=[Dream Drop Distance]=] ]]'' also does this, using the battles themes for Traverse Town, [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers Country of the Musketeers]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Prankster's Paradise]], followed by the Dream Eater's theme, the battle theme for [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame La Cité des Cloches]] and finished with Dearly Beloved.

* The end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' (pre credits) uses two of the three main themes.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' uses a partial remix of [[GlobalAirship "The Dragon Spreads its Wings"]] in its end theme, followed by a slowed down version of "[[DiscOneFinalDungeon ExDeath's Castle]]" as a bridge into a march version of "[[TheOverworld Four Valiant Hearts]]" ending with a coda based on the first movement.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' deserves special mention because it manages to mix together '''every single character theme''' along with the obligatory "Prologue" music in [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic a massive 20-minute long ending sequence]].
* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' and ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' have similar medleys that both begin with a remix of The Main Theme of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', which is the only time said piece of music is featured on the respective soundtracks.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' takes this UpToEleven by creating a medley of the ending themes from the first ten games! The prequel does the same thing, but includes ending themes from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI,'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII,'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' as well. It is also bookended by the opening and closing bars of the song Final Fantasy at the start and end. Listen close for them.
* Both ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' and ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' of the so-called ''Lightning Saga'' have this. ''Final Fantasy X-2'' has a theme titled simply "Closing Credits" that is a medley of "Caius's Theme," "Paradox," "Noel's Theme," "Future/Serah's Theme" and "Yeul's Theme." ''Lightning Returns'' has "Credits ~Light Eternal~," which uses "FINAL FANTASY XIII -Miracles-," "Memories of Happier Days," "Snow's Theme ~Final Words~," "The Ark," "Caius's Theme," "Lightning's Theme" and "Blinded By Light."

* The UsefulNotes/AcademyAward ceremony has ended on one of these since the early 1990s, combining famous orchestral movie themes with instrumental versions of songs: "Hooray for Hollywood" (serves as {{Bookends}}), "That's Entertainment", the main theme from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} "Oklahoma!"]], [[Film/TopGun "Take My Breath Away"]], the themes from ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Born Free'', and ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1957), [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys "Moon River"]], [[Film/MaryPoppins "Chim-Chim-Cher-ee"]], [[Film/{{Arthur}} "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]], [[Film/FoulPlay "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]], [[Film/{{Fame}} "Fame"]], [[Film/{{Flashdance}} "Flashdance...What a Feeling"]], [[Film/{{Rocky}} "Gonna Fly Now"]], [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk The Raiders March]], and the ''Franchise/StarWars'' main title. It's never been updated, possibly because genuine movie theme songs with lasting appeal have been relatively rare since the 1980s.

** All the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive games did this, combining every stage theme into one medley with a reprise of the title theme at the very end, with the exception of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'' which had an original track instead of the usual medley. Both episodes of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'', the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'' and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' do the same thing.

%% ** All the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive games did this, with the exception of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'' which had an original track instead of the usual medley. VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 does that too.

%% ** And then ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'' for DS did it again.
%% ** ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' does this with both versions ([=PS3=]/Xbox 360/PC and [=3DS=]).

* A lot of the more recent ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games often do this with their end credits music, taking recurring music pieces from throughout the game and making a medley out of it for the credits.

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* The end credits music for Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' combines pieces of "The Egg Travels", "Aladar and Neera", "Breakout/It Comes With a Pool", "Raptors/Aladar Meets the Herd", and "Inner Sanctum/The Nesting Grounds".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' features an excellent end credits piece using the score's main themes.
* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' was going to use one, until with the other two songs in the credits, they didn't need it. It was later released on the movie soundtrack.
* The second part of the credits for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' combines pieces of "Woody and Buzz" and "Infinity and Beyond".
* The end credits for ''[[WesternAnimation/BluesClues Blue's Big Musical Movie]]'' used a medley of previous background music used for the credits in other episodes.

** Some of that additional music was recorded especially for the credits. ''Fellowship'''s ''[[http://youtu.be/evHF0WRagtc?t=30s In Dreams]]'', heard right after Enya's ''May It Be'', might or might not count[[note]]Its placing in the OST hints that it might have been intended to play over the last scenes of the movie.[[/note]], but ''Return Of The King'' has a {{homage}} to [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]] [[http://youtu.be/Uxt2jb_r_VQ?t=9m51s at the end of the theatrical cut's credits]], plus a whole song called ''[[http://youtu.be/OJQmsKgqF0A Bilbo's Song]]'' at the end of the Extended Edition's Fan Credits.

** ''Mame''[='s=] exit music uses "Mame," "Open A New Window," a short bridge of "My Best Girl," "If He Walked Into My Life," "We Need A Little Christmas" and the title song again.

** 'Theatre/OnTheTown'' plays miscellaneous portions of "I Can Cook, Too," the "Times Square" ballet music, "Lonely Town" and "Lucky To Be Me" for bows, followed by "Some Other Time," Lucky To Be Me" and "Ya Got Me" as exit music.