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Sometimes, movies or television shows only have limited rights to the songs they plan to use for their film or broadcast. Thus, you'll hear it in its initial broadcast/theatrical release, And It Is Good. However, come the home broadcast release, they have to change it. As such, it's replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong, or perhaps a cover version of the song, or on some occasions, a completely different song altogether.
Occasionally, this even happens when the song is being covered, for very much the same reasons. Perhaps they change the song, depending on what suits the editors best.
Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases.
Please note that this trope isn't intended to cover (no pun intended) {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s, which while they may set the mood for the show, are ([[ThemeTuneCameo at least usually]]) not inserted into the work itself. It also does not cover instances where the song was retained but with {{Bowdlerise}}d lyrics.
Can often result in ClumsyCopyrightCensorship, though occasionally this can be done fairly gracefully. Sometimes you need to KeepCirculatingTheTapes in order to get the version as broadcast.[[note]]Incidentally, KeepCirculatingTheTapes also contains a fairly detailed explanation of why Home Version Soundtrack Replacements exist, going into the difference between performance and reproduction licensing.[[/note]]
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* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'''s original broadcast used the original Music/LouisArmstrong version of "What a Wonderful World" at the end of one episode, as a callback to a music box from an earlier scene. In its subsequent DVD release, they changed it to a cover version. For the English track, they came up with a completely different song, and changed the music box to match up with the new song.
* ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' has a similar predicament, in which a cover of Music/TheBeatles' "I've Got a Feeling" features in the climax of the anime. The home distribution version keeps the backing tracks the same, but the lyrics change to something completely different. The English track changes it even further, using the lyrics of another in-universe song.
* Johnny's Entertainment has a reputation for having a controlled, iron grip over its acts. The opening theme for ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'' was originally sung by Music/{{SMAP}}, but in all home releases, the opening theme was re-arranged and sung by a different vocalist.
** The American version of ''Dragon Ball Z''[='=]s replacement score has mostly been retained over the years, however since the movies feature songs from various alternative bands, this has been an issue. ''The History of Trunks'' had some songs replaced for its Toonami broadcast as a result of Creator/FUNimation losing the rights to use them, and it also resulted in the second half of the credits playing silent. The remastered DVD took this further and replaced the music for the entire credits sequence with the generic ending theme, which met with frustration from fans, since the first credit song was popular with viewers, and that it was still in the film as an insert song. ''Bardock - The Father of Goku''[='=]s credit songs were retained, but both were replaced for the Nicktoons broadcast with a generic piece of insert music. A single release of both specials omitted the American soundtrack entirely since [=FUNimation=] had lost the rights to so many of the songs.
** When [=FUNimation=] restored Shunsuke Kikuichi's background music for the English 5.1 track in their ''Dragon Ball Z'' season box sets, this did not include any vocal [=OSTs=] in the background soundtrack. Those simply played silent. Similarly, their dub of the original ''Dragon Ball'' (whose US soundtrack ''always'' featured Kikuichi's music) also couldn't feature the vocal songs, and the narrator was usually given more dialogue to fill up the silence.
* One of ''Manga/OnePiece'''s ending themes was removed from the US [=FUNimation=] version due to licensing issues and replaced with the ending that followed it on both the DVD and simulcast. In this case, the actual animation was replaced as well.
* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'''s American release only kept ''Falling Down'' from Oasis as the opening theme for episode 1, but used a replacement J-Pop song (provided by the Japanese producers) for the remainder of the series. This was due to [=FUNimation=] having to pay royalties every time the song appeared on the disc, and was only willing to pay to use it once.
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'''s original English release only featured covers of openings 1 & 3 and endings 1 & 2 respectively due to the price of paying licenses to cover the rest, this of course is no longer the case as both Media Blasters' remastered DVD release [[note]]using the R2 DVD masters[[/note]] and [[Creator/DiscotekMedia Discotek]]'s Blu-ray (and DVD) release has all 3 openings and all 3 endings intact.
* The English dub of ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' replaces The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" with a generic instrumental in The Baby's introduction, removing the subtle joke that the neo-Nazi is a fan of a multi-racial group. Again the source of this is the Japanese company over music distribution, so VIZ had to compensate for the missing tracks.
* In a quite odd edit, the home release versions of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' changed some of the music from the broadcast version, including removing an instance of the opening theme being used as an insert song in episode 13, replacing it with generic battle music instead.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' lost its theme songs for its US release, replacing them with standard [=BGMs=] played over the same opening animation. This is because Neil Sedaka composed the songs, and thus his family has been holding out on the rights; this is the same reason ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' hasn't used either of the openings as ''Zeta''[='s=] battle theme in years.
* In the HD Remaster of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'', Music/TMRevolution's song, "Vestige", was replaced in episode 39 by "Kira, Sono Kokoro no Mama ni" ("Kira, Just as He Pleases"/"Kira, True to His Feelings") during Strike Freedom's first sortie.
* Similar to the ''Zeta Gundam'' example, the first opening of ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha'' suffered the same fate. Tokio's contract prohibited their music to be used overseas so Creator/FUNimation used the second season's opening instead. Furthermore, a member of Tokio cameos in the ''first'' episode while the forbidden song plays in the background. The English dub track simply renames the band "Kyoto" and again swaps in the 2nd opening song. On the Japanese track...[[{{Unperson}} silence.]]
* ''Manga/KOn'''s founding band performs an instrumental version of "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" in the Japanese version of the release in order to convince a prospect to join. On the US distribution, on both the US and the JP tracks, this is replaced with an instrumental version of "Aura Lea" (or "Love Me Tender," the Music/ElvisPresley version of the song), which causes a minor continuity glitch as ''both'' language tracks refer to the "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" performance in later episodes.
* An episode of ''Anime/GunBuster'' had one song remove and replaced because it sounded too much like "Chariots of Fire".
* ''Manga/TheSkullMan'' had its original opening, "Hikari no Machi", partially replaced for Japanese home video, and completely replaced for English release.
* Due to royalty/distribution issues, ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'''s intro removed Music/DuranDuran's "Girls on Film" in the American and European releases and replaced it with an instrumental track.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'' is a funny case. While V6's "Change The World" is retained as the first opening on TV and DVD, Netflix replaces it with "Hanyou Inuyasha". It doesn't sync well, to say the least.
* The Netflix release of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' replaces the various covers of "Fly Me to the Moon" with "Rei."
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* ''Film/WaynesWorld'': "No Stairway? Denied!" makes a lot more sense when you consider that the original theatrical release had Wayne play the first five notes of "[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]" before the guitar shop owner cuts him off. Some releases changed it to the first two notes; most releases nowadays have a generic riff.
* ''Film/TheBigFix'' includes a lovely scene with Richard Dreyfuss preparing for a date, with Leon Redbone's "I Wanna Be Seduced" as the BGM. Sadly, for the VHS release the song had to be replaced with generic instrumental music. Fans assiduously record the movie every time it shows up on TCM, while holding out hope for a DVD release.
* A rare non-musical example: The voice of the [[FramingDevice narrator/father]] was provided in the original TV screening of ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint'' by Dustin Hoffman, but for contractual reasons was redubbed for subsequent screenings by either Alan Barzman (initial rebroadcast), Ringo Starr (home video release) or Alan Thicke ('80s and '90s cable airings).
* On the VHS release of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'', tracked-in music from Christopher Young's score replaces Music/BingCrosby's version of "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" over the end credits.
* The scene in ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' where Dracula and Cindy dance was originally set to the highly-appropriate Alicia Bridges song "I Love The Nightlife". In home-video releases this is replaced with a generic disco tune.
* ''Film/SlapShot'' had "Right Back Where We Started From" and the rest of the songs featured in the film (including tracks by Music/EltonJohn and Music/FleetwoodMac) removed from its VHS releases and replaced with generic instrumentals. The songs were restored on the subsequent DVD and BD releases.
* ''Film/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'' had its music infamously replaced with generic '80s music on most home video releases. The only known exception is the original VHS and Betamax release.
* ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'' - the title character at one point hides out with rock band Clear Light, led here by Barry Mc Guire, but initial video release of the movie substituted a couple of songs they did with some similar-sounding generic tunes (though a later DVD release put the original music back).
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* This is common for low budget releases of series where a few episodes accidentally went into the public domain, such as ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The music may not have gone into the public domain and has to be replaced.
* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' had a good number of its songs from the broadcast version replaced with other songs that convey similar moods (when necessary) on the DVD and iTunes releases. One of the more notable changes is at the end of "A Sort of Homecoming," where Jose Gonzalez's cover of "Teardrop" is replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong; usually, though, the replacements are fairly effectively blended in.
* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix. When the series was remastered to HD in 2018 the producers were finally able to get the rights to the song back and restored the credits for the blu-ray editions.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was also met with similar music licensing problems, leading to Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" being replaced on a 90's high-school mix with a generic-sounding song.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', because of the expiration of all the license agreements regarding music, also had a significant number of songs cut (keep in mind this is a television show about a radio station). The poor fan reception affected it's sales, causing Fox to halt its DVD releases past the first season. The syndicated version also replaces a fair amount of its music. In 2014, Creator/ShoutFactory finally released the show on DVD in a complete series set. They cleared most of the music, and used special new technology to replace background songs they couldn't clear (the show's raw soundtrack tapes are long gone).
* Sadly this trope is the reason ''Series/{{Werewolf}}'' isn't on DVD at all. When Creator/ShoutFactory tried to release the show on DVD, they couldn't clear all the music. Instead of replacing it, they discovered the raw soundtrack tapes were gone, and could not replace the music. They were forced to let the rights revert back to Sony.
* ''Series/NorthernExposure'', for similar reasons, had its soundtrack replaced. Because both this and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' involve [=DJs=] at radio stations playing commercial music appropriate to the situation or character, a lot of the original intent is lost in the home release version.
* ''Series/TheState,'' a sketch comedy show that took advantage of MTV's music licensing opportunities, had its music replaced on its DVD release. This is prevalent with MTV, which has licensing deals with record companies allowing them to use music freely as it counts as advertising, but doesn't have those rights carry over to video releases.
* The second, third, and fourth seasons' ''Series/QuantumLeap'' Region 1 [=DVDs=] were stripped of all licensed music not explicitly mentioned in dialogue, even when it left characters dancing the Twist, shouting "TEQUILA!" in unison, and mouthing the words to "Louie Louie" for no apparent reason. The most notable omission was the Music/RayCharles cover of "Georgia On My Mind," used repeatedly in the show to underscore the bigger TearJerker moments. After a vociferous outcry, the final season set was spared from any music cuts. In 2016, Creator/MillCreekEntertainment [[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Quantum-Leap-The-Complete-Series/22903 announced]] that it was rereleasing the series with most of the original songs that had to be cut from previous seasons now cleared.
* Has happened a few times with old ''Series/DoctorWho'' that used contemporary popular music:
** One of the first scenes of ''The Chase'' has the Doctor and his companions watching footage of Music/TheBeatles on the newly-acquired Time-Space Visualizer. The BBC released this serial on DVD in 2010, but has announced that outside of Region 2, the original footage will be replaced, as the BBC's license to use the footage does not extend outside the UK.
** ''The Evil of the Daleks'' had the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" playing in a bar. On the narrated cassette release (the story has been lost, but the soundtrack survives), the whole scene was deleted. The scene was retained on the CD release, with "Paperback Writer" replaced by a generic tune that would fit the coffee bar atmosphere.
** ''Spearhead from Space'' featured a Music/FleetwoodMac track that was edited out of the 1988 VHS and 2001 DVD releases. The license was subsequently renegotiated, allowing the track to appear on the 2011 DVD release.
** ''Revelation of the Daleks'' was one of the last serials to be released on video because of the time it took to secure the rights to the music. The story featured a significant guest character who was a FanOfThePast, leading to the use of a number of classic sixties rock tracks. Because the music is so integral to the plot and often featured characters talking over the top of it, it could not easily be replaced. Ultimately the only track the BBC could not secure the rights to was Music/JimiHendrix's "Fire". This track had to be carefully digitally excised and replaced without losing the dialogue occurring over the top of it.
** Averted with the NothingButHits soundtrack of ''Delta and the Bannermen'', in as much as they used newly-recorded cover versions in the original broadcast to keep the licensing costs within reach, and no changes were required for the home video version.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' only had permission to use James Last's version of ''Copacabana'' on the initial broadcast of the episode "Terrorform". All other broadcasts and releases use a soundalike, albeit one that is virtually indistinguishable from the original.
* The original BBC DVD release of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' Series 2 omitted the cover version of Music/BobDylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from the episode "Money", along with a lot of visual gags seen while the song was playing. Fortunately the song was restored in the later complete box set version.
* ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' [=DVDs=] have quite a few scenes and jokes cut out entirely due to the use of copyrighted music.
* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' suffers from this. While the licensed music wasn't the ''whole'' draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Profiler}}'', "I'll Be Watching You", made such prominent use of Music/ThePolice song "Every Breath You Take" that the entire episode was left off the DVD release.
* Non-original copyrighted music was used exactly once in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Goodnight, Sweetheart" in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]"), and was replaced with a sound-alike on the VHS releases. The rights were obtained for the DVD releases.
* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''
** The episode "The Tale of the Prom Queen" originally had "In The Still of the Night" by The Five Satins played during the final scene, but it was removed in the DVD release.
** In "The Tale of C7", the C7 tune was originally "Save The Last Dance for Me", but it too was replaced with generic music on the DVD.
* ''Series/InLivingColor'''s DVD releases have a lot of sketches either edited to remove song references or entire music video parodies (often serving as the show's cold opening) removed.
* The videos for ''Newton's Apple'' replaced Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Ruckzuck" with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* ''Series/TriggerHappyTV'', which frequently used licensed alternative-rock tunes as background music, averted this in its Region 2 DVD release, which left the soundtrack entirely intact. North America, however, was not so lucky; this is why there is no official Region 1 DVD, as well as why North American rebroadcasts replaced the music with instrumental soundalikes.
* This didn't affect ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' too badly, despite the large amount of licensed music, because it was made after the home-video age began. However, a track by Music/TheSistersOfMercy was removed from the episode "Lie to Me" for repeat broadcast and home video for unclear reasons, which may have been due to either licensing or to the group finding out about the episode's derogatory attitude to goth culture.
* On the DVD copy of ''Series/TakinOverTheAsylum'', cover versions of Beatles tracks finishing up episodes have been tracked in. Took something like 20 years to get to DVD.
* The DVD release of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' couldn't use the song "Low Rider" for the theme song, so a whole new theme was used.
* Any time insert songs were used in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', about half of them were replaced for the show's DVD releases with generic music. These edits went into the reruns on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, The N[=/=]Creator/TeenNick, Creator/ABCFamily, and Creator/TheHub.
* When ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' was first released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment, the final two season sets suffered from this. Any use of copyrighted music was removed or dubbed over with generic music, and any credits sequences featuring music or celebrity cameos were replaced with generic white-on-black credits.
** Most infamously, this included replacing the credits of the Season 8 premiere, which was a parody of the opening from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' lampshading the fact that two actresses alternated between the role of Becky. This sequence can still be seen on syndicated airings.
** Another memorable credits sequence that was replaced included a black-and-white scene of Roseanne's mother Beverly covering Billie Holiday's "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" from the Season 9 episode "Someday My Prince Will Come".
** In the two-part Disney World episode, the various uses of "When You Wish Upon a Star" were all replaced. When David sadly sings it to himself when he thinks he's not invited on the trip, he is dubbed over with a canned audience "aww". When Roseanne leads the family in a military cadence-style chant of the lyrics on their way to the park, they're dubbed over with the show's typical scene change music. The various uses of the original song played over the family enjoying the park were replaced with the 1812 Overture. When all seasons were re-released by Mill Creek Entertainment, this episode was the only one to have its original music restored; the rest of the replacements from the Anchor Bay release carried over to the Mill Creek sets.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'', most notably Music/BobDylan's Wigwam on fourth episode, replaced by a generic track.
* For the season 2 DVD release of ''Series/HappyDays'', 95% of the licensed music was replaced. Even the theme song, Rock Around the Clock by Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets, was replaced with a slightly extended version of the seasons 3-10 theme. Fortunately, season 1, 3, and 4 have their licensed music intact.
* It wasn't until 2014 that a DVD for ''Series/NowAndAgain'' was finally released for the series (the show aired 1999-2000), unsurprisingly, many of the popular songs were replaced, though certain ones that were important to the plot were left in.
* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' as a whole took some time to be released on DVD due to the large amounts of music that needed to be cleared. All but fifteen songs cleared; more detailed information about those fifteen can be found on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_music_replacements The Other Wiki]].
* When the U.S. version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' appeared on Netflix there was great umbrage over the dance-music tracks having been replaced. Most of the lost songs were both very recognizable and plot-relevant, but especially annoying was the cue being lost for Abba's "Dancing Queen"--the generic replacement for which sounded like the alternate universe underwater version played backwards on a broken calliope.
* ''Series/CrimeStory'', a mid-80s show set in the Rat Pack-era early 60s, used a lot of pop standards in its soundtrack, most of which were swapped out for generic, similar style tunes in video release.
* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' had to hold a number of sketches from video release (or modify them some) because of music issues - one being an ad for "Stairways to Heaven", a record full of covers of the song from various unlikely artists.
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' used 'All Sparks' by Editors during the closing credits for the TV broadcast of Series One, which was replaced with the series original opening theme for the DVD release. Series Two just used the main theme for the closing credits from the get go.
* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'''s Season One DVD kept all the hip-hop tracks intact, but the Cattleman's Ranch commercial at the end of the pilot used a replacement instrumental track.
* The DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' removed the end credits completely, skipping straight to the next time preview. On broadcast the end credits had been an "Everybody's Train Corner" segment, during which shots of various trains, some of which were sent in by viewers, would play. Rights issues on the clips are likely why this was cut.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has multiple licensed songs replaced in the versions available on streaming services with public domain songs, but the subtitles will show the song titles and lyrics from the original run.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage" play as the show's opening theme, but when it came to the DVD release, the rights to the song expired and a generic electronic music piece was put in as a replacement. Creator/MillCreekEntertainment renewed the rights and restored the opening for their releases of it.
* Creator/TheWB adaptation of ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'', produced as it was in the early 2000's shortly ''before'' home video DVD releases became de facto expected for every series and being little more than a critically-lauded cult hit at the time, spent years in KeepCirculatingTheTapes limbo because the music couldn't be cleared. When the pleas of fans continued for several years, Warner Bros finally relented and released it to DVD, but had to compromise and pull this trope, which is noted on the back of the DVD packaging.
* A lot of the soundtrack for ''Series/{{Witchblade}}'' was replaced for the DVD release. While the music for the pilot remained intact, because of issues securing rights to the mostly classic rock songs, the rest of the episodes featured an original score of generic electronic music. The fan reaction was largely negative.
* 'Series/WaterlooRoad had their music changed for all 8 Seasons on DVD. Series 1 and 2 have kept some songs such as Kaiser Chief's I Predict a Riot, Muse's Supermassive Black Hole and Razorlight's In The Morning. In addition, some scenes from Series 5 onwards have been cut due to Copyright reasons. As a result episodes from Series 5 onwards are 10 minutes shorter on DVD then on TV (as it was on the BBC) as intended.
* In the "The Storm" episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', the ending features a bunch of characters singing Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You". In some DVD releases the song is changed to them singing a song called, "Let's Get This Party Started".
* HBO's On Demand versions of ''Creator/DennisMiller Live'' have replaced the theme song (originally "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Creator/TearsForFears) with something that sounds like it was written by someone who had heard the lyrics of the original song described second-hand and tried to re-write it.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' had to replace a few songs for the versions on streaming services. Like ''30 Rock'' above, the subtitles still show the song titles and lyrics from when it originally aired.
* The first series of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' used a lot of licensed music from artists such as Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/TheProdigy and Music/JohnnyCash ''all'' of which had to be removed from the [=DVD=] release and replaced with generic music cues. Thankfully the producers caught on to this problem with subsequent series using less licensed music and making sure to clear the songs they did use for home media.
* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'': The episode "Operation: Spoilsport" concerns a looming plot to start World War III, and features the highly-appropriate ProtestSong "Eve of Destruction" constantly being played for/at Ralph by the supersuit-bestowing aliens; a whole lot of impact and sense is lost in those airings of the episode where the song has to be replaced with a generic instrumental tune.
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* The original version of ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' has five '50s pop songs licensed for its game theme. However, the digital version for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' only has three of them available, due to licensing issues.
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* Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} tapes tend to use generic themes in place of the ''The Final Countdown''(the theme of Wrestling/BryanDanielson and Wrestling/SaraDelRey) or heavily synthesized versions there of.(actually trying to change Danielson's theme outright caused a near riot)
* Many past WWE PPV events had a licensed theme song that was removed for home release. In addition, there are a lot of dubbed-over music on WWE Network content when it comes to archived events, especially for ECW events where many wrestlers had a RealSongThemeTune for entrance music.
* One of the more infamous examples of WWE's dubbed-over music was seen in a DVD release of Wrestling/WrestleMania VI where Wrestling/DustyRhodes' entrance theme, "Common Man Boogie", was replaced with the second theme song from the British version of ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. Needless to say, some British WWE fans found amusement by the idea of Dusty and Saphire dancing down to the ring to a game show theme.
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* ''Radio/TheNowShow'' often features short excerpts of copyrighted music (e.g., a burst of "[[Music/KaiserChiefs I Predict a Riot]]" in place of the French national anthem) which have to be removed from the podcast version. Usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the replacing segments: "You are now not hearing the song "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. Frankly, you should count yourself lucky."
* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has a round called "Pick-Up Song", where each panellist has to sing along with a record, after a few seconds the sound is turned down, and they have to try and be as close as possible to the original song when the music is faded back in. Due to the cost of licensing the original recordings, this round was completely excluded from any home release of the series for many years, and even when it did start appearing several examples were replaced with other ones spliced in from other episodes.
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* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'''s PC, PSN and XBLA adaptations lack the tracks from Music/BadReligion and Music/TheOffspring that the arcade[=/GameCube/=]Dreamcast editions had; the PC edition has tracks from other punk bands while the PSN and XBLA versions use original scoring. The 2012 iOS/2013 Android releases resecured the rights to these songs, though (But plays the full versions of the songs).
* The ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' CompilationRerelease for the PSP changed the first stage music of ''Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius'' from "That's The Way I Like It" to "BRILLIANT 2U", a ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}'' song. The same thing was also done for "In the Mood" and "Mambo No. 5" in ''Gokujou Parodius''.
* The ''Superman'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem used the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie themes in the Japanese version, but the U.S. version had a different soundtrack taken from the Famicom RPG ''Indra no Hikari''.
* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' originally had "Thriller" as the dance special theme in the third stage (it was only a stage theme in a prototype for the game), but later replaced it with "Another Part of Me" (which is also the stage theme).
* The ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' version of ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush: The Rock'' had the arcade soundtrack replaced with {{Suspiciously Similar Song}}s. The N64 version of ''Rush 2049'' had a completely new soundtrack, with some of its songs carrying over to the Dreamcast and ''MAT 3'' versions, which otherwise retained the original arcade soundtrack.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai HD Collection'' (containing the original Budokai and Budokai 3) replaced all the music due to issues with the composer (see ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' above). This causes outrage among game enthusiasts and folks who grew up with the original games who didn't know why the music was replaced.
* The American versions of several {{Franchise/Gundam}} games, including ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED: Never-Ending Tomorrow'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', removes the songs from the anime and replaces them with generic tracks composed exclusively for other games like ''Zeonic Front''. This seems to have been done on purpose by Bandai as a cost-saving measure, since it started happening around the time the anime market started dropping off in the West.
* The PSP version of VideoGame/Persona1 had most of the soundtrack of the PSX version replaced by newer tracks, only remaining those composed by Creator/ShojiMeguro... It should be noted that the director of this port was ''himself''.
* Consumer ports of arcade {{Rhythm Game}}s will often only include new songs and sometimes a handful of songs from older versions, but that's not this trope. What ''is'' this trope is when a new song doesn't appear on its consumer counterpart because of licensing issues. Some examples:
** The cover of "Samba de Janeiro" in ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX 13 [=DistorteD=]'' was not brought over to the [=PS2=] version. Although the covering artist, Lion MUSASHI aka dj TAKA, is an in-house musician at Creator/{{Konami}}, the original group behind the song, Bellini, isn't.
** "Petit Love" by Smile.dk from ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}} 4th MIX PLUS'' should have appeared on ''[=DanceDanceRevolution=] EXTRA MIX'', which includes all other songs that aren't Nonstop Megamixes from ''4th PLUS'' and the "Solo" sub-series of ''DDR'' games, but never made it.
** "VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}} BGM Medley" from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic 14 FEVER!'' was not included in the [=PS2=] port of ''FEVER!'', for [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars reasons]].
* In the English version of ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection]]'', when the games were set to Japanese, the replacement songs for their international localizations still continue to play due to Capcom not willing to license them out for international use. In the cases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (which retained its own songs in its original international release) and ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' (which featured an instrumental version of "Lazy Mind", its Japanese ending theme), brand new instrumental music had to be produced for the collection. As a result, "Moonlight" and "The Answer" were replaced with "The Crisis Continues", while "I.D.E.A." got substituted for "End of File", and "Break Out" now stands in for "Lazy Mind".
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* When the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsings.html Strong Bad Sings]]" was released on DVD, the music that The Cheat plays during the "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" segment was changed from "HappyBirthdayToYou" to "Hot Cross Buns", due to the former still being under copyright at the time (as of 2015, the song is now in the public domain, so a future release could reasonably see the song reinserted).
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* A VHS copy of WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's video ''The Internet and You'' was produced in limited qualities for a 2019 charity fundraiser. It replaced most of the music used due to fear of potential copyright issues, though the original version remains on Website/YouTube, and retains the original copyrighted music.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' (also on MTV) had most of its music replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Dirty Pranking No. 2", does a ''Film/DirtyDancing'' parody and uses "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" as part of that parody. Reportedly, the songwriter was infuriated at seeing his song used in this fashion and refused to negotiate video rights to it. The DVD version of the episode replaces it with an original song making fun of the situation.
* Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
** The ''Super Show'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' features a rather... ''special'' case in the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks", which featured guest stars Music/MilliVanilli singing "Blame It on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version, and a reference to "Blame It on the Rain" in King Koopa's dialogue was excised. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when producer Frank Farian revealed in November of 1990 that the frontmen of Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing to recordings by a much older ensemble of artists, ending the group's careers on the spot. Many speculate that the ensuing scandal from Farian's revelation played a considerable role in [=DiC=] choosing not to pursue regaining the license for the Milli Vanilli songs, though their track record with the original ''Super Show'' suggests that it was just another case of them deeming the licensing fees for including the music on home media and re-runs to be too much of a hassle.
* The DVD boxsets of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' replace all the theme music (pretty much the only music in the show) with songs from Season 2 for all five seasons. According to the creator's daughter, it was because it was the music he preferred for the show, and because they were trying to keep the show consistent.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' goes through this from time to time, and it has actually become something of a big issue as far as DVD releases of the series are concerned (despite it being a musical comedy). A few episodes that have been released have had copyrighted songs replaced with poorly-dubbed recordings of original Chipmunk songs (for example, "Love Potion No. 9" is replaced in one episode with "Witch Doctor"), meanwhile, there are ''several'' episodes that feature songs by Music/MichaelJackson, Music/TheBeatles, and others that can't be released without being replaced entirely. Some episodes have managed to keep the songs intact, however.
* There was an odd variation in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("Saddlesore Galactica") that used Cake's "The Distance". The rights weren't cleared in time for the original broadcast and a soundalike instrumental track was used instead, but later on they did get the rights, and repeats (as well as the DVD) use the actual song.
* The DVD releases of the first two series of ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'' both use the Series 2 title sequence, with the Series 3 theme song, due to problems with the rights to the original theme.
* "(I Want to Marry a) Lighthouse Keeper" by Erika Eigen, notably from the soundtrack of ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', was played in the broadcast of MTV's ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'', but home video versions replaced it with a song with the lyric "I'm in Love with a School Bus Driver", which kinda misses the point of the ''Clockwork Orange'' reference.
* The DVD versions of a few ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes have some of the incidental music replaced due to licensing issues (as while most of the show's soundtrack is stock music, not all of it is public domain). One notable example is in the episode "Employee of the Month", when Spongebob is spying on Squidward, "Agent Woodrow" by The Woodies is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede. Oddly, the episodes in question are not edited on the iTunes versions. Incidentally, the pilot episode "Help Wanted" managed to keep the 1968 Music/TinyTim cover of "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" when it was finally released on home media as a bonus feature on the 2005 season 3 DVD set (it was excluded from the 2003 season 1 DVD set due to Nickelodeon being unwilling to re-license the song at the time) and the season 2 episode "Band Geeks" was able to retain David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory" in all home media releases, largely because the scenes where each song plays was animated around the music and it would've been too impractical to try and come up with effective replacement songs.
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Occasionally, this even happens when the song is being covered, for very much the same reasons. Perhaps they change the song, depending on what suits the editors best.
Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases.
Please note that this trope isn't intended to cover (no pun intended) {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s, which while they may set the mood for the show, are ([[ThemeTuneCameo at least usually]]) not inserted into the work itself. It also does not cover instances where the song was retained but with {{Bowdlerise}}d lyrics.
Can often result in ClumsyCopyrightCensorship, though occasionally this can be done fairly gracefully. Sometimes you need to KeepCirculatingTheTapes in order to get the version as broadcast.[[note]]Incidentally, KeepCirculatingTheTapes also contains a fairly detailed explanation of why Home Version Soundtrack Replacements exist, going into the difference between performance and reproduction licensing.[[/note]]
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* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'''s original broadcast used the original Music/LouisArmstrong version of "What a Wonderful World" at the end of one episode, as a callback to a music box from an earlier scene. In its subsequent DVD release, they changed it to a cover version. For the English track, they came up with a completely different song, and changed the music box to match up with the new song.
* ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' has a similar predicament, in which a cover of Music/TheBeatles' "I've Got a Feeling" features in the climax of the anime. The home distribution version keeps the backing tracks the same, but the lyrics change to something completely different. The English track changes it even further, using the lyrics of another in-universe song.
* Johnny's Entertainment has a reputation for having a controlled, iron grip over its acts. The opening theme for ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'' was originally sung by Music/{{SMAP}}, but in all home releases, the opening theme was re-arranged and sung by a different vocalist.
** The American version of ''Dragon Ball Z''[='=]s replacement score has mostly been retained over the years, however since the movies feature songs from various alternative bands, this has been an issue. ''The History of Trunks'' had some songs replaced for its Toonami broadcast as a result of Creator/FUNimation losing the rights to use them, and it also resulted in the second half of the credits playing silent. The remastered DVD took this further and replaced the music for the entire credits sequence with the generic ending theme, which met with frustration from fans, since the first credit song was popular with viewers, and that it was still in the film as an insert song. ''Bardock - The Father of Goku''[='=]s credit songs were retained, but both were replaced for the Nicktoons broadcast with a generic piece of insert music. A single release of both specials omitted the American soundtrack entirely since [=FUNimation=] had lost the rights to so many of the songs.
** When [=FUNimation=] restored Shunsuke Kikuichi's background music for the English 5.1 track in their ''Dragon Ball Z'' season box sets, this did not include any vocal [=OSTs=] in the background soundtrack. Those simply played silent. Similarly, their dub of the original ''Dragon Ball'' (whose US soundtrack ''always'' featured Kikuichi's music) also couldn't feature the vocal songs, and the narrator was usually given more dialogue to fill up the silence.
* One of ''Manga/OnePiece'''s ending themes was removed from the US [=FUNimation=] version due to licensing issues and replaced with the ending that followed it on both the DVD and simulcast. In this case, the actual animation was replaced as well.
* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'''s American release only kept ''Falling Down'' from Oasis as the opening theme for episode 1, but used a replacement J-Pop song (provided by the Japanese producers) for the remainder of the series. This was due to [=FUNimation=] having to pay royalties every time the song appeared on the disc, and was only willing to pay to use it once.
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'''s original English release only featured covers of openings 1 & 3 and endings 1 & 2 respectively due to the price of paying licenses to cover the rest, this of course is no longer the case as both Media Blasters' remastered DVD release [[note]]using the R2 DVD masters[[/note]] and [[Creator/DiscotekMedia Discotek]]'s Blu-ray (and DVD) release has all 3 openings and all 3 endings intact.
* The English dub of ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' replaces The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" with a generic instrumental in The Baby's introduction, removing the subtle joke that the neo-Nazi is a fan of a multi-racial group. Again the source of this is the Japanese company over music distribution, so VIZ had to compensate for the missing tracks.
* In a quite odd edit, the home release versions of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' changed some of the music from the broadcast version, including removing an instance of the opening theme being used as an insert song in episode 13, replacing it with generic battle music instead.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' lost its theme songs for its US release, replacing them with standard [=BGMs=] played over the same opening animation. This is because Neil Sedaka composed the songs, and thus his family has been holding out on the rights; this is the same reason ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' hasn't used either of the openings as ''Zeta''[='s=] battle theme in years.
* In the HD Remaster of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'', Music/TMRevolution's song, "Vestige", was replaced in episode 39 by "Kira, Sono Kokoro no Mama ni" ("Kira, Just as He Pleases"/"Kira, True to His Feelings") during Strike Freedom's first sortie.
* Similar to the ''Zeta Gundam'' example, the first opening of ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha'' suffered the same fate. Tokio's contract prohibited their music to be used overseas so Creator/FUNimation used the second season's opening instead. Furthermore, a member of Tokio cameos in the ''first'' episode while the forbidden song plays in the background. The English dub track simply renames the band "Kyoto" and again swaps in the 2nd opening song. On the Japanese track...[[{{Unperson}} silence.]]
* ''Manga/KOn'''s founding band performs an instrumental version of "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" in the Japanese version of the release in order to convince a prospect to join. On the US distribution, on both the US and the JP tracks, this is replaced with an instrumental version of "Aura Lea" (or "Love Me Tender," the Music/ElvisPresley version of the song), which causes a minor continuity glitch as ''both'' language tracks refer to the "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" performance in later episodes.
* An episode of ''Anime/GunBuster'' had one song remove and replaced because it sounded too much like "Chariots of Fire".
* ''Manga/TheSkullMan'' had its original opening, "Hikari no Machi", partially replaced for Japanese home video, and completely replaced for English release.
* Due to royalty/distribution issues, ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'''s intro removed Music/DuranDuran's "Girls on Film" in the American and European releases and replaced it with an instrumental track.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'' is a funny case. While V6's "Change The World" is retained as the first opening on TV and DVD, Netflix replaces it with "Hanyou Inuyasha". It doesn't sync well, to say the least.
* The Netflix release of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' replaces the various covers of "Fly Me to the Moon" with "Rei."
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* ''Film/WaynesWorld'': "No Stairway? Denied!" makes a lot more sense when you consider that the original theatrical release had Wayne play the first five notes of "[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]" before the guitar shop owner cuts him off. Some releases changed it to the first two notes; most releases nowadays have a generic riff.
* ''Film/TheBigFix'' includes a lovely scene with Richard Dreyfuss preparing for a date, with Leon Redbone's "I Wanna Be Seduced" as the BGM. Sadly, for the VHS release the song had to be replaced with generic instrumental music. Fans assiduously record the movie every time it shows up on TCM, while holding out hope for a DVD release.
* A rare non-musical example: The voice of the [[FramingDevice narrator/father]] was provided in the original TV screening of ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint'' by Dustin Hoffman, but for contractual reasons was redubbed for subsequent screenings by either Alan Barzman (initial rebroadcast), Ringo Starr (home video release) or Alan Thicke ('80s and '90s cable airings).
* On the VHS release of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'', tracked-in music from Christopher Young's score replaces Music/BingCrosby's version of "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" over the end credits.
* The scene in ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' where Dracula and Cindy dance was originally set to the highly-appropriate Alicia Bridges song "I Love The Nightlife". In home-video releases this is replaced with a generic disco tune.
* ''Film/SlapShot'' had "Right Back Where We Started From" and the rest of the songs featured in the film (including tracks by Music/EltonJohn and Music/FleetwoodMac) removed from its VHS releases and replaced with generic instrumentals. The songs were restored on the subsequent DVD and BD releases.
* ''Film/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'' had its music infamously replaced with generic '80s music on most home video releases. The only known exception is the original VHS and Betamax release.
* ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'' - the title character at one point hides out with rock band Clear Light, led here by Barry Mc Guire, but initial video release of the movie substituted a couple of songs they did with some similar-sounding generic tunes (though a later DVD release put the original music back).
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* This is common for low budget releases of series where a few episodes accidentally went into the public domain, such as ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The music may not have gone into the public domain and has to be replaced.
* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' had a good number of its songs from the broadcast version replaced with other songs that convey similar moods (when necessary) on the DVD and iTunes releases. One of the more notable changes is at the end of "A Sort of Homecoming," where Jose Gonzalez's cover of "Teardrop" is replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong; usually, though, the replacements are fairly effectively blended in.
* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix. When the series was remastered to HD in 2018 the producers were finally able to get the rights to the song back and restored the credits for the blu-ray editions.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was also met with similar music licensing problems, leading to Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" being replaced on a 90's high-school mix with a generic-sounding song.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', because of the expiration of all the license agreements regarding music, also had a significant number of songs cut (keep in mind this is a television show about a radio station). The poor fan reception affected it's sales, causing Fox to halt its DVD releases past the first season. The syndicated version also replaces a fair amount of its music. In 2014, Creator/ShoutFactory finally released the show on DVD in a complete series set. They cleared most of the music, and used special new technology to replace background songs they couldn't clear (the show's raw soundtrack tapes are long gone).
* Sadly this trope is the reason ''Series/{{Werewolf}}'' isn't on DVD at all. When Creator/ShoutFactory tried to release the show on DVD, they couldn't clear all the music. Instead of replacing it, they discovered the raw soundtrack tapes were gone, and could not replace the music. They were forced to let the rights revert back to Sony.
* ''Series/NorthernExposure'', for similar reasons, had its soundtrack replaced. Because both this and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' involve [=DJs=] at radio stations playing commercial music appropriate to the situation or character, a lot of the original intent is lost in the home release version.
* ''Series/TheState,'' a sketch comedy show that took advantage of MTV's music licensing opportunities, had its music replaced on its DVD release. This is prevalent with MTV, which has licensing deals with record companies allowing them to use music freely as it counts as advertising, but doesn't have those rights carry over to video releases.
* The second, third, and fourth seasons' ''Series/QuantumLeap'' Region 1 [=DVDs=] were stripped of all licensed music not explicitly mentioned in dialogue, even when it left characters dancing the Twist, shouting "TEQUILA!" in unison, and mouthing the words to "Louie Louie" for no apparent reason. The most notable omission was the Music/RayCharles cover of "Georgia On My Mind," used repeatedly in the show to underscore the bigger TearJerker moments. After a vociferous outcry, the final season set was spared from any music cuts. In 2016, Creator/MillCreekEntertainment [[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Quantum-Leap-The-Complete-Series/22903 announced]] that it was rereleasing the series with most of the original songs that had to be cut from previous seasons now cleared.
* Has happened a few times with old ''Series/DoctorWho'' that used contemporary popular music:
** One of the first scenes of ''The Chase'' has the Doctor and his companions watching footage of Music/TheBeatles on the newly-acquired Time-Space Visualizer. The BBC released this serial on DVD in 2010, but has announced that outside of Region 2, the original footage will be replaced, as the BBC's license to use the footage does not extend outside the UK.
** ''The Evil of the Daleks'' had the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" playing in a bar. On the narrated cassette release (the story has been lost, but the soundtrack survives), the whole scene was deleted. The scene was retained on the CD release, with "Paperback Writer" replaced by a generic tune that would fit the coffee bar atmosphere.
** ''Spearhead from Space'' featured a Music/FleetwoodMac track that was edited out of the 1988 VHS and 2001 DVD releases. The license was subsequently renegotiated, allowing the track to appear on the 2011 DVD release.
** ''Revelation of the Daleks'' was one of the last serials to be released on video because of the time it took to secure the rights to the music. The story featured a significant guest character who was a FanOfThePast, leading to the use of a number of classic sixties rock tracks. Because the music is so integral to the plot and often featured characters talking over the top of it, it could not easily be replaced. Ultimately the only track the BBC could not secure the rights to was Music/JimiHendrix's "Fire". This track had to be carefully digitally excised and replaced without losing the dialogue occurring over the top of it.
** Averted with the NothingButHits soundtrack of ''Delta and the Bannermen'', in as much as they used newly-recorded cover versions in the original broadcast to keep the licensing costs within reach, and no changes were required for the home video version.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' only had permission to use James Last's version of ''Copacabana'' on the initial broadcast of the episode "Terrorform". All other broadcasts and releases use a soundalike, albeit one that is virtually indistinguishable from the original.
* The original BBC DVD release of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' Series 2 omitted the cover version of Music/BobDylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from the episode "Money", along with a lot of visual gags seen while the song was playing. Fortunately the song was restored in the later complete box set version.
* ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' [=DVDs=] have quite a few scenes and jokes cut out entirely due to the use of copyrighted music.
* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' suffers from this. While the licensed music wasn't the ''whole'' draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Profiler}}'', "I'll Be Watching You", made such prominent use of Music/ThePolice song "Every Breath You Take" that the entire episode was left off the DVD release.
* Non-original copyrighted music was used exactly once in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Goodnight, Sweetheart" in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]"), and was replaced with a sound-alike on the VHS releases. The rights were obtained for the DVD releases.
* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''
** The episode "The Tale of the Prom Queen" originally had "In The Still of the Night" by The Five Satins played during the final scene, but it was removed in the DVD release.
** In "The Tale of C7", the C7 tune was originally "Save The Last Dance for Me", but it too was replaced with generic music on the DVD.
* ''Series/InLivingColor'''s DVD releases have a lot of sketches either edited to remove song references or entire music video parodies (often serving as the show's cold opening) removed.
* The videos for ''Newton's Apple'' replaced Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Ruckzuck" with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* ''Series/TriggerHappyTV'', which frequently used licensed alternative-rock tunes as background music, averted this in its Region 2 DVD release, which left the soundtrack entirely intact. North America, however, was not so lucky; this is why there is no official Region 1 DVD, as well as why North American rebroadcasts replaced the music with instrumental soundalikes.
* This didn't affect ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' too badly, despite the large amount of licensed music, because it was made after the home-video age began. However, a track by Music/TheSistersOfMercy was removed from the episode "Lie to Me" for repeat broadcast and home video for unclear reasons, which may have been due to either licensing or to the group finding out about the episode's derogatory attitude to goth culture.
* On the DVD copy of ''Series/TakinOverTheAsylum'', cover versions of Beatles tracks finishing up episodes have been tracked in. Took something like 20 years to get to DVD.
* The DVD release of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' couldn't use the song "Low Rider" for the theme song, so a whole new theme was used.
* Any time insert songs were used in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', about half of them were replaced for the show's DVD releases with generic music. These edits went into the reruns on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, The N[=/=]Creator/TeenNick, Creator/ABCFamily, and Creator/TheHub.
* When ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' was first released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment, the final two season sets suffered from this. Any use of copyrighted music was removed or dubbed over with generic music, and any credits sequences featuring music or celebrity cameos were replaced with generic white-on-black credits.
** Most infamously, this included replacing the credits of the Season 8 premiere, which was a parody of the opening from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' lampshading the fact that two actresses alternated between the role of Becky. This sequence can still be seen on syndicated airings.
** Another memorable credits sequence that was replaced included a black-and-white scene of Roseanne's mother Beverly covering Billie Holiday's "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" from the Season 9 episode "Someday My Prince Will Come".
** In the two-part Disney World episode, the various uses of "When You Wish Upon a Star" were all replaced. When David sadly sings it to himself when he thinks he's not invited on the trip, he is dubbed over with a canned audience "aww". When Roseanne leads the family in a military cadence-style chant of the lyrics on their way to the park, they're dubbed over with the show's typical scene change music. The various uses of the original song played over the family enjoying the park were replaced with the 1812 Overture. When all seasons were re-released by Mill Creek Entertainment, this episode was the only one to have its original music restored; the rest of the replacements from the Anchor Bay release carried over to the Mill Creek sets.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'', most notably Music/BobDylan's Wigwam on fourth episode, replaced by a generic track.
* For the season 2 DVD release of ''Series/HappyDays'', 95% of the licensed music was replaced. Even the theme song, Rock Around the Clock by Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets, was replaced with a slightly extended version of the seasons 3-10 theme. Fortunately, season 1, 3, and 4 have their licensed music intact.
* It wasn't until 2014 that a DVD for ''Series/NowAndAgain'' was finally released for the series (the show aired 1999-2000), unsurprisingly, many of the popular songs were replaced, though certain ones that were important to the plot were left in.
* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' as a whole took some time to be released on DVD due to the large amounts of music that needed to be cleared. All but fifteen songs cleared; more detailed information about those fifteen can be found on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_music_replacements The Other Wiki]].
* When the U.S. version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' appeared on Netflix there was great umbrage over the dance-music tracks having been replaced. Most of the lost songs were both very recognizable and plot-relevant, but especially annoying was the cue being lost for Abba's "Dancing Queen"--the generic replacement for which sounded like the alternate universe underwater version played backwards on a broken calliope.
* ''Series/CrimeStory'', a mid-80s show set in the Rat Pack-era early 60s, used a lot of pop standards in its soundtrack, most of which were swapped out for generic, similar style tunes in video release.
* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' had to hold a number of sketches from video release (or modify them some) because of music issues - one being an ad for "Stairways to Heaven", a record full of covers of the song from various unlikely artists.
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' used 'All Sparks' by Editors during the closing credits for the TV broadcast of Series One, which was replaced with the series original opening theme for the DVD release. Series Two just used the main theme for the closing credits from the get go.
* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'''s Season One DVD kept all the hip-hop tracks intact, but the Cattleman's Ranch commercial at the end of the pilot used a replacement instrumental track.
* The DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' removed the end credits completely, skipping straight to the next time preview. On broadcast the end credits had been an "Everybody's Train Corner" segment, during which shots of various trains, some of which were sent in by viewers, would play. Rights issues on the clips are likely why this was cut.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has multiple licensed songs replaced in the versions available on streaming services with public domain songs, but the subtitles will show the song titles and lyrics from the original run.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage" play as the show's opening theme, but when it came to the DVD release, the rights to the song expired and a generic electronic music piece was put in as a replacement. Creator/MillCreekEntertainment renewed the rights and restored the opening for their releases of it.
* Creator/TheWB adaptation of ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'', produced as it was in the early 2000's shortly ''before'' home video DVD releases became de facto expected for every series and being little more than a critically-lauded cult hit at the time, spent years in KeepCirculatingTheTapes limbo because the music couldn't be cleared. When the pleas of fans continued for several years, Warner Bros finally relented and released it to DVD, but had to compromise and pull this trope, which is noted on the back of the DVD packaging.
* A lot of the soundtrack for ''Series/{{Witchblade}}'' was replaced for the DVD release. While the music for the pilot remained intact, because of issues securing rights to the mostly classic rock songs, the rest of the episodes featured an original score of generic electronic music. The fan reaction was largely negative.
* 'Series/WaterlooRoad had their music changed for all 8 Seasons on DVD. Series 1 and 2 have kept some songs such as Kaiser Chief's I Predict a Riot, Muse's Supermassive Black Hole and Razorlight's In The Morning. In addition, some scenes from Series 5 onwards have been cut due to Copyright reasons. As a result episodes from Series 5 onwards are 10 minutes shorter on DVD then on TV (as it was on the BBC) as intended.
* In the "The Storm" episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', the ending features a bunch of characters singing Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You". In some DVD releases the song is changed to them singing a song called, "Let's Get This Party Started".
* HBO's On Demand versions of ''Creator/DennisMiller Live'' have replaced the theme song (originally "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Creator/TearsForFears) with something that sounds like it was written by someone who had heard the lyrics of the original song described second-hand and tried to re-write it.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' had to replace a few songs for the versions on streaming services. Like ''30 Rock'' above, the subtitles still show the song titles and lyrics from when it originally aired.
* The first series of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' used a lot of licensed music from artists such as Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/TheProdigy and Music/JohnnyCash ''all'' of which had to be removed from the [=DVD=] release and replaced with generic music cues. Thankfully the producers caught on to this problem with subsequent series using less licensed music and making sure to clear the songs they did use for home media.
* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'': The episode "Operation: Spoilsport" concerns a looming plot to start World War III, and features the highly-appropriate ProtestSong "Eve of Destruction" constantly being played for/at Ralph by the supersuit-bestowing aliens; a whole lot of impact and sense is lost in those airings of the episode where the song has to be replaced with a generic instrumental tune.
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* The original version of ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' has five '50s pop songs licensed for its game theme. However, the digital version for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' only has three of them available, due to licensing issues.
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* Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} tapes tend to use generic themes in place of the ''The Final Countdown''(the theme of Wrestling/BryanDanielson and Wrestling/SaraDelRey) or heavily synthesized versions there of.(actually trying to change Danielson's theme outright caused a near riot)
* Many past WWE PPV events had a licensed theme song that was removed for home release. In addition, there are a lot of dubbed-over music on WWE Network content when it comes to archived events, especially for ECW events where many wrestlers had a RealSongThemeTune for entrance music.
* One of the more infamous examples of WWE's dubbed-over music was seen in a DVD release of Wrestling/WrestleMania VI where Wrestling/DustyRhodes' entrance theme, "Common Man Boogie", was replaced with the second theme song from the British version of ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. Needless to say, some British WWE fans found amusement by the idea of Dusty and Saphire dancing down to the ring to a game show theme.
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* ''Radio/TheNowShow'' often features short excerpts of copyrighted music (e.g., a burst of "[[Music/KaiserChiefs I Predict a Riot]]" in place of the French national anthem) which have to be removed from the podcast version. Usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the replacing segments: "You are now not hearing the song "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. Frankly, you should count yourself lucky."
* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has a round called "Pick-Up Song", where each panellist has to sing along with a record, after a few seconds the sound is turned down, and they have to try and be as close as possible to the original song when the music is faded back in. Due to the cost of licensing the original recordings, this round was completely excluded from any home release of the series for many years, and even when it did start appearing several examples were replaced with other ones spliced in from other episodes.
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* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'''s PC, PSN and XBLA adaptations lack the tracks from Music/BadReligion and Music/TheOffspring that the arcade[=/GameCube/=]Dreamcast editions had; the PC edition has tracks from other punk bands while the PSN and XBLA versions use original scoring. The 2012 iOS/2013 Android releases resecured the rights to these songs, though (But plays the full versions of the songs).
* The ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' CompilationRerelease for the PSP changed the first stage music of ''Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius'' from "That's The Way I Like It" to "BRILLIANT 2U", a ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}'' song. The same thing was also done for "In the Mood" and "Mambo No. 5" in ''Gokujou Parodius''.
* The ''Superman'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem used the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie themes in the Japanese version, but the U.S. version had a different soundtrack taken from the Famicom RPG ''Indra no Hikari''.
* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' originally had "Thriller" as the dance special theme in the third stage (it was only a stage theme in a prototype for the game), but later replaced it with "Another Part of Me" (which is also the stage theme).
* The ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' version of ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush: The Rock'' had the arcade soundtrack replaced with {{Suspiciously Similar Song}}s. The N64 version of ''Rush 2049'' had a completely new soundtrack, with some of its songs carrying over to the Dreamcast and ''MAT 3'' versions, which otherwise retained the original arcade soundtrack.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai HD Collection'' (containing the original Budokai and Budokai 3) replaced all the music due to issues with the composer (see ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' above). This causes outrage among game enthusiasts and folks who grew up with the original games who didn't know why the music was replaced.
* The American versions of several {{Franchise/Gundam}} games, including ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED: Never-Ending Tomorrow'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', removes the songs from the anime and replaces them with generic tracks composed exclusively for other games like ''Zeonic Front''. This seems to have been done on purpose by Bandai as a cost-saving measure, since it started happening around the time the anime market started dropping off in the West.
* The PSP version of VideoGame/Persona1 had most of the soundtrack of the PSX version replaced by newer tracks, only remaining those composed by Creator/ShojiMeguro... It should be noted that the director of this port was ''himself''.
* Consumer ports of arcade {{Rhythm Game}}s will often only include new songs and sometimes a handful of songs from older versions, but that's not this trope. What ''is'' this trope is when a new song doesn't appear on its consumer counterpart because of licensing issues. Some examples:
** The cover of "Samba de Janeiro" in ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX 13 [=DistorteD=]'' was not brought over to the [=PS2=] version. Although the covering artist, Lion MUSASHI aka dj TAKA, is an in-house musician at Creator/{{Konami}}, the original group behind the song, Bellini, isn't.
** "Petit Love" by Smile.dk from ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}} 4th MIX PLUS'' should have appeared on ''[=DanceDanceRevolution=] EXTRA MIX'', which includes all other songs that aren't Nonstop Megamixes from ''4th PLUS'' and the "Solo" sub-series of ''DDR'' games, but never made it.
** "VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}} BGM Medley" from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic 14 FEVER!'' was not included in the [=PS2=] port of ''FEVER!'', for [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars reasons]].
* In the English version of ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection]]'', when the games were set to Japanese, the replacement songs for their international localizations still continue to play due to Capcom not willing to license them out for international use. In the cases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (which retained its own songs in its original international release) and ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' (which featured an instrumental version of "Lazy Mind", its Japanese ending theme), brand new instrumental music had to be produced for the collection. As a result, "Moonlight" and "The Answer" were replaced with "The Crisis Continues", while "I.D.E.A." got substituted for "End of File", and "Break Out" now stands in for "Lazy Mind".
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* When the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsings.html Strong Bad Sings]]" was released on DVD, the music that The Cheat plays during the "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" segment was changed from "HappyBirthdayToYou" to "Hot Cross Buns", due to the former still being under copyright at the time (as of 2015, the song is now in the public domain, so a future release could reasonably see the song reinserted).
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* A VHS copy of WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's video ''The Internet and You'' was produced in limited qualities for a 2019 charity fundraiser. It replaced most of the music used due to fear of potential copyright issues, though the original version remains on Website/YouTube, and retains the original copyrighted music.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' (also on MTV) had most of its music replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Dirty Pranking No. 2", does a ''Film/DirtyDancing'' parody and uses "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" as part of that parody. Reportedly, the songwriter was infuriated at seeing his song used in this fashion and refused to negotiate video rights to it. The DVD version of the episode replaces it with an original song making fun of the situation.
* Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
** The ''Super Show'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' features a rather... ''special'' case in the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks", which featured guest stars Music/MilliVanilli singing "Blame It on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version, and a reference to "Blame It on the Rain" in King Koopa's dialogue was excised. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when producer Frank Farian revealed in November of 1990 that the frontmen of Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing to recordings by a much older ensemble of artists, ending the group's careers on the spot. Many speculate that the ensuing scandal from Farian's revelation played a considerable role in [=DiC=] choosing not to pursue regaining the license for the Milli Vanilli songs, though their track record with the original ''Super Show'' suggests that it was just another case of them deeming the licensing fees for including the music on home media and re-runs to be too much of a hassle.
* The DVD boxsets of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' replace all the theme music (pretty much the only music in the show) with songs from Season 2 for all five seasons. According to the creator's daughter, it was because it was the music he preferred for the show, and because they were trying to keep the show consistent.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' goes through this from time to time, and it has actually become something of a big issue as far as DVD releases of the series are concerned (despite it being a musical comedy). A few episodes that have been released have had copyrighted songs replaced with poorly-dubbed recordings of original Chipmunk songs (for example, "Love Potion No. 9" is replaced in one episode with "Witch Doctor"), meanwhile, there are ''several'' episodes that feature songs by Music/MichaelJackson, Music/TheBeatles, and others that can't be released without being replaced entirely. Some episodes have managed to keep the songs intact, however.
* There was an odd variation in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("Saddlesore Galactica") that used Cake's "The Distance". The rights weren't cleared in time for the original broadcast and a soundalike instrumental track was used instead, but later on they did get the rights, and repeats (as well as the DVD) use the actual song.
* The DVD releases of the first two series of ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'' both use the Series 2 title sequence, with the Series 3 theme song, due to problems with the rights to the original theme.
* "(I Want to Marry a) Lighthouse Keeper" by Erika Eigen, notably from the soundtrack of ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', was played in the broadcast of MTV's ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'', but home video versions replaced it with a song with the lyric "I'm in Love with a School Bus Driver", which kinda misses the point of the ''Clockwork Orange'' reference.
* The DVD versions of a few ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes have some of the incidental music replaced due to licensing issues (as while most of the show's soundtrack is stock music, not all of it is public domain). One notable example is in the episode "Employee of the Month", when Spongebob is spying on Squidward, "Agent Woodrow" by The Woodies is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede. Oddly, the episodes in question are not edited on the iTunes versions. Incidentally, the pilot episode "Help Wanted" managed to keep the 1968 Music/TinyTim cover of "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" when it was finally released on home media as a bonus feature on the 2005 season 3 DVD set (it was excluded from the 2003 season 1 DVD set due to Nickelodeon being unwilling to re-license the song at the time) and the season 2 episode "Band Geeks" was able to retain David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory" in all home media releases, largely because the scenes where each song plays was animated around the music and it would've been too impractical to try and come up with effective replacement songs.
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Occasionally, this even happens when the song is being covered, for very much the same reasons. Perhaps they change the song, depending on what suits the editors best.
Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases.
Please note that this trope isn't intended to cover (no pun intended) {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s, which while they may set the mood for the show, are ([[ThemeTuneCameo at least usually]]) not inserted into the work itself. It also does not cover instances where the song was retained but with {{Bowdlerise}}d lyrics.
Can often result in ClumsyCopyrightCensorship, though occasionally this can be done fairly gracefully. Sometimes you need to KeepCirculatingTheTapes in order to get the version as broadcast.[[note]]Incidentally, KeepCirculatingTheTapes also contains a fairly detailed explanation of why Home Version Soundtrack Replacements exist, going into the difference between performance and reproduction licensing.[[/note]]
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* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'''s original broadcast used the original Music/LouisArmstrong version of "What a Wonderful World" at the end of one episode, as a callback to a music box from an earlier scene. In its subsequent DVD release, they changed it to a cover version. For the English track, they came up with a completely different song, and changed the music box to match up with the new song.
* ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' has a similar predicament, in which a cover of Music/TheBeatles' "I've Got a Feeling" features in the climax of the anime. The home distribution version keeps the backing tracks the same, but the lyrics change to something completely different. The English track changes it even further, using the lyrics of another in-universe song.
* Johnny's Entertainment has a reputation for having a controlled, iron grip over its acts. The opening theme for ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'' was originally sung by Music/{{SMAP}}, but in all home releases, the opening theme was re-arranged and sung by a different vocalist.
** The American version of ''Dragon Ball Z''[='=]s replacement score has mostly been retained over the years, however since the movies feature songs from various alternative bands, this has been an issue. ''The History of Trunks'' had some songs replaced for its Toonami broadcast as a result of Creator/FUNimation losing the rights to use them, and it also resulted in the second half of the credits playing silent. The remastered DVD took this further and replaced the music for the entire credits sequence with the generic ending theme, which met with frustration from fans, since the first credit song was popular with viewers, and that it was still in the film as an insert song. ''Bardock - The Father of Goku''[='=]s credit songs were retained, but both were replaced for the Nicktoons broadcast with a generic piece of insert music. A single release of both specials omitted the American soundtrack entirely since [=FUNimation=] had lost the rights to so many of the songs.
** When [=FUNimation=] restored Shunsuke Kikuichi's background music for the English 5.1 track in their ''Dragon Ball Z'' season box sets, this did not include any vocal [=OSTs=] in the background soundtrack. Those simply played silent. Similarly, their dub of the original ''Dragon Ball'' (whose US soundtrack ''always'' featured Kikuichi's music) also couldn't feature the vocal songs, and the narrator was usually given more dialogue to fill up the silence.
* One of ''Manga/OnePiece'''s ending themes was removed from the US [=FUNimation=] version due to licensing issues and replaced with the ending that followed it on both the DVD and simulcast. In this case, the actual animation was replaced as well.
* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'''s American release only kept ''Falling Down'' from Oasis as the opening theme for episode 1, but used a replacement J-Pop song (provided by the Japanese producers) for the remainder of the series. This was due to [=FUNimation=] having to pay royalties every time the song appeared on the disc, and was only willing to pay to use it once.
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'''s original English release only featured covers of openings 1 & 3 and endings 1 & 2 respectively due to the price of paying licenses to cover the rest, this of course is no longer the case as both Media Blasters' remastered DVD release [[note]]using the R2 DVD masters[[/note]] and [[Creator/DiscotekMedia Discotek]]'s Blu-ray (and DVD) release has all 3 openings and all 3 endings intact.
* The English dub of ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' replaces The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" with a generic instrumental in The Baby's introduction, removing the subtle joke that the neo-Nazi is a fan of a multi-racial group. Again the source of this is the Japanese company over music distribution, so VIZ had to compensate for the missing tracks.
* In a quite odd edit, the home release versions of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' changed some of the music from the broadcast version, including removing an instance of the opening theme being used as an insert song in episode 13, replacing it with generic battle music instead.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' lost its theme songs for its US release, replacing them with standard [=BGMs=] played over the same opening animation. This is because Neil Sedaka composed the songs, and thus his family has been holding out on the rights; this is the same reason ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' hasn't used either of the openings as ''Zeta''[='s=] battle theme in years.
* In the HD Remaster of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'', Music/TMRevolution's song, "Vestige", was replaced in episode 39 by "Kira, Sono Kokoro no Mama ni" ("Kira, Just as He Pleases"/"Kira, True to His Feelings") during Strike Freedom's first sortie.
* Similar to the ''Zeta Gundam'' example, the first opening of ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha'' suffered the same fate. Tokio's contract prohibited their music to be used overseas so Creator/FUNimation used the second season's opening instead. Furthermore, a member of Tokio cameos in the ''first'' episode while the forbidden song plays in the background. The English dub track simply renames the band "Kyoto" and again swaps in the 2nd opening song. On the Japanese track...[[{{Unperson}} silence.]]
* ''Manga/KOn'''s founding band performs an instrumental version of "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" in the Japanese version of the release in order to convince a prospect to join. On the US distribution, on both the US and the JP tracks, this is replaced with an instrumental version of "Aura Lea" (or "Love Me Tender," the Music/ElvisPresley version of the song), which causes a minor continuity glitch as ''both'' language tracks refer to the "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" performance in later episodes.
* An episode of ''Anime/GunBuster'' had one song remove and replaced because it sounded too much like "Chariots of Fire".
* ''Manga/TheSkullMan'' had its original opening, "Hikari no Machi", partially replaced for Japanese home video, and completely replaced for English release.
* Due to royalty/distribution issues, ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'''s intro removed Music/DuranDuran's "Girls on Film" in the American and European releases and replaced it with an instrumental track.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'' is a funny case. While V6's "Change The World" is retained as the first opening on TV and DVD, Netflix replaces it with "Hanyou Inuyasha". It doesn't sync well, to say the least.
* The Netflix release of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' replaces the various covers of "Fly Me to the Moon" with "Rei."
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* ''Film/WaynesWorld'': "No Stairway? Denied!" makes a lot more sense when you consider that the original theatrical release had Wayne play the first five notes of "[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]" before the guitar shop owner cuts him off. Some releases changed it to the first two notes; most releases nowadays have a generic riff.
* ''Film/TheBigFix'' includes a lovely scene with Richard Dreyfuss preparing for a date, with Leon Redbone's "I Wanna Be Seduced" as the BGM. Sadly, for the VHS release the song had to be replaced with generic instrumental music. Fans assiduously record the movie every time it shows up on TCM, while holding out hope for a DVD release.
* A rare non-musical example: The voice of the [[FramingDevice narrator/father]] was provided in the original TV screening of ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint'' by Dustin Hoffman, but for contractual reasons was redubbed for subsequent screenings by either Alan Barzman (initial rebroadcast), Ringo Starr (home video release) or Alan Thicke ('80s and '90s cable airings).
* On the VHS release of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'', tracked-in music from Christopher Young's score replaces Music/BingCrosby's version of "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" over the end credits.
* The scene in ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' where Dracula and Cindy dance was originally set to the highly-appropriate Alicia Bridges song "I Love The Nightlife". In home-video releases this is replaced with a generic disco tune.
* ''Film/SlapShot'' had "Right Back Where We Started From" and the rest of the songs featured in the film (including tracks by Music/EltonJohn and Music/FleetwoodMac) removed from its VHS releases and replaced with generic instrumentals. The songs were restored on the subsequent DVD and BD releases.
* ''Film/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'' had its music infamously replaced with generic '80s music on most home video releases. The only known exception is the original VHS and Betamax release.
* ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'' - the title character at one point hides out with rock band Clear Light, led here by Barry Mc Guire, but initial video release of the movie substituted a couple of songs they did with some similar-sounding generic tunes (though a later DVD release put the original music back).
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* This is common for low budget releases of series where a few episodes accidentally went into the public domain, such as ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The music may not have gone into the public domain and has to be replaced.
* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' had a good number of its songs from the broadcast version replaced with other songs that convey similar moods (when necessary) on the DVD and iTunes releases. One of the more notable changes is at the end of "A Sort of Homecoming," where Jose Gonzalez's cover of "Teardrop" is replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong; usually, though, the replacements are fairly effectively blended in.
* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix. When the series was remastered to HD in 2018 the producers were finally able to get the rights to the song back and restored the credits for the blu-ray editions.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was also met with similar music licensing problems, leading to Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" being replaced on a 90's high-school mix with a generic-sounding song.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', because of the expiration of all the license agreements regarding music, also had a significant number of songs cut (keep in mind this is a television show about a radio station). The poor fan reception affected it's sales, causing Fox to halt its DVD releases past the first season. The syndicated version also replaces a fair amount of its music. In 2014, Creator/ShoutFactory finally released the show on DVD in a complete series set. They cleared most of the music, and used special new technology to replace background songs they couldn't clear (the show's raw soundtrack tapes are long gone).
* Sadly this trope is the reason ''Series/{{Werewolf}}'' isn't on DVD at all. When Creator/ShoutFactory tried to release the show on DVD, they couldn't clear all the music. Instead of replacing it, they discovered the raw soundtrack tapes were gone, and could not replace the music. They were forced to let the rights revert back to Sony.
* ''Series/NorthernExposure'', for similar reasons, had its soundtrack replaced. Because both this and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' involve [=DJs=] at radio stations playing commercial music appropriate to the situation or character, a lot of the original intent is lost in the home release version.
* ''Series/TheState,'' a sketch comedy show that took advantage of MTV's music licensing opportunities, had its music replaced on its DVD release. This is prevalent with MTV, which has licensing deals with record companies allowing them to use music freely as it counts as advertising, but doesn't have those rights carry over to video releases.
* The second, third, and fourth seasons' ''Series/QuantumLeap'' Region 1 [=DVDs=] were stripped of all licensed music not explicitly mentioned in dialogue, even when it left characters dancing the Twist, shouting "TEQUILA!" in unison, and mouthing the words to "Louie Louie" for no apparent reason. The most notable omission was the Music/RayCharles cover of "Georgia On My Mind," used repeatedly in the show to underscore the bigger TearJerker moments. After a vociferous outcry, the final season set was spared from any music cuts. In 2016, Creator/MillCreekEntertainment [[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Quantum-Leap-The-Complete-Series/22903 announced]] that it was rereleasing the series with most of the original songs that had to be cut from previous seasons now cleared.
* Has happened a few times with old ''Series/DoctorWho'' that used contemporary popular music:
** One of the first scenes of ''The Chase'' has the Doctor and his companions watching footage of Music/TheBeatles on the newly-acquired Time-Space Visualizer. The BBC released this serial on DVD in 2010, but has announced that outside of Region 2, the original footage will be replaced, as the BBC's license to use the footage does not extend outside the UK.
** ''The Evil of the Daleks'' had the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" playing in a bar. On the narrated cassette release (the story has been lost, but the soundtrack survives), the whole scene was deleted. The scene was retained on the CD release, with "Paperback Writer" replaced by a generic tune that would fit the coffee bar atmosphere.
** ''Spearhead from Space'' featured a Music/FleetwoodMac track that was edited out of the 1988 VHS and 2001 DVD releases. The license was subsequently renegotiated, allowing the track to appear on the 2011 DVD release.
** ''Revelation of the Daleks'' was one of the last serials to be released on video because of the time it took to secure the rights to the music. The story featured a significant guest character who was a FanOfThePast, leading to the use of a number of classic sixties rock tracks. Because the music is so integral to the plot and often featured characters talking over the top of it, it could not easily be replaced. Ultimately the only track the BBC could not secure the rights to was Music/JimiHendrix's "Fire". This track had to be carefully digitally excised and replaced without losing the dialogue occurring over the top of it.
** Averted with the NothingButHits soundtrack of ''Delta and the Bannermen'', in as much as they used newly-recorded cover versions in the original broadcast to keep the licensing costs within reach, and no changes were required for the home video version.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' only had permission to use James Last's version of ''Copacabana'' on the initial broadcast of the episode "Terrorform". All other broadcasts and releases use a soundalike, albeit one that is virtually indistinguishable from the original.
* The original BBC DVD release of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' Series 2 omitted the cover version of Music/BobDylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from the episode "Money", along with a lot of visual gags seen while the song was playing. Fortunately the song was restored in the later complete box set version.
* ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' [=DVDs=] have quite a few scenes and jokes cut out entirely due to the use of copyrighted music.
* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' suffers from this. While the licensed music wasn't the ''whole'' draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Profiler}}'', "I'll Be Watching You", made such prominent use of Music/ThePolice song "Every Breath You Take" that the entire episode was left off the DVD release.
* Non-original copyrighted music was used exactly once in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Goodnight, Sweetheart" in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]"), and was replaced with a sound-alike on the VHS releases. The rights were obtained for the DVD releases.
* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''
** The episode "The Tale of the Prom Queen" originally had "In The Still of the Night" by The Five Satins played during the final scene, but it was removed in the DVD release.
** In "The Tale of C7", the C7 tune was originally "Save The Last Dance for Me", but it too was replaced with generic music on the DVD.
* ''Series/InLivingColor'''s DVD releases have a lot of sketches either edited to remove song references or entire music video parodies (often serving as the show's cold opening) removed.
* The videos for ''Newton's Apple'' replaced Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Ruckzuck" with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* ''Series/TriggerHappyTV'', which frequently used licensed alternative-rock tunes as background music, averted this in its Region 2 DVD release, which left the soundtrack entirely intact. North America, however, was not so lucky; this is why there is no official Region 1 DVD, as well as why North American rebroadcasts replaced the music with instrumental soundalikes.
* This didn't affect ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' too badly, despite the large amount of licensed music, because it was made after the home-video age began. However, a track by Music/TheSistersOfMercy was removed from the episode "Lie to Me" for repeat broadcast and home video for unclear reasons, which may have been due to either licensing or to the group finding out about the episode's derogatory attitude to goth culture.
* On the DVD copy of ''Series/TakinOverTheAsylum'', cover versions of Beatles tracks finishing up episodes have been tracked in. Took something like 20 years to get to DVD.
* The DVD release of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' couldn't use the song "Low Rider" for the theme song, so a whole new theme was used.
* Any time insert songs were used in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', about half of them were replaced for the show's DVD releases with generic music. These edits went into the reruns on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, The N[=/=]Creator/TeenNick, Creator/ABCFamily, and Creator/TheHub.
* When ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' was first released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment, the final two season sets suffered from this. Any use of copyrighted music was removed or dubbed over with generic music, and any credits sequences featuring music or celebrity cameos were replaced with generic white-on-black credits.
** Most infamously, this included replacing the credits of the Season 8 premiere, which was a parody of the opening from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' lampshading the fact that two actresses alternated between the role of Becky. This sequence can still be seen on syndicated airings.
** Another memorable credits sequence that was replaced included a black-and-white scene of Roseanne's mother Beverly covering Billie Holiday's "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" from the Season 9 episode "Someday My Prince Will Come".
** In the two-part Disney World episode, the various uses of "When You Wish Upon a Star" were all replaced. When David sadly sings it to himself when he thinks he's not invited on the trip, he is dubbed over with a canned audience "aww". When Roseanne leads the family in a military cadence-style chant of the lyrics on their way to the park, they're dubbed over with the show's typical scene change music. The various uses of the original song played over the family enjoying the park were replaced with the 1812 Overture. When all seasons were re-released by Mill Creek Entertainment, this episode was the only one to have its original music restored; the rest of the replacements from the Anchor Bay release carried over to the Mill Creek sets.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'', most notably Music/BobDylan's Wigwam on fourth episode, replaced by a generic track.
* For the season 2 DVD release of ''Series/HappyDays'', 95% of the licensed music was replaced. Even the theme song, Rock Around the Clock by Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets, was replaced with a slightly extended version of the seasons 3-10 theme. Fortunately, season 1, 3, and 4 have their licensed music intact.
* It wasn't until 2014 that a DVD for ''Series/NowAndAgain'' was finally released for the series (the show aired 1999-2000), unsurprisingly, many of the popular songs were replaced, though certain ones that were important to the plot were left in.
* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' as a whole took some time to be released on DVD due to the large amounts of music that needed to be cleared. All but fifteen songs cleared; more detailed information about those fifteen can be found on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_music_replacements The Other Wiki]].
* When the U.S. version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' appeared on Netflix there was great umbrage over the dance-music tracks having been replaced. Most of the lost songs were both very recognizable and plot-relevant, but especially annoying was the cue being lost for Abba's "Dancing Queen"--the generic replacement for which sounded like the alternate universe underwater version played backwards on a broken calliope.
* ''Series/CrimeStory'', a mid-80s show set in the Rat Pack-era early 60s, used a lot of pop standards in its soundtrack, most of which were swapped out for generic, similar style tunes in video release.
* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' had to hold a number of sketches from video release (or modify them some) because of music issues - one being an ad for "Stairways to Heaven", a record full of covers of the song from various unlikely artists.
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' used 'All Sparks' by Editors during the closing credits for the TV broadcast of Series One, which was replaced with the series original opening theme for the DVD release. Series Two just used the main theme for the closing credits from the get go.
* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'''s Season One DVD kept all the hip-hop tracks intact, but the Cattleman's Ranch commercial at the end of the pilot used a replacement instrumental track.
* The DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' removed the end credits completely, skipping straight to the next time preview. On broadcast the end credits had been an "Everybody's Train Corner" segment, during which shots of various trains, some of which were sent in by viewers, would play. Rights issues on the clips are likely why this was cut.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has multiple licensed songs replaced in the versions available on streaming services with public domain songs, but the subtitles will show the song titles and lyrics from the original run.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage" play as the show's opening theme, but when it came to the DVD release, the rights to the song expired and a generic electronic music piece was put in as a replacement. Creator/MillCreekEntertainment renewed the rights and restored the opening for their releases of it.
* Creator/TheWB adaptation of ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'', produced as it was in the early 2000's shortly ''before'' home video DVD releases became de facto expected for every series and being little more than a critically-lauded cult hit at the time, spent years in KeepCirculatingTheTapes limbo because the music couldn't be cleared. When the pleas of fans continued for several years, Warner Bros finally relented and released it to DVD, but had to compromise and pull this trope, which is noted on the back of the DVD packaging.
* A lot of the soundtrack for ''Series/{{Witchblade}}'' was replaced for the DVD release. While the music for the pilot remained intact, because of issues securing rights to the mostly classic rock songs, the rest of the episodes featured an original score of generic electronic music. The fan reaction was largely negative.
* 'Series/WaterlooRoad had their music changed for all 8 Seasons on DVD. Series 1 and 2 have kept some songs such as Kaiser Chief's I Predict a Riot, Muse's Supermassive Black Hole and Razorlight's In The Morning. In addition, some scenes from Series 5 onwards have been cut due to Copyright reasons. As a result episodes from Series 5 onwards are 10 minutes shorter on DVD then on TV (as it was on the BBC) as intended.
* In the "The Storm" episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', the ending features a bunch of characters singing Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You". In some DVD releases the song is changed to them singing a song called, "Let's Get This Party Started".
* HBO's On Demand versions of ''Creator/DennisMiller Live'' have replaced the theme song (originally "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Creator/TearsForFears) with something that sounds like it was written by someone who had heard the lyrics of the original song described second-hand and tried to re-write it.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' had to replace a few songs for the versions on streaming services. Like ''30 Rock'' above, the subtitles still show the song titles and lyrics from when it originally aired.
* The first series of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' used a lot of licensed music from artists such as Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/TheProdigy and Music/JohnnyCash ''all'' of which had to be removed from the [=DVD=] release and replaced with generic music cues. Thankfully the producers caught on to this problem with subsequent series using less licensed music and making sure to clear the songs they did use for home media.
* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'': The episode "Operation: Spoilsport" concerns a looming plot to start World War III, and features the highly-appropriate ProtestSong "Eve of Destruction" constantly being played for/at Ralph by the supersuit-bestowing aliens; a whole lot of impact and sense is lost in those airings of the episode where the song has to be replaced with a generic instrumental tune.
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* The original version of ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' has five '50s pop songs licensed for its game theme. However, the digital version for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' only has three of them available, due to licensing issues.
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* Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} tapes tend to use generic themes in place of the ''The Final Countdown''(the theme of Wrestling/BryanDanielson and Wrestling/SaraDelRey) or heavily synthesized versions there of.(actually trying to change Danielson's theme outright caused a near riot)
* Many past WWE PPV events had a licensed theme song that was removed for home release. In addition, there are a lot of dubbed-over music on WWE Network content when it comes to archived events, especially for ECW events where many wrestlers had a RealSongThemeTune for entrance music.
* One of the more infamous examples of WWE's dubbed-over music was seen in a DVD release of Wrestling/WrestleMania VI where Wrestling/DustyRhodes' entrance theme, "Common Man Boogie", was replaced with the second theme song from the British version of ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. Needless to say, some British WWE fans found amusement by the idea of Dusty and Saphire dancing down to the ring to a game show theme.
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* ''Radio/TheNowShow'' often features short excerpts of copyrighted music (e.g., a burst of "[[Music/KaiserChiefs I Predict a Riot]]" in place of the French national anthem) which have to be removed from the podcast version. Usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the replacing segments: "You are now not hearing the song "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. Frankly, you should count yourself lucky."
* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has a round called "Pick-Up Song", where each panellist has to sing along with a record, after a few seconds the sound is turned down, and they have to try and be as close as possible to the original song when the music is faded back in. Due to the cost of licensing the original recordings, this round was completely excluded from any home release of the series for many years, and even when it did start appearing several examples were replaced with other ones spliced in from other episodes.
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* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'''s PC, PSN and XBLA adaptations lack the tracks from Music/BadReligion and Music/TheOffspring that the arcade[=/GameCube/=]Dreamcast editions had; the PC edition has tracks from other punk bands while the PSN and XBLA versions use original scoring. The 2012 iOS/2013 Android releases resecured the rights to these songs, though (But plays the full versions of the songs).
* The ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' CompilationRerelease for the PSP changed the first stage music of ''Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius'' from "That's The Way I Like It" to "BRILLIANT 2U", a ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}'' song. The same thing was also done for "In the Mood" and "Mambo No. 5" in ''Gokujou Parodius''.
* The ''Superman'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem used the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie themes in the Japanese version, but the U.S. version had a different soundtrack taken from the Famicom RPG ''Indra no Hikari''.
* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' originally had "Thriller" as the dance special theme in the third stage (it was only a stage theme in a prototype for the game), but later replaced it with "Another Part of Me" (which is also the stage theme).
* The ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' version of ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush: The Rock'' had the arcade soundtrack replaced with {{Suspiciously Similar Song}}s. The N64 version of ''Rush 2049'' had a completely new soundtrack, with some of its songs carrying over to the Dreamcast and ''MAT 3'' versions, which otherwise retained the original arcade soundtrack.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai HD Collection'' (containing the original Budokai and Budokai 3) replaced all the music due to issues with the composer (see ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' above). This causes outrage among game enthusiasts and folks who grew up with the original games who didn't know why the music was replaced.
* The American versions of several {{Franchise/Gundam}} games, including ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED: Never-Ending Tomorrow'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', removes the songs from the anime and replaces them with generic tracks composed exclusively for other games like ''Zeonic Front''. This seems to have been done on purpose by Bandai as a cost-saving measure, since it started happening around the time the anime market started dropping off in the West.
* The PSP version of VideoGame/Persona1 had most of the soundtrack of the PSX version replaced by newer tracks, only remaining those composed by Creator/ShojiMeguro... It should be noted that the director of this port was ''himself''.
* Consumer ports of arcade {{Rhythm Game}}s will often only include new songs and sometimes a handful of songs from older versions, but that's not this trope. What ''is'' this trope is when a new song doesn't appear on its consumer counterpart because of licensing issues. Some examples:
** The cover of "Samba de Janeiro" in ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX 13 [=DistorteD=]'' was not brought over to the [=PS2=] version. Although the covering artist, Lion MUSASHI aka dj TAKA, is an in-house musician at Creator/{{Konami}}, the original group behind the song, Bellini, isn't.
** "Petit Love" by Smile.dk from ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}} 4th MIX PLUS'' should have appeared on ''[=DanceDanceRevolution=] EXTRA MIX'', which includes all other songs that aren't Nonstop Megamixes from ''4th PLUS'' and the "Solo" sub-series of ''DDR'' games, but never made it.
** "VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}} BGM Medley" from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic 14 FEVER!'' was not included in the [=PS2=] port of ''FEVER!'', for [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars reasons]].
* In the English version of ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection]]'', when the games were set to Japanese, the replacement songs for their international localizations still continue to play due to Capcom not willing to license them out for international use. In the cases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (which retained its own songs in its original international release) and ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' (which featured an instrumental version of "Lazy Mind", its Japanese ending theme), brand new instrumental music had to be produced for the collection. As a result, "Moonlight" and "The Answer" were replaced with "The Crisis Continues", while "I.D.E.A." got substituted for "End of File", and "Break Out" now stands in for "Lazy Mind".
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* When the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsings.html Strong Bad Sings]]" was released on DVD, the music that The Cheat plays during the "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" segment was changed from "HappyBirthdayToYou" to "Hot Cross Buns", due to the former still being under copyright at the time (as of 2015, the song is now in the public domain, so a future release could reasonably see the song reinserted).
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* A VHS copy of WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's video ''The Internet and You'' was produced in limited qualities for a 2019 charity fundraiser. It replaced most of the music used due to fear of potential copyright issues, though the original version remains on Website/YouTube, and retains the original copyrighted music.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' (also on MTV) had most of its music replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Dirty Pranking No. 2", does a ''Film/DirtyDancing'' parody and uses "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" as part of that parody. Reportedly, the songwriter was infuriated at seeing his song used in this fashion and refused to negotiate video rights to it. The DVD version of the episode replaces it with an original song making fun of the situation.
* Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
** The ''Super Show'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' features a rather... ''special'' case in the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks", which featured guest stars Music/MilliVanilli singing "Blame It on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version, and a reference to "Blame It on the Rain" in King Koopa's dialogue was excised. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when producer Frank Farian revealed in November of 1990 that the frontmen of Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing to recordings by a much older ensemble of artists, ending the group's careers on the spot. Many speculate that the ensuing scandal from Farian's revelation played a considerable role in [=DiC=] choosing not to pursue regaining the license for the Milli Vanilli songs, though their track record with the original ''Super Show'' suggests that it was just another case of them deeming the licensing fees for including the music on home media and re-runs to be too much of a hassle.
* The DVD boxsets of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' replace all the theme music (pretty much the only music in the show) with songs from Season 2 for all five seasons. According to the creator's daughter, it was because it was the music he preferred for the show, and because they were trying to keep the show consistent.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' goes through this from time to time, and it has actually become something of a big issue as far as DVD releases of the series are concerned (despite it being a musical comedy). A few episodes that have been released have had copyrighted songs replaced with poorly-dubbed recordings of original Chipmunk songs (for example, "Love Potion No. 9" is replaced in one episode with "Witch Doctor"), meanwhile, there are ''several'' episodes that feature songs by Music/MichaelJackson, Music/TheBeatles, and others that can't be released without being replaced entirely. Some episodes have managed to keep the songs intact, however.
* There was an odd variation in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("Saddlesore Galactica") that used Cake's "The Distance". The rights weren't cleared in time for the original broadcast and a soundalike instrumental track was used instead, but later on they did get the rights, and repeats (as well as the DVD) use the actual song.
* The DVD releases of the first two series of ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'' both use the Series 2 title sequence, with the Series 3 theme song, due to problems with the rights to the original theme.
* "(I Want to Marry a) Lighthouse Keeper" by Erika Eigen, notably from the soundtrack of ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', was played in the broadcast of MTV's ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'', but home video versions replaced it with a song with the lyric "I'm in Love with a School Bus Driver", which kinda misses the point of the ''Clockwork Orange'' reference.
* The DVD versions of a few ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes have some of the incidental music replaced due to licensing issues (as while most of the show's soundtrack is stock music, not all of it is public domain). One notable example is in the episode "Employee of the Month", when Spongebob is spying on Squidward, "Agent Woodrow" by The Woodies is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede. Oddly, the episodes in question are not edited on the iTunes versions. Incidentally, the pilot episode "Help Wanted" managed to keep the 1968 Music/TinyTim cover of "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" when it was finally released on home media as a bonus feature on the 2005 season 3 DVD set (it was excluded from the 2003 season 1 DVD set due to Nickelodeon being unwilling to re-license the song at the time) and the season 2 episode "Band Geeks" was able to retain David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory" in all home media releases, largely because the scenes where each song plays was animated around the music and it would've been too impractical to try and come up with effective replacement songs.
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* Due to half of Kenji Yamamoto's score consisting of plagiarism, this has been invoked upon ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' where the score has been replaced with music tracks which were composed 20 years ago for the original ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. This affected all international releases as well.
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* Several episodes of ''Series/TopGear'' have copyrighted music removed for syndication and home release. The most jarring is in the Vietnam Special, where the backup vehicle, a motorcycle with a Stars and Stripes paint scheme, had a speaker playing Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Born in the USA" on a loop, which was replaced with "Star Spangled Banner", ruining a number of jokes.
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* The original radio version of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' had a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn joke that depended on the {{BGM}} being Music/PinkFloyd. It's cut from the home version, but still played in rebroadcasts. A number of other bits of incidental music and stock sound effects also had to be changed for the original vinyl release, to the point where a fair chunk of it was apparently re-recorded from scratch.
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* The version of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' included with ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus'' did not have the TitleThemeTune from the 1987 cartoon, which most of the game's soundtrack was based on.
* Many classic UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s from the early 1980s that originally used {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s have had their themes altered upon rerelease. These include ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', ''VideoGame/TrackAndField'', ''VideoGame/{{Pengo}}'', ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands'', ''VideoGame/{{Vanguard}}''. Averted with the Mega Drive ports of ''Frogger'' and ''Rainbow Islands''.
* Many classic UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s from the early 1980s that originally used {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s have had their themes altered upon rerelease. These include ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', ''VideoGame/TrackAndField'', ''VideoGame/{{Pengo}}'', ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands'', ''VideoGame/{{Vanguard}}''. Averted with the Mega Drive ports of ''Frogger'' and ''Rainbow Islands''.
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* When ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' was released for iOS, Android, Xbox 360, and [=PlayStation=] 3, it came with both Japanese/European and American music. However, the Japanese themes, ''You Can Do Anything'' and ''Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself'', had their lyrics removed. This is rumored to be due to the estate of the late Casey Rankin not allowing them to use his contribution to the song.
* ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' also saw several songs replaced for its first PC port in 1997, namely Carnival Night Zone, [=IceCap=] Zone, Launch Base Zone, Knuckles' theme, the Competition menu, and the credits music. While most fans believed that these tracks were replaced due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers rights issues]] with Music/MichaelJackson and his sound team, who contributed to the ''Sonic 3'' half's soundtrack, the more likely reason is that they made considerable use of audio samples that weren't supported by the MIDI format, to which the game's soundtrack was converted for the port.
* ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' also saw several songs replaced for its first PC port in 1997, namely Carnival Night Zone, [=IceCap=] Zone, Launch Base Zone, Knuckles' theme, the Competition menu, and the credits music. While most fans believed that these tracks were replaced due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers rights issues]] with Music/MichaelJackson and his sound team, who contributed to the ''Sonic 3'' half's soundtrack, the more likely reason is that they made considerable use of audio samples that weren't supported by the MIDI format, to which the game's soundtrack was converted for the port.
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* In the "The Storm" episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', the ending features a bunch of characters singing Queen's "We Will Rock You". In some DVD releases the song is changed to them singing a song called, "Let's Get This Party Started".
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'' only had permission to use ''Copacabana'' on the initial broadcast of the episode "Terrorform". All other broadcasts and releases use a SuspiciouslySimilarSong.
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix.
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix. When the series was remastered to HD in 2018 the producers were finally able to get the rights to the song back and restored the credits for the blu-ray editions.
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* This didn't affect ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' too badly, despite the large amount of licensed music, because it was made after the home-video age began. However, a track by Music/TheSistersOfMercy was removed from the episode "Lie to Me" for repeat broadcast and home video for unclear reasons, which may have been due to either licensing or to the group finding out about the episode's derogatory attitude to goth culture...
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* When the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsings.html Strong Bad Sings]]" was released on DVD, the music that The Cheat plays during the "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" segment was changed from "HappyBirthdayToYou" to "Hot Cross Buns".
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* When the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsings.html Strong Bad Sings]]" was released on DVD, the music that The Cheat plays during the "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" segment was changed from "HappyBirthdayToYou" to "Hot Cross Buns".Buns", due to the former still being under copyright at the time (as of 2015, the song is now in the public domain, so a future release could reasonably see the song reinserted).
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* A VHS copy of ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'''s video The Internet and You was produced in limited qualities for a 2019 charity fundraiser. It replaced most of the music used due to fear of potential copyright issues, though the original version remains on Website/YouTube, and retains the original copyrighted music.
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* A VHS copy of ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'''s WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's video The ''The Internet and You You'' was produced in limited qualities for a 2019 charity fundraiser. It replaced most of the music used due to fear of potential copyright issues, though the original version remains on Website/YouTube, and retains the original copyrighted music.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' episode "Kootie Pie Rocks" featured guest stars Milli Vanilli singing "Blame It On The Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when the singers were caught lip syncing, ending their career.
** Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
** Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
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* Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
** The ''Super Show'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' features a rather... ''special'' case in the episode "Kootie PieRocks" Rocks", which featured guest stars Milli Vanilli Music/MilliVanilli singing "Blame It On The on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version. version, and a reference to "Blame It on the Rain" in King Koopa's dialogue was excised. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when producer Frank Farian revealed in November of 1990 that the singers were caught lip syncing, frontmen of Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing to recordings by a much older ensemble of artists, ending their career.
** Eventhe group's careers on the spot. Many speculate that the ensuing scandal from Farian's revelation played a considerable role in [=DiC=] choosing not to pursue regaining the license for the Milli Vanilli songs, though they were all covers and not performed by their track record with the original artists, several episodes ''Super Show'' suggests that it was just another case of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts them deeming the licensing fees for including the music on home media and all DVD releases re-runs to be too much of the show.a hassle.
** The ''Super Show'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' features a rather... ''special'' case in the episode "Kootie Pie
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* The DVD versions of a few ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes have some tracks replaced, most notably in the episode "Employee of the Month", when Spongebob is spying on Squidward, "Agent Woodrow" by The Woodies is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede. Oddly, they are not edited on the iTunes version.
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* The DVD versions of a few ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes have some tracks replaced, of the incidental music replaced due to licensing issues (as while most notably of the show's soundtrack is stock music, not all of it is public domain). One notable example is in the episode "Employee of the Month", when Spongebob is spying on Squidward, "Agent Woodrow" by The Woodies is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede. Oddly, they the episodes in question are not edited on the iTunes version.versions. Incidentally, the pilot episode "Help Wanted" managed to keep the 1968 Music/TinyTim cover of "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" when it was finally released on home media as a bonus feature on the 2005 season 3 DVD set (it was excluded from the 2003 season 1 DVD set due to Nickelodeon being unwilling to re-license the song at the time) and the season 2 episode "Band Geeks" was able to retain David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory" in all home media releases, largely because the scenes where each song plays was animated around the music and it would've been too impractical to try and come up with effective replacement songs.
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* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has a round called "Pick-Up Song", where each panellist has to sing along with a record, after a few seconds the sound is turned down, and they have to try and be as close as possible to the original song when the music is faded back in. Due to the cost of licensing the original recordings, this round was completely excluded from any home release of the series for many years, and even when it did start appearing several examples were replaced with other ones spliced in from other episodes.
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* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' originally had "Thriller" as the dance special theme in the third stage (it was never a stage theme in any version of the game), but later replaced it with "Another Part of Me" (which is also the stage theme).
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* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' originally had "Thriller" as the dance special theme in the third stage (it was never only a stage theme in any version of a prototype for the game), but later replaced it with "Another Part of Me" (which is also the stage theme).
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* The DVD and Blu-Ray releases of [[Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger Ressha Sentai ToQger]] removed the end credits completely, skipping straight to the next time preview. On broadcast the end credits had been an "Everybody's Train Corner" segment, during which shots of various trains, some of which were sent in by viewers, would play. Rights issues on the clips are likely why this was cut.
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* The DVD and Blu-Ray releases of [[Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger Ressha Sentai ToQger]] ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' removed the end credits completely, skipping straight to the next time preview. On broadcast the end credits had been an "Everybody's Train Corner" segment, during which shots of various trains, some of which were sent in by viewers, would play. Rights issues on the clips are likely why this was cut.
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* The original radio version of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' had a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn joke that depended on the {{BGM}} being Music/PinkFloyd. It's cut from the home version, but still played in rebroadcasts.
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* The original radio version of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' had a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn joke that depended on the {{BGM}} being Music/PinkFloyd. It's cut from the home version, but still played in rebroadcasts. A number of other bits of incidental music and stock sound effects also had to be changed for the original vinyl release, to the point where a fair chunk of it was apparently re-recorded from scratch.
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* The Netflix release of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' replaces the various covers of "Fly Me to the Moon" with "Rei."
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix.
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed}}'''s ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix.
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* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', because of the expiration of all the license agreements regarding music, also had a significant number of songs cut (keep in mind this is a television show about a radio station). The poor fan reception affected it's sales, causing Fox to halt it's DVD releases past the first season. The syndicated version also replaces a fair amount of its music. In 2014, Creator/ShoutFactory finally released the show on DVD in a complete series set. They cleared most of the music, and used special new technology to replace background songs they couldn't clear (the show's raw soundtrack tapes are long gone).
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* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', because of the expiration of all the license agreements regarding music, also had a significant number of songs cut (keep in mind this is a television show about a radio station). The poor fan reception affected it's sales, causing Fox to halt it's its DVD releases past the first season. The syndicated version also replaces a fair amount of its music. In 2014, Creator/ShoutFactory finally released the show on DVD in a complete series set. They cleared most of the music, and used special new technology to replace background songs they couldn't clear (the show's raw soundtrack tapes are long gone).
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* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'': The episode "Operation: Spoilsport" concerns a looming plot to start World War III, and features the highly-appropriate ProtestSong "Eve of Destruction" constantly being played for/at Ralph by the supersuit-bestowing aliens; a whole lot of impact and sense is lost in those airings of the episode where the song has to be replaced with a generic instrumental tune.
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* The first two [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokemon]] films were released in the US and serval other countries by Warner Bros, thus leading into album tracks from (mostly obscure with the odd chance a of successful one) WMG artists plastered the soundtrack, even on home media releases. Although the third movie (also released by Warner Bros) subverts this with original songs...
** It also caused the fact that M2M (a fairly obscure bubblegum pop duo)'s first single was a OneHitWonder (Don't Say You Love Me, thanks to playing in the credits).
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the Warner-owned movies in 2015, it was left unexplained why the music was kept (they would most likely be copyrighted by now).
** It also caused the fact that M2M (a fairly obscure bubblegum pop duo)'s first single was a OneHitWonder (Don't Say You Love Me, thanks to playing in the credits).
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the Warner-owned movies in 2015, it was left unexplained why the music was kept (they would most likely be copyrighted by now).
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* The first three [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokemon]] films were released in the US and serval other countries by Warner Bros, thus leading into album tracks from (mostly obscure with the odd chance a of successful one) WMG artists plastered the soundtrack, even on home media releases.
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the movies in 2015, they didn't even try replace the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG would be annoyed to see their music still being used in the film.
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the movies in 2015, they didn't even try replace the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG would be annoyed to see their music still being used in the film.
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* The first three two [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokemon]] films were released in the US and serval other countries by Warner Bros, thus leading into album tracks from (mostly obscure with the odd chance a of successful one) WMG artists plastered the soundtrack, even on home media releases.
releases. Although the third movie (also released by Warner Bros) subverts this with original songs...
** It also caused the fact that M2M (a fairly obscure bubblegum pop duo)'s first single was a OneHitWonder (Don't Say You Love Me, thanks to playing in the credits).
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the Warner-owned movies in 2015,they didn't even try replace it was left unexplained why the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG music was kept (they would most likely be annoyed to see their music still being used in the film.copyrighted by now).
** It also caused the fact that M2M (a fairly obscure bubblegum pop duo)'s first single was a OneHitWonder (Don't Say You Love Me, thanks to playing in the credits).
** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the Warner-owned movies in 2015,
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* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' as a whole took some time to be released on DVD due to the large amounts of music that needed to be cleared. All but fifteen songs cleared; more detailed information about those fifteen can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_Music_Replacements The Other Wiki]].
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* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' as a whole took some time to be released on DVD due to the large amounts of music that needed to be cleared. All but fifteen songs cleared; more detailed information about those fifteen can be found on [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_Music_Replacements org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years#DVD_music_replacements The Other Wiki]].
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* The first three ''Franchise/Pokemon'' [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokemon]] films were released in the US and serval other countries by Warner Bros, thus leading into album tracks from (mostly obscure with the odd chance a of successful one) WMG artists plastered the soundtrack, even on home media releases.
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** When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the movies in 2015, they didn't even try replace the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG would be annoyed to see their name still in the end credits and their music.
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**When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the movies in 2015, they didn't even try replace the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG would be annoyed to see their name still in the end credits and their music.
**When The Pokemon Company International brought the rights to the movies in 2015, they didn't even try replace the soundtrack, thus subverting the trope. However, WMG would be annoyed to see their name still in the end credits and their music.
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme.
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* For all eight seasons, ''Series/{{Charmed}}'''s theme song was Love Spit Love's cover of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon is Now?". However, before the Season 8 [=DVDs=] came out, the song's license expired. The producers were unable to get the license back, and therefore the opening song on the [=DVDs=] was replaced by a generic hard-rock instrumental theme. To make matters worse the song had to be removed from the ''entire series'' when it was added to Netflix.
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* The first series of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' used a lot of licensed music from artists such as Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/TheProdigy and Music/JohnnyCash ''all'' of which had to be removed from the [=DVD=] release and replaced with generic music cues. Thankfully the producers caught on to this problem with subsequent series using less licensed music and making sure to clear the songs they did use for home media.
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* In the English version of ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection]]'', when the games were set to Japanese, the replacement songs for their international localizations still continue to play due to Capcom not willing to license them out for international use. In the case of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', which retained its own songs in its original Japanese release, brand new instrumental music had to be produced for the collection. As a result, "Moonlight" and "The Answer" were replaced with "The Crisis Continues", while "I.D.E.A." got substituted for "End of File".
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* In the English version of ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection]]'', when the games were set to Japanese, the replacement songs for their international localizations still continue to play due to Capcom not willing to license them out for international use. In the case cases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', which ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (which retained its own songs in its original international release) and ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' (which featured an instrumental version of "Lazy Mind", its Japanese release, ending theme), brand new instrumental music had to be produced for the collection. As a result, "Moonlight" and "The Answer" were replaced with "The Crisis Continues", while "I.D.E.A." got substituted for "End of File".File", and "Break Out" now stands in for "Lazy Mind".
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Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases as noted at TV Shows on DVD [[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/holdup.cfm]].
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Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases as noted at TV Shows on DVD [[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/holdup.cfm]].
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