History Main / RearrangeTheSong

* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s ''The Mix'' is a compilation of rearrangements of their greatest hits.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'': Music/DannyElfman's "Salvation" track is a new arrangement of the original ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' theme by Brad Fiedel.

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed'': The final boss theme of [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 the first game]], [[spoiler:"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnVemwebkiY&ab_channel=J.O.E.VGM Zanza the Divine]]"]], is rearranged for the final boss theme of ''Future Redeemed'', now known as [[spoiler:"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ93P4NuMtc&ab_channel=NintendoMelody Alpha, the Divine Beginning & End]]"]].

A trope growing more common every day. Need to breathe new life into old musical material, or just a way of keeping viewers tuning in? Rearrange The Song associated with the property. If "the bones" of the song (melody, lyrics and chord progression) are strong, re-arranging it is a way to make old material fresh, or to take advantage of current musical trends and fads. There's different types of rearrangements. One way is to change the instruments, so an acoustic theme song (acoustic guitar, upright bass and piano) could be rearranged for electric guitar, electric bass and synthesizer, or for a jazz big band. Another way is to change the feel and style, such as if a CountryMusic theme song was re-arranged in a RockMusic feel.

A trope growing more common every day. Need to breathe new life into old musical material, or just a way of keeping viewers tuning in? Rearrange The Song associated with the property. If "the bones" of the song (melody and chord progression) are strong, re-arranging it is a way to make old material fresh, or to take advantage of current musical trends and fads.

A trope growing more common every day. Need to breathe new life into old material, or just a way of keeping viewers tuning in? Rearrange The Song associated with the property. It's a way to make old material fresh, or to take advantage of current musical trends and fads.

* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', the ending theme "Run With Us" was sung by Steve Lunt and was a SingleStanzaSong, but in all subsequent seasons, it was performed by Lisa Lougheed ([[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]]) [[RewrittenPopVersion with additional lyrics]].

* When "No Rain" became Music/BlindMelon's biggest hit and they started getting bored of playing it at every show, they added a new intro, playing it as slow psychedelic blues for about a minute before segueing into the more familiar FolkRock of the album version. A full studio recording in this style appeared on the outtake / PosthumousCollaboration album ''Nico'', under the title "No Rain (Ripped Away Version)".

* [[Music/StoneTemplePilots Scott Weiland]]-fronted group Magnificent Bastards wrote the song "Mockingbird Girl" for the ''Film/TankGirl'' soundtrack, then 3 years later Scott did his own version of the song for his solo album ''12 Bar Blues''. While the Magnificent Bastards version is straightforward AlternativeRock, Scott's version adds some subtle electronic and psychedelic elements in keeping with the eclectic, experimental feel of the album. It also has an extended ending with some additional lyrics, stretching the song out from 3 and a half minutes to just over 5.

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* A jazz version of the 1966 theme to ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' plays over the closing credits to the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie. The movies also feature an extra singing the theme at some point.
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': a symphonic version of the '66 theme plays over the Marvel Studios logo.
* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' movie features a few brief moments where you can hear "The Lonely Man," best known as the delicate piano theme from the '70s TV show.
* Rap versions of the theme to ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' are played over the closing credits of both movies.

* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' used a more epic, beefed-up version of the regular ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' theme.

* The Portuguese dub of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' features a rearranged version of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic main show's theme tune]] for the opening credits.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', a lot of pop hits are turned Mariachi-style or given a Mexican lilt to fit the environment of the movie.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' does this frequently, both in its rearrangements of the Ground and Underground themes from the first game for subsequent games, and (especially in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'') also within a game. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is just as guilty of doing this with the games' main themes (''especially'' in ''Brawl'').

* In the film proper, "Hush Little Piggies" from ''Ten'' is an IronicNurseryTune that's essentially "Hush Little Baby" with more gruesome lyrics and played at a faster tempo than usual - over the end credits, the band Darling Pet Munkee do a [[PsychobillyGenre psychobilly]] style arrangement that keeps the lyrics but little else.

* ''LightNovel/{{Akikan}}!'' may be a TwelveEpisodeAnime, but it remixes the ending theme in every episode.

* So far, the ending theme of ''LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai'' has had a new version for each episode.

** Sting did a piano and voice version of "[[UnfortunateNames Roxanne]]" for the Live Aid show.

It's also common in cases where a classic property has been made into TheMovie. See also RemixAlbum, DiegeticSoundtrackUsage, ThemeTuneExtended, RereleaseTheSong.

* WebVideo/TheGuild started out with an entirely synthesized instrumental theme song - fitting the premise of the show, it sounded like something out of an MMORPG loading screen. By season five it got some fuller orchestration, including an electric guitar playing the lead melody instead of the synthesizers. The simpler version of the theme was reprised at the end of the very last episode to further emphasize a use of BookEnds dialogue.

* Similarly, WebVideo/TheGuild started out with an entirely synthesized instrumental theme song - fitting the premise of the show, it sounded like something out of an MMORPG loading screen. By season five it got some fuller orchestration, including an electric guitar playing the lead melody instead of the synthesizers. The simpler version of the theme was reprised at the end of the very last episode to further emphasize a use of BookEnds dialogue.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoNfloCo1CI Another rearrangement]] came in for "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Mysterious Planet]]" in 1986, not longer from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop but by freelance composer Dominic Glynn. This version kept the "80s synth" feel of its predecessor but had a softer, more mysterious tone. This would prove to be the shortest-lived arrangement of the Classic series, lasting only one season.

** Keff McCullough provided [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0r27kOw2rw yet another new arrangement]] starting from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]", which remained in use for the entire Creator/SylvesterMcCoy era.
** Series 1-3 of the new series use orchestral arrangements of the theme played over the top of the Delia Derbyshire version, while series 4 rearranges some of the orchestral elements and adds guitars and drums, giving it a rock and roll theme. Series 5-6 and part 1 of 7 is more electronic uses a bassline reminiscent of the '80s versions (and is rather funky) accompanied by a new grand and haunting orchestral melody, a constant synthesized, drum machine-like rhythm, and even a chorus. Series 7 Part 2 slightly modifies the timbre of the bassline and the electronic lead, has a different drum pattern, with real drums this time, and removes some of the orchestral elements from the previous theme to give it a slightly more minimalistic feel.

* ''Anime/DiGiCharatNyo!'' used a remix of Equal Romace, an end theme of ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'', as its ending theme.

* ''Anime/DiGiCharat Nyo!'' used a remix of Equal Romace, an end theme of ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'', as its ending theme.