History Main / TitleThemeDrop

* ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' used the opening theme heavily in episode 11 as background music to drive home how similar [[spoiler:Shiori]] is to the main character (who the song appears to be about).

* In ''DeusEx'', JC can plink out a quick, 5-note version on Maggie Cheung's piano.

** Same for ''{{Remember11}}''. A version of main theme/menu music ''All or None'' plays during most bad ends %And oh boy there are MANY of them%

Also compare ThemeTuneCameo, where the tune makes an appearance in-universe.

This is typically a video game trope, but it may also appear in other media.

!Examples:

* ''LaMulana'' plays its title screen theme [[spoiler: in the hub village]] when the last Guardian has been defeated and the way to the final battle is open.
* The ''Game/MegaMan'' [[GameMod ROM hack]] ''Rockman no Constancy'' uses its title screen theme for the final stage.
* Every ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' game has a version of the main theme in the last stage.
* Both ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Adventure]]'' games had their title screen music play during the FinalBoss battle.
** Most ''Sonic'' games beyond those do this as well. Heck, it's one of the few redeeming qualities of ''SonicTheHedgehog2006''
* In the '80s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, the main action theme that played while the Turtles kicked butt is actually a countermelody (hopefully not abusing musical terms here) to the title theme and is actually present in that song as a harmony line.
* The title theme from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gets dropped during the show when something epic happens - usually Aang going into the Avatar state.
* The main theme from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is used at the end of the Season 1 finale "Prophecy Girl," when Buffy, Angel and Xander are on their way to fight the villain. Probably doesn't qualify as a a {{Leitmotif}} because the theme isn't generally used in the show to signify any particular character or anything else.

* In ''FinalFantasyX'', the theme heard on the "load game" screen shows up the first time an Aeon is summoned.
* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' uses its title screen theme as its invincibility theme.
* ''FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' plays the title screen music after you defeat the final boss and the mysterious old man shows up. Appropriate when you consider those are the only two scenes in the game to show [[spoiler:the crystal of light]].
* The ''{{Touhou}}'' doujin game ''[=MegaMari=]'' uses its title screen theme for the final battle.
* In ''FinalFantasyIII'' and ''FinalFantasyIV'', the BootstrappedTheme Prelude plays during the title screen and while at crystal rooms. In ''FinalFantasyV'' and ''FinalFantasyIX'', this overlaps with {{Leitmotif}}.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' plays "Sorairo Days" on two key moments: first [[spoiler:during Simon and Nia's return after their battle against Lordgenome]], and second [[spoiler:during the final moments of the battle with the Anti-Spiral King]].

* In [[ChzoMythos 7 Days A Skeptic]], the title theme returns at the start of the final day, where you are [[spoiler:hiding in the maintenance shaft, the rest of the crew murdered save for the ship's doctor who on the previous day was all set to butcher you for body parts]]. It continues to play over [[spoiler:the ensuing conversation between you and William]], echoing the opening segment of the game.

* The finale of season four of ''{{House}}'' played a cover of ''Teardrop'' by José González
* The parody game BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden uses its title theme for the first phase of the final battle.
* In TheLegendOfZelda: TheWindWaker, the title theme is actually important to the plot and is a gameplay mechanic. It is made up of two songs [[MagicMusic which are used to]] [[spoiler: awaken the Wind and Earth sages]].
* In a bizarre example, Snake Eater, the Title Theme for MetalGearSolid 3, randomly starts playing when the player ascends a particularly long ladder.
* In the final scenario of SuperRobotWarsCompact, SuperRobotWars, Fight for Tommorrow, the music for the title screen, is the BGM.

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* The ''MegaMan'' [[GameMod ROM hack]] ''Rockman no Constancy'' uses its title screen theme for the final stage.
* Every ''MegamanBattleNetwork'' game has a version of the main theme in the last stage.