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* The famous ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4 theme]] is actually very similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFZcCNYF6-4 beginning of the fourth movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony"]]. The two sound completely different after the first few notes, however.

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* The famous ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4 theme]] is actually very similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFZcCNYF6-4 com/watch?v=89jOPAGJq-M beginning of the fourth movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony"]]. The two sound completely different after the first few notes, however.
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** The {{Leitmotif}} for the Desert Moon of Vega is essentially a loose impression of the main theme from ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* The opening drum riff from "Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song)" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' sounds similar to the opening to {{Music/Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You".

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* The opening drum riff from "Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song)" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' sounds similar to the opening to {{Music/Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You".You" and the chorus resembles the chorus of "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne. This is demonstrated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F058vqLX7bw here.]].
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* The titular song from "Film/RockADoodle" is eerily similar to "Getting Lucky" from "Film/TheChipmunkAdventure".

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* The titular song from "Film/RockADoodle" "WesternAnimation/RockADoodle" is eerily similar to "Getting Lucky" from "Film/TheChipmunkAdventure"."WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure".
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* The titular song from "Film/RockADoodle" is eerily similar to "Getting Lucky" from "Film/TheChipmunkAdventure".
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* The theme of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' bears resemblance to "Aquatic Ambience" from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry.''
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* Soundtrack version with ''Film/MadameWeb2024''. Fans were quick to find out that the main them of the movie is strangely similar to the main theme of [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Insomniac's Spider-Man video game]]. Whether this was intentional or just temporary music that they forgot to replace is up to the listener.
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** Appropriately, the Fairy Godmother's song in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' is very similar to both "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" from ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella1950'' and "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991''.

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** Appropriately, the Fairy Godmother's song in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' is very similar to both "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" from ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella1950'' and "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991''.''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

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* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'': The leitmotif of [[https://youtu.be/zEtYTEUOPWI?t=8 "Fairytale"]] sure sounds a lot like that of "Fire Treasure" and its variations from ''Franchise/LupinIII: Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Specifically, [[https://youtu.be/VgJP0gM3ogY?t=48 "Variation 3"]]; it even plays when Lupin rescues a princess locked in a tower.

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* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'': ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'':
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The leitmotif of [[https://youtu.be/zEtYTEUOPWI?t=8 "Fairytale"]] sure sounds a lot like that of "Fire Treasure" and its variations from ''Franchise/LupinIII: Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Specifically, [[https://youtu.be/VgJP0gM3ogY?t=48 "Variation 3"]]; it even plays when Lupin rescues a princess locked in a tower.tower.
** Appropriately, the Fairy Godmother's song in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' is very similar to both "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" from ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella1950'' and "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991''.
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* The main theme of ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' takes inspiration from the "Thaxted" portion of the Jupiter Movement of Gustav Holst's ''The Planets'' suite.
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*** A few notes in "Leaving Hogwarts" sounds nearly identical to the opening notes of "We Are One" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2SimbasPride''.

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*** A few notes in "Leaving Hogwarts" sounds nearly identical to the opening notes of "We Are One" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2SimbasPride''.''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
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* In ''The First Christmas'', a lesser-known stop-motion Christmas special from Creator/RankinBassProductions featuring the voice of Creator/AngelaLansbury, the song "Save a Little Christmas" sounds quite a bit like "We Need a Little Christmas," famously sung by Lansbury in ''Theatre/{{Mame}}''. Though ironically, the lyrics of the two songs are opposite: "We Need a Little Christmas" calls for celebrating Christmas early, while "Save a Little Christmas" advocates ''not'' starting the celebrations too early or else Christmas Day won't be special.
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*** "Augie's Great Municipal Band" is suspiciously similar to "The Emperor" in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Part of the "A New Hope" score in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' is suspiciously similar to of "Hedwig's Theme" from the ''Harry Potter'' series.
*** Although in the case of the former, that's the whole point. It's intended to invoke the Emperor's theme, [[spoiler: the newly-elected Chancellor Palpatine being the Emperor and all]].
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* Music/HansZimmer:
** ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRgzQvIKynM "Treasure Island"]] seems to have inspired ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': the middle segment of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-BeFi58tQ "The Black Pearl"]] (skip to 52:00) and, less clearly, the violin playing at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBBKfw59kA "He's a Pirate"]].
** The soundtrack to ''Film/TheRock'' is very similar to that of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.
** Zimmer is notorious for composing similar-sounding themes, mostly because he favours a standard "action movie theme" rhythm and chord progression. This also affects his slower pieces. "Time" from ''Film/{{Inception}}'' does sound an awful lot like "Tennessee" from ''Film/PearlHarbor''. Lots of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'''s score also seems to turn up in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, similarly with ''Film/KingArthur2004'' and ''Pirates'' again.

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** %%** ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRgzQvIKynM "Treasure Island"]] seems to have inspired ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': %%''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': the middle segment of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-BeFi58tQ "The Black Pearl"]] (skip to 52:00) and, less clearly, %%clearly, the violin playing at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBBKfw59kA "He's a Pirate"]].
** %%** The soundtrack to ''Film/TheRock'' is very similar to that of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.
** %%** Zimmer is notorious for composing similar-sounding themes, mostly because he favours a standard "action movie theme" rhythm and chord progression. This %%This also affects his slower pieces. "Time" from ''Film/{{Inception}}'' does sound an awful lot like "Tennessee" from ''Film/PearlHarbor''. Lots of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'''s %%''Film/{{Gladiator}}'''s score also seems to turn up in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, similarly with ''Film/KingArthur2004'' and ''Pirates'' again.
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** The love theme from ''Film/{{Superman}}'', "Can You Read My Mind", sounds suspiciously like the Verklarung (Transfiguration) motif from Richard Strauss's tone-poem "Tod und Verklarung" (Death and Transfiguration).

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** The love theme from ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', "Can You Read My Mind", sounds suspiciously like the Verklarung (Transfiguration) motif from Richard Strauss's tone-poem "Tod und Verklarung" (Death and Transfiguration).
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* "I'll Never Do It On A Christmas Tree" from ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'' sounds similar to "Ev'rybody's Got A Laughing Place" from ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''.
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* In ''Film/{{Emmannuelle}}'', the "Rape Scene" music borrows heavily from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" by Music/KingCrimson, while "Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental - Variation)" sounds like a gentler variation of the song's guitar solo. In addition, "Cigarette Act" is a blatant instrumental knock-off of "Je t'aime moi non plus" by Music/SergeGainsbourg. Funnily enough, Gainsbourg would later compose the music for ''Goodbye Emmanuelle''.

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* In ''Film/{{Emmannuelle}}'', ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'', the "Rape Scene" music borrows heavily from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" by Music/KingCrimson, while "Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental - Variation)" sounds like a gentler variation of the song's guitar solo. In addition, "Cigarette Act" is a blatant instrumental knock-off of "Je t'aime moi non plus" by Music/SergeGainsbourg. Funnily enough, Gainsbourg would later compose the music for ''Goodbye Emmanuelle''.
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* In ''Film/{{Emmannuelle}}'', the "Rape Scene" music borrows heavily from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" by Music/KingCrimson, while "Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental - Variation)" sounds like a gentler variation of the song's guitar solo. In addition, "Cigarette Act" is a blatant instrumental knock-off of "Je t'aime moi non plus" by Music/SergeGainsbourg. Funnily enough, Gainsbourg would later compose the music for ''Goodbye Emmanuelle''.
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* [[https://youtu.be/fAQxKI43DZM The main theme from]] ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' sounds a lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSyS7kjRHKI&pp=ygUcdW5pdmVyc2FsIHBpY3R1cmVzIGxvZ28gMTk0MQ%3D%3D the 40s era Universal fanfare]]

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* [[https://youtu.be/fAQxKI43DZM be/QmHhIDUrdVA The main theme from]] ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' sounds a lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSyS7kjRHKI&pp=ygUcdW5pdmVyc2FsIHBpY3R1cmVzIGxvZ28gMTk0MQ%3D%3D the 40s era Universal fanfare]]
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* [[https://youtu.be/fAQxKI43DZM The main theme from]] ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' sounds a lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSyS7kjRHKI&pp=ygUcdW5pdmVyc2FsIHBpY3R1cmVzIGxvZ28gMTk0MQ%3D%3D the 40s era Universal fanfare]]
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* "Barking At The Moon" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' sounds similar to "When The Night Feels My Song" by Bedouin Soundclash.
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* The theme music in the opening of ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' sounds similar to "Linus and Lucy" (the BootStrappedTheme of the ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'' specials) but in a different tempo.

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* The theme music in the opening of ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' sounds similar to "Linus and Lucy" (the BootStrappedTheme of the ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'' ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials) but in a different tempo.
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* "Creature De La Nuit" from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailTheMysteryOfTheNightMonster'' sounds incredibly similar to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Be Prepared]]''.
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* ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHqLcEtt368 This trailer]] -- which parodies a ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' trailer -- {{lampshades}} this, with intertitles that read:

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* ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHqLcEtt368 This trailer]] -- which parodies a ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011'' trailer -- {{lampshades}} this, with intertitles that read:
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** "Tell Me Lies" sounds similar to "At Last" by Etta James.
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* A home-video trailer for the second ''[[Film/TheMightyDucks Mighty Ducks]]'' film uses a painfully obvious Suspiciously Similar Song to the theme from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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* A home-video trailer for the second ''[[Film/TheMightyDucks Mighty Ducks]]'' film uses a painfully obvious Suspiciously Similar Song to the theme from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''.

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