History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / Videogames

** Victor Kudo's theme from Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations heavily resembles the old Japanese war song "Sen'yu (Comrades)". This was probably intentional, given the character's pesronality and the official name of the track ("Victor Kudo ~ How Heartrending, the Melody of This War Song!").

* In ''Formula Retro Racing'', [[https://youtu.be/2Q0YSJKihaE?t=10m47s one of the race BGM's]] sounds like a sped-up version of the freestyle song "[[https://youtu.be/8z5d0NlrdRc Promise Me]]" by Latin Soul.

** The Ending theme that plays in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireI'' sounds very similar to the closing credits of Star Wars and the Superman theme, both of which were composed by John Williams.

** Godhand also has a Suspiciously Similar Song to the Anime/MazingerZ theme song with new lyrics as its ending credits song.

* The ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters!'' soundtrack features a track entitled "Mission Possible," which is pretty much as close as they could get to the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme song without actually ''being'' said theme song.

* The music for the first level of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemII'' ([[https://youtu.be/oKa1trHTIPs "He's Back"]]) was pretty much a slightly reworked version of Music/{{Megadeth}}'s "Angry Again". A later level track, [[https://youtu.be/45omCK-IM-w "Squeaking By"]], was a similarly-made cover of "Skin'O My Teeth".

* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' of course used the ''VideoGame/PeterGunn'' theme for its main music, and supposedly this was licensed. Ironically, ''Super Spy Hunter'', which was not originally titled as a sequel, instead being named ''Battle Formula'' in Japanese, used a Suspiciously Similar Song to Peter Gunn music in its second stage.

* The track [[https://youtu.be/ea49JjDp1TI Dark Interval]] from ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Half-Life 2: Episode Two]]'' sounds remarkably similar to [[https://youtu.be/7bc9zhmyrWA&list Final Hours]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' (fittingly, it plays over the ending credits of ''Episode Two'', which is the final moments of the entire ''Half-Life'' series for now).
*** This isn't particularly surprising, as ''Half-Life 2'''s lead writer has [[http://marclaidlaw.com/stories-on-the-site/the-hypermodern-muse/ stated]] that he was inspired by ''Majora's Mask'' when writing some of the atmosphere and characters of ''Half-Life 2''.

** Also, ''Parasol Stars'', the sequel to Rainbow Islands, uses a Suspiciously Similar Song to the '''Lambada''' as the boss battle music!

* Seeing as ''Legend of Mana'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' share a music composer (Yoko Shimomura), it only figures that the former would include some versions of songs from the latter. For example:

** The music that plays during the trial early in the game is very similar to a song in Music/TheWall called, fittingly, The Trial.
** The unused song "Singing Mountain" sound a lot like "Carrying You", the theme for "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
*** Which itself was lifted and used in the Game Boy Advance version of VideoGame/TheHobbit2003 when Bilbo plays a music box.
** [[https://youtu.be/ESqZb7hY1S0 Corridors of Time]] is lifted nearly note-for-note from [[https://youtu.be/Mp0ZISBYidI Sirius]] by The Alan Parsons Project (NBA fans know it as the Chicago Bulls' entrance theme).
** [[https://youtu.be/1cZeMdFWpEI Magus' theme]] seems to borrow a bit from [[https://youtu.be/qOVxNppbvBc#t=4m55s Journey From Mariabronn]] by Kansas (starting around the 4:55 mark).

* The Spider-Man/Venom BeatEmUp ''Maximum Carnage'' for the SNES and Genesis was advertised as featuring a soundtrack composed by Green Jelly (later Green Jello) - who came up with an original title tune and Suspiciously Similar Songs to metal classics for the rest of the game. Most notable as well as fitting was [[https://youtu.be/umxPSmWLRlg Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules"]] for boss fights (which WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd noticed in his review). Unsurprising considering the band is best known for its copyright infringement lawsuits from Metallica for using their riffs in their songs ("Electric Harley House of Love" went as far as lampshading it).

** The protagonist's headquarters being Parker Center, it also featured a near note-for-note ripoff of the ''Dragnet'' theme, another variation of which was used as the theme for ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest I''.

* [[https://youtu.be/FICFtWUpuqA "Crying World"]] is the BGM of Stage 6-1 in "VideoGame/{{Ristar}}" and sounds similar to Music/{{Prince}}'s "P Control," which came out the previous year.
* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' has the theme song similar to Tomoko Aran's Barefoot Salome.
* [[https://youtu.be/9EQnzIT5STM "Katamari On The Funk"]], the title song from the PSP-exclusive ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' sequel ''Me and My Katamari'' and one of the few original songs in the game, bears a striking resemblance to [[https://youtu.be/RNYosr9dQYc "Pulse Phaze"]] from the PSP version of Ridge Racer, which came out a year before. Both tunes were composed by the same person, Yuu Miyake.

** Ky's new theme, [[https://youtu.be/-kxUFola5YI Magnolia Eclair]] has its opening riffs lifted almost directly from Music/JudasPriest's [[https://youtu.be/3dbRdzATXBE Electric Eye.]]
* The Stage 5 theme from ''Blaster Master'' is suspiciously similar to Bomb Man's theme from ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', and one of the guys at Overclocked Remix did [[https://youtu.be/XeWhIatbXWM a mash-up remix]] of the two.

** Much later in the franchise, in DragonBallXenoverse, one of the combat tracks liberally uses the chorus music from Music/MarilynManson's "The Beautiful People". The best place to hear it is in the GT DLC, in the Parallel Quest where you fight a bunch of Oozaru (Nappa, Vegeta, Baby and Bardock).

* [[https://youtu.be/hBG7TWaZHIY Area H]] from ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2'' is a Haunted House level that sounds VERY ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' [[https://youtu.be/FpIQt5qUHDk inspired]].

* [[https://youtu.be/Ul5IIz2iJwY Entrance Hall]] and [[https://youtu.be/yXMqhHRxJGQ Chandeliers]] from ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' resemble parts of Beethoven's [[https://youtu.be/k46fdX_3xDM Piano Concerto No. 3]].

** The ending theme to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'', [[https://youtu.be/PXkgn3QUA2w Calling to the Night]], sounds similar to the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' song, "[[https://youtu.be/saalGKY7ifU My Heart Will Go On]]".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAPgPH9hsI It Has to Be This Way]], used during the final battle in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' sounds a lot, especially in the guitar and string riffs, to the vocal parts from [[https://youtu.be/IibXYWSBpZw De Musica Ligera]], one of the most famous songs from the Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo.[[note]]This could be possibly a coincidence, as Soda Stereo is only known in the Spanish-speaking world, and they're practically unknown outside of it, much less in Japan, the country when the game was developed.[[/note]]
** In another inter-Konami example, the NeoContra theme song features a break [[https://youtu.be/Rp5t-YoG95U?t=52s with an awfully similar string chord progression]]. You almost expect it to segue into the Metal Gear Solid theme instead of turning back to the vocals.

* Whenever a video game wants to evoke ''TheWildWest'', the song of choice is the [[https://youtu.be/9iteRKvRKFA main theme]] from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Probably the closest rip-off is [[https://youtu.be/L1jA853YFJ0 this tune]] from ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'', but there are many others.
* The last few bars before the loop in [[https://youtu.be/MExEnrj8aRU "Child Abuse"]] (the Robo-Rat/Tesso fight theme) from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 1}}'' is basically [[https://youtu.be/PxRW-duSCLA "It's a Small World"]].
* The theme of [[https://youtu.be/QYTB9eWxZJk Yaldabaoth]] in VideoGame/Persona5 sounds like a heavily edited version of the first few notes of Jared Dines's Djent Wars Round Three [[https://youtu.be/kv8nF6EvxmQ?t=1m53s solo]].

* [[https://youtu.be/zGjWOmyHCMg Lost Forest]] in [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Professor Layton and Pandora's Box]] starts like [[https://youtu.be/rEoRavExhfo The Legendary Hero]] in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]].

* In ''Bust-A-Groove'' (''Bust-A-Move'' in Japan), Strike's theme "[[https://youtu.be/IzK_yEsaqgw Power]]" contains a recurring sample of Michael Jackson's "Bad" and a similar back beat, to the point where its title is often mixed up with the title of Heat's theme-- which is actually called "2 Bad", though it's (ironically) an entirely different song with no similarity to be found.

** [[https://youtu.be/QLTVTFxORtI Warehouse District (Action}]] is reminiscent of the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme.

* The intro stage music (and the latter part of the title theme) in ''TheGuardianLegend'' is a suspiciously similar version of ''VideoGame/{{Zelda II|TheAdventureOfLink}}'''s overhead/overworld theme.
* ''VideoGame/SuperDoubleDragon''

* Wario Land: Shake It contains a few. [[https://youtu.be/Dq_ffUzGydU "Soggybog River"]] is clearly a suspiciously similar version of "Eye of the Tiger" and [[https://youtu.be/fqGcjmPflo0 "Gurgle Gulch"]] being one of the original Underground theme from Super Mario Bros.
* ''VideoGame/QuakeII'':
** [[https://youtu.be/Z6VpX-feA2M "Quad Machine"]] resembles Music/{{Metallica}}'s [[https://youtu.be/2xR-3jyHGfc "No Remorse"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/-4Eg2onR7Gs "Rage"]] sounds rather similar to Pantera's [[https://youtu.be/2DfYLar2QGI "Cowboys from Hell"]].
** The intro of [[https://youtu.be/28UzI7eiukQ "ETF"]] from the ''Ground Zero'' expansion pack is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/-sbx-aXPmdc#t=05m05s "Plasma Rock"]] from ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject''.
* The late-1980s game ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_(computer_game) Rock 'n' Roll]]'' used suspiciously similar rock-and-roll tunes as its soundtrack. [[https://youtu.be/rluzNA1k5lw Here's an example]].
** Though unlike many suspiciously similar songs, they were actually licenced.
* "[[https://youtu.be/DHMlXBN0kos Fuel My Game]]" from ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' sounds suspiciously similar to Music/TheProdigy's "[[https://youtu.be/JgGA-hHWxtA Smack My Bitch Up]]".

* Some parts of the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' soundtrack sound suspiciously like the main theme to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', with OneWomanWail replaced by violins.
* [[https://youtu.be/jJVr0vJK2rs Crazy Train]] by Ozzy Osbourne, and [[https://youtu.be/1NRVWtw29Yg Amiga-ish]] from ''[[VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA]]''. The latter is also used in a level with alot of (subway) trains. From the same game, [[https://youtu.be/j_psDALrGDU "Low Ridin'"]] is very similar to [[https://youtu.be/vsrOy32nJdI "South Bronx"]] by Boogie Down Productions.

** [[https://youtu.be/yDkT3Rng9a0 "TKO"]] from season 2 is a blatant nod to [[https://youtu.be/VE8vKLEK6A8 the fight theme]] of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! Warranted as it's used for a boxing minigame.
* ''Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley'' has several examples of this. Compare [[https://youtu.be/w0D9HIorsbs Spring]] with [[https://youtu.be/NHHAa3hNb9Q Zelda's Lullaby]], and [[https://youtu.be/mkxFkxoQzd8 Winter]] with [[https://youtu.be/iOfXM7gFXso Kakariko Village]] from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'', [[https://youtu.be/RVQqi6kF_Pg Happy Ending]] with [[https://youtu.be/cExMJ2pVk-s Vana'diel March]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', and [[https://youtu.be/atYb8b5rarM&feature=related Alice's Theme]] with [[https://youtu.be/PWu9iQLwrC8 Cait Sith's Theme]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''Shin Megami Tensei II'' has [[https://youtu.be/eLgAfE6BX6M "Disco"]], which sounds a bit like New Order's [[https://youtu.be/VyoDbX1EkPQ "Blue Monday"]].

* [[https://youtu.be/79u36lbB0Yk The Code Is Veronica]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', and [[https://youtu.be/lYk3B_geM2s&playnext=1&list=PL7D9602C940A5B8C1&index=65 Dimension 26]] from ''VideoGame/RType Final''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNxhzCl8ME Flash of Sword]] from ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}: The Fantasm Soldier'', and [[https://youtu.be/sD9esiYZvOo Level 1]] from ''FinalZone II''. In this case, the games were made by the same company, so it may be SelfPlagiarism.

* Compare the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'' [[https://youtu.be/emoRQ91V1T4 title theme]] and [[https://youtu.be/GnXwhcOClbk "Lone Wolf"]] from ''VideoGame/HaloReach''. Reach's is basically an orchestral version.

** The main theme of ''Allied Assault'' is a shameless crib from the ''Death of Jonathan Kent'' cue in {{Film/Superman}}, with some ''StarWars'' thrown in.

* The soundtrack of ''Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals'' consists mostly of Suspiciously Similar Songs of its predecessor's themes.

** Iris' theme in ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals'' is a soundalike of the main theme from ''Film/TheTerminator''.
* [[https://youtu.be/0n8c6Mxx3w8 Stage 1/5]] from ''VideoGame/BuraiFighter'' and [[https://youtu.be/y7b5BVXVzIk Faraway (Stage 1 & 2)]] from ''Lightning Fighters''.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has [[https://youtu.be/YfzGxtLsqTI Never Surrender]], which is a suspiciously similar Version of ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos''' battle theme, [[https://youtu.be/DNtWj4bStOY The True Mirror]]. Later, ''Origins'' takes a few cues from Never Surrender with ''its'' [[https://youtu.be/9lqq67-4pDQ battle theme]]. Then again, all three games share the same composer.

* To complement the despair ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore V'' has in its [[http://youtu.be/RKR3vGaFnPE atmosphere]], it throws in a couple [[http://youtu.be/V92OBNsQgxU notes]] from Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung.

** The co-op credits song[[https://youtu.be/MJghR7CuxG0 Robots FTW]] is a remix of [[https://youtu.be/ygI-2F8ApUM Brodyquest]], of all things.

** The ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' castle theme "Rondo" sounds similar to Telemann's Viola Concerto in G.
** The overworld theme of VideoGame/DragonQuestIII resembles the theme that plays during the ceremony at the end of ''Star Wars: A New Hope''. Furthermore, part of the castle town theme resembles Henryk Wieniawski's ''Légende''. There's also [[https://youtu.be/6JOeXPXWwM8 Jipang]] and [[https://youtu.be/Z9L_lilJKQQ March of the Siamese Children]].

** The tower theme in ''Dragon Quest VI'' is reminiscent of the theme from ''The People's Court''.
** The Quiet Village music from VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII sounds similar to ''It's a Small World.''
* The ''VideoGame/SimCity2000'' track [[https://youtu.be/_7kwrLKLs1A Key of Success]] sounds suspiciously similar to the GeorgeMichael song [[https://youtu.be/KaeCnGOaE98 Killer / Papa Was A Rollin' Stone]]

* The theme to ''Splosion Man'' sounds very similar to "Winston", a song by Ed Bogas from ''Fritz the Cat''.
* The 2nd stage from Wayne's World for the SNES has background music that sounds awfully similar to Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix.
* Compare the title/menu music of Castle Crashers with the Homestuck song "Doctor" as well as its variants.
* [[https://youtu.be/8IwKv5INRwk "This"]] BGM off the '*VideoGame/SmallSoldiers'' UsefulNotes/PlayStation 1 game sounds a whole lot like "One Winged Angel" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* ''Franchise/ArcTheLad'':

* [[https://youtu.be/05Nx17V_k6A Conspiracy]] from ''Franchise/MuvLuv'' sounds very reminiscent of the Music/RickyMartin song [[https://youtu.be/p47fEXGabaY Livin' La Vida Loca]].

* The theme to the NES game ''Treasure Master'' features a virtual soundalike to the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' theme song.
* The Character Select theme from ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Hard Corps,'' [[https://youtu.be/Wn1-0ElaYhI Locked and Loaded,]] sounds similar to the Music/SirMixALot song [[https://youtu.be/kY84MRnxVzo Baby Got Back.]]

* "[[https://youtu.be/RQMCAdMadMY Grand Cathedral]]" from Serious Sam: Second Encounter sounds like a less sinister version of [[https://youtu.be/1cZeMdFWpEI Magus' theme]] from Chrono Trigger.

* The title theme of the [[PortingDisaster disastrous N64 port]] of ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' resembles "Terrible Lie" by Music/NineInchNails, who also produced the music for the original PC version, and the N64 intermission music is a soundalike of the PC's.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'':

* The [[https://youtu.be/Z9D-LXjKVe8 Remlia Castle]] theme from ''VideoGame/{{Astyanax}}'' sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/_nvgdb9D4c4 "Flash of Sword"]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Valis}} Valis: The Fantasm Soldier]]'', and to some extent [[https://youtu.be/_G7Mi57QrNQ Megagon]]'s theme from ''{{Amagon}}''.

* The battle theme in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' sound suspiciously similar. Incidentally, while both titles have different composers (Motoi Sakuraba for ''Silmeria'' and Go Shina for ''Legendia''), Sakuraba is the normal composer for the Tales of series.
* The Handsome Sorceror track from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' sounds very similar to the Great Pyramid theme from SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter, if the latter had a budget.

** [[https://youtu.be/iudbVI4RLW0 Thy Farts Consumed]]'s music is reminiscent of the ''JourneyToSilius'' [[https://youtu.be/iwn-9IiO3MM Stage 1]] theme, complete with the SunSoft bass.

** The main melody in [[https://youtu.be/rJlJa9yuQrc "Dungeons and Dickholes"]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/2WcNoTNRLsI "Frozen in Time"]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Ys}} Wanderers From Ys]]. The rhythm and bass sections are similar to the Project Pitchfork song "Radical Business".

* ''VideoGame/TheTowerofDruaga'' has [[https://youtu.be/We9lQxy30dI a dungeon melody]] with a progression slightly reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'''s [[https://youtu.be/RW8icMp-ll8 Sueru Mountain]] theme, but both of them owe a ''lot'' to [[https://youtu.be/jtABjm9aB5I Vultan's Theme]] from ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}''.

* As pointed out by the ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', Sunsoft's [[VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft Batman: Return of the Joker]] does this twice with music from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''. In the NES version, the boss battle theme sounds like a faster version of Crash Man's stage. In the Game Boy version, the title screen sounds very similar to the Stage Select theme.

* Katalina's theme in ''VideGame/RomancingSaGa3'' resembles "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes.

** The tower theme in the very first ''VideGame/{{SaGa}} (''Final Fantasy Legend'') uses parts of Chopin's "Polonaise."

* An odd example is the ambient track from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'''s [[https://youtu.be/Ts3YlnzXAr4 Dead Money DLC.]] This disturbing track sounds suspiciously like the track from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', [[https://youtu.be/gktQhJ2lucE Summer Snow.]]

* The main riff of the ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II'' title theme, [[https://youtu.be/bu5JLeIeuSg "Sacred Sacrifice"]], is suspiciously similar to ''VideoGame/RadRacer'''s [[https://youtu.be/SiuYxPgMhhc Music 1]].
** In the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD version, the last section of the [[https://youtu.be/fKxRxmJnBgk?t=1m45s Act I theme]] sounds like the second half of [[https://youtu.be/yELuvkU32Lg?t=26s "First Step Towards Wars"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''.
* The main battle music in ''Xenosaga Episode III'' resembles the theme to ''Inspector Gadget''.
* The menu music in ''The Legend of Dragoon'' syncs up well to the theme songs of ''Home Improvement'' and ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''. The main boss battle theme's beginning also sounds like that of ''Final Fantasy VII''.

** Also "Pursuit ~ Cornered" resembles "Those Who Fight" from Final Fantasy VII.
* [[https://youtu.be/mLK059gV9j8 I am Dedicated to Lord Kurokage]], the theme of Yumi from ''VideoGame/SenranKagura Shinovi Versus'' is a combination between Mozart's ''Requiem'' and Remilia Scarlet's ''[[https://youtu.be/aJQ5HsXlPTo Septette for the Dead Princess]]'' from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.

* The Boat Song in ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete'' and ''Silver Star Harmony'' sounds suspiciously similar to the love theme from ''St. Elmo's Fire''.
** ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' has "Running Hiro", a suspiciously similar song of YaketySax, with the intended context.

* The Game Over theme from ''Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny'' resembles that from ''Final Fantasy V''.
* The main theme of ''Grandia'' sounds like a fusion of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" and the theme from ''Dallas''.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' "[[https://youtu.be/gnbu9ganzzk&list=UUY0VxtBtDCZ3wxGNr69NzXw The Dawn Will Come]]" sounds suspiciously like "The Edge of Night/Pippin's Song" from ''Literature/ReturnOfTheKing,'' especially as sung in the film version. And its "battle" arrangement sounds very similar to the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' opening theme.

* [[https://youtu.be/bfE7ojgFsO0 Get a Life]] from the musician Ian Andersen and [[https://youtu.be/6gpxPBbr5ig&t=54s The Bridge of the Lotus theme]] from ''VideoGame/TouhouPerfectCherryBlossom'' have the exact same riff.

* The '[[https://youtu.be/sMrWFjBwhVc Great Plains theme]] of ''VideoGame/SuperAmazingWagonAdventure'' is remarkably similar to GloriaEstefan's "[[https://youtu.be/inHwBUo9Pzk Turn the Beat Around]]".

** Gritzy Desert from Partners in Time sounds a lot like Agrabah's theme(s) in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (especially the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl version]]). Again, Shimomura was the composer for both songs, so it's not surprising.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} game "The Great Edgar Hunt", the main Studio Lot theme is suspiciously similar to the Cartoon Show's theme tune. Seeing as this trope is a well known staple of the Animaniacs cartoons, it's kind of fitting that the Animaniacs theme itself got the same treatment. Many ''Animaniacs'' games feature knockoff songs to accompany their film parodies: between the SNES and Genesis games alone, there's two separate soundalikes of the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' theme, one of ''Franchise/StarWars'', one of ''Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial'', one of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', and so on.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''

* The town theme of ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' appears to be a suspiciously similar version of the Tristram theme from the original ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''. Not suprising, considering several of the people from the ''Diablo'' team worked on ''Torchlight'', including Matt Uelman, who composed the music for both games.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is another franchise that plagiarises itself: In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', the Delta Halo Theme is a suspiciously similar version of the series' ThemeTune, and "Leonidas" is a soundalike of "On A Pale Horse" from ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''.

** In several Capcom Vs. Whatever games, the Capcom characters tend to have [[{{Leitmotif}} Leitmotifs]] that are arrangements of themes from their respective series, but strangely enough, [[VideoGame/CaptainCommando Captain Commando]]'s [[https://youtu.be/PdW4P2O95B8 theme]] in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes Marvel Vs. Capcom]]'' doesn't sound like any of the [=BGMs=] in his game. It seems that his theme in ''[=MvC=]'' may have been inspired by (or actually be a remix of) [[https://youtu.be/e387UGX2Rx0 Cyclops' theme]] from ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter''.

** [[https://youtu.be/_58-XYXuJMs "I'll Face Myself"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' resembles [[https://youtu.be/BSsfjHCFosw "At Doom's Gate"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* [[https://youtu.be/0n8c6Mxx3w8 Stage 1/5]] from ''BuraiFighter'' and [[https://youtu.be/y7b5BVXVzIk Faraway (Stage 1 & 2)]] from ''Lightning Fighters''.

* The song used during the intros for several trailers for ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'' [[https://youtu.be/NYq2GXr4YaY (seen here)]] sounds very similar to the later part of [[https://youtu.be/9a3oCR0e6NM&feature=player_detailpage#t=129s Santorini]] by New Age superstar Yanni.

* VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland has the love theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8yyIVjlRzs Guybrush And Elaine]] which from around 0:23 on resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpYmHNicnkQ "How Could I Be Such A Fool"]] by [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]], particularly when the orchestra comes in at 1:34.
** VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge has Captain Dread's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-x0Titveaw theme]] which sounds like a slowed down version of Bunny Wailer's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bCYAOvt2A "Dance Hall Music"]] - a fact echoed in the steel drum and marimba tracks, which at points have identical sections.

* ''Franchise/ArcTheLad''

** [[https://youtu.be/d3EGkYfArnM "Are You Descent?"]] from ''D2'''s CD soundtrack sounds like a faster version of [[https://youtu.be/I1QfIbLulf8 "Pokey Means Business"]] from ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}''.
* The soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} game ''[[https://youtu.be/fVBWoQjpAs4 A Journey to the Centre of the Earth]]'' very closely resembles "[[https://youtu.be/GJ2X9SANsME House of Fun]]" from ''Music/TheRiseAndFall'' by Music/{{Madness}}.

** There's a bit 24 seconds into [[https://youtu.be/zvoncs3EUeg&t=24s "EXEC_REBIRTHIA=PROTOCOL/."]] from ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'' that sounds ''dangerously'' close to ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'''s [[https://youtu.be/NxcjF_TU_no&t=1m37s "Aria of the Soul"]] (1:37 in)... which in turn sounds like an operatic version of Toni Braxton's [[https://youtu.be/-vWXjsL42cw "I Love Me Some Him"]].

* The [[https://youtu.be/25K1RN_0_j0 Stage 1 theme]] from the ''Mega Man'' clone ''Shockman'' has suspicious similarities with the [[https://youtu.be/yncJXnMmpMA first boss theme]] from ''[[{{VideoGame/Contra}} Super Contra]]''.

* While on the topic of racers, the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast game ''MetropolisStreetRacer'' has not one, but two similar songs: "Think About It" is a jazz version of "Sea Line" by Toshiki Kadomatsu, while "Show Me Your Love" resembles "Try Me Out" by Corona.

** The opening theme also sounds suspiciously like the solo from "The Number of the Beast by Music/{{Iron Maiden}}. Compare ''[[https://youtu.be/f49OKDTQZwk?t=7 Here]]'' and ''[[https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?t=195 Here]]''

* The Handsome Sorceror track from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} 2'' sounds very similar to the Great Pyramid theme from SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter, if the latter had a budget.

** The first half of the [[https://youtu.be/f9InIQ5MZnI boss theme]] is nearly identical to the intro of [[https://youtu.be/I1QfIbLulf8 "Pokey Means Business"]] from ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}''.

* ''DoubleDragonNeon'':

** VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue has "Running Hiro", a suspiciously similar song of YaketySax, with the intended context.
** Lucia's Theme in Lunar 2 also resembles "Only You (and You Alone)" as well.

* VideoGame/FantasyLife's [[https://youtu.be/oNIz0r-LtB8 "Breath of Monsters"]] has a part (beginning at 1:39) that bears more than a passing resemblance to Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

* "[[https://youtu.be/o0DbjGYtBZw Dark Combat]]" from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' (selectable in the "Combat Simulator" multiplayer mode and the default BGM in the single-player [[BonusDungeon bonus level]] [[spoiler:[[VillainShoes Mr. Blonde's Revenge]]]]) is the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' [[https://youtu.be/68I3j2luW64 theme]] with the SerialNumbersFiledOff.

* ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}'''s [[https://youtu.be/Z8vcVkZc26A title theme]] is quite similar to that of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

** "Megalovania" significantly resembles the song Gadobadorrer from ''Brandish 2: The Planet Buster''. It also contains a few nods to "Master of Puppets" by ''Metallica'', and the beginning sounds a little like Heat Man's theme from ''Mega Man 2''. To say nothing of the obvious nods to ''VideoGame/LiveALive'''s Megalomania, which served as the game's boss theme.

* ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest''

* The theme of ''Mayhem in Monsterland'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} sounds a lot like the TitleThemeTune of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fe}}'', the Silent Ones' {{leitmotif}}, [[https://youtu.be/SRaPS8GZtLw "De Tysta"]], mainly sounds like [[https://youtu.be/q7DR-RHyvVE "Echo in the Night"]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. The climax of "Tysta", on the other hand, sounds suspiciously like the second half of [[https://youtu.be/KuMq2qtM4_E "Infected"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''.

** Compare the opening notes from Zangief's theme from Street Fighter II: the World Warrior (or almost any bootstrapped rendition of his theme) and the beginning of Michael Jackson's "Bad".

** [[https://youtu.be/cO2XZd4xjE8 Magician Type 0's theme]], especially the first 30 seconds, is suspiciously similar to the boss theme [[https://youtu.be/m6QMRKjnFVw "Angel's Legend"]] from ''Franchise/TouhouProject 1: Highly Responsive to Prayers''. Conversely, the main melody of [[https://youtu.be/t4y-pQb-UDA "Deaf to All But the Song"]] from ''Imperishable Night'' resembles the B-section of the Magician's theme.
* The few notes from the theme song of the old arcade game VideoGame/{{Galaga}} sounds similar to some notes from the Franchise/{{Star Wars}} theme song .
* The theme song of the NES/Famicom video game Sky Destroyer sound similar to the iconic "Raiders March" from Franchise/{{Indiana Jones}}

** [[https://youtu.be/b3ttpyZPo7k "Reflection"]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/hTwOhefBee4 "Rebuild, Renew"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''.

* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''

** The [[https://youtu.be/rv3YtutAfIU?t=3m46s choral ambience]] in the Flood-infected High Charity is reminiscent of Gyorgy Ligeti's "[[https://youtu.be/wawSCvuGj4o Requiem]]", particularly the [[https://youtu.be/jqaGdIIUUQY Kyrie]] movement used in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

** The [[https://youtu.be/rv3YtutAfIU?t=3m46s choral ambience]] in the Flood-infected High Charity is reminiscent of Gyorgy Ligeti's "[[https://youtu.be/wawSCvuGj4o Requiem]]", particularly the [[https://youtu.be/jqaGdIIUUQY Kyrie]] movement used in ''Film/{{2001 A Space Odyssey}}''.

** The [[https://youtu.be/rv3YtutAfIU?t=3m46s choral ambience]] in the Flood-infected High Charity is reminiscent of Gyorgy Ligeti's "[[https://youtu.be/wawSCvuGj4o Requiem]]", particularly the [[https://youtu.be/jqaGdIIUUQY Kyrie]] movement used in ''Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey''.

** The first and second movements of [[https://youtu.be/xdWkZOo-p0M "Sealed Vessel"]] are reminiscent of the [[https://youtu.be/ePRZC_OulYc Dies Irae]] movement of Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's ''Requiem'' and the [[https://youtu.be/klPZIGQcrHA Sarabande]] movement of GF Handel's ''Keyboard Suite in D minor'', respectively.

*** The verses in [[https://youtu.be/IDv7fPjHDxc "Your Affection"]] sound like The B.B. & Q. Band's [[https://youtu.be/hk3gHNV0Jx0 "On the Beat"]].

* In ''VideoGame/KickMaster'', the Stage 6 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sRWrFjS7-I "Across the Swamp"]], is lifted from ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Castlevania II's]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com

** Zangief's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWC2tZS52Uw ending theme]], to which he and then-Soviet president Gorbachev do ThatRussianSquatDance, is appropriately a soundalike of Matvey Blanter's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KDi-L5Qe0 Katyusha]]".

* The B-section of [[https://youtu.be/sS-r80WnDHg&t=27s "Chicago at Day"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Driver}} 2'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/TCw9_avTlYs "London's Burning"]] by Music/TheClash.

* The ''[[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Tetris Max/Bricklayer]]'' theme, [[https://youtu.be/x0QfwXC6HX8 "T-Maxx"]], sounds like the intro of the {{MOD}} song [[https://youtu.be/zM9J9Of1UWw "Bridge To the Universe II"]] by Dr. Awesome.

** The B-section of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHu66EyXyUY&t=37s Return to Base]]" is similar to Mike Mareen's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-SIpfZmKss Double Trouble]]". The main melody is also similar to the middle-8 of the aforementioned ''Escape from New York'' theme.

** The B-section of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHu66EyXyUY&t=37s Return to Base]]" is similar to Mike Mareen's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-SIpfZmKss Double Trouble]]".

** The starting synth riff of the [[https://youtu.be/ujUAzbVMItw Vermis Research Institute]] theme sounds like an upbeat version of the ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[https://youtu.be/zTxBc_-XxmI theme]], while the B-section sounds like a synthwave take on the riff from Music/CheapTrick's "[[https://youtu.be/L-4XsDQYDi4 Mighty Wings]]"

** The starting synth riff of the [[https://youtu.be/ujUAzbVMItw Vermis Research Institute]] theme sounds like an upbeat version of the ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[https://youtu.be/zTxBc_-XxmI theme]], while the B-section sounds like a synthwave take on Music/CheapTrick's "[[https://youtu.be/L-4XsDQYDi4 Mighty Wings]]"

** The beginning of the [[https://youtu.be/ujUAzbVMItw Vermis Research Institute]] sounds like an upbeat version of the ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' [[https://youtu.be/zTxBc_-XxmI theme]], while the B-section sounds like a synthwave take on Music/CheapTrick's "[[https://youtu.be/L-4XsDQYDi4 Mighty Wings]]"