History Main / AlternativeForeignThemeSong

* Kimura Kaela's "Jasper" is the theme song for ''[[MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]''. You can view the music video [[http://pann.nate.com/video/201116901 here]] but beware, it's a MindScrew.

When a dubbing company wants to market a television show, film, or video game from another country, they'll do the usual stuff like translation and localization. But they've got one problem with it: they don't think its theme song will work for their audience. So what do they do about this? Instead of dubbing the original song, they'll write a completely new theme song for it, of course! Maybe they don't like the original song or maybe they think the new song will make the show, movie, or game more popular, or maybe the original theme song is licensed by a singer and they can't use the music.
Regardless of how popular the song is in the original version, the dubbing company thinks it's unsuitable for their viewers. This can qualify for both the opening and ending theme.

* ''Film/GForce'' in Japan has a different [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OAP0SY3xw4 theme song]].

* ''GForce'' in Japan has a different [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OAP0SY3xw4 theme song]].

* The Japanese version of the ''Series/DonkeyKongCountry'' has a different opening and ending theme.

* The Japanese version of ''MagicSchoolBus'' also has different opening and ending themes. One of the ending themes is called [[http://nicoviewer.net/sm1349565 "Dream On"]] by JunkoIwao.

* The Japanese theme song for ''SonOfTheMask'' is [[http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc1NTYwMTgw.html "Mask"]] by Taki and Tsubasa.

* The Japanese theme song for ''SonOfTheMask'' is [[http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc1NTYwMTgw.html "Mask"]].

* The film of ''TheSpiderwickChronicles'' uses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPxWTSDchJo "Checkmate"]] as its theme song in Japan.

* The Japanese version of ''Film/TheSmurfs'' uses Hey! Say! JUMP's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUNaNut2iRk "Magic Power"]] as its theme song. [[DoItYourselfThemeTune Again, a couple of the singers were voice actors in the Japanese dub]].

* When 4Kids dubbed ''OnePiece'' they replaced the adventurous "We Are" opening with a rap about the plot, characters, and basically being a pirate. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Many fans of the original were not pleased]].
** They were originally going to dub the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKfDV9JXnCg original song]], but ditched it in favor of the rap. [[SarcasmMode Smart move, 4Kids!]]

* All of the anime that [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] dubs usually have a different theme song than the Japanese version. They also usually abolish the ending theme and play an instrumental version of the intro song. One of the things that anime fans constantly complain about is the dub song being inferior to the original.
* The English dub of ''{{Digimon}}'' for the first 3 seasons also used a rap song instead of "Butterfly" for its theme song. YourMileageMayVary on which is better but the dub version is definitely an EarWorm. The other two used different theme songs. To be fair, though, Saban Entertainment was unable to license the original soundtrack, so they had to make up their own. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Which doesn't stop some of the dub's other songs from being awesome]].

When a dubbing company wants to market a television show, film, or video game from another country, they'll do the usual stuff like translation and localization. But they've got one problem with it: they don't think its theme song will work for their audience. So what do they do about this? Instead of dubbing the original song, they'll write a completely new theme song for it, of course! Maybe they don't like the original song or maybe they think the new song will make the show, movie, or game more popular. Regardless of how popular the song is in the original version, the dubbing company thinks it's unsuitable for their viewers. This can qualify for both the opening and ending theme.

When a dubbing company wants to market a television show, film, or video game from another country, they'll do the usual stuff like translation and localization. But they've got one problem with it: they don't think its theme song will work for their audience. So what do they do about this? Ditch the original song and write a completely new theme for it, of course! Maybe they don't like the original song or maybe they think the new song will make the show, movie, or game more popular. Regardless of how popular the song is in the original version, the dubbing company thinks it's unsuitable for their viewers. This can qualify for both the opening and ending theme.

* The Japanese theme song of ''{{Film/Spider-Man 2}}'' is called [[http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc1ODg0ODIw.html "Web of Night"]] by T.M. Revolution.

* For the Japanese release of ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' Shoko Nakagawa wrote [[http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/shokonakagawa/videos/rainbow-forecast::10811.html "Rainbow Forecast"]] as the ending theme, differing slightly from Miranda Cosgrove's "Raining Sunshine". If you picture the ending credits with this, the song actually fits pretty well.

* The Japanese version of the ''DonkeyKongCountry'' has a different opening and ending theme.

* During the Dark Age Of Anime In France, most shows got a French opening, many of which (but not all) are now considered SoBadItsGood. French singer Bernard Minet is now more remembered for this than for any independent song.

* When ''ChoudenshiBioman'' was licensed in France, it first used [[WhatSongWasThisAgain a dubbed opening]], but did a ChannelHop after five or so episodes and got a new opening by Bernard Minet.

* When ''ChoudenshiBioman'' was licensed in France, it first used TheSongRemainsTheSame, but did a ChannelHop after five or so episodes and got a new opening by Bernard Minet.