History Main / RecycledSoundtrack

* When Carl Davis added scores for Silent films, he would incorporate music he made for said film's sequences in the documentary series ''Hollywood.'' Among the films include ''Film/BenHur1925'', ''Film/TheBigParade'', ''Film/TheCrowd'', ''Film/FleshAndTheDevil'', ''Film/TheWind1928'', ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924'', and ''Greed.''
** In the case of ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924'', Davis used music from Rimsky-Korsakov.

* In ''Film/{{Napoleon|2023}}'', Martin Phipps reused [[https://youtu.be/lQzEdXJj0Ok "Russia"]] (which plays during the invasion of Russia by UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte in 1812) from his work on 2016's ''Series/{{War and Peace|2016}}'' (which covers the same events).

* The ''Cheetahmen'' theme in ''{{VideoGame/Action 52}}'' (NES) was reused in ''Cheetahmen II'' and ''Syobon Action''.

** "Too Many Notes, Not Enough Rests" from ''Drop Zone'' and "He's A Pirate" from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies.

** When ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' was ported to PC as part of the ''Sonic & Knuckles Collection'', the game reused several tracks, including those for Carnival Night Zone, Ice Cap Zone, and Launch Base Zone, from a prototype version of the game that was made before Michael Jackson and Brad Buxer's involvement.

** ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' reuses many tracks from the first two games. ''The Plutonia Experiment'' does this for the entire soundtrack, while ''TNT: Evilution'' reuses several ''Doom II'' tracks.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'' reuses one of ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest: Open Season'''s [[TheElevatorFromIpanema elevator muzak]] tunes as Gammie Boysulay's theme.

* The Street Profits' theme "Bring the Swag" was originally [[Wrestling/SashaBanks Team]] [[Wrestling/{{Naomi}} B.A.]] [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka D.'s]] "Unity" with a different chorus.

** "Somebody Call My Momma" was first used by [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]. Years later, it would be used by Wrestling/BrodusClay and his Funkadactyls Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Wrestling/{{Cameron}} as well as [[Wrestling/MattBloom Tensai]] when he formed a tag team with Clay called "Tons of Funk". Finally, it would be used by Wrestling/XavierWoods until he joined Wrestling/TheNewDay. Naomi would use the song in her solo career until she turned heel in 2015 and switched to "Amazing".

* Fellow Rareware composer Graeme Norgate recycled the Boss tune from Donkey Kong Land as an upbeat ranch rendition for Jade Plateau in ''VideoGame/BlastCorps.'' It fits surprisingly well.

** When the series' creative crew was overhauled for the second season, Frontiere was replaced by Harry Lubin. Lubin's theme for the series was a reworking of "Weird", which he'd composed for an episode of ''The Loretta Young Show'', and was then used as the theme for ''Series/OneStepBeyond''.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki''

* [[https://youtu.be/jfsCK9tPCy8 "Don't Be What They Made You"]], which plays over Logan's death in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', is reused [[spoiler:during Wade's own death scene in ''Film/Deadpool2''. Fitting, as he previously mocked ''Logan'' by telling the audience he was going to die, too]].

* ''[[VideoGame/NightshadeKunoichi Nightshade]]'' uses the track [[https://youtu.be/YgqI-gQ8Fg8 "Golden Palace]] when you visit [[ThatOneLevel said location.]] The track itself [[https://youtu.be/ySE7lz86gM4 originally came]] from the 2002 ''[[VideoGame/Shinobi2002 Shinobi]]'' game.

* The iconic Music/EnnioMorricone piece "Chi Mai" has been used several times:

** The British TV show ''The Times and Life of David Lloyd George''. Brits tend to associate it with this as it became a hit single off the back of the show, explicitly billed as "The Theme From...".

** The British TV show ''The Times and Life of David Lloyd George''.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' (at least the first one, ''Mega Microgames'') reuses quite a few tunes from the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series, notably ''VideoGame/WarioLand4''. For instance, a version of the [[https://youtu.be/R-7GF5vmjWs Curious Factory theme]] is [[https://youtu.be/Nqa74GzrtV8 recycled as part of the Paper Plane soundtrack]]. And the [[https://youtu.be/dUozK4yYwOY Crescent Moon Village theme]] is reused for the [[https://youtu.be/O3q4Ku01JRw ending cutscene]]. It also recycles sound effects, with his laugh sound effects coming from ''Wario Land 4'' as well (including his elevator entrance laugh being the one heard when you enter a portal in said game).

* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'', scored by Basil Poledouris, used a track from his score for ''No Man's Land''.