History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / VideoGames

* Katalina's theme in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' resembles "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes.
** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake of ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' uses many suspiciously similar songs of the Super Famicom version's tracks, for instance Jamil's theme.
** The tower theme in the very first ''VideoGame/{{SaGa}} (''Final Fantasy Legend'') uses parts of Chopin's "Polonaise."
** Asellus' theme in ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier'' resembles the theme to the Godfather films.
* The tune used for summoning Songbird to destroy the siphon tower at the end of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' is similar to the intro of the Christian hymn "The Holly And The Ivy".

* In a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' SNES game (''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie''), the Player Select music is ''a complete ripoff'' from Music/XJapan's "Sadistic Desire".
** The [[https://youtu.be/dXgF0DpRPaI Megazord fight with the Minotaur]] in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' for the Sega Genesis sounds very similar to DIO's [[https://youtu.be/OXqnHLXZugA I Speed At Night]].



* The ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' arcade game feature a recurring pair of sub-bosses who are obvious [[LawyerFriendlyCameo pastiches]] of the legendary [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestling tag team]] known as the Road Warriors. Their background theme ("I Am Man") was such an obvious ripoff of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" (the entrance theme of the Road Warriors), that when Tecmo released the game on the Virtual Console, they had to remove the tune to avoid copyright infringement.





* In its homage to ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' has [[https://youtu.be/I1cqOHmKgP0 HLM]] for [[https://youtu.be/vYeDysZS80w Silver Lights]] and the [[https://youtu.be/1GxfExd1vcQ House Clear Theme]] for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3qqfgp1Ns Horse Steppin']].

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'':
** The first boss' (a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot robotic hay sheaf]]) theme sounds very close to the Franchise/{{Terminator}}'s theme. This is probably an intentional homage; the Haybot even has a German accent.
** The [[https://youtu.be/QUg3lweb6pA&feature=related Surf Punks]] song uses samples that sound an awful lot like [[https://youtu.be/ZHPeyAd_WQU Eddy Gordo]] and [[https://youtu.be/xRY5NaFoUog Jin Kazama's]] arcade themes.


* [[https://youtu.be/aCkQAyS4_gI The theme for Levels 7 through 9]] in the SNES version of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1'' resembles [[https://youtu.be/PEAzwDqCxvw Gemini Man's theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', as well as [[https://youtu.be/Aw8Do64bEtU "Arabian Nights"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Also on the subject of ''Aladdin'', the [[https://youtu.be/Y18VEQW4LTc Level 13-15]] theme from ''[=PoP1=] SNES'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/aEryAoLfnAA "Prince Ali"]].

* The soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 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}}.

* ''[[https://youtu.be/rGyEb2kRMis Fighting Hero]]'''s ending theme is basically an 8-bit version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man".

* The menu music in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' 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''.

* [[https://youtu.be/O4ZeeWGATF4 The final battle theme]] from ''[[VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner]]'' sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/Ntu_6ROG8EM Father and Son]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' and [[https://youtu.be/0ai3wCTLHx0 Taking on the Shagohod]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''.

* ''In VideoGame/LEGODimensions'', although WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons is included as a franchise, the Danny Elfman theme associated with the show doesn't quite make it in.
* Compare [[https://youtu.be/iMH49ieL4es "Katamari on the Rocks"]] from ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' to [[https://youtu.be/HoXbBRPNHUE "Paternal Horn"]] from ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''

* The [[https://youtu.be/v0QfuIlX1S0 Stage Clear theme]] from ''VideoGame/FireBarrel'' sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/5bmt4QipjEI Stage Clear theme]] from ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.


* The first two thirds of the [[https://youtu.be/7r84syTIFMw town theme]] in ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}'' sound like Music/TheShermanBrothers' [[https://youtu.be/rTuYTEG4fac "It's a Small World"]], while the last third resembles the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' [[https://youtu.be/H_9hR-Sg4bg theme]].

* ''VideoGame/LightCrusader''[='s=] inventory theme sounds very similar to "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" from Music/{{Genesis}}'s ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''.

* The Corkscrew Carnival music in ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is oddly reminiscent of the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' theme song.

* ''VideoGame/LordOfMagnaMaidenHeaven'' song "Badump! Badump!" sounds suspiciously like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'''s World 4 Theme. [[https://youtu.be/yBJz23wYPAo&ab_channel=AzureNova%27sVideoGameMusic "Comparison here!"]] between 25 seconds and 1:05

* In ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiboM5tSCZo B.D. Joe's All Star Theme]] sounds very similar to an instrumenatl version of the main guitar riff of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us8OhI-OTHg All I Want]]'' by ''Music/TheOffspring''. Fitting, as ''All I Want'' is often considered the unofficial theme of Crazy Taxi, being the most prominent licenced song in the arcade version of the game.

* The [[https://youtu.be/fOvzu5E1ZjU opening of ''ESWAT'']] for the Genesis sounds almost identical to the beginning of Gary Numan's ''[[https://youtu.be/Xw8dTF9Jr34 I Die: You Die]]''.

* In ''Combat Cars'', the [[https://youtu.be/mP2yLmfuJeo Character Select]] and [[https://youtu.be/tYA-jD1nFcA Downtown]] themes are suspiciously similar songs to Haddaway's [[https://youtu.be/Pe5q_TdKbsk "What is Love?"]] and 2 Unlimited's [[https://youtu.be/_UBnhK7pdIE "Tribal Dance"]], respectively.

* In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'', the ending song [[https://youtu.be/y57u7HL9QuE "GO Love and Peace"]] slightly resembles [[https://youtu.be/A59T-qgHqyc?t=40m19s "June Bride"]] by Toshiki Kadomatsu on the Sea Is A Lady album.
** In addition, it also resembles "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by Chelsea Grin.

* The "Space Elevator" theme from ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' is suspiciously similar to ''Series/StrangerThings'' theme. The game's main motif also sounds like "Hero Memories" by Epic Soul Factory.

* The Game Boy ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' game has one on the title screen. Sunsoft's license evidently did not cover "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down".

* 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/watch?v=AxQGB7a-6xQ "Bloody Tears"]].

* ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-x4Dz1ypm8 ending theme]] sounds like Music/JeanMichelJarre's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLEZM_N0K8 Fourth Rendez-Vous]]".


* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEloWqGMPbU This track]] from ''Hebereke's Popoon'' for SNES sounds very similar to 2Unlimited's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOmFUid3vA Get Ready For This]]".
** Ditto the [[https://youtu.be/M_evjak2uXk title theme]] of the Neo Geo shmup ''Zed Blade/Operation Ragnarok''.

* ''Treasure of the Deep'': In this obscure [=PlayStation=] game by Namco, the "Safe Passage" level theme sounds like very much the ''Film/CrimsonTide'' theme.

* The ''Anime/MazingerZ'' theme gets this treatment again in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} II'', fittingly enough as the {{Leitmotif}} for a pair of SuperRobot {{Otaku}}.

* ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' had a song that was a mashup of Suspiciously Similar Songs to classic "war" tunes. Let's face it, Bobby Prince isn't known for his originality.

* The [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 "Meet the Engineer"]] trailer used a guitar piece suspiciously similar to a song called, oddly enough, [[https://youtu.be/Nj85PFpHHCI "Someone Else's Song",]] by the group Wilco. When the song was added to the game as main menu music nearly unaltered from the trailer, it was quickly changed out for a Suspiciously Similar Song twice.

* The main in-game theme of ''Transformers: Convoy no Nazo'' sounds very similar to the main theme of the Jaleco arcade/NES ShootEmUp ''Argus''.

* By the admission of the composer, "Ode To The Bridge Builder" from ''VideoGame/WorldOfGoo'' is a suspiciously similar version of "Amazing Grace" InTheStyleOf Music/EnnioMorricone's SpaghettiWestern scores.

* The first boss' theme in ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' (a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot robotic hay sheaf]]) sounds very close to the Franchise/{{Terminator}}'s theme. This is probably an intentional homage; the Haybot even has a German accent.

* The end credit music in the computer game ''Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Games'' sounds uncannily, incredibly, suspiciously similar to the song "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie, right down to its chord progression.

* The theme to the NES game ''VideoGame/TreasureMaster'' features a virtual soundalike to the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' theme song.

* Unlicensed NES game ''[[https://youtu.be/R4gIDIzEpfU War in the Gulf]]'' contains close soundalikes of Music/JudasPriest's "Atomic Eye", "Crazy Train" by Music/OzzyOsbourne and "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Still Loving You" by the Music/{{Scorpions}}.

* And from the same people who made the above, ''[[https://youtu.be/rGyEb2kRMis Fighting Hero]]'''s ending theme is basically an 8-bit version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man".

* 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.

* ''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}}''.

* The main battle music in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode III'' resembles the theme to ''Inspector Gadget''.

* From ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' there's the song "[[https://youtu.be/fwR85Nfs7Sg Resistance]]" that sounds incredibly similar to the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' opening.

* The [[FinalBoss ORN Emperor's]] [[https://youtu.be/lzgOztcq2lg theme]] from ''[[VideoGame/ThunderForce Thunder Force VI]]'' sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/VFURd_EOIuU Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', of all songs.

* [[https://youtu.be/oTQIiIKummw "Metal Squad"]], the stage 8 theme from ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' IV, is very similar to Loudness's [[https://youtu.be/B92FJPZkfdc "Soldier of Fortune"]], right down to the solo.
** "Lightning Strikes Again", the opening theme from ''Thunder Force IV'', is based on Dokken's song named—get ready for it—"Lightning Strikes Again".

** Additionally, ''[[VideoGame/CrazyTaxi B.D. Joe's]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiboM5tSCZo All Star Theme]] sounds very similar to an instrumenal version of the main guitar riff of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us8OhI-OTHg All I Want]]'' by ''Music/TheOffspring''. Ftting, as ''All I Want'' is often considered the unofficial theme of Crazy Taxi, being the most prominent licenced song in the arcade version of the game.

* "Gyges, Will You Please Help Me?" from ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' is closely based on the Haides theme from ''VideoGame/ThunderForce III''.

* The rather obscure visual novel ''VisualNovel/{{Tentama}}'' has, as a sort of main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RF8wH9mSqM&t=40s a tune]] that sounds a lot like Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" (though with a mostly different melody). Related, albeit [[PublicDomainSoundtrack not an example]], is the use of an abridged Music/PachelbelsCanon as another track.

* The [[https://youtu.be/bX_80GckYRQ title theme]] of ''VideoGame/TestDrive II: The Duel'' is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/8JTtROyminQ that of]] ''VideoGame/RCProAm''.

* Upon the reveal, the main theme for the indie title ''Wing of Darkness'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7vijsq-6k Eisen Flügel]]", almost immedietly drew comparisons to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'''s well known main theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7dCgtwX2c Guren No Yumiya]]".

* The ''Manga/MazingerZ'' theme gets this treatment again in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} II'', fittingly enough as the {{Leitmotif}} for a pair of SuperRobot {{Otaku}}.

*** Mazinger gets this treatment again in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} II'', fittingly enough as the {{Leitmotif}} for a pair of SuperRobot {{Otaku}}.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Turok}} Turok 2: Seeds of Evil]]'':
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOUsxvISKg Port of Adia]] theme, oddly, sounds like an orchestral rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERtkpnXLrL4 "I Got 5 on It"]] by Music/{{Luniz}}.
*** Likewise, the B-section of the [[https://youtu.be/7tnOtNPjtTM?t=17s castle theme]] in ''Mystery Quest'' resembles Club Nouveau's [[https://youtu.be/b533-iuLDIs "Why You Treat Me So Bad"]], whose main hook was interpolated in "I Got 5 on It".
** The climax of the [[https://youtu.be/db8tYpJOdoU Mantid Hive theme]] resembles the third part (by Skaven) of the soundtrack from Future Crew's ''[[https://youtu.be/OoyJvggiCx8 Second Reality]]''.

* The [=PS2=] remake of Sega's ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' side-scroller for the Master System features a soundtrack consisting of vaguely similar renditions of the incidental music from the anime.

* ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'' 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.''

* In ''Ring King'', when you win a match in one player mode, you get a tune that is very similar to the one from "The Walrus and the Carpenter" from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''... you know, the part where it goes, "The time has come, the Walrus said, / To talk of many things: / Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, / Of cabbages and kings."

* Games based on ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'':
** The cutscene music in ''The Ren and Stimpy Show: Veediots!'' is a similar song to "Turkey Trot" by John Longmire, used in the actual show many times.
** In ''VideoGame/StimpysInvention'', the jingle that plays during the [[LogoJoke customized]] Creator/{{Sega}} [[LogoJoke logo]] sounds very similar to the Log theme song.[[note]]Log itself even appears leading the logo with its parade conductor's hat and baton.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'':
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFjoFhYiW20 main theme]] of the first two games is very similar to the ''Film/{{Speed}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csPaBHZP8lY theme]], particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47x7YjjNFe4 "Rush Hour"]] variation. In turn, [[https://youtu.be/YQBpX79xcCc "Contingency"]] from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare 2'' is suspiciously similar to the ''TC'' theme.
** Some songs in ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 2'', particularly the final boss theme and the end credits is similar to "Hummel Gets the Rockets" from ''Film/TheRock''. Also, the ending theme to ''Crisis Zone'' rhymes with "Fighting 17th" from ''Film/{{Backdraft}}''.

* Part of [[https://youtu.be/-LK01R-sCNg "Three Minutes Clapping"]] from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' sounds like a riff from [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Kansas Kansas]]' [[https://youtu.be/2X_2IdybTV0 "Carry on Wayward Son"]], and another part sounds like a riff from Music/PeterGabriel's [[https://youtu.be/CnVf1ZoCJSo "Shock the Monkey"]].

* ''VideoGame/TriggerheartExelica'''s [[https://youtu.be/k2JIBKIBjH4 boss theme]] sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/nJQdOIAo7Tk "Termination"]], the FinalBoss theme from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} II''.
** The FinalBoss [[https://youtu.be/XEo8hkOOK6g music]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/rUzlG1ZkG6g Hibachi's theme]] from ''VideoGame/DoDonpachi Daioujou''.
* ''VideoGame/WakuWaku7'': Bonus-kun's theme "Gently Forgiving" doesn't sound like Ryu's theme in the way rearranging parts of a song might make it sound not so similar.

* "[[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.
** The orchestral section of the [[https://youtu.be/lSDQQZNqR14 Carrington Villa]] BGM is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/4TCslzBeYOA River of Souls]] theme from ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 2: Seeds of Evil''.
** Fitting with the game being a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'', the [[https://youtu.be/cxEausPgUdc main theme]] is a suspiciously similar take on the Bond theme.

* The main theme of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', [[https://youtu.be/eVVXNDv8rY0 "Dragonborn"]], is quite similar to the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' theme, [[https://youtu.be/EFpnW5En33M "He's a Pirate"]].
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFtjdpDOtA Watch the Skies]]" is close to being a cover version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3GKAImpApM The Warrior Princess]]" from Xena.

* The cinematic track "Space" in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'' begins exactly the same way as Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra, but hits a different note and deviates from there. Especially odd, as Also Sprach Zarathustra is already in the game, but as a [[CripplingOverspecialization Funk Remix]], which wouldn't really be mood-appropriate.

* The bassline for ''VideoGame/LocoRoco'''s credits theme, "[[https://youtu.be/lxwYuT_qVnI Etoule Pucoratte]]", is very clearly based on Lou Bega's "[[https://youtu.be/EK_LN3XEcnw Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)]]".
** The song "[[https://youtu.be/EpTgbOLi4FE Uwauwau]]" has near-identical chord progression to the Chordettes' "[[https://youtu.be/3rYoRaxgOE0 Lollipop]]".

* ''VideoGame/JetMoto'' series:
** The first game's [[https://youtu.be/xlyxVk4tXgs title theme]] is a sound-alike of Music/DickDale's [[https://youtu.be/-y3h9p_c5-M "Misirlou"]].
** The first half of the [[https://youtu.be/8nxK99OcUmk Cypress Run]] BGM sounds like a cross between The Surfaris' [[https://youtu.be/-YusHyd-duQ "Wipe Out"]] and the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' [[https://youtu.be/ye8KvYKn9-0 theme]].
** [[https://youtu.be/mAfc6ffn-qo Ice Crusher]] is similar to the ''Film/{{Speed}}'' [[https://youtu.be/csPaBHZP8lY theme]].
** The main guitar riff of [[https://youtu.be/ZYGwk1xsWo8 The Shaft]] from the second game sounds like the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' [[https://youtu.be/7Wt6XlVob_E theme]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/MysUvZs1GjY Khumbu Ice Falls]] theme from the third game, especially the intro, is suspiciously similar to Juno Reactor & Traci Lords' [[https://youtu.be/3kRlvrtdS0c "Control"]], AKA Reptile's theme in the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' film. Ironically, the game has three licensed songs by Juno Reactor.
** [[https://youtu.be/6Xx-aOH7uU0 Urban Subway]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/qKZ8nt6WQYQ "Break In"]] by Cirrus.

* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/AREfY2vNmZo main theme]] sounds like a slower rendition of the synth hook from [[https://youtu.be/sUGueeR0hUw "Will I"]] by Ian Van Dahl.
** [[https://youtu.be/b9bLewQ3Z00 "Release"]] sounds similar to the Juno Reactor songs [[https://youtu.be/4lgS52c0us0 "Magnetic"]] and [[https://youtu.be/T0Fbv7HgLi8 "Ice Cube"]], both from their ''Beyond the Infinite'' album.
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/q_34TM3L45Y "Back in the Game"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/vJ3VFzuuUMI "Chill Exposure"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''.
** The 303 riff in [[https://youtu.be/WZrif1uQ8GM "Savant"]] from 6:55 to 7:25 is similar to Josh Wink's [[https://youtu.be/1Z9mhK8Liqg "Higher State of Consciousness"]].
** The verses of [[https://youtu.be/fB4gjiMVKFI "Warning Call"]], the AwardBaitSong by Music/{{CHVRCHES}}, resemble [[https://youtu.be/hRAZbQXS93M "Castles in the Sky"]], Ian van Dahl's other signature song. The chorus, on the other hand, sounds suspiciously like the coda of [[https://youtu.be/3bNITQR4Uso?t=5m42s "Plastic Love"]] by Mariya Takeuchi.

* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'':
** Part of the series [[https://youtu.be/8xdv3fKqbYk theme]], from 0:40 to 1:09, sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/c9KuT6JoizY Crystal Stage]] theme from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} II''.
** [[https://youtu.be/vEtgIzuZPOU "Windy Day"]], the Stage 2 theme in ''Metal Slug 5'', is very similar to the [[https://youtu.be/0gscut1p4kY theme]] from the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western film ''Film/HangEmHigh''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' series:
** [[https://youtu.be/kd9xS7dwmjM "Leela"]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/vdiK_92V-jA the Mechanical Age entrance theme]] from ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''. Conversely, it was also the basis for [[https://youtu.be/5fPFtDdqnJI "Covenant Dance"]] and [[https://youtu.be/upL1t_5DDZw "Pursuit of Truth"]] in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series.
** [[https://youtu.be/O2AEAd0h0_I "Splash"]] is highly similar to Music/GiorgioMoroder's [[https://youtu.be/ViN2bRGrBx8 "Chase"]] from ''Film/MidnightExpress''.
** The ''Infinity'' [[https://youtu.be/kXwevR52t5k title theme]] is similar to The Immortals' [[https://youtu.be/iTWdm6RrpVE "Techno Syndrome"]] from ''Film/MortalKombat''.


* ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'':
** In the first game, the [[https://youtu.be/AwJFSyfPWV0 Chapter 3 BGM]] is similar to the early '90s techno song "[[https://youtu.be/_bsyz7a5vu8 Stroboid Over]]" by Formicula 4.
** The first game's [[https://youtu.be/y7Nf8xysEWw boss theme]] resembles the UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD arrangement of "[[https://youtu.be/wtimEYkqG2A Ogre Battle]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}''.
** [[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 ''VideoGame/TouhouReiidenHighlyResponsiveToPrayers''. 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.

* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/5ov6lzqWjmk main theme]] sounds like a slower version of [[https://youtu.be/49tpIMDy9BE "Shatter Me"]] by Music/LindseyStirling.
** [[https://youtu.be/b3ttpyZPo7k "Reflection"]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/hTwOhefBee4 "Rebuild, Renew"]] from ''VideoGame/Fallout4''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/EbDkU65pJNQ Mantis Lords]] battle theme and the [[https://youtu.be/1unm0LS10ao City of Tears]] theme resemble the [[https://youtu.be/kqvBJc9IovI first]] and [[https://youtu.be/1FP7NosLxkw second]] movements, respectively, of Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's ''Sonata Pathetique''.
** Speaking of Beethoven, the [[https://youtu.be/5rwagL7Yrxo Resting Grounds]] and [[https://youtu.be/SS_7IQ_UshA Kingdom's Edge]] themes are both similar to the [[https://youtu.be/sbTVZMJ9Z2I first movement]] of the ''Moonlight Sonata''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/8q4LZx08FlQ Fungal Wastes]]' theme is similar to Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s [[https://youtu.be/a15yqZ1uL9A The Hall of Mirrors]].
** [[https://youtu.be/mSN6r3_XBZc "Decisive Battle"]] sounds suspiciously very similar to the [[https://youtu.be/dF5PlhFXEZ8 Assault Theme]] from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''. Which itself is a suspiciously similar song to the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme.
** 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 first part also resembles "[[https://youtu.be/FgtgBI59JY8 Final Zone]]" from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''.
** [[https://youtu.be/Mq8E_1LkoAc Nightmare King Grimm]]'s theme sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/2Gd6sBEhmAg "Nothing to Lose"]], Dracula's Phase 1 theme from ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'', mixed with [[https://youtu.be/_PPEZxVEgjk "Dance of Illusions"]] from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
** [[https://youtu.be/JqSSzXCy4f0 Soul Sanctum]] sounds like an OminousPipeOrgan [[MusicalPastiche pastiche]] of the [[https://youtu.be/5WrgY2O6xHE dungeon theme]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' and the aforementioned City of Tears theme.
** The [[https://youtu.be/ABXga9y0B3I Greenpath]] BGM is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/9gZrnEARFeA main theme]] of the the original''Franchise/TombRaider'' trilogy, particularly [[https://youtu.be/B8IHzz576CI the third game's arrangement]].
** [[https://youtu.be/oIIuwtDL_ok "Queen's Gardens"]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/5tEGjrKxVl8 "Peril (Jeopardy)"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. The BattleThemeMusic [[https://youtu.be/VzbXzIwPhgk&t=02m29s variation]] is also similar to [[https://youtu.be/TuBHzh2uHy4 "To Turn a Tide"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.
** The White Lady's [[https://youtu.be/87RtYd0HJK4 theme]] sounds like a blend of [[https://youtu.be/jRKAZrMXm4c Sheik's theme]] and the [[https://youtu.be/OaIDovzdVag Minuet of Forest]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** [[https://youtu.be/p9HXwipaOJE The Crossroads/Deepnest action theme]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/Vn1e7UjYS58 "Devils...Monsters"]] from ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''.

* ''VideoGame/MystikBelle'':
** "[[https://youtu.be/4roFwhOU84g Belle's Overture]]" is uncannily similar to "[[https://youtu.be/PrQQ5_4Wl1I See You Again]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} I & II''.
** [[https://youtu.be/Yi8mskCjnI4 "Dubious Castle Safety Gigue]] is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/TVEyGntyOZQ Mystic Cave Zone]] theme from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''.
** The A-section of "[[https://youtu.be/XXpxDsR_PjA?t=15s When Night Comes to Play]]" is a shameless soundalike of "[[https://youtu.be/scdcapwiZXs Poison Mind]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.
** "[[https://youtu.be/d6NO2ZIbrd4 Fighting off the Madness (Forest)]]" is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/NTkTDLodLhM the Iris Tower theme]] from ''Ys IV: Mask of the Sun'' and ''VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta''.
** The FinalBoss theme, "[[https://youtu.be/mYVe1Q_KqJU Chaos Beckons]]", sounds like "[[https://youtu.be/fuGxtOBSMSs Zebetite]]", the final boss theme of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.

* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pB3geCwqC0 Kamurocho Battle Theme ]] from 0:36 on sounds an awful lot like the infamous "Gangnam Style" by PSY.

* ''VideoGame/WildArms'':
** The overworld theme in the original ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs|1}}'' has more than just a few bits taken from "The Ecstasy of Gold" from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
** ''[[Anime/WildArmsTwilightVenom Twilight Venom]]'' uses ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'''s famous five-note whistle in its theme.
** In ''VideoGame/WildArms3'', the theme for the town of Claiborne resembles "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.
** Many of the themes in ''[[VideoGame/WildArms1 Wild ARMs: Alter Code: F]]'' are not direct remixes of tracks from the original ''Wild Arms'' but Suspiciously Similar Songs, for example, the Curan Abbey theme.
** "Cold Darkness" in the original version of the first game sounds like a "dark" version of "Only You (and You Alone)".
** In ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', the bridge of "Gun Blaze" is taken from the main theme of (again) ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.

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








* When ''VideoGame/TrackAndField'' was included on a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS compilation, "Chariots of Fire" (which was heard in the original arcade release) was turned into a suspiciously similar version.
* The rhythm dance game series ''Pump It Up'' features several suspiciously similar versions of songs created by an in-house production band, [=BanYa=]. Among these include "Extravaganza" (Burnin' by Daft Punk), "Mr. Larpus" (Wipeout by The Surfaris), "Miss's Story" (Beethoven's 5th Symphony), "Beethoven Virus" (Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique), "Beat of the War" (Holy Wars...The Punishment Due by Megadeth), and "Love is a Danger Zone 2" (Motorbreath by Metallica).












* The music in the trailer for the unreleased ''[[https://youtu.be/nUFiDeZsViA Thea Realm Fighters]]'' for the UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/egne2ZCMM_0 the theme from]] the Film/MortalKombat movie, except that the Franchise/MortalKombat theme is good. The never-finished game in question was a pretty blatant FollowTheLeader attempt to be like MK, even starring members of [=MK2=]'s cast, so you might even file this under UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}}.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNxhzCl8ME Flash of Sword]] from ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}: The Fantasm Soldier'', and [[https://youtu.be/sD9esiYZvOo Level 1]] from ''VideoGame/FinalZone II''. In this case, the games were made by the same company, so it may be SelfPlagiarism.
** Also from ''Valis 1'', [[https://youtu.be/vk20crJJ97Q "Cellular Tissue"]] resembles the StationaryBoss [[https://youtu.be/NaKSOufXkGY theme]] from the NES game ''Iron Tank''.
** The chorus of [[https://youtu.be/1hXHRHmChBo "Don't Stop (Song for Bowie)"]] from ''Final Zone II'' is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/O5z_l6NE3qs theme]] from ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
** 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}}''.

* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** ''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.
** The military base theme in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' sounds similar to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.
** The tune played during comical scenes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', "The Young Sorceress's Foul Mood", resembles "Entry of the Gladiators" by Julius Fučík (a piece commonly used in circuses).
** The theme "Worthy Guardian" from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' sounds ''very'' similar to "The Wise one" from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', a theme rarely heard.
** The music of the Mine of Gnome from ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' sounds similar to the theme of ''Film/TopGun''.
** The Spiral Draco theme actually sounds ''quite'' similar to the Doom Dragon theme from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' - another game Sakuraba did the music for.
* Sly Cooper's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0518btEM-c Back Alley Heist]] bears a striking resemblence to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_bMdYfSws California Love]].
* The [[https://youtu.be/TsP5nnBhtJI fight theme]] in ''VideoGame/ProWrestling'', the title theme to the Macintosh helicopter game ''[[https://youtu.be/TWCb8ayXNC8 Apache Strike]]'', and the first Underworld music [[https://youtu.be/e0xzLGbrtvY (around 4:00 in this clip)]] in ''Keith Courage in Alpha Zones'', all resemble the [[https://youtu.be/nIoSPevvsds iconic theme tune]] from ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'', the second most blatantly so.

* ''VideoGame/TwilightWing'':
** The first boss theme, [[https://youtu.be/e4pcQzCjOaA "Back to Ego"]], is similar to [[https://youtu.be/V0gT4vJ90yU "A Strange Enemy" (Stage 1 Boss)]] from ''Lightning Fighters''.
** The second final boss theme, [[https://youtu.be/fZvTbmuy-lg "Never Let Go"]], resembles [[https://youtu.be/xXLKDEwGZyI "Critical Moment of Contra"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier''.
** The credits theme, [[https://youtu.be/SeRL25OcquM "Voyage Beat"]], is similar to Music/{{Orbital}}'s [[https://youtu.be/M0wYZ9hS0zc "Belfast"]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** "[[http://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/sans sans.]]" sounds a lot like Music/SmashMouth's "Walking on the Sun".
** "[[http://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dating-start Dating Start!]]" is similar to "Turnabout Sisters" from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. "Dating Tense!" and "Dating Fight!" are likewise heavily influenced by "Suspense" and "Pursuit ~ Cornered".
** "Oh! One True Love", being a parody of the opera scene from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', is a soundalike of "Aria de Mezzo Carattere". "Oh! Dungeon" is based on "Grand Finale".
** The musical sting that plays when the Mad Dummy comes to life is essentially a pitched-down version of the "Guts Man's Ass" riff.
** Mettaton's battle theme "Metal Crusher" bears a heavy resemblance to "Korobeiniki" (or the Tetris Type A theme), and Ievan Polkka.
** The opening of "[[https://youtu.be/z6LmMCuGjfA Snowdin Town]]" sounds like the opening of "[[https://youtu.be/WKPG3cGxtJU Mabe Village]]" from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''.
** Two of the songs you can play in Napstablook's house, "Spooktune" and "Spookwave", sound quite similar to the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' theme, as Music/SiIvaGunner [[https://youtu.be/JzJQOJEzjY4 noticed]].
** "Gaster's Theme", accessible through an EasterEgg, bears similarities to the Eagle's Tower theme, also from ''Link's Awakening''.
** "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.
** There are a few nods to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsuam9o9BA "Another Medium"]] heavily resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YfIHieP30g "Secret of the Forest,"]] particularly the ascending lines of the melody, and [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDuEWw648jo "CORE,"]] especially the piano line, is very similar to the second part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfi_F4YPA6s "Black Omen"]] (this one is probably on purpose, because it also plays during battles, much like the ''Chrono Trigger'' Ocean Palace stage).

* In ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'':
** [[https://youtu.be/NxBmduOu3YQ The Danger Zone]] sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/4ok4GzhIo0k Jungle BGM]] from ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''. The intro riff also resembles that of "Runaway" by Music/BonJovi.
** [[https://youtu.be/i2YbwIuhv0E "Sidecrawler's Dance"]] is similar to part of the [[https://youtu.be/s8saW9rKpUw theme]] from the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Crystal Hammer''.

* In ''VideoGame/WinBack'', the [[https://youtu.be/n9GOqMVPPyY first boss theme]] is similar to the intro and breakdown of [[https://youtu.be/ydMAR61Kq2k "Tinkletoon" (the Las Vegas BGM)]] from ''[[VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush Rush 2]]''.

* ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'':
** One of the Pirate Battle tracks, [[https://youtu.be/Tl-ZFUX-Cpk BTL_DeadlyPirate_Full01]] sounds almost identical to the [[https://youtu.be/SMHFsnw5P3Y Battle of Endor track]] from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** [[https://youtu.be/yUyBNiRW7DM&index=30 BTL_RoyalNavyArrives]] is very similar to [[https://youtu.be/adNk7S4j8GA Edward Elgar's Imperial March Op. 32]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'':
** [[https://youtu.be/GyshPjfUaKQ Lei Wulong's theme]] in ''Tekken 2'', especially the arcade version, sounds like [[https://youtu.be/RkEXGgdqMz8 "No Limit"]] by 2 Unlimited.
** The A-section of the [[https://youtu.be/GkNRBt1C23I?t=21s arcade arrangement]] of Nina's ''T2'' theme sounds like [[https://youtu.be/18N2k1TBBRE "Everybody Everybody]]" by Black Box.
** In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 2'' (not the arcade version, which uses an almost completely different arrangement), the first third of the midboss theme, [[https://youtu.be/HikefwlNaCo "Quiet Interim Report"]], resembles the progressive {{trance}} song [[https://youtu.be/5b4E2LU2-gk "Joy"]] by Peter Vriends/Quadripart Project.
*** In the arcade version, the intro of the [[https://youtu.be/SFcnlX4REVE mid-boss theme]] is similar to the main riff of Berlin's "[[https://youtu.be/_UXtort76gY The Metro]]", while the second part sounds suspiciously like the [[https://youtu.be/wSu_2ivyG5E boss theme]] from ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/OpQOso5DJCU intro theme]] to the [=PlayStation=] version of ''2'' is similar to the ''Series/KnightRider'' [[https://youtu.be/rhLejQ00sus theme]].

* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal (1995)'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/-fDfwpghvcg title theme]] sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/VeiNGxQW_yU "Swamp Music"]] by Music/LynyrdSkynyrd.
** [[https://youtu.be/XZp2IeTGDg0 "Asphalt Assault"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/Wr9ie2J2690 "Highway Star"]] by Music/DeepPurple, with a touch of Music/{{KISS}}'s [[https://youtu.be/zlSFmotba2I "I Was Made for Loving You"]].
** The second interlude in [[https://youtu.be/N_qW80c5MHk "Cyburb Slide"]] is similar to the intro of the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' [[https://youtu.be/7Wt6XlVob_E theme]].

* In Creator/{{Acclaim}}'s [=PlayStation=] racing game ''Vanishing Point'' (no relation to [[Film/VanishingPoint the movie]]):
** [[https://youtu.be/IDzDYQyv4qU "Receptor"]] sounds alot like the psytrance song [[https://youtu.be/sLcrJpHx0sc "Superbooster"]] by The Infinity Project, with hints of Juno Reactor's [[https://youtu.be/IZmbGaII1KM "Guardian Angel"]].
** The second half of [[https://youtu.be/lh0xNbEuELA "Purple Maze"]] (no relation to [[Music/JimiHendrix "Purple Haze"]]) sounds like [[https://youtu.be/EBEVlyKPet4 "Stella (Tall Paul Remix)"]] by Jam & Spoon.
** The synth melody of [[https://youtu.be/aHP2e3L7xKA "Q"]] sounds like the B-section of the [[https://youtu.be/vqTt9j_bHPE Light Plane]] BGM from ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}'', which itself borrows from the sax riff of Music/MenAtWork's [[https://youtu.be/SECVGN4Bsgg "Who Can It Be Now?"]]

* While all of the songs in the game are inspired by existing tracks, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeCOu2eYDbs "Dave's Anthem"]] from ''[[VideoGame/Vigilante8 Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense]]'' is almost a direct copy of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coujhI7Z9sQ "Highway Star"]] by 70s rockers [[Music/DeepPurple Deep Purple]].
* The [[https://youtu.be/5brkide88Qg Argus battle theme]] in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is similar to "[[https://youtu.be/roF8-B8cBjw The Dusk Gathers]]" from ''VideoGame/ContraShatteredSoldier'', which also plays while fighting a TransformingMecha.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5XIFqxwzqY invincibility potion theme]] in the first ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' sounds like the beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIbMbXjbW98 "Baba O'Riley"]] by Music/TheWho.

* Streamworks (Saliva Island) from ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'' has a part that sounds similar to Stardust Speedway (Bad Future, JPN) from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD''.

* ''VideoGame/StarTrekVoyagerEliteForce'': Danny Pelfrey [[https://youtu.be/ej_DZpKEJAs manages to rework]] the ''Voyager'' theme into something both new and familiar.

* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' of course used the ''Series/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.
** In another ironic twist, the ''Spy Hunter'' game also provides an aversion of this trope. The makers of the game originally wanted to use the ''Film/JamesBond'' theme song, but couldn't obtain the rights to it. Instead of using a Suspiciously Similar Song to it, they went with the Peter Gunn theme.
** The "Percussion" song from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 3'' has a very similar feel to the show theme as well.
** Also in ''Super Spy Hunter'', the [[https://youtu.be/U3hqnCwzggg Stage 1-1]] BGM sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/EW8byCf_Crw overworld theme]] from ''VideoGame/FestersQuest''.

* The original arcade version of ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands'' uses an upbeat remix of "Over The Rainbow" (yes, the song from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''!) as its background music. Needless to say, there were some issues with licensing the music when the game was released on home systems. Many home computer ports of the game got away with using the original tune, but the North American NES and Master System releases use a very noticeable Suspiciously Similar Song; the European NES release uses an entirely different tune altogether. Later re-releases, including the PC re-release, go with the American NES song.
** The arcade port found on Taito Legends is an aversion. It uses the same theme, but with the offending melody simply muted.
** Also, ''Parasol Stars'', the sequel to ''Rainbow Islands'', uses a Suspiciously Similar Song to the '''Lambada''' as the boss battle music!
* The menu of the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game ''Franchise/SailorMoon: La Luna Splende'' features a song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ksI2FsaHM very similar to the anime's theme]], probably changed due to copyright problems with the song. It's funny because "Moonlight Densetsu" itself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgNTHyo8CeY isn't a fully original composition at all]].

* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'', the music playing in the background at the Apothecary's store is a somewhat mediterranean Suspiciously Similar Song to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit". Very suitable, given the Apothecary's profession (sells drugs...) and hippie-like demeanor.

* [[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/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' has the [[https://youtu.be/ZEABV-3j8oQ Bayou level background music]], which sounds very similar to the Music/PinkFloyd song [[https://youtu.be/BLKiMbC6s2k "Shine on you Crazy Diamond"]] in many parts. Interestingly, the big 4 repeating guitar notes are played in the exact way!
* The "musical stages" from ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'' use this; "Castle Rock" is pretty much a [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]] cover of "Black Betty", while "Mariachi Madness" features a mariachi version of "Eye of the Tiger".









** The main battle theme from ''VideoGame/StellaDeusTheGateOfEternity'' resembles the refrain of the "Raider's March" as well.



* In ''VideoGame/{{Stuntman}}'', most of the films you work on are {{Lawyer Friendly Cameo}}s of existing ones, complete with suspiciously familiar music that's surprisingly good in matching the mood of the original while never being identical. For example, see [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ImWAkd684mw this video of a scene from the latest Dakota Scott movie]].

* The [[https://youtu.be/f10CtaCoeVI intro music]] from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/TFLRHPUWBI8 Sadeness]] by Enigma.
** Streets of Rage 2's [[https://youtu.be/GO14WFh1k-I&feature=related stage 4 theme]] is a faster version of the Shamen's [[https://youtu.be/gzbUPISS6gw Move Any Mountain]].




* In ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'', the main riff of [[https://youtu.be/Pvkt3H2EjBg "Rough and Tumble"]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/HFKtYCcMWT4 "Skull Castle Part 1"]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''.
** [[https://youtu.be/yxJIlYuS4T4 Can't Retrace]] from ''Raiden IV'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/FDr0oy2Tnr8 Act 1 Boss]] from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''.
** [[https://youtu.be/6_1e5nyb1k8 Lightning War]] from ''Raiden I'' takes riffs from two Creator/{{Toaplan}} shmup game songs: the [[https://youtu.be/rXJNFqREeMc Level 2 music]] from ''Flying Shark / Sky Shark'' and the [[https://youtu.be/HjuWpzKt5QQ Level 1 music]] from ''Truxton/Tatsujin''.
*** Considering the first ''Raiden'' game was basically a big Toaplan homage, this makes sense.
** The main riff of [[https://youtu.be/ls1F3mMG60Q "Atomic Resistance"]] (Stage 2) in ''Raiden III'' is suspiciously similar to "[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Vampire Killer]]".
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/mU6M74nwEqc Lightning Strikes]], also from ''Raiden III'', resembles [[https://youtu.be/54jgnb5FMZ4 Knight Man]]'s theme from ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man 6}}''. The last part is suspiciously similar to the second part of the [[https://youtu.be/5kj5lznf9mg Stage 1]] theme from ''VideoGame/{{Gekirindan}}'', another Toaplan-inspired shmup.
** [[https://youtu.be/q23jVSyxfrM "Fighting Thunder"]] sounds like a faster version of the intro to [[https://youtu.be/BQAKRw6mToA "Moskau"]] by Music/DschinghisKhan.
** The GameOver [[http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/raiden-iv/17-game-over-for-raiden-game-over-.mp3 theme]] sounds similar to Music/{{Journey}}'s [[https://youtu.be/OMD8hBsA-RI Faithfully]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}} 64'', the climax of the [[https://youtu.be/Fh9dcrQAJcI Gyrocopter]] music sounds like the main riff of Kool & The Gang's [[https://youtu.be/AeTgx_pj6m8 "Celebration"]]. The [[https://youtu.be/m_ZlXHXpjnw Hang Glider]] music sounds like a {{softer and slower|Cover}} version of [[https://youtu.be/V-xpJRwIA-Q "Dance Hall Days"]] by Wang Chung.
** [[https://youtu.be/ON445uaHDAI The Skydiving theme]] from the original ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}'' sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/q6jQIul9x8w theme]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''.



* A version of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen is heard in ''[[https://youtu.be/VdZGtDHmCOo Pictionary]]'' for the NES.




* The creators of ''Rick Dangerous'' seem to [[https://youtu.be/fSRjV7P6-T8 have liked John Williams]]... or [[https://youtu.be/IMJIiwDlEYo something like that]]...

* The FinalBoss music in ''VideoGame/RType Final'' is suspiciously similar to the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' [[OminousLatinChanting Gregorian chant]], as well as the Temple of Time theme from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.

* The last few bars before the loop in [[https://youtu.be/MExEnrj8aRU "Child Abuse"]] (the Robo-Rat/Tesso fight theme) from ''VideoGame/Persona1'' 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]].
** The main piano riff in the track "Swear to my Bones" sounds similar to a RecurringRiff from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', found in the tracks "Courage", a section of Hyrule Field theme, and possibly others. A later part in the song also resembles the "Love Theme" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.

* ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'': The cinema before the fourth level includes a short ditty that sounds remarkably like the song "Tijuana Taxi".
** The driving lesson song is a pretty blatant ripoff of "Turtles Have Short Legs" by Can.
** Also, "Parappa's Live Rap With MC King Kong Mushi" sounds a little like the rap version of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December,_1963_%28Oh,_What_a_Night%29 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]]" by Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons.
* "[[https://youtu.be/zGjWOmyHCMg Lost Forest]]" in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'' starts like "[[https://youtu.be/rEoRavExhfo The Legendary Hero]]" in 'VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
* While lots of the music in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' is original music InTheStyleOf Music/EnnioMorricone, some of it edges just a little bit closer to this:
** The little riffs that play as you wonder around in New Austin contain a melody that [[TheJoyOfX for a few notes more]] would be the theme of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' played on an atomic guitar. There's also a slow rhythmic guitar and English horn piece which is obviously reminiscent of the repeated "Per Un Pugno Di Dollari" cue from ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', but slowed down and without the key changes, and a harmonica riff reminiscent of the "Man With A Harmonica" theme from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.
** The bounty hunting, raiding a hideout and ambient battle music in New Austin is basically "L'Inseguimento" from ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' in a swung time signature.
** The harmonica piece occasionally played by harmonica-playing {{NPC}}s is very, very similar to the "Marcetta" melody from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (the one that plays when Tuco and Blondie are being led into the prison camp).
** There's an ocarina playing the coyote-call from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' amongst the ambient riffs in Mexico, although with a couple of notes added on the end, or with slightly different articulation. Sometimes it's even followed up with a harmonica playing a 'waa waa waa' reply, with the same pitches in a different order. The battle music while attacking banditos in Mexico also contains the [[{{Leitmotif}} screaming voices associated with Tuco]] in the same film.

* In ''VideoGame/SyphonFilterTheOmegaStrain'', the first part of [[https://youtu.be/fTBO8cg6VUM the Quarantine Zone "danger" music]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/-RhDerMjN28 "The Port of Adia"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 2''.
** [[https://youtu.be/OSv43vQJPcs Quarantine Zone (Suspense)]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/tekAyLxiZtI Runway]] from ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' as well as the [[https://youtu.be/hKLpJtvzlEI theme]] from ''Film/RequiemForADream''.
** "[[https://youtu.be/QLTVTFxORtI Warehouse District (Action)]]" is reminiscent of the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme.
** The [[https://youtu.be/ufsBMrDkjf4&t=5592s techno tune]] during ''Syphon Filter 2'''s opening cutscene and end credits sounds like [[https://youtu.be/iCBL33NKvPA "Spybreak"]] by the Propellerheads.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qscfbAw3TYg Slums District alert theme]] in the second game is similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLJeXp-cUhY Cool City]] by Purple Motion of the Future Crew.

* ''VideoGame/SuperDoubleDragon'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/zCd0ijmDLRE title theme]] for the US version (also present in the Japanese version's SoundTest) resembles the ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' [[https://youtu.be/ZunGXrbS0hQ theme]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/CxApUuP5IME Airport]] music is similar to the ''Anime/LupinIII (1978)'' [[https://youtu.be/u2FURtbXP5o theme]].
** The music to the [[https://youtu.be/qTOESYQo3Uk Golden Gate Bridge]] stage in (used for Duke's Hideout in the Japanese version) sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/zE15twStdiY Big Blue]] theme (with a touch of [[https://youtu.be/pbE0GVVStQs Port Town]]'s theme) from the ''VideoGame/FZero'' series.
** The Forest theme, originally meant for the Bridge mission, sounds like a swing version of the ''Series/PeterGunn[=/=]VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme.

* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'':
** The title theme of the [[PortingDisaster disastrous N64 port]] of ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' 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/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''.
** "[[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]]".

* "[[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.
** "Blue Fog" from the first game sounds similar to "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MG's. [[https://youtu.be/yin4uIcnRzg "STL"]] sounds like the main riff of The Just Brother's [[https://youtu.be/2Nohjhe8C2w "Sliced Tomatoes"]].
** In ''San Francisco Rush 2049'', the [[https://youtu.be/EtcYvlatqxQ Noon]] track BGM bears a suspicious resemblance to Music/PaulHardcastle's [[https://youtu.be/oho9KaoxI-4 "19"]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}} Season Two: [[ChristmasEpisode Ice Station Santa]]'', "The Friendly Demon Song" is an intentionally obvious SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
** Sam's {{Homoerotic D|ream}}aydream about getting engaged to Max in ''The Penal Zone'' is accompanied by a very close version of "Pallidio" by Karl Jenkins.
** In ''They Stole Max's Brain!'', the music that plays when Sam fights Skun-ka'pe is a version of the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fight music.
** More as homage and less as parody, the theme to the ''The History of Sam and Max'' featurette on the ''Season 3'' DVD is a live-instruments version of the theme to ''Sam and Max Hit The Road''; particularly nice, since the Office {{Leitmotif}} from the Telltale series serves as their 'theme' in those. Unusually, the actual theme from ''Hit The Road'' is played in one of the episodes - perhaps Telltale had the rights to play the theme, but not to rearrange it?
** [[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.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' has [[https://youtu.be/eLgAfE6BX6M "Disco"]], which sounds a bit like New Order's [[https://youtu.be/VyoDbX1EkPQ "Blue Monday"]].
** ''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II'' has [[https://youtu.be/iD29cN-wZ80 "Dawn of the Human Being"]], which sounds a little bit like the [[https://youtu.be/PBmI68OyiPQ theme song]] from ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''.
*** The Casino theme, [[https://youtu.be/tJ4zvfpcI1M&t=33m51s "I Love Money"]] sounds a lot like "Johnny B. Goode".
** [[https://youtu.be/_58-XYXuJMs "I'll Face Myself"]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' resembles [[https://youtu.be/BSsfjHCFosw "At Doom's Gate"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.
*** The verses in [[https://youtu.be/IDv7fPjHDxc "Your Affection"]] sound like The B.B. & Q. Band's [[https://youtu.be/hk3gHNV0Jx0 "On the Beat"]]. The chorus likewise resembles that of "[[https://youtu.be/B1nDzB1P8GM Hikari/Simple And Clean]]" from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
* "[[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''.

* The sound effect as VideoGame/{{QWOP}} takes a step strongly resembles the famous riff from ''Vangelis'''s theme to ''Film/ChariotsOfFire.''
* The song used during the intros for several trailers for ''VideoGame/Portal2'' [[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.
** The co-op credits song "[[https://youtu.be/MJghR7CuxG0 Robots FTW]]" is a remix of [[https://youtu.be/ygI-2F8ApUM Brodyquest]], of all things.

* ''VideoGame/RaySeries'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/9q9oLX7cNuk first Special Mode final boss theme]] from the [=PlayStation=] port of ''VideoGame/RayCrisis'' sounds strikingly similar to Music/{{Seal}}'s [[https://youtu.be/YdY5XPZFSdw Kiss From A Rose]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/SPls-23OPmY first boss theme (2:00)]] in ''Rayforce'' sounds suspiciously similar to the [[https://youtu.be/b9XC3qGABjc alert theme]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake''.
** ''Raystorm'''s name entry theme, "Endless Stairs", is a near-verbatim soundalike of "Unchained Melody" from ''Film/{{Unchained}}'' and ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.
** The main melody in [[https://youtu.be/AfWys2g3q28 Lavande bleu]] is blatantly similar to Andy Williams' [[https://youtu.be/-5-GD8YeObE&list=PLpnIQ8UVY0WfmZnAYTDdj-sqxIswX3Nlo Music To Watch Girls By]], even more so than ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'''s Marble Zone theme.
** The first half of [[https://youtu.be/5XZYHrI6NPU "Vision"]] resembles the [[https://youtu.be/sC-d-AM0gCM Angel Island]] and [[https://youtu.be/xJmdbJ1WnYw Special Stage]] themes in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''.
** [[https://youtu.be/bpqmlvSViN0 "Into Darkness"]] sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/yenQLCHE7Mw "Rainbow Road"]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart''.
** "Quartz", to the Light World dungeon BGM from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.
** The main melody in [[https://youtu.be/0U-1KPRVud8 "Son Dessein"]] is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/c1KNZNGT5_w theme tune]] from ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/7f0uMLEkpgo "Penetration"]] sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/vLI6FzBY_JA Napalm Man]]'s theme from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5''.
** ''Ray Storm'''s FinalBoss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLyCUXn9mQ "Intolerance"]], is similar to Gerard [=McMann=]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrMLMV6E4CM "Cry Little Sister"]] from ''Film/TheLostBoys''.

* The music played on the main menu in ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' (as well as both its predecessors, the ''Pinball Hall of Fame'' collections) sounds like an instrumental version of, appropriately enough, Music/TheWho's "Pinball Wizard". In 2016, Farsight obtained the rights to use the actual song instead, complete with vocals.

* The [[https://youtu.be/tjIt_8p16WM main battle music]] in ''VideoGame/{{Opoona}}'', heard in most fights in the game, draws a lot of clear inspiration from the [[StandardSnippet classic "frenetic action" tune]] [[https://youtu.be/gqg3l3r_DRI "Saber D"*ance."]]

* [[https://youtu.be/EMjn1ut29ag The theme for the third boss]] in the NES version of the Creator/{{SNK}} arcade BeatEmUp game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War'' sounds similar to the saxophone riff in the Glenn Frey song [[https://youtu.be/1-mU-YSk32I The Heat is On]], which was the opening theme to the first ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' movie.

* ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'', being an homage to the 8-bit era, has many examples:
** [[https://youtu.be/jRjM0ZveTZ4 Retro City Rampage Theme]]: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[https://youtu.be/f49OKDTQZwk title theme]]
** [[https://youtu.be/cyOHUM6fGAg Renegade]]: ''VideoGame/{{Renegade}}'' [[https://youtu.be/MfvFeZuTbMM Stage 2]]
** [[https://retrocityrampage.bandcamp.com/track/karaage-freaky-dna Karaage]]: ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' [[https://youtu.be/ub3c08BlWbk Mission 2]]
** [[https://youtu.be/3k2YDCNFDKc Do or Die]]: ''VideoGame/SkateOrDie'' [[https://youtu.be/DUUUfiIOlbk Downhill Race]]
** [[https://youtu.be/gifBe1ie-KQ Not Mega]]: ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' [[https://youtu.be/ZT9DST_M_g8 opening theme]]
** [[https://youtu.be/uIczuKWY8vQ Battaglia Dietro la Cascata A]] and [[https://youtu.be/4Qt26bSE1Xo B]]: [[https://youtu.be/-HUwLA57paU Monster Dance]] and [[https://youtu.be/EjazC45Qkww Bloody Tears]] from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''
** [[https://youtu.be/n9B9VSfV0no Brewskiing]]: ''VideoGame/BattleToads'' [[https://youtu.be/-kt0PJzUYqY Turbo Tunnel Race]]
** [[https://youtu.be/t9bTfXiDCFI Smut Peddler]]: ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}'' [[https://youtu.be/iB7uZZRypZg theme]]
** [[https://youtu.be/PG4V6qAgHWg Dr. Von Buttnick]]: [[https://youtu.be/KbhX7XKgkDU Robotnik's theme]] from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''
** [[https://youtu.be/iHy31IP3dRo Biffman]]: 1960's ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' [[https://youtu.be/OpWVV8wuM1A theme]]
** [[https://youtu.be/MSzydow3Lcw One Last Quest]] (intro): ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' [[https://youtu.be/yELuvkU32Lg First Step Towards Wars]]
** [[https://youtu.be/mOXSvhUxqFo Incident]]: [[https://youtu.be/Dmokw0GkEKU Jungle theme]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' (NES) and/or [[https://youtu.be/PxyQxwRNQhI Frequency 140.85]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake''
** [[https://youtu.be/6bsL5GJuTs4 Across Rooftops]]: [[https://youtu.be/_GWv8JaJpc8 Angel Island Zone Act 2]] and [[https://youtu.be/RPYzgCI6Q1I Hydrocity Zone Act 2]] from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''
* ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'':
** [[https://youtu.be/5k6kg---YKg "Naru, Embracing The Light"]] resembles the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[https://youtu.be/uwMHCspD0nQ theme]].
** The first half of [[https://youtu.be/wnB4mFmlaCM First Steps into the Sunken Glades]] sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/YpvHa259P5Q "Border Town"]] from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorFrontline'', while the piano section in the second half is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/jCPZ_BLe6hE Prologue]] theme from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
** [[https://youtu.be/CX85QCR6dxQ "Finding Sein"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/2L5pvgRzZ0U "Ghosts of Reach"]] from ''VideoGame/Halo2''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/CsKpJygwE5Y Spirit Caverns]] theme is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/nW6Aag8lqAo Dark Forest]] theme from ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest''.
** [[https://youtu.be/8nvfzoQ9Zf8 "Lost in the Misty Woods"]] resembles the intro of [[https://youtu.be/p-4ooTy8FYE "Hive of the Mantids"]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Turok}} Turok 2: Seeds of Evil]]''.
** [[https://youtu.be/GsIG-1LhUQs "Racing The Lava"]] is very similar to [[https://youtu.be/Xi8FCi-x8l8 one of the]] [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic "danger music" cues]] from ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII''.
** [[https://youtu.be/AReQDiyfhFw "Fleeing Kuro"]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/qzVBqBosf5w "Duel of the Fates"]] from ''Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace'' as well as "Neodammerung" from ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''.
** The first two thirds of [[https://youtu.be/NVaITrUgoP4 "The Sacrifice"]] sound like a MusicalPastiche of the [[https://youtu.be/enOzb5CHTx8 main theme]] with [[https://youtu.be/zvmv0QTldSg "Ashes"]] from ''VideoGame/HaloReach''.

* ''[[VideoGame/Spectre1991 Spectre VR]]'':
** [[https://youtu.be/1lcZ9scBJgo Cyber 1]] sounds like Music/JeanMichelJarre's [[https://youtu.be/zwXvLitcV2Q Moon Machine]].
** [[https://youtu.be/nT4PQStutgU "Jaws 1"]], fittingly, is similar to the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' [[https://youtu.be/lV8i-pSVMaQ theme]].
** [[https://youtu.be/uJDTeqZ7i68 "Hendrix"]], [[NonindicativeName despite its name]], sounds similar to Music/DeepPurple's [[https://youtu.be/zUwEIt9ez7M "Smoke on the Water"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/MaeQNolQRZ "Submergence 1.1"]] is suspiciously similar to the [[https://youtu.be/In8WfBgBEis Castle Theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.
** [[https://youtu.be/aADSTXWif2Y "Sitar Shuffle"]] sounds like the main riff from the [[https://youtu.be/pFAKITe7HB8 title track]] of Music/{{Ministry}}'s ''Psalm 69''.
** [[https://youtu.be/GAKTIAlzeD4 "Funky"]] sounds like a mix of C+C Music Factory's [[https://youtu.be/LaTGrV58wec "Gonna Make You Sweat"]] and Snap!'s [[https://youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I "The Power"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/mHxwCKCIEGI "Marky"]] sounds like the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' [[https://youtu.be/XAYhNHhxN0A theme]] rendered {{in the style of}} Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch.
** [[https://youtu.be/qTYsyes-E1o "House VR"]] is a soundalike of Music/NewOrder's [[https://youtu.be/KSGWsmR4ipM "Blue Monday"]].

* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'':
** The main melody of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPXqAWEZUU&t=1m57s Separated By The Storm]]"(Inkwater Marsh) sounds like Secret Garden's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My3M9rneZno "Nocturne"]] crossed with Ku's {{leitmotif}}.
** In turn, Ku's theme, particularly the "First Flight" arrangement, is reminiscent of the main theme from ''Film/Titanic1997''.
** [[https://youtu.be/tYENtOIM2PY "The Ancient Wellspring"]] is suspiciously similar to the ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' [[https://youtu.be/CzBYx2XyG5o theme]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/Ad_9Iz_5x0c Sanctuary in the Glades]]" resembles [[https://youtu.be/nbzzdylg6sA the fourth trail theme]] from ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail II''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEz4_SjRVw&t=1m19s "Turn, Turn, Turn Again"]], once it gets going, sounds like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWbIoIR04c theme]] to ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** The counter-melody in "[[https://youtu.be/ZFQ0CbIVXUQ?t=1m1s Amelioration]]" is suspiciously similar to "[[https://youtu.be/0y8JMmxR0LE The World in My Eyes]]" by Talla 2XLC.
** [[https://youtu.be/GsyhwnZ1XtI "Baur's Reach"]] sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/3_8TZRSTjtM Four Giants theme]] (Oath to Order) from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', with hints of the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[https://youtu.be/s7L2PVdrb_8 theme]] mixed in.
** The beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZclSdnEmqA "The Story of Niwen"]] sounds like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY overture]] from Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
** The main [[https://youtu.be/ECbhlkXAEVI?t=2m20s Mouldwood Depths]] theme resembles Albinoni/Giazotto's "[[https://youtu.be/XMbvcp480Y4 Adagio in G minor]]", but in C minor.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVChO2jMQM4 "Mora the Spider"]] sounds like a composite of Giuseppe Verdi's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBLyIQvNf0 "Dies Irae"]], Modest Mussorgsky's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2P-5J-2MA "Night on Bald Mountain"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCyg0ADTLNo "Nothing To Lose"]] from the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series.
** Part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITctb2o12Io&t=1m23s "Luma Pools"]] is similar to the verses of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"]] from Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
*** [[https://youtu.be/WdgoDPutrIs "Burrowing"]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/Mr54nqD1URA "Within You, Without You"]] from the same album.
** The main hook of [[https://youtu.be/g6Vhj3XH1PA "Kwolok's Malaise"]] is basically a pastiche of Kwolok's theme with [[https://youtu.be/NDPftQZfh58 "Metal Gleamed In the Twilight"]] from ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', complete with OminousLatinChanting that appears to recite his name.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAhkAqTxUSs&t=1m51s "Resolution in Paradise"]] has a bridge section that's blatantly similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1unm0LS10ao City of Tears]] theme from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''.
** [[https://youtu.be/TwH7BgnRGEo Kwolok's theme]] itself is said to be inspired by [[https://youtu.be/HLsSgS-v14Y Emperor Palpatine's theme]] from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films.
** Aside from the aforementioned leitmotif, the main phrase of "[[https://youtu.be/hsAtH6fVEZE?t=1m10s Kwolok's Hollow]]" sounds alot like "[[https://youtu.be/0etenwnI1wo Scattered and Lost]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}''.
** [[https://youtu.be/b02kGKGbA0E "Seir"]] is suspiciously similar to the [[https://youtu.be/2cFIa29FXfM Chozo Artifact Temple]] theme from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''.
* In ''VideoGame/RigidForceAlpha/Redux'':
** The [[https://youtu.be/9Cy3RIj0q6o intro theme]], and [[ThemeMusicPowerUp by extension]] the [[https://youtu.be/CrAvhHUo2mQ final stage theme]], are similar to "[[https://youtu.be/YQgO0SgN_W8 Enter The Fury]]" from ''Film/KungFury''.
** The main melody of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4myh7FNCs&t=1m20s title theme]] is suspiciously similar to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGkA4tKCzs&t=33s Around The Planet"]] by Laserdance.
** The starting synth riff of the [[https://youtu.be/ujUAzbVMItw Vermis Research Institute]] theme sounds like an upbeat version of the staccato synth from 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]]", and the C-section resembles another ''Kung Fury'' song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faWI6V7qgt0 From The Future]]".
** The A-section of the first boss theme, "[[https://youtu.be/4WNmTss2lLY?t=21s Versus Machines]]", sounds like "[[https://youtu.be/VrkVm1-hkj8 Poison of Snake]]", the boss theme from ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Salamander (Life Force)]]''.
** The FinalBossPreview theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/michael-chait-music/hurry-up-mixed-and-mastered-by-danny-chait?in=michael-chait-music/sets/rigid-force-alpha "Haste" AKA "Hurry Up"]], sounds like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH5HEjFHyaE Theme of Adol '93]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} IV'' [[MusicalPastiche pastiched with]] [[https://youtu.be/P93BboDBCuA "BGM 1"]] from ''VideoGame/RadRacer''.
** The first third of the third boss theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/michael-chait-music/showdown?in=michael-chait-music/sets/rigid-force-alpha "Don't Lose Your Head"]], sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIZutuA3aPI Ridley's theme]] from the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series.
** 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 bridge of the aforementioned ''Escape from New York'' theme.

* The theme of the first stage of ''VideoGame/{{Strider}} 2'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJcUCYj7a0 Defeat the Terrorists in the Occupied City]] sound quite a bit like Music/OzzyOsbourne's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzyz2egx_0c Shot in the Dark]].

* ''VideoGame/ProjectWingman'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oncNZmPljjI "King's Court"]] has some parts that sound an awful lot like the infamous "Coffin Dance" part of "Astronomia" by Vicetone and Tony Igy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6uSDRuh6u0&lc=UgwliylkSBDBfrs0dep4AaABAg.9HVMbBhKOvR9HVUecgJZfm The composer has stated it was an accident.]]
** The bells and percussions in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIskbmoAAu4 "The Independance Force"]] are mostly inspired by "SIEGE ON SILVAT" from ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation''.

* 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 Buriki Daioh theme from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' sounds suspiciously like the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' intro theme. That one gets around quite a bit, it seems. [[https://youtu.be/f_CPuucokAI Compare]] and [[https://youtu.be/i9yqI9gL_Cw contrast.]] The game even references the show's intro by opening up a lake for the giant robot to emerge.

* In ''Mickey's Speedway USA'', part of the music for the Grand Canyon track sounds like the chorus to "Up, Up And Away" by The 5th Dimension.

* Weirdly, the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game based on ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Max Heart'' used Suspiciously Similar Songs to several themes from the anime (most noticeable is the Marble Screw music). What's weird about this is that they used the ''real'' version of the show's opening theme song.

* 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''.

* The battle theme that Yoko Shimomura did for [[https://youtu.be/NQEf2Cy_TlA Superstar Saga]] has a remarkably similar structure to the one she did for ''[[https://youtu.be/M8dWYAqonus Mario RPG]]''. The RecurringRiff that appears in the title screen and battle themes in ''Dream Team'' also bear a similar cadence to the main riff of the song.
** Gritzy Desert from Partners in Time sounds a lot like Agrabah's theme(s) in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (especially the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl version]]). Again, Shimomura was the composer for both songs, so it's not surprising.
** "Dark Regions" in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' sounds strangely similar to Ganon's theme.
** Another example of the same composer. "Don't Dwell on Danger" from [[https://youtu.be/szHYmae1rMI Superstar Saga]] sounds quite similar to [[https://youtu.be/605PgeY9HX0 Sancho de los Panchos]] from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', another game which had music composed by her.
** The background music for Mount Pajamaja in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' bears similarities to the music used on Mt. Koltz and Mt. Zozo in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

* In ''Daryl Gates' Police Quest: Open Season'', a Suspiciously Similar Song to "Can't Turn You Lose" by Film/TheBluesBrothers can sometimes be heard in Ragin' Records at Hollywood & Vine.
** The main [[https://youtu.be/0njDd3zlRiE Hollywood & Vine BGM (5:09)]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/hYKYka-PNt0 "I Wish"]] by Music/StevieWonder.
** The protagonist's headquarters being Parker Center, it also featured a near note-for-note ripoff of the ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' theme, another variation of which was used as the theme for ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest I''.
** In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'', the music playing in the background at the Apothecary's store is a somewhat mediterranean Suspiciously Similar Song to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit". Very suitable, given the Apothecary's profession (sells drugs...) and hippie-like demeanor.
* In ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'', "K Rap Talk" is suspiciously similar to Music/ThomasDolby's "She Blinded Me With Science". Some versions, however, use a completely different song in place of it.
** The third Hard Disk Cafe song has a bassline similar to [=WAR=]'s "Low Rider".
** And the series theme sounds similar to "When I'm 64" by Music/TheBeatles.
** "K Rap Rap" is reminiscent of Music/PeterGabriel's "Sledgehammer".
** The music during the Taj Mahal DreamSequence somewhat resembles Van Halen's "Jump".
** "K-Rap Rock" sounds somewhat like "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love".
** Doc Pulliam's theme resembles Music/ThePsychedelicFurs' "Love My Way".

* ''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 ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'', which came out a year before. Both tunes were composed by the same person, Yuu Miyake.

* The beginning of the ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'' Stage 4 theme is also very similar to that of [[https://youtu.be/AsmihHgVjGE "Don't Wait Until Night"]] from ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle''.
* One scene in ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}: Ham-Ham Heartbreak'' involves finding a spoon (which later gets used in a catapult). The scene wherein you remove the spoon from its pedestal is [[ShoutOut a direct send-up]] of the "removing the Master Sword from its pedestal" scene from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', and the music that plays during the removal is suspiciously similar to the "opening a large chest" music from the 3D incarnations of ''Zelda'' - where the original arpeggios go up, these arpeggios go down.
** Not only that, but pay attention to the tune that plays when Spat, the BigBad, appears. Ring any bells? Well, let's just say it's one of the reasons a reviewer said Spat was practically a hamster version of Kefka from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

* The NES RPG ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' has an overworld tune that sounds suspiciously close to John Williams' "Raiders' March", the theme song to the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' films. (This tune was actually borrowed from ''Hydlide II'', which was otherwise unreleased outside Japan.)


** Yet another game played with the "Raider's March" theme: The Aztec bonus level in ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}: Enter the Gecko''.

* [[Film/RoboCop1987 One guess]] as to what the theme of ''VideoGame/JamesPond II: Robocod'' is suspiciously similar to. (Amazingly, the prior game did ''not'' use a knockoff of the ''Film/JamesBond'' theme.)

* The theme music to online freeware game ''VideoGame/LegendOfPrincess'' is suspiciously similar to the ''Zelda'' theme because the game is a pastiche of ''Zelda''.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'':
** The Thunder Ryu Building is a gym in which Travis can upgrade his abilities. The background music is almost, but not quite, Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger."
** Masafumi Takada's "[[https://youtu.be/Hs-SxiWXS8Y Mach 13 Elephant Explosion]]" sounds suspiciously similar to Music/{{Soulfly}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/WgqN9lg-Xvk Umbabarauma]]".
** The credits music sounds very similar to the ''Star Wars'' theme. The version that appears on the official soundtrack makes it even more obvious: not only is it played by an orchestra, as opposed to the 8-bit style version in the game; but the track itself is called "Staff Wars: Episode I"

* The music used in the ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' "toilet" promo video sounds an awful lot like the B-section from the theme to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.
* [[https://youtu.be/4ovCp9HXn-o Jungle Bouncer]], the theme of the ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' team in both ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '' ''[='94=]'' and ''2002'' for the most part sounded quite like Faith No More's [[https://youtu.be/upWUuByQLxQ Surprise, You're Dead!]].
** Igniz, [[SNKBoss one of the cheapest bastards that'll you ever face]], pulls this twice. His ''2001'' theme , [[https://youtu.be/LzFIg7zmrAs Kare koso Saikyo (I'm the Strongest!)]], is a faster rock version of [[https://youtu.be/OivRHzXUm2A Original Zero's theme]]. In ''2002: [[UpdatedRerelease Unlimited Match]]'', he's given a new theme called [[https://youtu.be/fy16dCouwc8 Save The Universe]], which sounds like [[https://youtu.be/ADwMe2EAqkg Mildred Avalon's theme]] from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''.
** In ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'', there's a bridge in Rock's theme ([[https://youtu.be/flPBoVYkyx4 Spread the Wings]]) which is taken directly from [[https://youtu.be/gl3_cdH8_aw Children]] by Robert Miles. As for B. Jenet, the opening to her theme ([[https://youtu.be/iKw6eX5IQAk Bad Girl]]) is based off [[https://youtu.be/qvfknks-3Dg Kurikinton]], the iconic theme of series hero Terry Bogard.
** Wild Party sounds similar to Music/OzzyOsbourne's "[[https://youtu.be/3MLp7YNTznE Crazy Train]]".

* The doujin game ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou]]'' features Konata and Akira from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' as unlockable {{secret character}}s. In the stage where you fight them, a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Motteke Seifuku", the latter's ThemeSong, can be heard.

* ''VideoGame/{{Interstate 76}}'' had a number of Suspiciously Similar versions on its soundtrack, mostly of '70s funk songs like the Ohio Players' "Fopp", The Isley Brothers' "That Lady" and Curtis Mayfield's "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go". Even the theme song bore a certain resemblance to the theme song to the TV series ''Series/SWAT1975'' (albeit a bit sped-up).

* The independent [[AdventureGame Point And Click Adventure]] ''The Adventures of Fatman'' features suspiciously similar versions of both the 1960s Batman show theme, and the Danny Elfman movie theme.
* In another bizarre example involving a licensed game, the developers of ''The Flintstones: Burgertime in Bedrock'' for Game Boy apparently couldn't mange to get the license to the series' iconic theme song. Several tunes in the game, including [[https://youtu.be/KY9BMSF8hD0 the title tune]], have the same rhythm but a completely different melody.

* In ''VideoGame/NobyNobyBoy'', by the creator of ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' and also released by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]], there are some selectable music tracks that sound like subtle instrumental versions of Katamari songs (such as Lonely Rolling Star and Cherry Blossom Color Season), and the hidden minigame music is from MetroCross, both Namco tunes.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' main theme (the beginning of "[[https://youtu.be/k2lwopnr7hc Ideal]]") sounds like a pastiche of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo & Juliet" and the ''Franchise/LegendOfZelda'' theme. The other major recurring theme from "Ideal" sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/KR0UjAQIX6E "Bloodlines"]] from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''. The theme to [[https://youtu.be/tNgeKGX6Fuk Chapter 3 (Faith)]] is a sound-a-like of [[https://youtu.be/JbJbYFyklTg Hyrule Castle]].

* ''Learn to Fly 2'': The "Surfer" theme sounds much like a rearranged version of [[Music/DickDale Misirlou]].

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is another franchise that plagiarises itself: In ''VideoGame/Halo2'', 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''.
** [[https://youtu.be/AyPytR7pwBA "Ancient Machine"]], especially the [[https://youtu.be/-HgiI3fXnqM remastered version]] from the ''Anniversary'' re-release, sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/FUHmi49M8yY Woodfall Temple]] BGM from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' crossed with [[https://youtu.be/gX0-bLuP2Fc "Devil's Wind"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''.
** 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 for TheMonolith in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
* One track used in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' and remixed in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' rips off "Kashmir" by Music/LedZeppelin.

* ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' features suspiciously similar versions of "How Much is that Doggie in the Window" and "Baby Face", in addition to the many PublicDomainSoundtrack tunes.
** [[https://youtu.be/Q5fzvgTgGaU&feature=related Stage Theme 6]] sounds similar to "{Keep Feeling} Fascination" by Music/TheHumanLeague.
** ''Lemmings 2'' has a version of the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme in the Shadow Tribe stages.
*** The Amiga and SNES versions, anyway. The Genesis Shadow tribe theme sounds nothing like it.
* One of the songs in the second ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' UsefulNotes/PlayStation game is an instrumental version of "I Fought The Law".

* 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.

* In the old Macintosh game ''Jump Raven'', one of the [=BGM=]s has a guitar riff similar to White Zombie's "Thunder Kiss '65".

* [[https://youtu.be/T_MBPVC2tMM&feature=related "Splash"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/ViN2bRGrBx8&list=FLgz0A27NB8Jf0dJGF5GtDOA&index=54 "The Chase"]] from ''Film/MidnightExpress''.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonHeroOfLeafValley'' 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''.

* "[[https://youtu.be/o8RIcyRGJ9c Move On]]"(second part of the clip) from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' sounds like "[[https://youtu.be/jIR9wrc6H3c Ozar Midrashim]]" from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver''.
* [[https://youtu.be/sxZVyEwwSwg The Jet Aircraft Faciity]] from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' is similar to [[https://youtu.be/LDtqoOBsc6s Attacking The Star Destroyer]] from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. In fact, a lot of the music was inspired by John Williams, especially that from the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' films.
** The [[https://youtu.be/J9ZVnmxs30A main theme]] of ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Underground'' sounds similar to Princess Leia's theme from ''A New Hope'' and the [[https://youtu.be/XLLvvF3j7Fk love theme]] from ''ESB''. The climax of [[https://youtu.be/PtU0Cmx3Jqk "Attack on Fort Schmerzen"]] is reminiscent of the Force theme (especially [[https://youtu.be/aE-c3olfxuY the version played when Luke rushes back home to find his aunt and uncle dead]]). [[https://youtu.be/xou0NyESKAQ "Rjukan Sabotage"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/ir_IbkUVQbo "The Asteroid Field"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/5Xm0bzPPYM0 "Sniper Town"]] resembles the first part of Mussorgsky's [[https://youtu.be/iCEDfZgDPS8 "Night on Bald Mountain"]].
** The main theme of ''Allied Assault'' is a shameless crib from the ''Death of Jonathan Kent'' cue in ''Film/{{Superman}}'', with some ''Franchise/StarWars'' thrown in.
** Another ''Star Wars'' sound-alike is [[https://youtu.be/HgPZfQb50JY Clipping Their Wings]], which sounds like the [[{{Leitmotif}} Death Star theme]], which itself was based on the climax of Music/GustavHolst's [[https://youtu.be/L0bcRCC Mars]].
** The U-Boat theme is this to the Emperor's Theme from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', and the V2 rocket base theme sounds like "Into the Trap" from the same film.
* Creator/{{Acclaim}}'s ''VideoGame/LegendsOfWrestling'' series features almost nothing but this, all composed by the former {{Trope Namer|s}} himself, Jimmy Hart!
** Talking about wrestling games, Aki's ''[=WCW/nWo=] Revenge'' could make this trope look like Kouji Niikura Version. Not only the main menu receives a knockoff, [[https://youtu.be/hh0Vk94Qxgg the Souled Out arena]] also gets one, in form of an extremely catchy, somewhat parasitic and insanely rockified version of [[https://youtu.be/aV_x3ERB-2k Cammy's theme]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3''. Just wait till the lead guitar kicks in. By the way, ''[=SFA3=]'' was released two months prior to ''Revenge''...

* The soundtrack of ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals'' consists mostly of Suspiciously Similar Songs of its predecessor's themes.
** The saved game screen in the first ''Lufia'' resembles the theme song to Disney's ''The Wuzzles'' and to some extent "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from ''Song of the South''.
** The castle theme in the first game resembles "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
** Iris' theme in ''Lufia II'' is a soundalike of the main theme from ''Film/TheTerminator''.

* ''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.

* One of the songs from ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'': Contraptions is called "Hay Seed". Keen-eared players will notice that, disregarding the random comments interspersed, it sounds remarkably similar to an instrumental of Music/GarthBrooks' "Against the Grain".

* SNK's ''Burning Fight'' contains a track which is virtually identical to Booker T & The [=MGs=]'s "Green Onions".

* [[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]]".
** So much that the [[https://youtu.be/9e1VzG_qWRE two songs were mixed together]].

* [[https://youtu.be/5arFuwxJky8 "Aquila 303"]](Atlantica/Aquatica techno) from ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed III'' sounds suspiciously similar to [[http://www.amazon.com/Emergency/dp/B000QOD7OG "Emergency"]] by Pulsator.
* While on the topic of racers, the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast game ''VideoGame/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.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'''s [[https://youtu.be/EMFw4s-UHEU character select]] theme is a sound-alike of the s [[https://youtu.be/pjQeMNob-z4 Mission 1-2]] theme from the original ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/MarbleMadness'':
** The first half of the [[https://youtu.be/JRNd2A-IdMg Beginner Race]] theme is similar to the Brazilian mandolin piece [[https://youtu.be/ZogAYVdBQJc "Forro de gala"]] by Jacob do Bandolim.
** The last part of the [[https://youtu.be/VMdgZ3MKEKs Intermediate Race theme]] resemble the CreepyCircusMusic [[StandardSnippet standard]] [[https://youtu.be/_B0CyOAO8y0 "Entry of the Gladiators"]] by Julius Fucik.
** The [[https://youtu.be/-0LCKU1l2to Aerial Race]] BGM is strikingly similar to [[https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk the theme]] from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.

* Appropriately enough, most of the character themes in ''VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' take musical cues and riffs from classic rock pieces based on their characters' inspirations. A few examples:
** [[https://youtu.be/cv_qe5oQoPo Esidisi's theme]] has a piece that sounds like Music/{{ACDC}}'s ''Back in Black''
** [[https://youtu.be/cyVUX1tkY0M Yoshikage Kira's theme]] has a riff of ''Killer Queen''.
** [[https://youtu.be/PsyBg6AKIrc Buccellati's theme]] is essentially a remixed ''Brown Sugar'' by Music/TheRollingStones.
** [[https://youtu.be/4yA_847kvmY Akira's theme]] has a piece that borrows from ''Can't Stop'' by Music/RedHotChiliPeppers.
** [[https://youtu.be/feBSsf3MHzE Zeppeli's theme]] has parts of ''Kashmir'' by Music/LedZeppelin.

* The Handsome Sorceror track from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' sounds very similar to the Great Pyramid theme from ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheFirstEncounter'', if the latter had a budget.

* [[https://youtu.be/XXtNaorXP-g "That's Enough"]] from ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' sounds very much like Music/FatboySlim's [[https://youtu.be/LfYEPb4C-v8 "Always Read the Label"]], from the whistling, to the guitar and bass, to the vocal samples, to the way the track is structured in general. This comes as no surprise when you learn that Fatboy Slim is one of composer Hideki Naganuma's main inspirations.

* The middle part of the [[https://youtu.be/7q3xi5mn9wA&index=8 Stage 1 theme]] from ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings'' resembles [[https://youtu.be/3DFr_uznus4 "Challenger 1985"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''. The [[https://youtu.be/RQ8IViUudMM Stage 2]] (Stage 3 in the arcade version) theme resembles [[https://youtu.be/U4lJUzrgSJA the title song]] from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''.
* The Boat Song in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStarStory 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.
** Lucia's Theme in ''Lunar 2'' also resembles "Only You (and You Alone)" as well.
* The Game Over theme from ''VideoGame/AtelierIris2TheAzothOfDestiny'' resembles that from ''Final Fantasy V''.
* The main theme of ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' sounds like a fusion of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" and the theme from ''Dallas''.

* The vocal melody in [[https://youtu.be/ews32BGFq1w&t=13s "Sweet Outbreak"]] from ''Dote Up a Cat'' is reminiscent of The Chi-Lites' [[https://youtu.be/xVYxKRXDT2I "Have You Seen Her"]]. The [[https://youtu.be/ews32BGFq1w&t=2m56s B-section]] is also ripped from the b-section of [[https://youtu.be/didzxUkrtS0&t=2m9s "Komm, Susser Tod"]] from ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''.

* [[https://youtu.be/_HD2qiNeK4g The "Mission Cleared" theme]] from the ShootEmUp video game ''Acrobat Mission'' sounds similar to the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' [[https://youtu.be/jxgwZiCM6wA theme]].

* ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' has a few examples. The [[https://youtu.be/YaSVS7fVEXg boss theme]] sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/E0J636zLBIA Endless Despair]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift''.

* It is readily apparent that the [[https://youtu.be/lGJlMPyZMEI theme song]] that plays when you fight Ryth, a character from the ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'' series that is fought as a BonusBoss in the second and third installments, is more than a bit similar to Duel of Fates, the most iconic song in ''Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace''. Considering the battle against him involves a duel with lightsabers by another name and he speaks with a voice that sounds somewhat like Darth Vader's, it's clear that this is intentional.

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has several examples of this: Potemkin's theme, [[https://youtu.be/dD9b20J2DGk Burly Heart]] is basically [[https://youtu.be/tzVJPgCn-Z8 Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir"]] shifted down an octave or two, and Venom's theme [[https://youtu.be/q5vNxUf27YM A Solitude That Asks Nothing in Return]] is [[https://youtu.be/L80-6klL0Zw Napalm Death's "Breed To Breathe"]] slowed down slightly with added leopard.
** 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.]]"

* One of the tracks in ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' also features a section which closely resembles "Raider's March" from the Indiana Jones film series.

* In ''Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'', the music in Stages 9-12 is an obvious ripoff of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Home Computer".

* 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.

* As pointed out by Website/YouTube user [[https://youtu.be/XhZah_35g9A filmnstuff]], [[https://youtu.be/EMjn1ut29ag the theme for the third boss]] in the NES version of the Creator/{{SNK}} arcade BeatEmUp game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War'' sounds similar to the saxophone riff in the Glenn Frey song [[https://youtu.be/1-mU-YSk32I The Heat is On]], which was the opening theme to the first ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' movie.

* The [[https://youtu.be/dF1WBGIdyRs Stage 1]] BGM of ''EDF: Earth Defense Force'' is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/T-2sE0Napg0 Brinstar theme]] from ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.

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

* [[https://youtu.be/JmWMMwAQWqk "Crashday" by Pencilcase]] from the racing game ''Crashday'' is strangely similar to [[https://youtu.be/UR6HfITvbFw the theme from "Stunts"]], to which ''Crashday'' is something of a SpiritualSuccessor. According to the band, the similarity is accidental.

* [[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/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' have the exact same riff.

* The [[https://youtu.be/0IRlVBZs8YY office theme]] from Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s LicensedGame of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' on the NES sounds similar to the ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' [[https://youtu.be/b694Bp2Zq0M main theme]], which in turn has similarities with the first movement of Mozart's ''Symphony No. 40''.

* In ''[[Franchise/DieHard Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas]]'', soundtracked by Music/{{BT}}:
** [[https://youtu.be/yqPPrHF78L0 "Prison Break"]] (no relation to the TV series) resembles Transa's [[https://youtu.be/GKeH6sEBfYE "Interphase"]]
** The "Desert Gunfight" music is similar to "Atomic Age" by Dynamix II.
** [[https://youtu.be/71bWJg02A2k "Desert Bunker"]] is a soundalike of Music/JunkieXL's [[https://youtu.be/7qZW9P7W-nc "Def Beat"]], which BT's [[https://youtu.be/VvO_jGZdJ54 "Mad Skillz"]] (and by extension, the Hoover Dam light gun stage theme) also resembles.
** [[https://youtu.be/Sf16Gxy38OY "Kill Reese"]] sounds like a faster version of [[https://youtu.be/LwgcoQL-JY8 "Rabbitweed"]] by BT's then-partner-in-crime Sasha.

* The tune played in the gyrocopter levels of ''Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis is an almost note-for-note copy of "Under the Sea" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''.

* ''VideoGame/CrimzonCloverWorldIgnition'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dMewoXa8dk "Embraced Sunset" (UL Stage 2)]] is rather similar to "[[https://youtu.be/6bGSBWpTj5k Be Careful]]" from ''[[VideoGame/{{Ys}} Ys III: Wanderers from Ys/The Oath in Felghana]]''
** Likewise, the main riff in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3DGF6JN9AE "Hecatoncheir"]] highly resembles the ''Ys II'' boss theme [[https://youtu.be/ZRd8Uf-mZSE "Protectors"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/RfSTilCmYvQ&t=1295s "Transparent Stream"]] is this to [[https://youtu.be/JGfstgnJIeU "Slaughter Hour"]] from ''VideoGame/RayStorm''.
* In ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'', Kyoko's theme is a straight-up remix of ''Children'' by Robert Miles.
* SNES beat-em-up ''Ghost Chaser Densei'', [[https://youtu.be/pyzDtO5bYVY the final boss theme]] inexplicably includes a verbatim recreation of the Eye of the Tiger verse and chorus melodies as part of the track of the SNES version, and [[https://youtu.be/MeRaMCJmFVg the ENTIRE song in the Arcade version]], ''Denjin Makai''.

* The [[https://youtu.be/lq_y2KFjHic main menu theme]] of ''VideoGame/ConanExiles'' is very similar to [[https://youtu.be/BHfE682mm3c "Anvil of Crom"]] from ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982''.

* The first town theme in ''VideoGame/{{Growlanser}}'', "Who Are You," resembles "Our Time Has Come" from ''Cats Don't Dance''.

* The first part of ''VideoGame/{{Gekirindan}}'''s [[https://youtu.be/5kj5lznf9mg Stage 1 BGM]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/_yG4UHA6w5c "Mind of Hero"]] from ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* "[[https://youtu.be/ngiQiVLNyUg Les Parfums De L'Amour]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' sounds a lot like "Miracle Paint" by Music/{{Vocaloid}} composer OSTER Project. Especially the chorus.

* The few notes from the theme song of the old arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'' sounds similar to some notes from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' theme song .

* The beginning of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-fjpjkaf84?t=4s title theme]] to ''Duet'' AKA ''Commando '86'' is a near-verbatim ripoff of Music/MikeOldfield's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfWJqKIxyGc Tubular Bells]].

* In ''Formula Retro Racing'', [[https://youtu.be/2Q0YSJKihaE?t=10m47s one of the BGM tracks]]sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/iLZE4shDDxM?t=4m19s Las Vegas]] theme from ''VideoGame/TopGear''.

* The password theme from ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!'' has a similar tone to "Within These Castle Walls", the castle theme from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''.
* The soundtrack for the boss Living Failures from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' sounds a lot like Gustav Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Apidya}}'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5u58j7UA-M theme for level 4-1]] is more-or-less an instrumental version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8e9b2ON8s "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style]], to the point that it even uses the same samples.

* In ''Awesome'', an UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game developed by Reflections of ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' fame and published by Psygnosis of ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' fame, the A-section of the [[https://youtu.be/P-3FySgabMA?t=26s main theme]] sounds like the verses of "[[https://youtu.be/i_iQLRXyixU?t=55s Man Made]]" by Music/AFlockOfSeagulls.

* Most if not all of the music in ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron'' are suspiciously similar to ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' music; for instance, 2 stage themes are more than a little similar to "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever".
* 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.
** The music played in the first section of the first level in the Genesis ''Animaniacs'' is, as mentioned above, obviously shooting for ''Indiana Jones'', but also sounds almost exactly like the main theme of the ancient Namco arcade game ''Sky Kid''.

* The pool level in the SNES/Genesis game ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' resembled, but was not quite, Music/FatsDomino's "Walkin' to New Orleans," while the train level used a song that was just a few notes away from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' theme.

* Earlier versions of ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'' used music from the obscure Famicom game ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}'' for their title screen and first world. Version 1.7, however, uses tunes that are clearly suspiciously similar to the original Cocoron music.

* One of the {{sh|ootEmUp}}mup ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'''s boss themes, "Let Ass Kick Together", has an opening riff like the main riff from Music/IronMaiden's "Powerslave", just in a different key and with a couple of notes different, although the rest of the theme is different.
* The [[https://youtu.be/Dw0DsmMvu1k Heliport theme]] in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII: The Revenge'' sounds very similar to the Music/PhilCollins song "[[https://youtu.be/2aJ2Vh_e2dQ Easy Lover]]" (Which fits perfectly, since the video features Collins taking a tour around central London in, yep, a helicopter), as well as Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing". [[https://youtu.be/IQENAqNXc9s "Escape to the Forest"]] sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/r0qBaBb1Y-U&ob=av2e "Sussudio"]], another Phil Collins song, which itself was a suspiciously similar song of Music/{{Prince}}'s "1999".
** Machine Gun Willy's ''DD II'' [[https://youtu.be/f2zjEgf-WBw battle theme]](used for the giant tractor/tank battle in the NES version) sounds like a faster version of Music/MichaelJackson's [[https://youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y "Billie Jean"]].
** The FinalBoss [[https://youtu.be/6DnARPUYxhQ theme]] of the arcade version sounds like a darker rendition of Music/JeanMichelJarre's ''Music/{{Oxygene}} [[https://youtu.be/Sj7A8SX7ccI Part 1]]''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/JsPo_ZYCjXk credits music]] suspiciously resembles [[https://youtu.be/Zo5bbB25nJM Feena's theme]] from the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series.

* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' uses the whistle from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', more frequently than you could imagine them getting away with.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s Bang Shishigami's theme [[https://youtu.be/-V1ar_jTQ1A "Reppu"]] sounds like the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' intro [[https://youtu.be/5EXFilTUiko "Sorairo Days"]].
** Meanwhile, Nu-13's theme, [[https://youtu.be/JZKD0IG9iKk Awakening the Chaos]], sounds like an extended remix of the ''[[https://youtu.be/nHhePr0TKfc Star Trek]]'' theme. And it is ''[[AwesomeMusic/BlazBlue awesome]]''.
** Compare Tager's theme, [[https://youtu.be/oR7QWkpVT2A Motor Head]], to [[https://youtu.be/0DQrSdQs1gs Straight to Hell]] by Music/{{Rage}}. Considering that the Rage song "Black In Mind" was referenced in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', this may well be intentional.
** The ending theme of BB Continuum Shift Extend [[https://youtu.be/3GRTgofm5-s Spiral: Blue-bloom]] sounds a lot like Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica's ED theme [[https://youtu.be/7Xp_3r_nFGs Magia]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Backyard S|ports}}kateboarding'' has a suspiciously similar version of the ''Film/JamesBond'' Theme.
** [[https://youtu.be/l2c4VhzDgL8 Tony Delvecchio's theme]] from the same series might as well be [[Film/{{Grease}} "Greased Lightning"]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/E3vYe7W7eXs credits theme]] in ''Baseball'' is suspiciously similar to "[[https://youtu.be/Q1UZacLEUDs Get Ready for This]]" by 2 Unlimited.
** In other installments in the series, [[https://youtu.be/rMPNEYyPTvM Sidney]] and [[https://youtu.be/qiCyn5HWGyY Ashley]] Webber's themes sound almost exactly like the [[https://youtu.be/v8YTxIB1NN0 "Notre Dame Victory March"]].

* Gruntilda's Lair from ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is a suspiciously similar version of "Teddy Bear's Picnic". It also became well associated with the character.
** [[WordOfGod According to Grant Kirkhope]], the original theme for Mumbo's Mountain (heard inside the termite mound) was influenced by "Baby Elephant Walk" from ''Film/{{Hatari}}''.
** In ''Banjo-Tooie'', the theme of the level ''Witchyworld'' bears some resemblance with ''House of the Rising Sun'' by the Animals (the beginning, anyway)
** And in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts'', the music when you first enter each of the new worlds is suspiciously similar to a television theme tune. (Nutty Acres is ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', for instance.)
** Mumbo's Hut theme is reminiscent of Maxwell's Silver Hammer by the Beatles. Likewise, Brentilda's theme in the first game resembles When I'm 64.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBash'' uses this for a number of pieces of music in the game. The most obvious example being the title theme, which arguably sounds better than what it's supposed to be imitating.

* The NES ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' game used an altered version of the show's ThemeTune, while the 16-bit games didn't use it at all.

* In the UsefulNotes/GameboyColor game ''Diva Starz'', one of the selectable pieces of runway music bears an unlikely resemblance to "Lux Aeterna" from ''Film/RequiemForADream''. The song ''is'' a frequent target of suspiciously similar versions in general, but hearing it play as a Bratz expy walks a blue bunny down the catwalk is [[SoundtrackDissonance just bizarre]].

* When ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was included on a Konami compilation for Game Boy Advance, all of the musical themes (including the anime themes, and even "Inu no Omawari-san" the traditional Japanese nursery rhyme that serves as the "game start" music) were given suspiciously similar versions.

* For ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', [[https://youtu.be/JR33UMKoDC4 Act On Instinct]] is generally considered to be the de facto theme music. Once the chiming synth kicks in, it begins to sound a great deal like the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' [[https://youtu.be/kN1YYyR5jD4 OVA theme]].

* In keeping with its theme, ''[[VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes 3D Dot Game Heroes]]'' has suspiciously similar versions of songs from ''Dragon Quest'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', and the early ''Final Fantasy'' games.

* ''VideoGame/BeatmaniaIIDX 11'' has a track called [[https://youtu.be/_u9UsiGljZo D.A.N.C.E]] that bears a, uh, ''slight'' resemblance to m-flo's [[https://youtu.be/YVqZKflL4PY The Love Bug]].
** The ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series has [[https://youtu.be/EmhufQl5ieI Cypher Gate]], {{Fan Nickname}}d "Korean [[https://youtu.be/WbYTZcHAFqE Solid State Squad]]" due to the striking resemblances in their intros.

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

* [[https://youtu.be/vF1Zy6LZM18 This]] is one of many {{BGM}}s in ''VideoGame/GrandChase''. Oh, cool. Epic rocking. And then flutes. Wait, that tune sounds suspiciously familiar. Isn't that [[https://youtu.be/mjjkHg5FOhk The Raising]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Fighting Spirit]]?

* "Celebrate" from the ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' series is an obvious suspiciously similar version of "Boogie Wonderland" by Music/EarthWindAndFire. Ironically, there was also a remix of the real "Boogie Wonderland" in some DDR mixes.
** [[https://youtu.be/vTP7Fkp2xAc "Broken My Heart"]] by Naoki f/Paula Terry, originally from ''Dance Maniax'' is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/Jc1uIBfSCM4 "Remember Me" by Leslie Parrish]], which appeared in ''VideoGame/ParaParaParadise''.
** [[https://youtu.be/gUDCHLksvPI "The Cube"]] by DJ Suwami is this to [[https://youtu.be/dopneKcyNXU "Stepping Out"]] by Joe Jackson.
** The intro and chorus of [[https://youtu.be/kDI71H5dPPI "Flowers"]] from ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution [=SuperNOVA=]'' resemble the aforementioned "Lunatic Princess" from ''Imperishable Night''.

* Compare the ''VideoGame/Doom3'' [[https://youtu.be/emoRQ91V1T4 title theme]] and [[https://youtu.be/GnXwhcOClbk "Lone Wolf"]] from ''VideoGame/HaloReach''. Reach's is basically an orchestral version.
** [[https://youtu.be/isaOrKNHw7g Ghosts and Glass]] is strikingly similar to [[https://youtu.be/InvY9JXyVW8 Fairytale]] from ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', which itself was a suspiciously similar version of [[https://youtu.be/UBZ3w5b8if0&feature=fvst Nocturne]] by Secret Garden. Also resembles "Sorrowful Goodbye" from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.
** [[https://youtu.be/6EHt7k-vT1U Ashes]] sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/jUwBhvU_ydI title song]] from ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.
** The "Noble Mission" movement of [[https://youtu.be/TM2YqbsEzp0 Winter Contingency]] and the "Unreconciled" movement of [[https://youtu.be/OAeJDv7ovKY&feature=related Tip of the Spear]] are similar to the [[https://youtu.be/JbJbYFyklTg Hyrule Castle]] theme from the ''Zelda'' series.
** There are parts of "Winter Contingency" that sound exactly like [[Music/LedZeppelin Led Zeppelin's]] "Kashmir".

* "[[https://youtu.be/0n8c6Mxx3w8 Stage 1/5]]" from ''VideoGame/BuraiFighter'' and "[[https://youtu.be/y7b5BVXVzIk Faraway (Stage 1 & 2)]]" from ''Lightning Fighters''.
* Unlicensed Sega Master System game ''The Dinosaur Dooley'', released in the early 90's, had some blatant ripoffs of popular songs of the time - for instance [[http://youtu.be/YeeQq7TuSZ0 the title screen music]] is based on the intro to Music/{{Nirvana}}''s "Smells Like Teen Spirit", while the [[https://youtu.be/YeeQq7TuSZ0&feature=youtu.be&t=6m12s third level's music]] is clearly "Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors.

* Compare the title/menu music of ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' with the Homestuck song "Doctor" as well as its variants.

* [[https://youtu.be/SzGvwF2z1Gs "Drop Out"]] from ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'', and [[https://youtu.be/0OpwXpt_V5k "Zatsuza"]] from ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonpachi Daifukkatsu]]''.

* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad'':
** The music during the introductory scene with Arc and his family in the first ''Arc the Lad'' sounds suspiciously similar to the first notes of "I Found Someone" by Cher.
** Cheryl's theme in the third game, especially the "soft" version, sounds like "Never My Love" by The Association.

* The [[https://youtu.be/lceNSTmJAcs Pocket Dimension music]] from ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' bears an extreme resemblance to the [[https://youtu.be/AIhfs7Fw-vE End of Time music]] from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.

* The [[https://youtu.be/_agZAk8Xcxc main action theme]] in ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfRadGravity'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/y9Cf75Xnxw8 that of]] ''VideoGame/AlexKidd in Miracle World''. Both also resemble [[https://youtu.be/nauLgZISozs "If I Only Had A Brain/Heart/The Nerve"]] and [[https://youtu.be/GkeNEvwq7A0 "The Merry Old Land of Oz"]] from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/jbYwVI2Xbic boss theme]] sounds like a shorter, faster version of Tomaso Albinoni/Remo Giazotto's ''[[https://youtu.be/XMbvcp480Y4 Adagio in G minor]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' series:
** The [[https://youtu.be/FtuB3dZE9gs Mars Military Dig]] BGM resembles Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s early song [[https://youtu.be/tWKfo3LDI1Q "Ruckzuck"]].
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/HbAiLqjZx_c level 11]] BGM from the first game sounds like a sped up version of NIN's [[https://youtu.be/cV2EUUF47Ms "Head Like A Hole"]].
** The part right after the intro of the [[https://youtu.be/jORz_x-bAd4 music in level 8]] in the first game bears a striking resemblance to the intro of "Ethno Papa" (ETHNO_PA.MID), a MIDI file included with some Roland sound cards and perhaps more well known through [[https://youtu.be/Wa-pUo2_Oa8 its use]] in ''DX-Ball''.
** The [[https://youtu.be/FLwSzLNQf-o Level 2 MIDI music]] from ''Descent 2'' sounds like a techno-industrial version of the main theme from [[https://youtu.be/L0bcRCCg01I "Mars, The Bringer of War"]] by Music/GustavHolst, with a slightly different rhythm.
** [[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}}''.

* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'':
** The music track [[https://youtu.be/zoBbyahBpXk Sleipnir]] from ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' resembles the [[https://youtu.be/-XrDr-CPHZI Pyramid Cave]] music from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** 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/Persona4'''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"]].
* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', the track [[https://youtu.be/NfTzE4XdqgU Pakistan Run]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/t9qqLrdOzDg Navras]] by Juno Reactor.
* The [[OrchestraHitTechnoBattle orchestra hit riff]] of [[https://youtu.be/GGSuki0sKQU "Shudder"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' sounds like the ''Franchise/MortalKombat 3'' title theme, and two other parts of the song resemble [[https://youtu.be/MUJtyvyLmZg "Campanile of Lane"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} II'', which also got ripped off in [[https://youtu.be/r7AC-XKBVi4 Bass's theme]] from '' VideoGame/MegaMan7'', and itself resembles the [[https://youtu.be/E-JfW4TOQRA second Wily Tower theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan1''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'':
** 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.
** In the first game, [[https://youtu.be/rfItHAOf44o "Los Angeles at Night"]] is similar to Music/TheBeeGees' [[https://youtu.be/fNFzfwLM72c "Stayin' Alive"]], and [[https://youtu.be/U4gGgMW7Jsg "New York at Night"]] sounds strikingly like Music/FatboySlim's [[https://youtu.be/ruAi4VBoBSM "Praise You"]].
** Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2 has [[https://youtu.be/F5r4eUgPgOM it's Rock Style 1 theme]] nearly identical to [[https://youtu.be/zxykuWrf_mI Driver 1 San Francisco Night]]. Justified because Allister Brimble composed for these games. (1998 Driver, 1999-2000 Roller Coaster Tycoon and 2001 Roller Coaster Tycoon 2)
** ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is a big pile of movie references already, but the "Movie Challenges" take the cake: They directly {{parody}} certain movies or even certain movie scenes down to matching music. Now, while the ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' series has always had real city names, and ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' introduced real, licensed vehicles, the songs are only "close enough" to the corresponding movie songs. Interestingly, the rivaling ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series has it exactly the other way around: The cities are "close enough", the cars are only reminiscent of real-life vehicles, but starting with the ''Film/Scarface1983'' soundtrack in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' and including the entire in-game soundtrack from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', the music is licensed.

* A musical cue from ''Demon Attack'' for the Intellivision sounds suspiciously like Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''WebVideo/ClassicGameRoom'' when host Mark Bussler declares "I graduated...to the next level!"

* ''VideoGame/Fallout1'':
** [[https://youtu.be/I29bgJLxm8M "City of Lost Angels"]] is very similar to the Music/AphexTwin ambient piece [[https://youtu.be/ZBU3uAzRejs "Grass"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/q7zfrSJUEbY "City of the Dead"]] borrows from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTG0YyX7mQ "Self Strangulation"]] by Techno Animal. In turn, [[https://youtu.be/wuZFp5eejzE "Mutant Massacre"]] from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is similar to both of those.
** [[https://youtu.be/g7Q3o-mEJKM "Industrial Junk"]] is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/x9ggq7Z7Lxw "Castle of the Damned"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''.
* 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 ''VideoGame/{{Amagon}}''.
** Also, the intro of [[https://youtu.be/fLedr2vsjLg this arrangement of "Flash of Sword"]] sounds like ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'''s famous [[https://youtu.be/WJRoRt155mA Skull Castle Part 1]] theme.

* The [[https://youtu.be/Ahy-tN8v7tY "Beat it and Eat It"]] music in ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' is an 8-bit carbon copy of Culture Beat's [[https://youtu.be/4W_kWxWn-Zo "Mr. Vain"]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/FYXuVNM5nGo Assholevania]] theme seems to be a pastiche of [[https://youtu.be/FshGL3nYpIQ "Bloody Tears"]] from the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'''s [[https://youtu.be/hrZ8UiU3ZfE Stage 3]] BGM, and [[https://youtu.be/3kXx6f7qaa8 "Bad Apple!"]] from ''[[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou 4: Lotus Land Story]]''.
** [[https://youtu.be/iudbVI4RLW0 Thy Farts Consumed]]'s music is reminiscent of the ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'' [[https://youtu.be/iwn-9IiO3MM Stage 1]] theme, complete with the Creator/{{Sunsoft}} bass.
** [[https://youtu.be/VHZZaMQYqCI&list=PLL-sV25kC0WtzoNRglDDxTUDBP3DETkJu "Happy Fun Candy Time"]] [[MusicalPastiche pastiches]] the chorus of Music/JessicaSimpson's [[https://youtu.be/BjYdslXWRuA "A Public Affair"]] with the bassline and arpeggiated synths of [[https://youtu.be/hYxlqTpZ-24 "Ice Cap Zone"]] from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3''.
** 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}}''.
** 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".
** [[https://youtu.be/vYSc_rYsYHk Laughin' Jokin' Numbnuts]]" sounds like a pastiche of ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'''s [[https://youtu.be/HFKtYCcMWT4 Wily Stage 1 & 2]] theme InTheStyleOf Music/DragonForce, incorporating elements of their signature song [[https://youtu.be/zsU62Lyqn3I "Through The Fire and Flames"]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/Zk6wrLdcK7o Blizzard of Balls]]" is a sped up version of the Christmas hymn "[[https://youtu.be/vv9AVOQjnPg In Dulci Jubilo]]".
** [[https://youtu.be/yGOadYSor5U "Boo! Haunted House"]] interpolates a variation of the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' [[https://youtu.be/AFSDR1iJrZ4 theme]] from 1:15 to 1:42.
** The 8-bit guitar-style riff in [[https://youtu.be/Jk0NuMxIOVM Future Fuckballs 2010]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/uHBtpqbOKXk Superbeast]] by Music/RobZombie.
** In the sequel, ''[=ASSimilation=]'', the first half of [[https://youtu.be/06mTY-C5XNQ "Security Breach"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/F_gUCD0E0E0 Heat Man's theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' mixed with [[https://youtu.be/2_zFVt8FkLw "Ragescape"]] by Decoded Feedback.
** The second part of [[https://youtu.be/6pbXq2dai1w "Naggi Sucks!"]] from the first game, and the first part of [[https://youtu.be/BdbzlM2y8lU "Dookie Dookie Panic"]] from the second game, are both similar to Music/TransX's [[https://youtu.be/b9xBAtCsCTQ "Living on Video"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/1AGa03tFGnY "The Nerd Room"]] sounds like La Bouche's [[https://youtu.be/ydd9Dn3bJlI "Be My Lover"]].
*** The composer for "[=ASSimilation=]" states that he based "The Nerd Room" on [[https://youtu.be/g08AOcFoE1Q a MIDI track]] submitted as the Overworld to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Zelda's Adventure]]'' (there actually isn't an overworld theme) that happens to be SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in spite of this.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'':
** [[https://youtu.be/gCXpVakWSqA "Rex Colt"]], the opening theme, is very similar to the original version of the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' [[https://youtu.be/68I3j2luW64 theme]].
** [[https://youtu.be/xaU5ZORV2mY "Combat 2"]] is very similar to [[https://youtu.be/hgFdh6TzEgg "Tunnel Chase"]], also from ''Film/TheTerminator''.
** [[https://youtu.be/mWuDwNysX-A "Blood Dragon Theme"]], [[https://youtu.be/EHcFO7pUi9Y its reprise]], and [[https://youtu.be/-FkbSKn2_O4 "Combat 1"]] are suspiciously similar to the ''Film/BladeRunner'' [[https://youtu.be/JAwo7DPUFUM credits theme]].
*** [[https://youtu.be/20vCFt07ZRw "Love Theme"]], appropriately, sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/WWS747M7UnQ love theme]] from said film.
** The synth hook in [[https://youtu.be/vAEasjDpbDE "Omega Force"]] and [[https://youtu.be/XUVJSgNSb_g "Rex's Escape"]] sounds like the slow sections of [[https://youtu.be/YUD58g3bfSg Purple Motion's part]] of the ''Second Reality'' soundtrack).
** [[https://youtu.be/M9otKKduwBM "Blood Scope"]] is a carbon copy of Music/EnnioMorricone's [[https://youtu.be/EnFc7D0ZoCc main theme]] to Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** The synthesizer hook in [[https://youtu.be/lASUYuPvMDU "Hunters"]] ([[RecycledSoundtrack previously used in]] ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'') is very similar to the intro of Music/{{Journey}}'s [[https://youtu.be/LatorN4P9aA "Separate Ways"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/JiyuX8-6I14 "Death of a Cyborg"]] sounds like [[https://youtu.be/Ufwslm6P9No Tony's theme]] from ''Film/Scarface1983''.
*** In turn, Power Glove, the producers of the soundtrack, committed SelfPlagiarism with [[https://youtu.be/HGkKLmiegpg "Loaded"]], which is a suspiciously similar song to "Cyborg".

* Also on the subject of "The Heat Is On", the [[https://youtu.be/j8pbRFZcylw Dark Forest]] theme from ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' sounds like a slow twisted version of the chorus.

* The BGM to ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest'''s first stage, [[https://youtu.be/wZi8Lloieqw Tree Tops]], sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/yixG8pfncOs Throne Room]] (victory ceremony) music from ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''.
* One of the songs from the Commodore version of ''Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate'' sounds awfully familiar; it's almost as if your party [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail should not fear being mashed into a pulp, or having their eyes gouged out, or their elbows broken...]]

* ''VideoGame/BlastCorps'': Almost every song in this game is based off a real song, and one completely rips off Front Line Assembly's Circuitry. I'm surprised they never sued Rare.
** Same-company example: Compare the theme for [[https://youtu.be/OGePLIbxL7Y Jade Plateau]] with ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Donkey Kong Land]]''[='s=] [[https://youtu.be/iS6jMnYUrx4 boss theme]].

* In ''VideoGame/BustAGroove'' (''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.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
** Some parts of the soundtrack sound suspiciously like the main theme to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', with OneWomanWail replaced by violins.
** An odd example is the ambient track from the [[https://youtu.be/Ts3YlnzXAr4 Dead Money DLC.]] This disturbing track sounds suspiciously like the track from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', [[https://youtu.be/gktQhJ2lucE Summer Snow.]]

* Even ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' isn't immune to this. Bonus track "Yes We Can" from the second game sounds like a mariachi version of the Chicken Dance with a little ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'' thrown in there for lead.

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

* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'':
** The first phrase of [[https://youtu.be/0a2ENyUfo_8 "Birth of the People"]] is similar to the Breton folk tune [[https://youtu.be/pI6_tXYS9f0 "Son ar chistr (Song of Cider)"]], while the rest of the tune is similar to the third movement of Bach's ''[[https://youtu.be/sGHgLvb5PYE?t=14m21s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor]]''
** [[https://youtu.be/-97BrdWBRuE "Sacrifices"]] resembles the beginning of Debussy's [[https://youtu.be/Yh36PaE-Pf0 ''Arabesque No. 1'']].
** The first part of the [[https://youtu.be/GTdZedIqU98 Pyramid]] theme sounds suspiciously like the [[https://youtu.be/liVSa76Scck#t=1m35s Jawa Sandcrawler]] theme from ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'', and [[https://youtu.be/jwlZO4B_QK8 "The Great Tree"]] strikingly resembles [[https://youtu.be/SEEOcqbeclg "The Battle of Yavin"]](especially the "X-Wings Draw Fire" part) from the same movie.
*** In turn, [[https://youtu.be/tggK8wu6tUw this music cue]] in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'''s Nevada Desert stage is suspiciously similar to the second part of the Pyramid theme.
** The first part of the ending music is based on the 20th Century Fox fanfare.

* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'':
** The synth hook during the verse of [[https://youtu.be/lW98Z9W1X5I "Neon Jungle"]] resembles that of Prince's aforementioned "When Doves Cry", while the chorus echoes Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's [[https://youtu.be/vWz9VN40nCA "Physical"]].
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/BKz84gfrtZ4 "Pick Yourself Up and Dance"]] is obviously ripped from Music/MichaelJackson's [[https://youtu.be/w8DKD0PoRSI "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"]]. [[WordOfGod Composer Jake Kaufman says]] it was inspired by both Michael and Janet Jackson, but he couldn't find a similar enough sounding vocalist, so he left it an instrumental.
** The refrain of the ending credits theme, [[https://youtu.be/k93kNJKEl4o "Dared to Dream"]], is similar to Music/WeirdAlYankovic's [[https://youtu.be/SMhwddNQSWQ "Dare to Be Stupid"]], which itself was a style parody of {{Music/Devo}}. The bridge section references Music/{{Queen}}'s [[https://youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ "Bohemian Rhapsody"]].
** The FinalBoss [[https://youtu.be/rjKaBjhCUVE arrangement]] of Skullmageddon's theme resembles the [[https://youtu.be/WkE_quHvNEk final boss theme]] from ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime''.
*** Skullmageddon's [[https://youtu.be/FBjOB7uanhg first battle theme]] (and by extension the [[https://youtu.be/w4KHRnvTJMU Mission 3-3]] BGM from ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon1'') resembles [[https://youtu.be/cF5ciZKdPJ4 "Holders of Power"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''.
** The piano in [[https://youtu.be/ugkujCfe7ek "Ghost Forest"]] is similar to the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' theme.
** The [[https://youtu.be/-iuNdsCU24o boss theme]] for Marian II, a ManEatingPlant [[CaptainErsatz based on Audrey II]] from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/6oqUE8t8EOY Stage 1]] theme of ''Double Dragon'''s [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual antecedent]] ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Renegade]]'', rendered {{in the style of}} the musical's soundtrack.
** [[https://youtu.be/zze026EoKj8 "Glad I Am"]] sounds like Glenn Frey's [[https://youtu.be/C070_4ya98Y "The Heat is On"]], but faster, also borrowing elements of Music/DeepPurple's [[https://youtu.be/Wr9ie2J2690 "Highway Star"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/lwDDteGaThw The Shop theme]] resembles [[https://youtu.be/WGEEAhl0EDw "Theme of Eastern Story"]] from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series.
** Most of the Mixtapes are soundalikes of popular songs:
*** Absorb = Music/PeterGabriel's "Sledgehammer"
*** Bomb Toss = Music/RickAstley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
*** Desperation = Music/DepecheMode's "World In My Eyes"
*** Healing Touch = Music/MarvinGaye's "Sexual Healing"
*** Lightning = Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Ride The Lightning"
*** One Inch Punch = Music/BeastieBoys' "Sabotage"
*** Sine Knife Swarm = Cybotron's "Clear"
*** Spin Kick = Johnny Kemp's "Just Got Paid"
*** Weapon Up = Music/{{NWA}}'s "Fuck The Police"

* [[https://youtu.be/ayLsizAk3RQ "Looking For Mary"]] from ''VideoGame/ClockTower: The First Fear'' sounds like a cross between the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' theme and [[https://youtu.be/04EShclPAa0 "Tubular Bells"]] from ''Film/TheExorcist''.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', and in keeping with its main inspiration source, ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the [[https://youtu.be/3xmnC-nj0DQ Greenvale theme]] sounds distinctly like [[https://youtu.be/khMlcTE7lw8 Laura Palmer's theme]], with a bit of the [[https://youtu.be/pXrjMaVoTy0 Twin Peaks main theme]] mixed in.

* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' 2's subterranean level music, "[[https://youtu.be/F2BLJZnqq4U Lorenzo's Soil]]" sounds very similar to Enigma's "[[https://youtu.be/4F9DxYhqmKw Sadeness - Part i]]"

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'''s [[https://youtu.be/CjN25asRYcc fourth boss theme]] is reminiscient of [[https://youtu.be/kLp_Hh6DKWc In the Hall of the Mountain King]].
** [[https://youtu.be/-gqkK1UD4Kk Droid Void's music]] heavily references the theme from ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* ''VideoGame/BladeAndSoul'' features a track called "[[https://youtu.be/kU-3HSaQfx8 The Black Rose Witch]]" which sounds similar to a track in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' such as [[https://youtu.be/N3472Q6kvg0 Rules of Nature]] or [[https://youtu.be/6RlSgnpLbro I'm My Own Master Now]]. The fact that Jamie Christopherson composed both tracks may have something to do with it.

* ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'':
** [[https://youtu.be/Byz6960tWxQ Aurora's theme]] resembles the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' theme mentioned above.
** [[https://youtu.be/qIWp5aQTJ1w "Serpent Boss"]] sounds like an OminousLatinChanting take on [[https://youtu.be/xCENkwPiuU0 "The Mob Song"]] from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
** The first half of [[https://youtu.be/8GBFGtrKFm0 "Sword of Mars (Battle Theme 3)"]] sounds like the riff from Music/{{Europe}}'s aforementioned [[https://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw "The Final Countdown"]].

* In ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge'', [[https://youtu.be/RHmvJC29O3w "Apocalypse"]] is similar to Music/{{Berlin}}'s [[https://youtu.be/cNVLRPSEVaE "The Metro"]], as is the [[https://youtu.be/RKK20M2cUyI main theme]]'s synth riff.

* In ''VideoGame/CaptainSilver'', [[https://youtu.be/rk18mcbNBz8 the Pied Piper's theme]] sounds like a [[CreepyCircusMusic circus]] version of Edvard Grieg's [[https://youtu.be/kLp_Hh6DKWc "In The Hall of the Mountain King"]].

* 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/Halo2''.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': The first few bars of the ending theme, [[https://youtu.be/zB8uF6uvz-Y "Your Reality"]], sound an awful lot like the first few bars of [[https://youtu.be/ymMyhqSrsG8 "The Power of Love"]] by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'':
** The piano section of [[https://youtu.be/FjG0ivBT4lQ "Quiet and Falling"]] sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/egxo5MMggno save room theme]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** The first part of [[https://youtu.be/bXfHKEaDg4s "In the Mirror"]] was [[WordOfGod admittedly inspired by]] the ''Film/BladeRunner'' [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ABE2FBA2900C03E soundtrack]], particularly the intro and end titles.
** The cue for the [[https://youtu.be/iDVM9KED46Q?t=7m 2500m]] section of Chapter 7 is blatantly similar to ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'''s [[https://youtu.be/O8j9KonopMc Forgotten Crossroads]] theme.
** [[https://youtu.be/gV5jmlGXLRc "Joy of Remembrance"]] from the ''Farewell'' DLC is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/wN85h3H0Sdk "Singing Mountain"]] from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* [[https://youtu.be/zWRREH59RDs "Into the Super Battle (Stage 1)]] from ''[[VideoGame/StarSoldier Super Star Soldier]]'' sounds like [[https://youtu.be/_IPBgUKGdYk "Burning in the Third Degree"]] from ''Film/TheTerminator''.

* [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong/VideoGamesAToG Video Games A-G]]

* The OST for ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' Contingency Contract, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1diccswaHKw Operation Barrenland]] by [=W&W=], is similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLBBRuVDOo4 Astronomia]], of [[MemeticMutation Coffin Dance/Dancing Pallbearers fame]]. [[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16z411b7Rt?from=search&seid=4050049233428617784 Here is an exact comparison]].
* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'': Michael Hoenig's composition [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsV7TuNMr5M "Attacked by Assassins"]] is almost identical to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsV7TuNMr5M main theme]] of ''Film/Lifeforce'' by Henry Mancini that it's a surprise why no lawyers were involved.
* The beginning part of the ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' final boss theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dNrmGD7mU Soul of Cinder]]", is nearly identical to the beginning part of the final boss theme of ''VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPU0HD9hvmg "A Mighty Power"]]. Considering how vastly different the two games are, and how both songs differ after the beginning section, it's likely completely coincidental.
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'':
** Many of Kenji Yamamoto's works sound eerily similar to songs by Finnish power metal band Music/{{Stratovarius}}. The most obvious examples are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NPlVd09Tc "Challengers"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icQ4ySVZw7E "Warrior from an Unknown Land"]] compared to Stratovarius' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2l8KtdQ7Ek "Hunting High and Low"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5V8niow0EA "Infinity"]] respectively, whereas [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2PxksNIXSM "Move Forward Fearlessly"]] liberally uses the opening guitar riff of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvY77AmLtw "Glory of the World."]] [[note]]Doesn't make ''Budokai'''s soundtrack any less awesome, though.[[/note]] In fact, years after the ''Budokai'' games were released, Yamamoto was fired because Toei found out about his plagiarism. The HD collection of the ''Budokai'' games used a completely different soundtrack [[note]]or, to be more accurate, a mish-mash of the soundtracks from ''Budokai Tenkaichi 2'' and ''3'', ''Raging Blast'', ''Tenkaichi Tag Team'' and ''Ultimate Tenkaichi''[[/note]] as a result.
** While there is still a clear rock influence in the ''Budokai 3'' soundtrack [[labelnote:(For example...)]]The opening to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6X3KvGsoRg "Over the Galaxy"]] was lifted from Music/EltonJohn's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wEWSUUsUc "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"]] whereas [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47w0YzktIho "Embrace the Blue Sky"]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCpeuJ6swro "Be Good to Yourself"]] by Music/{{Journey}}[[/labelnote]], Yamamoto also branched out a bit more into disco and R&B: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pLjPeiX3Q the Duel Mode character select theme]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GtyMeEcPPE "Upside Down"]] by [[Music/TheSupremes Diana Ross]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB1Hy9nBTbI the Level Up/Status Screen theme]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOx81aG-EN4 "Everybody Dance"]] by Music/{{Chic}}, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77tX-FyVz4 "An Old Friend"]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk "September"]] by Music/EarthWindAndFire. (One fan even made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDFjnylW5Ss some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooSEdnLZ79M mash-ups]] of the latter two examples in light of the above controversy.) The common consensus is that, even if Yamamoto stole a lot of songs when composing the [=OSTs=], he had undeniably good taste in music.

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'': The boss theme [[https://youtu.be/VL40UhE3rRU&t=3m15s Their Own Brand of Justice]] has a lot in common with [[https://youtu.be/TbHc5i4O2tc&t=4m58s Far Beyond The Sun]] and other Yngwie Malmsteen songs. [[https://youtu.be/TbHc5i4O2tc&t=3m42s A less distinct,]] but similar part [[https://youtu.be/VL40UhE3rRU&t=1m7s occurs here as well.]]
** The guild hall theme in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyNexus'' resembles "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones.
** The Petal Bridge theme in the second game and its remake contains a segment that resembles the French song "Alouette".

* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'':
** Atomic Edition's [=E4M1=] theme, [[https://youtu.be/LQmG2ReHqV8 Missing? Impossible!]] is suspiciously similar to the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme.
** There's also [[https://youtu.be/mw_tKdjI98Q "In Hiding"]], the [=E3M1=] theme, which sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/RiXioWKF5ig closing credits music]] from ''Film/BladeRunner''. Bobby Prince was involved in the soundtrack production of ''Duke 3D'' (see the ''Doom'' entry below) so it's not surprising at all that there's suspiciously similar songs here too.
* 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".

* The NES pirate of ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'' uses suspiciously similar songs to "A Whole New World" and "Prince Ali", among others.
** The Game Boy Color version of the Virgin Games ''Aladdin'' has an odd relationship with this trope. Certain songs from the movie and even original pieces from the source game were replaced with soundalikes, while others were left alone. This is particularly odd in the case of "Prince Ali", which was replaced with a sound-alike even though a few bars from it are still used as the "stage clear" theme.

* The [[https://youtu.be/ilOYzbGwX7M NES version]] of ''VideoGame/DejaVu'' plays a rendition of [[https://youtu.be/eXFaJpb-reg Alfie's theme]] by Sonny Rollins, tweaked slightly to include a MusicalNod to the flute's melody from ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}''.
* For some reason, the first-level theme from ''VideoGame/GodHand'' sounds a great deal like the theme song from ''Hawaii Five-O'' (odd, considering this is a Western-themed level).
** Godhand also has a Suspiciously Similar Song to the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' theme song with new lyrics as its ending credits song.

*** The Buriki Daioh theme from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' also sounds suspiciously like the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' intro theme. That one gets around quite a bit, it seems. [[https://youtu.be/f_CPuucokAI Compare]] and [[https://youtu.be/i9yqI9gL_Cw contrast.]] The game even references the show's intro by opening up a lake for the giant robot to emerge.
* The lab theme from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' sounds a lot like "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers, which is all but likely to be coincidental given the game was released mere months after the album "Hot Fuss".
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNtnjrrXMDU Quiet]]", the NightmareFuel music that plays when the player returns to Mimiga Village to find it a GhostTown, is reminiscent of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtoejHM-H0E Itsuwari No Ending]]" from ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' i.e. the DownerEnding music when you beat the game with only one player.
* ''Guitar Superstar'' is a plug-'n'-play ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' clone filled with songs similar to songs heard on the radio. For example:
** One of the songs is called "[[https://youtu.be/sKeEsqUXMjI Granite Man]]", which is somewhat reminiscent of "Music/BlackSabbath's "Iron Man".
** Music/{{KISS}}'s "Strutter" is cloned as "[[https://youtu.be/OtXW1eW1yoE Walkin' Bad]]".
* 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.
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'':
** Parts of the first two games' soundtracks were suspiciously similar to metal songs, but executed in such a fashion that few people really noticed. See [[http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_music these]] [[http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_II_music pages]] for some comparisons.
** Coincidentally, the open-source project [[http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/ Freedoom]] contains ''Suspiciously Simlar Songs to ''Doom'' music'', making it somewhat Meta.
** The music track for the ''Doom II'' level "Barrels o' Fun", entitled "Bye Bye American Pie" (no relation to ''[[Music/DonMcLean that]]'' [[Music/DonMcLean song]], incidentally), is by far the most egregious example of this trope in the game. It is literally just a few minor variations away from being a note-for-note MIDI transcription of Music/AliceInChains' "Them Bones", minus the vocal melody, and about half as long. It's essentially a karaoke version. [[http://www.doomworld.com/music/d_ampie.mid Here, listen for yourself]].
** ''Doom's'' music for the second episode's second level, [[https://youtu.be/3HZEF6Ujsl0 "The Demons from Adrian's Pen"]], is suspiciously similar to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''[='=]s [[https://youtu.be/hLtFJJxcjk4 "Into the Dungeon"]], from the secret levels of that game's second and fifth episodes. A case of SelfPlagiarism.
** Oddly enough, a number of the songs from Music/{{Pantera}}'s ''Vulgar Display of Power'' that didn't get lifted for ''Doom'' were reinterpreted on the ''Quake II'' soundtrack, though it wasn't Bobby Prince in that case.
** "[[https://youtu.be/BEECC3xoCVU At Doom's Gate]]" from the first game seems to take influence, of all songs; [[https://youtu.be/l1DIV8V_zwQ Maria Magdalena]] by Sandra. It also has a similar guitar riff to, fittingly, [[https://youtu.be/4RjF4HsAj6M "This is Doom"]] by Russian metal group Aria. It also shares some similarities with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UrcmJXglU8 "Blood and Fame"]] from the ''Film/Demoni2'' soundtrack.
** The music for the [[https://youtu.be/BwaLZbSs1yA?t=14m37s "Hell Arena of Death"]] level in the ''Joey's Challenge Pack'' [[GameMod WAD]] sounds like a three-way crossover between the ''Skate or Die'' [[https://youtu.be/5zpi4H_UvtI title theme]], [[https://youtu.be/yvAShxQrk64 "The Strongest Foe"]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Ys}} Wanderers from Ys]]'', and the [[https://youtu.be/5VF3FZF3WBs battle themes]] from ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' theme song (especially the ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' versions) sounds similar to the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' theme.
* ''VideoGame/CosmosCosmicAdventure'' had a song that was "Tush" by ZZ Top to a tee. The folks at Apogee were pretty blatant about this one. How blatant? The filename in the game data is "MZZTOP.IMF". The same game also features a bluegrass tune that's supiciously similar to Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

* In ''VideoGame/BlakeStone: Aliens of Gold'', the "[[https://youtu.be/fnQwSjRWpnA Mission Music #6]]" tune feels kind of like a similar mix between Music/LedZeppelin's "[[https://youtu.be/y8OtzJtp-EM Immigrant Song]]" and the ''Series/GetSmart'' [[https://youtu.be/tP-0dUXY2zs theme tune]]. It should come as no shock who did the music for this one.

* The Stage 5 theme from ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' 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.
** The [[https://youtu.be/pQv0GhjIn2Q Stage 3]] music sounds similar to the [[https://youtu.be/dee-aNXY6eU main theme]] from ''VideoGame/TerraCresta''.
** The main phrase of the [[https://youtu.be/oIjIUyXrBJg Stage 2]] theme sounds like the chorus of [[https://youtu.be/Jx6_-urg5fo?t=1m31s "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"]] by Glass Tiger.
** Same company example: [[https://youtu.be/SCu4hHKbUBg Stage 7]] of ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' and [[https://youtu.be/CUSNNFyCujs Stage 4]] of ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius''. Also similar to the former is "Crazy Call at Cry"(Port Town) from ''VideoGame/FZero X''.
*** The beginning of the ''JTS'' Stage 4 theme is also very similar to that of [[https://youtu.be/AsmihHgVjGE "Don't Wait Until Night"]] from ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle''.

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' had a few pieces of background music suspiciously similar to songs from Music/{{Stratovarius}}'s eighth album ''Infinite'', as seen [[https://youtu.be/XCoiG7unOvY here.]][[note]]Specifically shown are "Hunting High and Low", "Glory of the World" and "Infinity".[[/note]] Even the song "An Old Friend" from ''Budokai 3'' happens to be very similar in harmony to Earth, Wind, and Fire's "September", as seen [[https://youtu.be/ooSEdnLZ79M in this mash-up of both songs]].
** The chorus of [[https://youtu.be/BGY_6XJJ34E "Fight it Out"]] from ''Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit'' sounds oddly similar to the chorus of [[https://youtu.be/WWB01IuMvzA "God Knows"]] from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.
** It's no surprise that these tracks were composed by Kenji Yamamoto, who was fired after it was discovered that many of his compositions for both the video games and ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' were plagiarized from a variety of external sources.
** Much later in the franchise, in ''VideoGame/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).

* ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' for UsefulNotes/{{NES}} opens with Suspiciously Similar Songs to both [[https://youtu.be/2vj9YbRPu9Y the theme music and the logo]] of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. However, this was clearly meant as either a parody or a ShoutOut.

* The music in the trailer for the unreleased ''[[https://youtu.be/nUFiDeZsViA Thea Realm Fighters]]'' for the UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar sounds suspiciously like [[https://youtu.be/egne2ZCMM_0 the theme from]] the Film/MortalKombat movie, except that the VideoGame/MortalKombat theme is good. The never-finished game in question was a pretty blatant FollowTheLeader attempt to be like MK, even starring members of [=MK2=]'s cast, so you might even file this under UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}}.

* In ''Formula Retro Racing'', [[https://youtu.be/2Q0YSJKihaE?t=10m47s one of the BGM tracks]] sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/iLZE4shDDxM?t=4m19s Las Vegas]] theme from ''VideoGame/TopGear''.

* ''SuspiciouslySimilarSong/FinalFantasy''

* Seeing as ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'' 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:
** "Mystic City Geo" is similar to the Mushroom Kingdom theme.
** "Resting in Toad Town" from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', which Shimomura also composed, is in turn suspiciously similar to Mystic City Geo (with multiple pastiches of the first nine notes of "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms" from ''Super Mario RPG'' thrown in for good measure), to bring this full-circle.
** "Pastoral" uses the same measurement and beat as the Marrymore theme.
** The [[https://youtu.be/4bP5eQsDSII#t=5m22s credits sequence]] is clearly inspired by Disneyland's Electrical Parade; naturally, the background music is suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/Ax00vnsZPKE "Baroque Hoedown"]], the theme music from that parade.

** The battle theme that Shimomura did for [[https://youtu.be/NQEf2Cy_TlA Superstar Saga]] has a remarkably similar structure to the one she did for ''[[https://youtu.be/M8dWYAqonus Mario RPG]]''. The RecurringRiff that appears in the title screen and battle themes in ''Dream Team'' also bear a similar cadence to the main riff of the song.

* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', "Jolly Ol' Spekkio", the theme of the shapeshifter of the same name found at the End of Time, sounds a heck of a lot like "I Just Can't Wait to be King" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
** Also, there's Ayla's Theme ([[https://youtu.be/qy-u0Dq32sg here]]) and "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-HdGnzYdFQ here]]).
** Try listening to the music in [[https://youtu.be/EmsAykamaOg this]] video and deny that it sounds like a sped up version of the MMPR theme.
** Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3hz58VDWs8 Robo's theme]]. Does it sound... [[Music/RickAstley familiar]] to anyone? Despite the similarity, it was the first time [[http://www.originalsoundversion.com/yasunori-mitsuda-finally-gets-rick-rolled/ Yasunori Mitsuda heard of the British singer]].
** 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: Anime/CastleInTheSky''
*** 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).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsDhS8PBdh0 "Frog's Theme"]] is a soundalike of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLr-SQHFuJ8 "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"]].
** The [[https://youtu.be/xxX-Iz3-8HE?t=51 Guardia Castle]] theme sounds a whole lot like Percy Faith's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsiS-v6_6M "Theme from 'A Summer Place'"]].
** "Guardia's Millennial Fair" is quite similar to Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer's "Lucky Man", especially part of the refrain. The beta version heard in this [[https://youtu.be/oyo_AXQLIdI?t=92 V-Jump Festival tape]] is even more similar, as the guitar is one octave lower, making part of the theme lifted note-for-note except for the bassline being in a faster tempo.
* The Spider-Man/Venom BeatEmUp ''VideoGame/MaximumCarnage'' 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).

* In another bizarre example involving a licensed game, the developers of ''The Flintstones: Burgertime in Bedrock'' for Game Boy apparently couldn't manage to get the license to the series' iconic theme song. Several tunes in the game, including [[https://youtu.be/KY9BMSF8hD0 the title tune]], have the same rhythm but a completely different melody.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** "Beyond the Waves," the sailing theme from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', bears resemblance to the opening of Johann Strauss Jr.'s "On the Beautiful Blue Danube". The castle theme "Chateau" sounds similar to Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major" and August Wilhelmj's arrangement "Air on the G String".
** 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 final boss themes of the first and fifth game sound suspiciously similar as well.
** The tower theme in ''Dragon Quest VI'' is reminiscent of the theme from ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt''.
** The Quiet Village music from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' sounds similar to "It's a Small World."

* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'':
** "The Color of the Summer Sky" features a repeating segment that sounds musically similar to the eponymous lyrics of "A Whole New World" from ''Aladdin''.
** "Calm Before the Storm" bears a passing resemblance to Creator/JohnWilliams' Superman theme.

* [[https://youtu.be/9oi2G-9EccU The hidden Hell Level from Ganbare Goemon 2]] on the Super Famicom. It's a vague soundalike of [[https://youtu.be/9boVDep-diw Gegege no Kitarou's ever-so-iconic opening theme]].

* The stage music for Dracula's stage in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' sounds an awful lot like the Music/BillyJoel song "Pressure" inverted (bass line on top, melody on bottom). Go into music demo mode, and what's that stage's music called? "Pressure."
** [[https://youtu.be/78706bv98S8 "Beginning"]], the Stage 1 music, sounds like Music/MichaelJackson's [[https://youtu.be/8-IKGnHOpyU "Thriller"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/sDlXQdlTeho "Dead Beat"]] is similar to the [[https://youtu.be/PBQPWoOGxCQ Dragon's Castle]] theme from ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand''.
** The FinalBoss theme, [[https://youtu.be/hzLxo5ggE6I "Big Battle"]], sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/NqAOGduIFbg "Storm"]] movement of Antonio Vivaldi's ''Summer'' concerto.
* "[[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]]".

* Depending on who you talk to, the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' melody could be a shameless rip-off of the ''Speed'' theme tune or an up-beat suspiciously similar to "The Winter Road" by Sviridov. In each case the stylistic similarity is more obvious when looking at Gregson-Williams' orchestral version of the theme from the 2001 ''[=MGS2=]'' trailer, but the melody's present in TAPPY's original 1998 version.
** Big Boss's {{Leitmotif}} is suspiciously similar to the ''Metal Gear Solid'' theme, which sounds a little more tender than the actual melody due to the changing of two chords in the progression.
*** The song "Old Snake" seems to be suspiciously similar to the main theme as well, slower and sadder. Both of these are likely intentional.
** And the Metal Gear KODOQUE theme in ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' [[spoiler:and its sequel]] was suspiciously similar to the ''Metal Gear Solid'' main theme with the same chord progression but a different melody.
** The main RecurringRiff in the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' (ambience, alert music, boss music, etc.) resembles Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Radio-Activity", especially with that synthesized choir.
** The theme tune of the festive fan parody game, ''[[http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/total-klik//merrygear.html Merry Gear Solid]]'', finished with a suspiciously similar song to "Snake Eater" from ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}'', called "Secret Santa".
*** Merry Gear Solid has a lot of these. The ''Merry Gear Solid 2: Ghosts of Christmas Past'' is full of them, often with hilarious results. For example, [[spoiler:the Konami-ripoff logo at the beginning starts with the normal "doo doo doo, do do do" then finishes with Jingle Bells via pitch-shifting.]]
** The indoor infiltration theme in the NES version of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' is similar to the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme, and the alert theme is a Suspiciously Similar Song to that of the original MSX version.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' had a soundtrack hacked together from gutted, chiptuned versions of the best action movie themes of the [=80s=]. Some, like the similarity between "Advance Immediately" and the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' main theme, and the "Theme of Solid Snake" and the theme from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', are subtle. Other, like the relationship between "Chasing The Green Beret" and the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme, are less so. Night Sight's [[https://youtu.be/N5fTHoG8pTI theme]] was such an obvious ripoff of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]]' [[https://youtu.be/Nq6pekM6sZQ theme music]] that it was excluded from the OST album. The bonus track "Swing, Swing~ A Jam Blues" is suspiciously similar to Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman.
*** [[https://youtu.be/5n8m4j7MKAs "The Front Line"]] sounds similar to [[https://youtu.be/B9GMla82iGg "Aqua Illusion"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} III'', another Creator/{{Konami}} game.
*** [[https://youtu.be/0VIXzfdE6Qc "Mechanic" (Hind D/Metal Gear D battle theme)]] sounds like a cross between the original ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' [[https://youtu.be/SPW98A4i_50 boss theme]] and [[https://youtu.be/h-xih93YIwk Bowser's theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.
*** [[https://youtu.be/DNjCsHzbDv4 Big Boss's theme]] is suspiciously similar to the [[https://youtu.be/SBE68gXDW0k miniboss/Tourian theme]] from ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', which itself resembles the [[https://youtu.be/In8WfBgBEis castle theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.
** 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 ''VideoGame/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.
** The greatest offender is easily ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', with [[https://youtu.be/-KJploMFVwo Takedown]] being almost ''''note for note'''' a copy of [[https://youtu.be/3YhjCnga5Hc Ascension 3]] from ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''. Amazing how it went unnoticed for several years...

* ''Franchise/SilentHill'':
** [[https://youtu.be/TVCDvUJXxUU "Fear of the Dark"]] is suspiciously similar to Music/MikeOldfield's [[https://youtu.be/FN6jIvKiYOs "Tubular Bells"]] from ''Film/TheExorcist''.
** [[https://youtu.be/5BBNNGmSmWo "She"]] is similar to Music/TheAnimals' version of [[https://youtu.be/5A-4VGfx5lU "House of the Rising Sun"]].
** "You're Not Here" from ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' sounds similar to Music/{{U2}}'s "New Year's Day". Likewise, [[https://youtu.be/oNJqBIA6mVg "Not Tomorrow"]] from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' and [[https://youtu.be/6qalGezr76o "Promise"]] from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' both resemble [[https://youtu.be/LQZLPV6xcHI "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"]], also by U2.
** The [[https://youtu.be/DZQo_ZMeR8U title song]] of the first game, [[https://youtu.be/Jgr-ZSZSSwA "Killing Time"]], [[https://youtu.be/GBYsdw4Vwx8 "Theme of Laura"]], and [[https://youtu.be/FxrDCLrd89w "Overdose Delusion"]] have a [[RecurringRiff recurring theme]] similar to Portishead's [[https://youtu.be/niIcxMuORco "Sour Times"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/Ae3xR8Dc5Xs One of the ambient tracks]] in ''SH 3'''s AmusementParkOfDoom is similar to [[https://youtu.be/3Gcv0l8JtKo "In the Grip of Madness"]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} DOOM (PlayStation)]]''.

* The NES licensed game ''VideoGame/TopGun'' by Konami has, as its attract mode demo music, a suspiciously similar Version of "Danger Zone".
** Konami's later game with the same flight engine, ''VideoGame/LaserInvasion'', also features a different song similar to "Danger Zone" for the first mission.

* 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.]]"

* The "Game Over" music of the NES version of ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' plays a sad yet similar version of "Taps"... you know, the one that goes like... "Dun-da-duuuunnn... dun-da-duuuunnn..."
* In the first NES adaptation of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the intro theme sounds similar to "Stone Cold Crazy" by Music/{{Queen}}. The level 5 overworld map theme is kinda similar to the intro to "Come Together" by Music/TheBeatles.
** The opening theme also sounds suspiciously like the solo from "The Number of the Beast by Music/IronMaiden. Compare ''[[https://youtu.be/f49OKDTQZwk?t=7 Here]]'' and ''[[https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?t=195 Here]]''
* In ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'', the "Bury My Shell at Wounded Knee" theme begins similarly to the theme of ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' series:
** The [[https://youtu.be/YwqzPJ_EENY intro theme]] of the third game's arcade version sounds like a mix of Music/MauriceRavel's ''[[https://youtu.be/Q4wb11w0ZHQ Bolero]]'' and the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[https://youtu.be/e9lapdvLSGw theme]].
** [[https://youtu.be/TrJarj-QfJQ "Uncharted Territory/Unpleasant Cell"]], the final stage theme from the third game's SNES port, sounds like the verse section of Music/{{Styx}}'s [[https://youtu.be/uc6f_2nPSX8 "Mr Roboto"]] [[MusicalPastiche crossed with]] the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' [[https://youtu.be/mpMg1upld0w theme]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} IV'''s [[https://youtu.be/0PyEvoU7YRI Plant Stage theme]] sounds like the [[https://youtu.be/oIjIUyXrBJg Stage 2 BGM]] from ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''.
** Also in the fourth game, "Cronus"(Volcanic Stage part 1) and "Uranus" (Moai Stage) are similar to "Crystal World" and "The Old Stone Age" from ''Gradius II'', resepectively, while "Hydra" (Liquid Metal) and "Dupon" (High Speed) respectively resemble "Sand Storm" and "Accident Road" from ''Gradius III''.
** The orchestral sections of [[https://youtu.be/THEYfku15Ec "Something Green"]] from ''Gradius V'' are similar to Music/{{Orbital}}'s [[https://youtu.be/KFIdNr1PGCM "Way Out ->"]], while the acid bass riff resembles that of [[https://youtu.be/eKY8qpPmGnk "Don't Laugh"]] by Josh Wink.
** [[https://youtu.be/9q21PI532m4 "Fire Scramble"]] from ''Gradius III'' sounds just like [[Music/{{Renaissance}} Renaissance's]] [[https://youtu.be/6dH5y0BUXZ4?t=78 "Song of Scheherazade"]].

* ''VideoGame/ContraShatteredSoldier'':
** [[https://youtu.be/8ynPvzkcwxE "Survival of the Fittest"]] is suspiciously similar to Music/{{Megadeth}}'s [[https://youtu.be/K5jvUXij7nU "Symphony of Destruction"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/8EDEAFJxBmA "Submarine Power Plant"]] is similar to [[https://youtu.be/HdDx2SUJj68 "Cold Rock the Mic"]] by Music/Apollo440.
** [[https://youtu.be/-_iPt3ngtSU "Jinmen-gyo"]], to Music/TheProdigy's [[https://youtu.be/TZ3rzwlBwtQ "Firestarter (Empirion Mix)"]].
** [[https://youtu.be/-i5cp0K9r3M "Relic of Moirai"]] sounds alot like Music/JeanMichelJarre's [[https://youtu.be/5DDEl7JnWvo "Oxygene Part 4"]].

* The first ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' video game for the NES uses a soundalike of "When I'm Sixty-Four" in a few levels.
* "[[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]].

* ''SuspiciouslySimilarSong/MegaMan''

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** The end theme to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', [[https://youtu.be/nu4Ohu811Vk "Still Dawn,"]] is clearly inspired by the second half of ''[[http://youtu.be/Th3ycKQV_4k?t=3m9s Layla]]'' by Music/DerekAndTheDominos.
** [[https://youtu.be/T1BB0JZcS4A "Deathtrap"]] from ''[[VideoGameRemake REmake]]'' and [[https://youtu.be/5-ocyM-07Ps "Agony"]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' are suspiciously similar to [[https://youtu.be/KsBRVU3zEvY "Steadfast Extermination"]] and [[https://youtu.be/tU9jqARgZDY "Hell's Churn"]], respectively, from the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.
* When Creator/{{Capcom}} re-released ''VideoGame/{{Aladdin|Capcom}}'' for the GBA, their rights to "Friend Like Me" and "Whole New World" had expired, so they were forced to replace them with similar sounding new tunes. The original SNES version did this from the start with a "One Jump Ahead" substitute for the first level, and an "Arabian Nights" one for a cutscene.
** The NES pirate of ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'' uses suspiciously similar songs to "A Whole New World" and "Prince Ali", among others.

* The NES RPG game based on the hit movie ''Film/{{Willow}}'' has song similar to "Theme from A Summer Place" when you enter a certain town. So does ''VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit'' for GBA while driving on Shy Guy Beach.
* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'':
** 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.
*** An "Eye of the Tiger" soundalike plays in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' when Deis awakens. Followed by Falling Green sounding similar to Secret of the Forest from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and the Game Over theme and ''Chrono Trigger's'' Windy Scene during the first notes.
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' the leitmotif of a man called Kahn, which is named "~A Man~", sounds quite similar to ''Wipeout'' by The Surfaris. The irony of that is Kahn is usually not fought within a beach-like area anywhere.
** The second overworld theme of the first game contains a recurring riff that parrots "Bella Notte" from ''Lady and the Tramp''.
** The theme of Dologany in the second game resembles the main theme of ''Mickey/'s Christmas Carol''.

* [[https://youtu.be/bg-zFZBZAEk Wipe Out]], the theme of the Osaka Stage from ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'', is pretty much a rock-heavy version of Lei Wulong's theme from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 3'' (moreso the [[https://youtu.be/6q0HaHt7S1k OST]] than the [[https://youtu.be/yVhVYmFADRQ AST]]).
** This is even funnier when you realize that Lei's theme is a cover of [[https://youtu.be/CUhTDpZW-rE Steam]] by [[BoyBand East 17]], which preceded ''[=T3=]'' by a margin of about two years. The lyrics "Outside it's raining / but inside it's wet" is a bit humorous given the nature of Lei's stage in that game.
** That's not the only example from the VideoGame/CapcomVs series. Back in the first ''Capcom vs. SNK'', Akuma's theme ([[https://youtu.be/AqDbz7EmKSI Worth of my Fist]]) sounds very much like the music for the [[https://youtu.be/3ktaQPVBsUk Spaceway]] in ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters''. In ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom: [[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate All Stars]]'', the ear-invading, crowd-pleasing [[note]]We kid you not.[[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/bp1ZkMq26A8 BGM]] that accompanies the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Orbital Ring Systems Cargo Bay]] stage is easily mistakable as Alice Deejay's [[https://youtu.be/lHjNmyzrVvM&ob=av3e Better Off Alone]].
** In several Capcom Vs. Whatever games, the Capcom characters tend to have {{Leitmotif}}s that are arrangements of themes from their respective series, but strangely enough, VideoGame/CaptainCommando'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''.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', the music in the [[https://youtu.be/2f1hOKHzaHs Americana Casino]] has parts that are very similar to Music/{{ACDC}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/ZtOpP4QJa9k Thunderstruck]]". Why'd they'd choose to rip off an Australian band for an American-themed casino is anyone's guess (although the song ''does'' mention [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]).
** [[spoiler: Chuck Greene's]] boss [[https://youtu.be/SJFtjRgjcK4 music]] (warning: title and picture contain spoilers) in ''Dead Rising 2: Off the Record'' sounds an awful lot like Music/{{Metallica}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/8xPaeONSn_8 Sad But True]]"

* "Pursuit ~ Cornered" from the original ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' sounds weirdly similar to the ''Cheetahmen'' theme from the infamously bad ''VideoGame/Action52'', so much so that there is a [[https://youtu.be/Wgu_E0-5jyU mashup combining the two]].
** Also "Pursuit ~ Cornered" resembles "Those Who Fight" from ''Final Fantasy VII''.
** 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 personality and the official name of the track ("Victor Kudo ~ How Heartrending, the Melody of This War Song!").

* Ingrid's theme from ''VideoGame/CapcomFightingEvolution'', [[https://youtu.be/fGdKUMHx_Qs Heat Haze]], sounds similar to Music/IronButterfly's [[https://youtu.be/UIVe-rZBcm4 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]].

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** [[https://youtu.be/Sp0alNxwcis Chun Li's ending theme]] in [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]] is ''absurdly'' similar to [[https://youtu.be/cXUMB19WkT8 the main theme]] of Film/TheLastEmperor, written by [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]].
** [[https://youtu.be/JGw8DWctAts Guile's theme]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' is based on T-Square's [[https://youtu.be/J1vwlTZ5EGQ "Travelers"]].
** You can't not notice the similarity between the start of Ken's theme from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and [[https://youtu.be/oLoSzlq57Ps Cheap Trick's Mighty Wings]].
** The main melody of Ken's theme (after the intro) is also suspiciously similar to the first half of the [[https://youtu.be/Pz07qH_aW1E Stage 1 theme]] from the UsefulNotes/NECPC8801 version of ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II'', whose B-section in turn resembles that of "Mighty Wings".
** 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".
** Zangief's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWC2tZS52Uw ending theme]], to which he and Soviet (ex) president Gorbachev do ThatRussianSquatDance, is appropriately a soundalike of Matvey Blanter's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KDi-L5Qe0 Katyusha]]", with a touch of Ivan Larionov's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwS50EDcMGE Kalinka]]".
** [[https://youtu.be/AJxyHUGAQoA Poison's theme]] from ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' sounds quite a bit like part of the opening theme to [[https://youtu.be/RLhdY6_juDk Space:1999]]. The bass lines are practically identical.
** The [[https://youtu.be/pHlhcqctS9Y Volcanic Rim stage theme]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', [[AwesomeMusic/StreetFighter arguably the game's best piece of music]], has pieces seemingly borrowed from [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] Masato Tanaka's theme song "[[https://youtu.be/aTGjQ4SunEM Dangan]]", [[https://youtu.be/CYdSLaVu9p4 Spark Mandirll's stage theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', and Little Mac's [[https://youtu.be/68tfAq8oFts knocked-down]] theme from ''VideoGame/PunchOut!!'' It's basically a Suspiciously Composite Song at this point.
** In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', according to WordOfGod, [[https://youtu.be/PaWDaoXXBnQ G's theme]] was composed with the Music/DepecheMode song [[https://youtu.be/u1xrNaTO1bI Personal Jesus]] in mind, and at one point, [[https://youtu.be/rHzOMTMCTes Ed's theme]] was so similar to [[https://youtu.be/_Yhyp-_hX2s Lose Yourself]] by Music/{{Eminem}} that the composer had to tweak it to differentiate the two songs.

* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'':
** "Main Title from Movie Sound Track" from the first game sounds awfully similar to the song used on the VanityPlate for Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox.
** "[[https://youtu.be/tkxgzCqkx40 Confession]]" sounds almost identical to "[[https://youtu.be/FhYfP3Efz7s Reminiscing ~ The Class Trial]]" from another Creator/{{Capcom}}-published game, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' (which first came out in 2001 for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in Japan).

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': Abyssal Time, the Elder Geryon Knight's theme, has portions that sound like Rules of Nature from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''. Similarly, Blazing Muscle, Goliath's theme, has portions that resembles Collective Consciousness.

* The ''Franchise/PrettyRhythm'' song "[[https://youtu.be/IGqNkc0FphM Step! Step! Step!]]" sounds a lot like the theme song to the reality show ''Series/AmericanIdol''.

** 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 personality and the official name of the track ("Victor Kudo ~ How Heartrending, the Melody of This War Song!").