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{{quote|''"I have the feeling that this movie is just a receptacle for songs [[David Bowie (Music)|David Bowie]] didn't want to release on any of his albums."''|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]''' on ''[[Labyrinth]]''}}
 
When you're setting up an [[All-Star Cast]], who says you have to stop at ''actors?''
 
The [['''Pop Star Composer]]''' is a famous musical figure, known primarily for their work with, well, popular music, who is hired by a movie or video game studio to provide music and songs for their latest work. Think partially-or-completely washed-up rock stars and dueling divas. This is especially common for animated musicals--lyricsmusicals—lyrics and music by a famous songwriter seems a good way to draw audiences. If they already like Songwriter X, then they'll probably like the movie! Or so one hopes. Despite what you might think, the songwriter in question doesn't necessarily have to be an alumnus of the "pop" music genre--theygenre—they just have to be known for something ''besides'' movie scores.
 
This particular practice has been somewhat all-over-the-place since it first began. Earlier, [[Trope Maker|Trope Making]] examples sprouted up in [[The Eighties]] with examples such as David Bowie doing the songs for ''[[Labyrinth]]'' and Queen doing the music for movies such as ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]].'' But animated movies in [[The Nineties]] really [[Trope Codifier|codified]] this trope, with examples such as [[Elton John]] doing the songs for ''[[The Lion King]].'' In particular, animated movies with this kind of musical casting are prone to [[Award Bait Song|Award Bait Songs]]s and composers/performers who used to be kind of cool once.
 
And before you ask: Yes, he was in [[Oingo Boingo|a band.]] No, [[Danny Elfman]] does ''not'' count.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Yuki Kajiura]], maker of many soundtracks for various anime series, is one of the two members of famous Japanese pop duo See-Saw (disbanded), and regularly contributes to Japanese music through the solo project [[Fiction Junction]] and the band [[Kalafina]].
** In case you were wondering, yes, this is why ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' and its sequel have insert songs by [[Fiction Junction]], and this is also why ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' has all of its ending themes by Kalafina.
** Also why ''.hack//SIGN'' has an opening theme, "Obsession" by See-Saw.
* [[Susumu Hirasawa]], a pop star during the 80s and 90s, experienced something of a second coming as a composer of anime soundtracks, notably ''[[Berserk]]'' and the works of [[Satoshi Kon]].
* Ai Maeda is a film actress and singer, and provides the distinctive voice of the main character in ''[[Kino's Journey (Light Novel)|Kino's Journey]]''. Naturally, she also sings the ending theme song. (Relatedly, the ending theme lyrics were written by the original book's novelist.)
* US popstar Neil Sedaka composed the opening and ending themes for the series [[Zeta Gundam]]. Ironically however, this resulted in the openings not being used in the US DVD release.
 
 
== ComicbooksComic Books ==
* From what the rumors say, they tried to do this to ''[[Bone]]'', with famous pop songs and a plot changed to be more "[[Animation Age Ghetto|teen friendly.]]" Jeff Smith was not pleased and shot it down, hard.
 
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== Films -- Animated ==
* Disney uses this trope every once in a while:
** [[Older Than They Think|A surprisingly early example]]: Peggy Lee wrote (with Sonny Burke) the songs for ''[[Lady and Thethe Tramp]]'' and sang most of them.
** Country singer Roger Miller wrote and performed "Oo-de-lally", "Not In Nottingham", and "Whistle-Stop" for Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''.
** ''[[The Lion King]]'', with songs by [[Elton John]] (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), popularized this trope in animated features.
** [[Phil Collins]] of [[Genesis (Musicband)|Genesis]] wrote the songs for ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]].'' A few years later, he also did the songs for ''[[Brother Bear]]'', which then is lampshaded in the [[DVD Commentary]]:
{{quote| '''Rutt:''' Phil Collins, Phil Collins, Phil Collins... He's everywhere.<br />
'''Tuke:''' Doesn't he take a break? }}
** ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperor's New Groove]]'' was originally set to feature a whole arsenal of songs by [[Sting (music)|Sting]], but due to the movie undergoing a massive plot-shift in development, only two songs remain in the movie: Kuzco's facetiously-used theme song, and the end credits [[Award Bait Song]], "My Funny Friend and Me." The rest of the songs can still be heard on the soundtrack album.
* [[Elton John]] also wrote and sang most of the songs in ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'', though unlike ''[[The Lion King]],'' that [[All Animation Is Disney|wasn't a Disney movie.]]
* While [[Peter Gabriel]]'s main contribution to Pixar's ''[[WALL-E]]'' was the end credit song "Down to Earth", he also co-wrote EVE's theme with underscore composer Thomas Newman.
* While most of the Newman family is known for film soundtracks, [[Randy Newman]] had a career as a singer-songwriter before (and while) working on films. He's been doing this for quite some time too, including six [[Pixar]] movies and ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and Thethe Frog]]''.
** ''[[Cars]]'', along with pre-existing songs and Newman's score and "Our Town", also had original songs by Sheryl Crow and Brad Paisley.
* will.i.am performed and co-wrote with composer [[Hans Zimmer]] music for ''[[Madagascar]]: Escape 2 Africa''.
* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' had original songs by Pharell Williams, who was also credited for the underscore along with Heitor Pereira.
* Originally, ''[[Coraline (Filmanimation)|Coraline]]'' was set to have a whole arsenal of songs by [[They Might Be Giants (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]]. However, they ended up not fitting with the tone of the film, and mostly getting cut. One short song, sung by Other Father, does remain in the film.
* Plan on watching ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''? Hope you like Bryan Adams!
* The animated ''[[Curious George]]'' movie has songs by Jack Johnson.
* ''[[Animalympics (Animation)|Animalympics]]'' has songs written and performed by Graham Gouldman of 10cc.
* Jimmy Webb, best known for "Wichita Lineman" and "MacArthur Park", wrote the underscore and songs for ''[[The Last Unicorn (Filmanimation)|The Last Unicorn]]''; the group [[America (Musicband)|America]] performed some of the songs.
* [[Pink Floyd|Roger Waters]] composed the music to ''[[When the Wind Blows]]'', with David Bowie contributing the title song.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'' featured a song score by [[David Bowie]], who also played the main antagonist, the Goblin King. Ten years prior, he worked on a score with Paul Buckmaster for his first [[Non -Actor Vehicle]], ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'', but it went unused and has never seen the light of day save for a snippet of backwards bass that appears on the ''Low'' track "Subterraneans". Various explanations and theories have been given and floated as to why it didn't pan out, ranging from contractual issues to the director wanting a more American sound. ''Another'' popular musician, John Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas), was hired to write part of the score instead.
* [[Queen]] provided the music for [[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|FLASH! AH-AAAH--]] ...er, we mean ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]''. [[Verbal Tic|Sorry about that.]]
* [[Queen (Music)|Queen]] also were "born to be princes of the universe" with ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]''.
** Freddie Mercury (of Queen) was involved in the re-scoring of ''[[Metropolis]]'''s 1984 release. (while he was there, he requested for the East German government to use [[Video Full of Film Clips|pieces of the film in the video]] for "Radio Ga Ga")
* Roger Waters of [[Pink Floyd]] wrote a song for ''[[The Last Mimzy]]'' called "Hello (I Love You).
* ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' has a soundtrack by [[Radiohead]]'s Jonny Greenwood.
** Notably, it sounds nothing like Radiohead - but includes part of Greenwood's modernist orchestral work "Popcorn Superhet Receiver". He played the viola and studied classical composition years before becoming a guitarist, and it shows.
* Eddie Vedder of [[Pearl Jam (Music)|Pearl Jam]] did the soundtrack for ''[[Into the Wild]]'', which also doubled as his solo debut.
* Stewart Copeland of [[The Police]] wrote the music for ''[[Rumble Fish]]''.
* [[Bob Dylan]] composed a number of original songs for the Sam Peckinpah western ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.'' He also appears in a minor role. One of the songs from the film, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," is one of his greatest hits, recorded by (among others) [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Guns N' Roses]].
* [[Neil Young]] improvised the electric guitar soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's acid western ''[[DeadmanDead Man (Filmfilm)|DeadmanDead Man]]'' while watching the film alone in a studio.
* Jack White of The White Stripes performed five songs in the film ''[[Cold Mountain]]'' and appeared in a minor role.
* ''[[Kill Bill]] Vol. 1'' features original music by The RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
* Olivia Newton-John and [[Electric Light Orchestra]] recorded the soundtrack for ''[[Xanadu (Film)|Xanadu]]''.
* Karen O of the [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] wrote the soundtrack to the film adaptation of ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]''.
* Clint Mansell, former vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock-rap-techno-industrial-grebo band Pop Will Eat Itself, moved into film scores after the band disbanded in 1996. Nowadays he's most famous for writing the scores for every single Darren Aronofsky film.
* [[Peter Gabriel]] of 'In Your Eyes' and 'Solsbury Hill' fame composed the music for ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]''.
** He'd actually done another soundtrack before then -- thethen—the smaller film ''Birdy'', although half of the score was reworked instrumental versions of songs from his album ''Security''. Since then he's done the score for ''Rabbit Proof Fence''.
* Paul McCartney as solo artist composed music for several films, including ''[[Spies Like Us]]'', ''Father's Day,'' ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'', and the American versions of ''[[The Lake House]]'' and ''[[The In Laws]]''. For some reason, films that use his music tend to get too philosophical or too [[Fauxlosophical]] for the intended audiences and achieve limited success.
* Cameron Crowe's film ''[[Singles]]'' features songs from bands in the Seattle grunge scene, which had just started to explode. [[Pearl Jam (Music)|Pearl Jam]] wrote two original songs, "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust," for the film. [[Soundgarden (Music)|Soundgarden]] created an acoustic track for use in the background ambience of a scene. The song was "Spoonman," which was later re-recorded and became Soundgarden's breakout single.
* [[Dire Straits|Mark Knopfler]] composed a number of scores for movies, such as ''[[Local Hero]]'' and ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]''.
* Paramount and [[Disney]]'s ''[[Popeye]]'' [[Live Action Adaptation]] was a musical with songs written by Harry Nilsson.
* [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]] composed the music for ''[[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron: Legacy]]''.
* Horror film ''Trick of Treat'' from 1986 had all its songs written by [[Hard Rock]] band Fastway.
* [[The Residents]], of all people, performed the soundtrack to little-known [[The Eighties|Eighties]] black comedy ''The Census Taker'' (although about half of the soundtrack was previously released material).
* Mark Oliver Everett of Eels composed the soundtrack to ''Levity''.
* Shudder To Think released two soundtracks in 1998 that were notable for being [[Something Completely Different]] from their normal alternative/art-punk sound: the score to ''High Art'' was a mixture of ambient music and instrumental trip-hop, while ''First Love Last Rites'' was a [[Retraux]] 50's and early 60's pastiche with loads and loads of guest vocalists such as [[The Smashing Pumpkins (Music)|Billy Corgan]], [[Cheap Trick|Robin Zander]], [[Liz Phair]], and [[Jeff Buckley]]. Members Nathan Larson and Craig Wedren now both do soundtrack work from time to time.
* [[Yo La Tengo]] scored ''[[Adventureland]]''.
* Dave Priner of Soul Asylum scored [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.
* [[ACDC (Music)|AC/DC]] made the soundtrack of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Maximum Overdrive (Film)|Maximum Overdrive]]''.
* [[REM|R.E.M.]] wrote the underscore for ''Man on the Moon'', which was titled after their hit song about the movie's subject, [[Andy Kaufman]]. They also contributed a new song in "The Great Beyond".
* [[The Smashing Pumpkins (Music)|The Smashing Pumpkins]]' Billy Corgan has also written film scores, most recently for trashy auteur features like Jonas Akerlund's ''Spun'', and [[Asia Argento]]'s adaptation of ''[[JT Leroy|The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things]]'', though his first entrances into the genre involved more mainstream fare like ''[[Ransom]]'' and ''Stigmata''.
* Anne Dudley, composer of the scores for (among many others) [[American History X]], [[The Full Monty]] and [[The Crying Game]] (as well as the TV series [[The Tenth Kingdom]]) first became famous as a member of experimental electronica group [[Art Of Noise]], as well as a prolific string arranger for many, many songs. She more or less moved into this full time - what she's done since leaving the band couldn't rationally be described as "pop".
* In 2004, [[Pet Shop Boys]] composed a score for the 1925 silent film ''The Battleship Potemkin'', and performed it live with the Dresdner Sinfoniker in Trafalgar Square.
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* ''[[The Proposition]]'' and ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford]]'' both had soundtracks by [[Nick Cave]] and his bandmate Warren Ellis.
* Prog Metal band [[Mastodon]] composed the score for the 2010 film [[Jonah Hex]].
* ''[[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman]]'' had songs by [[Prince]].
** The Sequels had Siouxsie and The Banshees,Nick Cave,Seal,U2 and the Smashing Pumpkins
* Trent Reznor of [[Nine Inch Nails]] and his collaborator Atticus Ross did the soundtrack for ''[[The Social Network]]'' and won an Academy Award for their efforts. They worked together again on the score to the 2011 adaptation of ''[[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]]'', and also had [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs|Karen O]] contribute guest vocals for the [[Cover Version]] of [[Led Zeppelin|"Immigrant Song"]] featured in the opening credits.
* [[BT]] scored the films ''[[Stealth]]'', ''[[The Fast and Thethe Furious]]'', ''[[Catch And Release]]'', ''[[Look]]'' and ''[[Monster (Filmfilm)|Monster]]'', along with the [[Pixar]] short ''Tokyo Mater''.
* [[Nick Cave (Music)|Nick Cave]] and Warren Ellis created Beautiful scores for ''[[The Proposition]]'',''[[The Road]]'' and ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James]]''
* [[The Zombies (Music)|The Zombies]] composed the soundtrack for ''Bunny Lake is Missing''.
* Idiosyncratic acoustic guitar wizard Leo Kottke somehow did the soundtrack for a bottom-of-the-barrel [[Troma]] film, ''[[Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid]]''.
* ''[[Attack the Block (Film)|Attack the Block]]'' was scored by Basement Jaxx, known for their house music.
* [[Todd Rundgren (Music)|Todd Rundgren]] did the score for ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''. The directors of that film later got Pete Yorn to do the music for ''[[Me Myself and Irene]]''.
* [[Marilyn Manson]] did the score for the first [[Resident Evil]] film.
* U2 wrote and recorded several songs for the film ''[[The Million Dollar Hotel]]''.
* Randy Edelman began his career as a musician who occasionally did film scores, recording a few albums in the process. Since the 1980's, he's recorded film scores full time.
* David Byrne, former lead singer of [[Talking Heads (Musicband)|Talking Heads]] co-wrote the soundtrack for ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' with Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was the composer for ''[[Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force: The (Anime)|Wings of Honneamise Royal Space ForceHonnêamise]]''. Sakamoto was also once the keyboardist for Yellow Magic Orchestra, a Japanese experimental electronica band, which means the Last Emperor has ''two'' pop star composers.
* The Polyphonic Spree performed the score to ''Thumbsucker''. Before [[Author Existence Failure]] set in, [[Elliott Smith]] was going to score it instead. The songs Smith did complete for the film (two original songs and a [[Cover Version]] of [[Big Star (Musicband)|Big Star]]'s "Thirteen") were still included in the final product.
* Jeremy Barnes' first album as [[A Hawk and A Hacksaw (Music)|A Hawk and Aa Hacksaw]] provided the soundtrack for the documentary ''Zizek!'' AHAAH has also written an unofficial score that they perform live at showings of ''[[Film/Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors|Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors]]''.
* Alex Turner of the [[Arctic Monkeys]] provided five acoustic songs for the 2010 film [[Submarine]], each used in memorable montages between the two main characters. One of them was even rerecorded for the Monkeys' fourth album.
* Two former members of [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]] did film scores. Jimmy page did the scores for ''[[Death Wish II]]'' and ''[[Death Wish 3]]'', and John Paul Jones did the score for an obscure film called ''Scream For Help.''
* While he didn't score the whole film, Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis composed and performed several short instrumental pieces for the independent film ''Gas Food Lodging''.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* The score for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is written by [[PrincesPrince's Associates|Wendy and Lisa]], who scored Tim Kring's previous show, ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''.
* Nelson Riddle, responsible for the jazzy ''[[Route 66]]'' theme, moved into television and film scores but rose to fame as a popular band leader and arrangement artist for the likes of Frank Sinatra, [[Judy Garland]], and Nat King Cole.
* ''[[Malcolm in Thethe Middle]]'' was almost entirely scored by [[They Might Be Giants]].
* Stewart Copeland of [[The Police]] was the composer for the pilot of [[Babylon 5]]; however, his techno score was not carried over to the series itself, where most of the music was done by Christopher Franke, formerly of [[Tangerine Dream]].
** Speaking of Stewart, he also did most of ''[[The Equalizer]]''.
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== Theatre ==
* Elton John wrote two extra songs for the [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] of ''[[The Lion King]]'', and went on from there to write songs for Disney's ''Aida'' and the [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] of ''[[Billy Elliot]]''. Less successful was ''Lestat'', a musical adaptation of ''The Vampire Chronicles''.
* Rupert Holmes, best known for "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", wrote the songs for ''[[Drood (Theatretheatre)|Drood]]'', and later helped finish ''[[Curtains]]''.
* ''Big River'' had songs by country singer Roger Miller.
* Jim Steinman composed the score for the musical adaptation of ''[[Tanz Derder Vampire]]''.
* The French-language opera ''Prima Donna'', composed by [[Rufus Wainwright]].
* Duncan Sheik, a pop star in [[The Nineties]], is probably better known as a Broadway composer nowadays, having won Tony Awards for ''[[Spring Awakening]]''.
* [[U 2U2|Bono & The Edge]] composed the songs for ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark''.
* ''The Capeman'' by [[Paul Simon]].
* ''[[Chess (Theatretheatre)|Chess]]'', by Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of [[ABBA]].
* ''[[Ca Ira]]'', by Roger Waters. Yes, really.
* David Eugene Edwards of [[Woven Hand]] was commissioned by the Ultima Vez Dance Company to create soundtracks for their ''Blush'' and ''Puur'' shows. The soundtracks were partly original songs, and partly rearranged versions of prior Woven Hand songs.
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== Videogames ==
* Masato Nakamura from the J-pop band Dreams Come True wrote the soundtracks for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''.
** [[Michael Jackson]] was reportedly hired to compose for ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Video Game)|Sonic 3]].'' Some members of Sonic Team claim Jackson's involvement was unofficial and happened without Sega's knowledge, if it happened at all; others claim to have possession of a complete soundtrack's worth of demos from Jackson. How much of his work actually made it into the finished game is unknown. [[Urban Legend of Zelda|Rumors abound, though]], about [[The Jimmy Hart Version|Jimmy Hart versions]], stolen beats, and whole ''messes'' of trouble relating to the situation.
* Trent Reznor (from [[Nine Inch Nails]]) composed the score for ''[[Quake (Video Gameseries)|Quake]].'' His contributes are noted by the "NIN" logos on the nail packs, which are used as ammo for the nail gun.
** Reznor's drummer buddy, Chris Vrenna also supplied the score for ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''.
* The first three ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' games had their soundtrack composed by Stewart Copeland of the famous 80s band [[The Police]].
* [[Utada Hikaru]], a Japanese-American singer, writes the theme music for the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series.
* Legendary Thrash Metal band [[Megadeth (Music)|Megadeth]] is composing the soundtrack for the game "Never Dead," and judging from the comments on the Youtube pages [[Just Here for Godzilla|the fans are just there for Megadeth]]
* The overarching [[Leitmotif]] in [[Tales of the Abyss]] is derived from the theme music, composed by BUMP OF CHICKEN, called "Karma".
* The [[God of War]] ''Blood & Metal'' EP by Roadrunner Records was made with this in mind: includes appearances by Trivium, [[Killswitch Engage]], [[Opeth]] and [[Dream Theater (Music)|Dream Theater]], all writing original material.
* [[David Bowie]] co-wrote and performed the songs of ''[[Omikron: theThe Nomad Soul]]'', and appears as two different characters in-game. Several of the songs made it onto his album ''hours...''
* [[BT]] produced the soundtrack of ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]] 2: Viva Las Vegas'' and ''[[Tiger Woods]] PGA Tour 2005''. One of the songs in ''DHT 2''(the intro and the second Hoover Dam level) was a remix of his own "Mad Skillz (Mic Chekka)".
* ''[[Descent]] II'' had three of its songs produced by Ogre of [[Skinny Puppy]], and an instrumental remix of "Haunted" by [[Type O Negative]].
* ''Iron Helix'''s soundtrack was produced by Peter Stone of Xorcist.
* IDM / trip-hop artist Amon Tobin composed/produced the soundtrack for ''[[Splinter Cell]]: Chaos Theory''.
* Techno DJ Sasha produced several exclusive songs for ''[[Wipeout (Video Game)|Wipeout]] 3'', as well as including his single "Xpander".
* ''[[Halo]] 2'' has "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin, "The Odyssey" by Incubus, and "Connected" by Hoobastank, although the last isn't used in the game.
* The title theme to ''WRC'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQYwUm-P2MM Speed]", was produced by Rollo & Sister Bliss, the duo behind Faithless.
* Sonic Mayhem (aka Sascha Dikiciyan aka Toksin) produced the music to ''[[Quake]] II'', ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', and ''[[Hellgate :London]]'', as well as half the music to ''Quake III Arena'', the rest of which was done by [[Front Line Assembly]].
* Indie pop musician Owen Pallett (session violinist / string arranger on albums by [[Arcade Fire]] and others, and has some solo albums) composed part of the music to ''[[Traffic Department 2192]]'' (specifically, the songs "Menu", "Vulture", "Intro 2", and "Death"), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717072107/http://www.zoilus.com/documents//2005/000631.php about 8 years before] his earliest recorded music.
* Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, from the bands System 7 and [[Gong]], composed the music for a few games: the Xbox 360 port of ''[[Centipede (Video Game)|Centipede]] & [[Millipede]]'' (2007), and the [[Full Motion Video]] game based on ''[[The Lawnmower Man]]'' (1993)<ref>this one is only by Hillage, according to the credits</ref> and its sequel ''Cyberwar'' (1994).
* ''[[Myst|Uru: Ages Beyond Myst]]'' and ''Myst IV: Revelation'' both featured songs by [[Peter Gabriel]].
* ''[[Rez]]'' includes original and pre-existing songs by musicians such as Ken Ishii, Jojouka, Adam Freeland, Coldcut, and Oval.
* The soundtracks to ''[[MirrorsMirror's Edge]]'' and ''Capsized'' were produced by Solar Fields, [[I Am the Band|aka Magnus Birgersson]].
* [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]] has a soundtrack largely made by various J-rock bands such as Neutrino, Missile Chewbacca and HONDALADY.
* ''[[Test Drive (Video Game)|Test Drive]] 4'' featured the Younger Younger 28's and [[Orbital (Music)|Orbital]]. The track "Runnin' Out of Time" is actually the same as "Out There Somewhere Part 2" from Orbital's ''In Sides'' album.
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Clone High]]'' features music by singer-songwriter Tommy Walter, performed by his alternative rock band Abandoned Pools, including several songs that would later appear on the band's first album.
* Several [[Cartoon Network]] series, including ''Ben10'', ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', and ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'' featured music by Andy Sturmer, former frontman of early-90s power-pop band Jellyfish. Notably, the latter featured an actual cover of Jellyfish's "Joining A Fan Club". Sturmer's an unusual example though - nowadays he's almost as well known as one of [[Puffy AmiYumi]]'s songwriter/producers as he is for his former band.
* ''[[The Raccoons]]'' had several songs by Lisa Lougheed (the voice of the character Lisa), which also appeared on her ''Evergreen Nights'' album.
* The second season recording of the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' theme was performed by The B-52s.
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