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* [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney movies]] simultaneously release the version one hears in the soundtrack, plus a version recorded by a popular recording artist arranged specifically for radio play with the intention of getting a hit single.

** Disney had produced (at least) three albums of rearranged songs: "Simply Mad About The Mouse" (which had it's own [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoPNxyi2fE&feature=PlayList&p=990A41B1699BE352&index=0 TV special]), "Stay Awake" (which features [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_zaZ3utUY Tom Waits'] version of [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|the Seven Dwarfs' marching song]]), and an album featuring R&B and pop singers singing their favorite Disney songs.

* The ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible]]'' movies featured at least one remixed version of the old theme, which was actually quite snappy (about the only thing I liked about the last two movies WAS the theme, in fact)

* The ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]]'' movies featured at least one remixed version of the old theme, which was actually quite snappy (about the only thing I liked about the last two movies WAS the theme, in fact)

** And then there's the background music/muzik version in that infamous Scientology video (at least one person was surprised that it was actually being played and not a repeated clip).

* The film version of [[Dragnet]] (starring Dan Ackroyd) does this to its theme.

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* The [[James Bond]] movies have rearranged the iconic theme music many times over. It sounds particularly good on electric guitar.

* Hedwig's Theme from the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' films has been tweaked, rearranged, and reworked in an effort to keep it fresh and slightly unpredictable. Other themes have had this done, too.

* The ''[[Dawn of the Dead 2004]]'' remake features a ''lounge'' version of [[Disturbed]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-aM1HOZgsA&NR=1 "Down With The Sickness"] (by [[Richard Cheese]], an expert in this).

* The ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' remake features a ''lounge'' version of [[Disturbed]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-aM1HOZgsA&NR=1 "Down With The Sickness"] (by [[Richard Cheese]], an expert in this).

* For [[ZZ Top]]'s cameo in ''[[Back to The Future]] Part III'', they play a country version of "Doubleback" (the original plays during the film's credits).

* The ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (film)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' Movie contains an [[Up to Eleven|even more epic-sounding]] arrangement of the TV Show's theme. Doubles as a [[Wasted Song]], since roughly 40 seconds (If we're being generous) of the song is actually used in the film.

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** [[Super Mario Bros.]] uses this frequently, both in its rearrangements of the overworld and underworld themes from the first game for subsequent games, and (especially in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'') also within a game.

* ''[[Rainbow Six]]: Lockdown'' switched to a rock version of the series theme. In fact, every installment reworked the main theme in some way.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games since ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'' have used an orchestral rearrangement of the game's theme song (or, in that first case, Sonic's [[Image Song]]) for the final boss fight; ''[[Sonic Unleashed|Unleashed]]'' uses an orchestral version of "Endless Possibility" and ''[[Sonic Colors|Colors]]'' has an orchestral version of "Reach for the Stars". ''[[Sonic Generations|Generations]]'' lacks this, as its soundtrack is comprised almost entirely of remixes of songs from older games, and as such it doesn't have a proper theme song.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games since ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'' have used an orchestral rearrangement of the game's theme song (or, in that first case, Sonic's [[Image Song]]) for the final boss fight; ''[[Sonic Unleashed|Unleashed]]'' uses an orchestral version of "Endless Possibility" and ''[[Sonic Colors|Colors]]'' has an orchestral version of "Reach for the Stars". ''[[Sonic Generations|Generations]]'' lacks this, as its soundtrack is comprised almost entirely of remixes of songs from older games, and as such it doesn't have a proper theme song.

* The first ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' used a rearrangement of the series' traditional title screen music that added a new part to the melody. The second one took that part and made it the main melody, with the traditional melody still appearing, but only later in the song.

* For its ''Anniversary'' [[Enhanced Remake]], ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' had its soundtrack re-recorded and remastered by Pyramind Studios, as well as having its orchestral pieces conducted by the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra.

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