Rearrange the Song: Difference between revisions

A trope growing more common every day. Need to breathe new life into old material, or just a way of keeping viewers tuning in? [[Rearrange the Song]] associated with the property. It's a way to make old material fresh, or to take advantage of current musical trends and fads.

 

 

With musicians, they can sometimes do [[Cover Version|cover versions]] of their own material as a method of pushing the envelope with their own work. Musicians also do it with other people's work as parody or homage.

It's also common in cases where a classic property has been made into [[The Movie]]. See also [[Theme Tune Cameo]], [[Theme Tune Extended]], [[Rerelease the Song]].

 

 

== Anime ==

* While not quite as numerous as other examples, ''[[Strike Witches]]'' used this as well. The girls, in different duets, took turns covering the ending theme, with the final episode having all of them singing at once.

* The Italian edition of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' (Lamu') replaces the original slow opening song with a fast, catchy pop song. It's most notable because no one knows who wrote it, who performs it, nor is there apparently a complete version anywhere - it's frustrating, because it's such a catchy piece and so very appropriate for the series, too.

* The first opening song for ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' was remixed with the lyrics altered and new singers and was used as the sixth opening. The tenth opening uses [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune|a version of the first theme sung by the members of the platoon]], though it had been in existence prior. The second and third movies also used remixed versions of the opening theme.

* ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' has five different versions of "Coloring palettes", its ending theme. Tomokane's and Noda's are upbeat, whereas Kisaragi and Professor's versions are a little more relaxed.

* [[MTV]]'s ''Unplugged'' series is pretty much devoted to this trope.

* Each episode of ''[[The Prisoner]]'' used a slightly different mix of its opening theme tune.

** Incoming producer Vere Lorrimer wanted lyrics over the end credits. They were going to be sung by Steven Pacey (Tarrant). Thankfully we were spared that.

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== Radio ==

 

 

* ''[[Noddy]] In Toyland'' uses a remixed version of the theme to Chorion's earlier ''Noddy'' production ''Make Way For Noddy''.

* The final episode of ''[[Drawn Together]]'' featured many of the show's songs being performed in radically different styles from their previous versions. (For instance, the Disney-esque ballad "Black Chick's Tongue" was performed in a hard rock style, while the Ling-Ling battle theme was transformed into a sultry jazz number.) The show was also prone to rearranging its theme song to suit the needs of certain episodes; for instance, a Tejano-style version of the theme was used for an episode which took place in Mexico.

* ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' turns the franchise's famous theme song into a sinister [[Alternative Rock]] number.

* In the first season of ''[[The Raccoons]]'', the ending theme "Run With Us" was sung by Steve Lunt and was a [[Single Stanza Song]], but in all subsequent seasons, it was performed by Lisa Lougheed ([[The Danza|Lisa Raccoon]]) [[Rewritten Pop Version|with additional lyrics]].