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* 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 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.
* ''[[Akikan]]!'' may be a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]], but it remixes the ending theme in every episode.
* ''[[Akikan]]!'' may be a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]], but it remixes the ending theme in every episode.
* 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.
* 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.
* ''[[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.
* [[Gao Gai Gar]] has an entire ''soundtrack'', ''Yuusha-Oh Tanjou! 10 RenHatsu!!'', devoted to the various versions of its theme song, ''Yuusha-Oh Tanjou!''. Included in this are the original, Mythology (from FINAL), Grand Glorious Gathering (from FINAL -Grand Glorious Gathering-), ultimate extra (sung by the artists who sung the theme to [[Betterman]]), Ultimate Mythology and Perfect Yell (original and Ultimate Mythology with soundclips from the series)
* [[Gao Gai Gar]] has an entire ''soundtrack'', ''Yuusha-Oh Tanjou! 10 RenHatsu!!'', devoted to the various versions of its theme song, ''Yuusha-Oh Tanjou!''. Included in this are the original, Mythology (from FINAL), Grand Glorious Gathering (from FINAL -Grand Glorious Gathering-), ultimate extra (sung by the artists who sung the theme to [[Betterman]]), Ultimate Mythology and Perfect Yell (original and Ultimate Mythology with soundclips from the series)
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* The ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' theme seems to change every 10 episodes. And every time it does, the original tune becomes less and less recognizable.
* The ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' theme seems to change every 10 episodes. And every time it does, the original tune becomes less and less recognizable.
* ''[[Growing Pains]]'' always had the same theme song, but there were different versions of it. BJ Thomas was the main vocalist from 1985-1991, using a solo version for the first year before being joined by Jennifer Warnes and later, Dusty Springfield; the music itself was reworked a couple of times. During the final season, an a capella version was used.
* ''[[Growing Pains]]'' always had the same theme song, but there were different versions of it. BJ Thomas was the main vocalist from 1985-1991, using a solo version for the first year before being joined by Jennifer Warnes and later, Dusty Springfield; the music itself was reworked a couple of times. During the final season, an a capella version was used.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has rearranged its theme several times: three times in the '80s to "modernize" it, again in the TV movie, then three times with the new series. The original Radiophonic Workshop version of the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' theme underwent a few rearrangements in the 60s and 70s. Arranger Delia Derbyshire added "electronic spangles" for the Patrick Troughton incarnation, and then in the 70s she added the electronic "scream" preceding the closing titles and the sound effect at the end. Series 1-3 of the new series use orchestral arrangements of the theme played over the top of the Radiophonic version, while series 4 rearranges some of the orchestral elements and adds guitars and drums, giving it a rock and roll theme. Series 5 is more electronic uses a bassline reminiscent of the 80s versions (and is rather funky) accompanied by a new grand and haunting orchestral melody, a constant drum beat, and even a chorus.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has rearranged its theme several times: three times in the '80s to "modernize" it, again in the TV movie, then three times with the new series. The original Radiophonic Workshop version of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme underwent a few rearrangements in the 60s and 70s. Arranger Delia Derbyshire added "electronic spangles" for the Patrick Troughton incarnation, and then in the 70s she added the electronic "scream" preceding the closing titles and the sound effect at the end. Series 1-3 of the new series use orchestral arrangements of the theme played over the top of the Radiophonic version, while series 4 rearranges some of the orchestral elements and adds guitars and drums, giving it a rock and roll theme. Series 5 is more electronic uses a bassline reminiscent of the 80s versions (and is rather funky) accompanied by a new grand and haunting orchestral melody, a constant drum beat, and even a chorus.
** In Series 3 of the new series, "Martha's Theme" sounds almost like a reworking of "The Doctor Forever," the 10th Doctor's [[Leitmotif]] from that series (or vice-versa, given their introduction around the same time).
** In Series 3 of the new series, "Martha's Theme" sounds almost like a reworking of "The Doctor Forever," the 10th Doctor's [[Leitmotif]] from that series (or vice-versa, given their introduction around the same time).
* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' also rearranged their version of "[[The Who|Baba O'Riley]]" in Season 4.
* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' also rearranged their version of "[[The Who|Baba O'Riley]]" in Season 4.
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* [[MTV]]'s ''Unplugged'' series is pretty much devoted to this trope.
* [[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.
* Each episode of ''[[The Prisoner]]'' used a slightly different mix of its opening theme tune.
* The final season of ''[[Blake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]'' used a faster and jollier muzak-like version of the theme for its end credits only, without changing the opening credit version. This created a rather odd effect after some of the grimmer episodes of the show, especially [[Kill'Em All|the last one]].
* The final season of ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' used a faster and jollier muzak-like version of the theme for its end credits only, without changing the opening credit version. This created a rather odd effect after some of the grimmer episodes of the show, especially [[Kill'Em All|the last one]].
** 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.
** 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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* ''[[Newtons Apple]]'' used [[Kraftwerk (Music)|Kraftwerk]]''s "Ruckzuck" from 1983 to 1990, then used an arranged version from 1990 to 1994, before switching to a different theme entirely.
* ''[[Newtons Apple]]'' used [[Kraftwerk (Music)|Kraftwerk]]''s "Ruckzuck" from 1983 to 1990, then used an arranged version from 1990 to 1994, before switching to a different theme entirely.
* ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' used a synthesized arrangement of its theme for the final season.
* ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' used a synthesized arrangement of its theme for the final season.
* ''[[Three Two One Contact]]'' remixed its opening theme in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S537b7saE&feature=related 1983](the best known version), and again in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KU6pd6cxgw&feature=related 1987]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1IH0dEdxL4 The original version]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnTVfkc8hX4 The ending theme] was also rearranged in 1983 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Vif-SNuJQ short version] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEipkDVhsM&feature=related extended version]), and remained the same for the rest of the series.
* ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]'' remixed its opening theme in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S537b7saE&feature=related 1983](the best known version), and again in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KU6pd6cxgw&feature=related 1987]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1IH0dEdxL4 The original version]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnTVfkc8hX4 The ending theme] was also rearranged in 1983 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Vif-SNuJQ short version] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEipkDVhsM&feature=related extended version]), and remained the same for the rest of the series.
* ''[[Square One TV]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO6Tvhoolww also did it] in its later seasons.
* ''[[Square One TV]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO6Tvhoolww also did it] in its later seasons.
* ''[[Fringe]]'''s two 1980s flashback episodes had a synth version of the theme music, to go with the retro title sequence.
* ''[[Fringe]]'''s two 1980s flashback episodes had a synth version of the theme music, to go with the retro title sequence.
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* Shudder To Think's Craig Wedren apparently likes doing this with his song "Day Ditty": Shudder To Think first recorded it as a 2 minute minimal ballad on ''Funeral At The Movies'', then it later reappeared on the ''First Love Last Rites'' soundtrack as a fairly lavish 4 minute Phil Spector homage, with Angela McCluskey on guest vocals. And then Wedren's more electronic-based project BABY retitled it "Leaving Day Ditty" and gave it more of a trip-hop feel.
* Shudder To Think's Craig Wedren apparently likes doing this with his song "Day Ditty": Shudder To Think first recorded it as a 2 minute minimal ballad on ''Funeral At The Movies'', then it later reappeared on the ''First Love Last Rites'' soundtrack as a fairly lavish 4 minute Phil Spector homage, with Angela McCluskey on guest vocals. And then Wedren's more electronic-based project BABY retitled it "Leaving Day Ditty" and gave it more of a trip-hop feel.
* [[Kylie Minogue]] has done this alot. She has remade various songs into ballads, jazz, and electronica.
* [[Kylie Minogue]] has done this alot. She has remade various songs into ballads, jazz, and electronica.
* [[One Hit Wonder]] trance group Binary Finary's "1998" has seen about a dozen arrangements.
* [[One-Hit Wonder]] trance group Binary Finary's "1998" has seen about a dozen arrangements.
* [[One Hit Wonder]] Real Life rearranged "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0 Send Me an Angel]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6WIbx8ysE in 1989] to a more Hi-NRG type sound, this version has frequently been [[Misattributed Song|misattributed]] to the [[Pet Shop Boys]] or [[Erasure]].
* [[One-Hit Wonder]] Real Life rearranged "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0 Send Me an Angel]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6WIbx8ysE in 1989] to a more Hi-NRG type sound, this version has frequently been [[Misattributed Song|misattributed]] to the [[Pet Shop Boys]] or [[Erasure]].
* Ayla's self titled single, originally released in 1996, was rearranged by DJ Taucher(Ralph Armand Beck) in 1997, so much that it sounded nothing like the original, which promptly faded into obscurity. In turn, DJ Tandu (another alias of Ingo Kunzi, the [[I Am the Band|main man]] behind Ayla) did a rearrangement based on Taucher's version in 1999, then that version itself was covered by Kosmonova.
* Ayla's self titled single, originally released in 1996, was rearranged by DJ Taucher(Ralph Armand Beck) in 1997, so much that it sounded nothing like the original, which promptly faded into obscurity. In turn, DJ Tandu (another alias of Ingo Kunzi, the [[I Am the Band|main man]] behind Ayla) did a rearrangement based on Taucher's version in 1999, then that version itself was covered by Kosmonova.
* [[Radiohead]] has done this with "Morning Bell" (rearranged on their next album, ''Amnesiac'', as (appropriately enough) "Morning Bell/Amnesiac") and the b-side "Fog" (a live piano version titled "Fog (Again)").
* [[Radiohead]] has done this with "Morning Bell" (rearranged on their next album, ''Amnesiac'', as (appropriately enough) "Morning Bell/Amnesiac") and the b-side "Fog" (a live piano version titled "Fog (Again)").
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** In 1999, Stevie updated Jaya's "If You Leave Me Now", which he produced and sang backup on, as a duet between him and Alexia Phillips.
** In 1999, Stevie updated Jaya's "If You Leave Me Now", which he produced and sang backup on, as a duet between him and Alexia Phillips.
* A couple of years after their vocalist Gibby Haynes collaborated with [[Ministry]] on "Jesus Built My Hot Rod", The Butthole Surfers had "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales", which was essentially their own version of the same song: The music is entirely different but the melody and lyrics (well, [[Scatting]]) are pretty much the same. They also remade their old noise-rock rant "Something" [[In the Style Of]] [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] as a joke.
* A couple of years after their vocalist Gibby Haynes collaborated with [[Ministry]] on "Jesus Built My Hot Rod", The Butthole Surfers had "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales", which was essentially their own version of the same song: The music is entirely different but the melody and lyrics (well, [[Scatting]]) are pretty much the same. They also remade their old noise-rock rant "Something" [[In the Style Of]] [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] as a joke.
* [[The Residents]] had a tradition of revamping their first official single "Santa Dog" every four years, with the purpose of demonstrating their musical development and the new technology available to them since then. Among the most dramatically changed versions were "Where Are Your Dogs? Show Us Your Ugly", which added a lot more lyrics and stretched the originally under 2 minute song to almost 13 minutes, and the self-explanatory "Santa Dog for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan Gamelan] Orchestra". There was also the album ''Our Finest Flowers'', which deconstructed their own songs both by using different instrumentation and combining bits and pieces of different songs from throughout their career into new compositions.
* [[The Residents]] had a tradition of revamping their first official single "Santa Dog" every four years, with the purpose of demonstrating their musical development and the new technology available to them since then. Among the most dramatically changed versions were "Where Are Your Dogs? Show Us Your Ugly", which added a lot more lyrics and stretched the originally under 2 minute song to almost 13 minutes, and the self-explanatory "Santa Dog for [[wikipedia:Gamelan|Gamelan]] Orchestra". There was also the album ''Our Finest Flowers'', which deconstructed their own songs both by using different instrumentation and combining bits and pieces of different songs from throughout their career into new compositions.
* When The Violent Femmes had to re-record "Blister In The Sun" for the ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' soundtrack, they submitted one version that was as close to the original in arrangement as possible, and one that slowed down the tempo and had it's signature guitar riff played by a horn section instead. Both ended up on the soundtrack, with the second version being dubbed "Blister 2000".
* When The Violent Femmes had to re-record "Blister In The Sun" for the ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' soundtrack, they submitted one version that was as close to the original in arrangement as possible, and one that slowed down the tempo and had it's signature guitar riff played by a horn section instead. Both ended up on the soundtrack, with the second version being dubbed "Blister 2000".
* When "No Rain" became Blind Melon's biggest hit and they started getting bored of playing it at every show, they started playing a much slower, psychedelic blues version of the song, which arguably fit it's lyrics about depression [[Lyrical Dissonance|better than the relaxed folk-rock of the original]]. A studio recording of this version appeared on the rarities collection ''Nico'' under the title "No Rain (Ripped Away Version)".
* When "No Rain" became Blind Melon's biggest hit and they started getting bored of playing it at every show, they started playing a much slower, psychedelic blues version of the song, which arguably fit it's lyrics about depression [[Lyrical Dissonance|better than the relaxed folk-rock of the original]]. A studio recording of this version appeared on the rarities collection ''Nico'' under the title "No Rain (Ripped Away Version)".
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* The theme of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' got a few special remixes in ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'', at various times performed by a full orchestra, howling electric guitars; these tended to happen at significant moments, like the times Bruce actually got involved.
* The theme of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' got a few special remixes in ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'', at various times performed by a full orchestra, howling electric guitars; these tended to happen at significant moments, like the times Bruce actually got involved.
* ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' turns the franchise's famous theme song into a sinister [[Alternative Rock]] number.
* ''[[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]].
* 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]].
* In the [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', Buddy follows up playing his beautiful, haunting harp masterwork "[[Bilingual Bonus|Sioni Bod Da]]" by grabbing his guitar and playing a Music With Rocks version of the same piece. The [[Animated Adaptation]]'s "The Messenger" captures this beautifully.
* In the [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', Buddy follows up playing his beautiful, haunting harp masterwork "[[Bilingual Bonus|Sioni Bod Da]]" by grabbing his guitar and playing a Music With Rocks version of the same piece. The [[Animated Adaptation]]'s "The Messenger" captures this beautifully.
* Virtually all of the music in ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is the theme song rescored to match the musical style of the part of the world that episode takes place in.
* Virtually all of the music in ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is the theme song rescored to match the musical style of the part of the world that episode takes place in.
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