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** Which itself is almost a direct rip-off of Carl Orff's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9_6W6bVoQ "Gassenhauer"].

* Trailers for the film adaptation of ''[[Constantine (Film)|Constantine]]'' use "Pain and Retribution" from the score to ''[[The Crow]]''.

* The teaser to ''[[Bedtime Stories]]'' had music playing from ''[[~~One Hundred and One~~ Dalmatians (Disney)|102 Dalmatians]]''.

* The teaser to ''[[Bedtime Stories]]'' had music playing from ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|102 Dalmatians]]''.

* The "Flying" theme from ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]'' is another exceedingly popular children's fantasy piece. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-0wghH4OL8 Give a listen,] and you'll probably recognize it.

* Aversion: the first trailer for the 2004 version of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' used a churning, string-section-heavy part of the actual score (though that may have been a different recording than the one used in the film), followed by a small snippet of Gerard Butler singing "The Music of the Night". The trailers for the DVD version, oddly, still contained the score, but little to no singing (similar to the ''Sweeney Todd'' example above), except the narration still called it "Andrew Lloyd Webber's triumphant musical"!

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* Early trailers for the movie ''Seabiscuit'' used [[Michael Giacchino]]'s main theme for ''[[Medal of Honor]]'' on the [[Play Station]]… You read that right: ''video game'' music in a ''movie'' trailer!

* The trailer to the movie ''[[Miracle]]'' uses the end title from the 2000 film ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Film)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' for its climax.

* [[Michael Kamen]]'s main theme from [[Robin Hood Prince of Thieves]] is used in promos for Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases. Ironic, since that film was not released by Disney or its affiliates, and in fact, Disney has its own version of [[Robin Hood (Disney)|Robin Hood]].

* [[Michael Kamen]]'s main theme from [[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]] is used in promos for Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases. Ironic, since that film was not released by Disney or its affiliates, and in fact, Disney has its own version of [[Robin Hood (Disney)|Robin Hood]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXVzg2PiZw The main theme] from ''[[Sunshine (Film)|Sunshine]]'' is getting really popular. It's especially worth noting that the version linked to is the official soundtrack version: "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)". However, in the film itself the piece is in a different key, <ref> specifically, a higher key, and since even the clip of Cassie's voice on the official version is a lower pitch than it is in the movie, one wonders if they didn't just take the track and digitally pitch it all down... for some reason...</ref> and that version seems to get used as often as the official one.

* Johann Johannson's single "The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black" is on its way there, creeping people out with the electronic voice overlayed with the [[Shaky Cam]] footage of a global alien invasion in the trailer for ''[[Battle Los Angeles]]''.

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== Video Games ==

* In what appears to be a sort of mini-tradition, the series used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGWF8mz1Zw "Riddle Of Steel/Riders of Doom" by Basil Poledouris] from ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' in the trailers for ''[[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', and it was so popular, [[Nintendo]] reused it in the first trailers for ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]''! [[Crowning Music of Awesome|And for good reason, too.]]

* In what appears to be a sort of mini-tradition, the series used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGWF8mz1Zw "Riddle Of Steel/Riders of Doom" by Basil Poledouris] from ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' in the trailers for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', and it was so popular, [[Nintendo]] reused it in the first trailers for ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]''! [[Crowning Music of Awesome|And for good reason, too.]]

* One trailer for ''[[Far Cry|Far Cry 2]]'' used a fast-paced, techno "battle" piece over a series of explosions and battle scenes. The melody, however, was not from the first or second ''[[Far Cry]]'' games, but was, in fact, the miniboss battle theme "Fear the Reaper" from ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]].''

* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ2LVZX4yiQ trailer] for [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]] uses music from [[Pirates of the Caribbean]].

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** But just to show that nothing is immune, trailers for ''Nightmare'' used a version of the Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" for ''its'' trailers.

* Disney pulls out "If I Never Knew You" and the hook from "Just Around The Riverbend" (both from ''[[Pocahontas]]'') for some of their movies, especially the [[Direct to Video]] junk.

* The trailer for ''[[Doug]]'s 1st Movie'' had background music from the live action ''[[~~One Hundred and One~~ Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''. Most notably is when Skeeter says, "There's something bad behind me, isn't there?", an instrumental "Cruella de Vil" is heard, and then later was the music used during Pongo and Perdita's departure to find the puppies. The VHS commercial for ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' had the same.

* The trailer for ''[[Doug]]'s 1st Movie'' had background music from the live action ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''. Most notably is when Skeeter says, "There's something bad behind me, isn't there?", an instrumental "Cruella de Vil" is heard, and then later was the music used during Pongo and Perdita's departure to find the puppies. The VHS commercial for ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' had the same.

* ''La Valse D'Amelie'' from ''[[Amelie]]''. It's been in many ads and so-called reportages.

* The main theme from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' is used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAEDfzYcN6g#t=3m49s an advert] for a 1996 VHS release of ''[[The Aristocats]]''.

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