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** [[John Williams]] has done it before; the Imperial March from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (and just about every subsequent movie in the series) is lifted heavily from Gustav Holst's ''Mars: Bringer of War'' movement from ''The Planets''. The metre is changed and the order of the themes is mixed up a bit, but the similarities are fairly striking.
*** Especially during the Battle of Yavin, which also interpolates part of ''Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity'' during the "X Wings Draw Fire" segment.
* Also, "Across the Stars", the love theme from ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', is a [[Shout
* The Imperial March (Darth Vader's theme) from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' is suspiciously similar to the third movement of Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35...the part known as Chopin's Funeral March.
* "Augie's Great Municipal Band" music in the same movie is suspiciously similar to "The Emperor" music in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. Part of the "A New Hope" music in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' is suspiciously similar to of "Hedwig's Theme" from the ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]]'' series.
** Although in the case of the former, that's the whole point. It's intended to invoke the Emperor's theme, {{spoiler|the newly-elected Chancellor Palpatine being the Emperor and all.}}
* A Suspiciously Similar Song to of [[Queen]]'s "Who Wants To Live Forever?" shows up in the movie ''[[Highlander II the Quickening]]''.
* The short film ''George Lucas in Love'' (a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'') has a Suspiciously Similar Song to the ''[[Star Wars]]'' theme for the end credits music.
* "Make 'Em Laugh" from ''[[Singin in The Rain (Film)|Singin in The Rain]]'' bears more than a small resemblance to Cole Porter's "Be a Clown", which had appeared a few years earlier in MGM's ''The Pirate''.
* ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' uses a Suspiciously Similar Song to Offenbach's "Galop Infernal" (or "Can-Can") in a restaurant Scarlett and Rhett visit when dating - for some reason, since it's a public domain song (and probably was even back when it was filmed).
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