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* How many times have you heard [[Electric Light Orchestra|ELO]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc Mr. Blue Sky] in a commercial?
* An advertisement for the [[Nickelodeon]] Cruise had the ''[[Ka Blam!]]!'' theme playing...though the show itself is not featured on the cruise, and has been forgotten by Nick.
 
== Film ==
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* Of course, [[Up to Eleven|if you want it bigger than]] "O Fortuna", you go to the point of parody with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w "Thus Spake Zarathustra"].
* Randy Edelman may feel either aggrieved or blessed by this trope, depending; Edelman himself is a relatively unknown and minor film composer, but two of his movie themes, for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHthbtSbGLM ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''] (around 1:35 in) and ''[[Dragonheart]]'' ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTKSUlMbp9A To The Stars]"), have been peddled endlessly in trailers for other movies.
** The ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' theme was used in the trailer of ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' and even in an early ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' commercial. The latter is particularly jarring due to the piece sounding nothing like the now iconic ''Harry Potter'' leitmotifs.
* True to this trope's name, the first trailer for [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Filmfilm)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' contains "Up and Out" from ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory]]'', as well as "Brainwash 'n Go" from ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]''.
* The score for the film ''[[The Rocketeer (Filmfilm)|The Rocketeer]]'' has probably been heard in trailers for other films by more moviegoers than ever saw ''The Rocketeer'' itself.
* The trailer for the 2006 film ''Deja Vu'' used the theme from ''[[Saw]]''. So do some trailers for ''Valkyrie'', and ''[[The Box]]''.
* At least one of the trailers for ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'' did this. They were still working on the music for the movie.
* An overused score is the main theme from ''[[Requiem for Aa Dream]]'', "Lux Aeterna" which is used for "serious" movies... and certain NASCAR commercials. Most ads don't use the original recording; instead they tend to use the big orchestral arrangement which was recorded for the trailer of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Two Towers]]''.
** The ''[[Requiem for Aa Dream]]'' version was used in a chrurch for a video montage of World Youth Day preparation.
** Neatly mocked in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP4mgObDeUU this] Telus commercial, featuring some [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|fairly epic]] meerkats.
** A LOT of Youtube videos use this piece.
** They do seem to be fond of using Clint Mansell--"Lux Aeterna" and the "Requiem for a Tower" remixes are the most common, but there has also been a bit of ''Death is the Road to Awe'' from ''The Fountain'' score in a trailer for ''Frost/Nixon''.
** You '''HAVE''' heard this piece. And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl5McGN2L-E when you listen to it] you '''will''' say "oh, the movie trailer song" at 1:38.
** It's frequently used on ''[[Britain's Got Talent (TV)|Britains Got Talent]]''. It seems like a typical usage until you [[Fridge Brilliance|realize]] that one of the storylines in ''Requiem For A Dream'' involves someone compromising their values and ultimately sacrificing their sanity for a chance to be on television.
** It is also used in the trailer for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl5McGN2L-E Cupcakes: The Movie].
* [[ES Posthumus|E.S. Posthumus]]' album ''Unearthed'' has been regularly plundered for trailer music. Interestingly, ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'' also [[Real Song Theme Tune|uses music from this album as the title theme]]. Unsurprisingly, the duo wound up producing the theme for the [[Super Bowl]] one year.
** It was the AFC Championship Game, and the promo was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StDNxdmnCz4 Epic.]
** Not terribly surprisingly, it's rumored that the brothers behind E.S. Posthumus are actually the experienced trailer-music composers Jeffrey and Robert Pfeifer, of Pfeifer Broz. Music. The ASCAP database briefly (and embarrassingly) credited the Pfeifers with every single track in E.S. Posthumus' output, and "outed" E.S. Posthumus as aliases.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AEU5pBxY6E Nara]" is the track used most often, it seems--that's the ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'' one and it was in the trailers of ''Unfaithful'' and ''Vanity Fair''.
* A lot of trailers use music from the ''[[Stargate (Filmfilm)|Stargate]]'' movie.
* In the previews for the movie ''[[No Reservations]]'', part of the music used consisted of the ending credits music from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. Its own trailers were using music from Paramount's ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'' films. And some trailers for ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' used the ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' theme! The first trailer for Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'' used music from ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' -- the cycle is complete. Naturally ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]'' also used music from ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''.
* The "Flying" theme from the '03''Peter Pan'' is used in children's fantasy-adventure trailers almost as much as "What's This". That movie's trailer used "The Crystal Chamber'' from ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire]]'', which was also from James Newton Howard. It's especially odd to hear on the commercials for the [[Disney Theme Parks]], considering Disney has its own version of [[Peter Pan]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX1rxPBTyEY "Bishop's Countdown"] from ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Aliens]]'' pops up a lot in trailers involving action sequences building up to a crescendo.
* "Aquarela do Brazil" is slowly becoming one of these songs, especially in its incarnation as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kwYplWfN9M the Central Services theme song] from [[Terry Gilliam (Creator)|Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[Brazil (Filmfilm)|Brazil]]''.
** It was used in a ''[[WALL-E]]'' ad.
*** Which oddly brought the song full-circle, as "Aquarela do Brazil" (Portuguese for "Watercolor of Brazil") debuted in an early Disney feature, "Saludos Amigos", where [[Donald Duck]] meets Brazilian parrot Jose Carioca.
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* ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' - [[Danny Elfman]] said, as part of a commentary track for the DVD, that every now and again his friends will call up and say "Edward's back!" when some trailer uses that music. It's also frequently imitated in ads for other companies - indeed, if ''any'' ad's BGM involves an slightly spooky choir, it's probably an imitation of this score.
** Elfman's title music for ''Beetlejuice'' is also heard frequently in trailers for kid's movies.
* "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is also in a few trailers. It genuinely ''was'' the [[Soundtrack Dissonance|theme music]] for ''[[M (Film)|M]]''.
** Used in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBpoDgiK_rs trailer] for the [[Nightmare Fuel|extremely not-funny]] American remake of the film ''[[Funny Games]].'' Good luck ever hearing it the same way again.
* Some family films use the main theme from ''[[Liar Liar]]'' during their trailers.
* The trailer for ''[[Australia]]'' (the movie, not the country!) uses "The Ecstasy of Gold" from ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Film)|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'' and the heroic leitmotif from ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. It also used the music that plays during the St. Crispian's speech in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Henry V (Theatre)|Henry V]]''.
* "I Kissed A Girl" was in the trailer for ''[[Kissing Jessica Stein (Film)|Kissing Jessica Stein]]''. [[Music/Jill Sobule|Jill Sobule]] commented, "I guess I'm trailer trash."
* "Clubbed to Death" and other songs by Rob Dougan.
* "Take Us Out" from ''Rudy'' has been used in a few.
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* The ecstatic, sweeping "Prime Minister's Love Theme" from ''[[Love Actually]]'' crops up in any number of trailers, particularly romantic comedies.
* See if you recognize [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1_Zyqv2Hk this music] from anywhere.
* The trailer for ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' uses the track "Come and Get Them" from ''~300~''. Just as the trailer for ''Vantage Point'' uses the track "To Victory" from the same soundtrack.
* The trailer for every family film released around Christmas ''will'' feature the "Russian Dance" from Tchaikovsky's ''Nutcracker''. No exceptions. Unless they use ''Carol of the Bells'' instead. One exception: "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", from... ''The Nutcracker''.
* Another piece of music frequently used on things that are supposed to feel "epic" is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY "Dies Irae"] from Verdi's Requiem.
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** As well as the TV spots for ''Master & Commander'', no doubt trying to forge a connection with the blockbuster ''The Curse of the Black Pearl'', which came out a few months prior.
* The trailer for ''[[The Incredibles]]'' uses the Propellerheads' epic "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", a awesome ten-minute dance-remix-amalgamation-hybrid-''thing'' of about five different [[James Bond]] instrumental themes.
* [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] movies avert this trope; the only music that a trailer for any James Bond movie needs is a variant of the classic James Bond theme. ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'' and ''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|Quantum of Solace]]'' featured the Bond theme mixed with [[Ominous Latin Chanting]].
* The music from the climax of ''[[Dark City (Film)|Dark City]]'' was used for one of the ''[[X -Men (Filmfilm)|X Men]]'' sequels. Nearly all of the melodic motives in the ''Dark City'' score were lifted out of Igor Stravkinsky's [[Rite of Spring]].
* The first ''[[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]]'' trailer used "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning," a more melancholy remix of "The End is the Beginning is the End" (try saying that five times fast) by [[The Smashing Pumpkins (Music)|The Smashing Pumpkins]], which was originally from the ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]'' soundtrack.
* The trailer for ''[[Toy Story (Animation)|Toy Story]]'' featured Thin Lizzy's 'The Boys are Back in Town'. Nowhere to be found in the film, though. Its sung in the [[Recycled in Space|on-ice version]]. And no "This Will Be" (aka the eHarmony song) in ''Love Actually'', despite being in the ads.
* The commercials for ''[[The Santa Clause]] 3'' contained "What's This" from ''[[A Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.
* The trailer for ''[[Confessions of a Shopaholic]]'' used many songs, including Rihanna's "Disturbia," which was not in the film.
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* Most of the trailers for ''~9~'' used ''Welcome Home'' by [[Coheed and Cambria]], which stands very much in contrast with the film's own gloomy orchestral score.
* The theatrical trailer for ''Cinderella Man'' used the Atreides March from the SYFY miniseries ''[[Dune|Children of Dune]]'', the first song on this this sampler of the soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOaaNT69qU&feature=related
** Also, the trailer for ''[[Indiana Jones and Thethe Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Thethe Crystal Skull]]'' uses the track "The Revolution" from the same series.
* "What I Like About You" by The Romantics gets used a lot in comedy trailers.
* Alan Silverstri's (the man behind the music to ''[[Back to The Future]]'') theme from ''[[Mousehunt (Filmfilm)|Mousehunt]]'' was used in the live action ''Cat In The Hat'' film trailer and for the ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' trailer, as well as many others.
** And then it was ''actually reused'' (in the film itself) in ''[[Fred Claus]]''.
* The trailer for ''[[Creepshow 2 (Film)|Creepshow 2]]'' used the theme from ''[[Halloween (Filmfilm)|Halloween]]''.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clqK5OC3BWE original 1987 trailer] to ''[[RoboCop (Film)|Robocop]]'' uses the famous main score from ''[[Terminator]]''.
* The theme used during the trailer of [[Casper]] was "What's This?" from ''[[Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.
* "Love Song" seems to be used for every romantic movie, particularly romantic comedy, regardless of how clingy the relationship is.
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* [[Hans Zimmer]]'s piece [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJeGFu8JHrI You're So Cool] from the movie ''[[True Romance]]'', gets used in trailers quit often.
** 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 ''[[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"!
* One of the first teasers of [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Gladiator]]'' used "Anvil of Crom" from ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' by Basil Poledouris. What better way to set the epic tone for the then upcoming movie? The film had music by [[Hans Zimmer]], Klaus Badelt and [[Lisa Gerrard]].
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFk0T0eQonw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
* 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 (Filmfilm)|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 film)|Robin Hood]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXVzg2PiZw The main theme] from ''[[Sunshine (Filmfilm)|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]]''.
* The trailer for ''[[The Mighty Ducks (Filmfilm)|The Mighty Ducks]] 2'' used the iconic [[Alan Silvestri]] theme from ''[[Back to The Future]]''.
** One trailer for the [[Adam Sandler]] vehicle ''[[Bedtime Stories]]'' used the Western theme from BTTF Part III.
* Early trailers for the ''[[South Park]]'' movie used the song Cannonball by The Breeders, but the song isn't in the movie or on the soundtrack. The teaser trailer used Tommy The Cat by Primus, possibly to invoke thoughts of the TV show's theme song which was also written and performed by Primus.
* If the music from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRQQCKS7go trailer] for ''[[Super 8]]'' sounds familiar, that's because it was from the movie ''[[Cocoon]]''. It can be heard in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEzTeHJUk3k this trailer] for ''Cocoon: The Return''.
* An early trailer for the movie adaptation of ''[[James and Thethe Giant Peach]]'', directed by Henry Selick featured "What's This?" from a previous Selick movie, ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. The fact that the evil cloud pirates that appeared in the movie were recycled Jack Skellington figures just complicated things.
* An early trailer for ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' used [[Alan Silvestri]]'s score to ''[[Father of the Bride]]'' along "Friend Like Me". The rest of the trailers just used "Friend Like Me".
* The trailers for ''[[Independence Day]]'' used Zimmer's "Roll Tide" fanfare from ''[[Crimson Tide]]''.
* The trailer for ''Runaway Train'' made excellent use of Henry Mancini's dynamic theme for ''Life Force''.
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== Live-Action TV ==
 
* The 2006 [[Discworld]] Convention included an exclusive trailer for the TV adaption of ''Hogfather'' which was still in post-production. The director apologised beforehand for having to use the music from ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* The trailers for the History Channel's ''[[Band of Brothers]]'' used the''[[Legends of the Fall]]'' [[Theme Tune]] (by James Horner).
* The more recent trailers for ''[[Deadliest Catch]]" use "Rise" by Eddie Vedder, which is nowhere to be heard on the show.
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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: theThe 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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Beyond Good and Evil]].''
* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ2LVZX4yiQ trailer] for [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]] uses music from [[Pirates of the Caribbean]].
* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' used a few Associated Production Music pieces for one of its trailers. What's odd about it is that the pieces chosen were very heroic and rousing, like something you'd hear on a movie soundtrack, but the game's actual soundtrack (by Mark Mothersbaugh and Josh Mancell) sounded nothing like that.
* A trailer for "[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]" used Chopin's Nocturne No. 15. However,the arrangement was original.
 
 
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* The trailer for ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' movie used the theme from ''[[Dinosaur]]''. Quite fair, really, since the music was one of the only things about ''Dinosaur'' to be particularly good.
* True to the name, some trailers for ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]'' used music from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. Others used ''In the Hall of the Mountain King''.
** The trailer also used the music from the 2004 version of ''[[The Stepford Wives]]''.
** 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 ''[[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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