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** Coincidentally, the open-source project [http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/ Freedoom] contains ''Suspiciously Simlar Songs to ''Doom'' music'', making it somewhat Meta.
** The music track for the ''Doom II'' level "Barrels o' Fun", entitled "Bye Bye American Pie" (no relation to ''that'' song, incidentally), is by far the most egregious example of this trope in the game. It is literally just a few minor variations away from being a note-for-note MIDI transcription of Alice In Chains' "Them Bones", minus the vocal melody, and about half as long. It's essentially a karaoke version. [http://www.doomworld.com/music/d_ampie.mid Here, listen for yourself].
** ''Doom's'' music for the second episode's second level, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HZEF6Ujsl0 "The Demons from Adrian's Pen"], is suspiciously similar to ''[[Wolfenstein (2009 video game)|Wolfenstein 3-D's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLtFJJxcjk4 "Into the Dungeon"], from the secret levels of that game's second and fifth episodes. A case of [[Self
** Oddly enough, a number of the songs from [[Pantera]]'s ''Vulgar Display of Power'' that didn't get lifted for ''Doom'' were reinterpreted on the ''Quake II'' soundtrack, though it wasn't Bobby Prince in that case.
* Just wanted to point out that pretty much every game id produced followed this trope at least once. ''Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure'' had a song that was "Tush" by ZZ Top to a tee. ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' had a song that was a mashup of Suspiciously Similar Songs to classic "war" tunes. Let's face it, Bobby Prince isn't known for his originality.
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* ''[[Rayman 2 (Video Game)]]'' has the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEABV-3j8oQ Bayou level background music], which sounds very similiar to the [[Pink Floyd]] song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKiMbC6s2k "Shine on you Crazy Diamond"] in many parts. Interestingly, the big 4 repeating guitar notes are played in the exact way!
* ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' has several examples of this: Potemkin's theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBu7WCxzDP8 Burly Heart] is basically [http://youtube.com/watch?v=tTaOvzZKRxA Led Zepplin's "Kashmir"] shifted down an octave or two, and Venom's theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5vNxUf27YM A Solitude That Asks Nothing in Return] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3IkSP3X78 Napalm Death's "Breed To Breathe"] slowed down slightly with added keyboard.
** ''Guilty Gear'' is [[Guilty Gear/Shout Out|built on rock and roll references]]. Bridget alone has "Shoot The Moon", "Kickstart My Heart" and a teddy bear named for Roger Taylor of Queen. Five characters were directly named after bands (Cloudberry Jam, Millia Rage, ABA, Slayer and Testament). Ky Kiske seems pretty normal (and not band related) until you learn that he was named after Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske, two former members of ''[[Helloween]]''. Furthermore, Justice's Gamma Ray super takes its name from [[Gamma Ray
* In ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'', the music in Elec Man's stage is pretty similar to "All the Right Friends" by REM.
** It also somewhat resembles "Faithfully" by Journey, which was written not long before the REM song. "Faithfully" may be the more likely source, as "All The Right Friends" was a very obscure R.E.M. song at the time and had yet to appear on any official releases.
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** The refrain of ''A Link to the Past'''s ending theme sounds very similar to "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem.
** The first eight notes of Chancellor Cole's [[Leitmotif]] in ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'' are a blatant steal from Mordack's theme in ''[[King's Quest V]]'' - the first note was duplicated, but the two are basically identical otherwise.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAkTBsTbJac&feature=BF&list=PLAFCC2B8788DA6125&index=23 Goodbye, Leon] from ''[[Resident Evil 2
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621Kte_is6w&feature=related Dark Mountain] from ''LTTP'' is suspiciously similar to the Imperial March from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0aEj85ifY Gerudo Valley] seems to be one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP_D_YKnwi0 Ryu's Determination] from ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.'
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* ''[[Parappa the Rapper]]'': The cinema before the fourth level includes a short ditty that sounds remarkably like the song "Tijuana Taxi".
** The driving lesson song is a pretty blatant ripoff of "Turtles Have Short Legs" by Can.
** Also, "Parappa's Live Rap With MC King Kong Mushi" sounds a little like the rap version of "[[wikipedia:December, 1963
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjWOmyHCMg Lost Forest] in [[Professor Layton|Professor Layton and Pandora's Box]] starts like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEoRavExhfo The Legendary Hero] in [[The Wind Waker]].
* You can't not notice the similarity between the start of Ken's theme from ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoSzlq57Ps Cheap Trick's Mighty Wings].
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** ''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD29cN-wZ80 "Dawn of the Human Being"], which sounds a little bit like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBmI68OyiPQ theme song] from ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79u36lbB0Yk The Code Is Veronica] from ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]'', and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYk3B_geM2s&playnext=1&list=PL7D9602C940A5B8C1&index=65 Dimension 26] from ''[[R-Type]] Final''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNxhzCl8ME&feature=related Flash of Sword] from ''[[Valis]]: The Fantasm Soldier'', and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9esiYZvOo Level 1] from ''[[Final Zone]] II''. In this case, the games were made by the same company, so it may be [[Self
* Compare the ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]] 3'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoRQ91V1T4 title theme] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoRQ91V1T4 "Lone Wolf"] from ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QDl2XTAPvE Ghosts and Glass] is strikingly similar to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvY9JXyVW8 Fairytale] from ''[[Shrek]]'', which itself was a JHV of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZ3w5b8if0&feature=fvst Nocturne] by Secret Garden.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHt7k-vT1U Ashes] sounds similar to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUwBhvU_ydI title song] from ''[[
** The "Noble Mission" movement of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM2YqbsEzp0 Winter Contingency] and the "Unreconciled" movement of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAeJDv7ovKY&feature=related Tip of the Spear] are similar to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJbYFyklTg Hyrule Castle] theme from the ''Zelda'' series.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RIcyRGJ9c Move On]"(second part of the clip) from ''[[Halo]] 3'' sounds like "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIR9wrc6H3c Ozar Midrashim]" from ''[[Legacy of Kain]]: Soul Reaver''.
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