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* The ''Creator/GoldenFilms'' movies are ''notorious'' for this.

* ''Mega Man Legends''
** The music played for Megaman Juno's final form in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' is a [[NightmareFuel rather chilling]] remix of Johann Bach's ''Little Fugue
** The music played while in the Sulfur Bottom in the [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends2 sequel]] is Vivaldi's Spring.

* In ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun'', "Toy Planes, Home and Hearth" incorporates an unorchestrated excerpt of Music/FryderykChoppin's thirteenth Mazurka, Op. 17 No. 4.

* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' makes heavy use of the folk song "Lavender's Blue". It features in the melody when Cinderella descends the stairs at the ball, and she sings it when she's trapped upstairs and unable to try on the slipper.

* ''Series/MoneyHeist'' uses the Italian protest folk song "Bella ciao" as something of an anthem between two of its characters.

* The song "Classico" in ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' is a medley of numerous classical tunes, with [[ClusterFBomb very profane lyrics.]]

* Other than the opening and ending themes, ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' uses classical music for the entirety of its soundtrack.

** "Oh! Susanna" also plays in the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Pooyan}}'', when Mama rescues her piglets for the second time.
*** On the topic of Pooyan, the NES version opens to ''Mori no Kumasan'' (The Other Day I Met A Bear) as it's opening, and an obscure English folk song called ''The Ear Song'' as it's gameplay BGM.
* The NES version of ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' uses "Sakura, Sakura", a traditional Japanese folk song for Piston Honda's ring entrance. This is referenced in the Wii game (where he was renamed "Piston Hondo").
** "Ride of the Valkyries" was used as the themes to Von Kaiser and a couple other boxers.

* Much in the same line of Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/DanielBryan is now the definitive example of "Music/RideOfTheValkyries" in the wrestling community.

** ''[[MissionPackSequel Oh No! More Lemmings]]'' had an original soundtrack in its Amiga/PC release. Its Acorn Archimedes port, however, had a rewritten soundtrack with an absolute ''crapload'' of public domain songs, even more than in the original game: "The Trumpet Hornpipe" (better known as the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'' theme), "K-K-K-Katy", "Camptown Races", "Three Blind Mice", the Finale from the William Tell overture, "Greensleeves", "Old [=McDonald=]", "Waltzing Matilda", "The British Grenadiers", "On Ilka Moor Baht 'at", "Trepak", "Music/{{Toccata and Fugue in D Minor}}", "Don't Dilly-Dally on the Way" (also used in the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem and UsefulNotes/GameGear ports of the first game), "Rule, Britannia!", "Sobre las Olas" (also used in ''Lemmings 2''), "Yakety Sax", "Country Gardens" (also appearing in the SNES port of ''Lemmings 2''), and finally "Portsmouth".

* Nintendo's ''Famicom Tantei Club'' for the Famicom and its remake for the Super Famicom's Nintendo Power kiosk service use Bach's Invention No. 15 in one part of the game.

* ''VideoGame/CrystalCastles'' plays two different parts of the "Nutcracker March". The one that plays depends on whether or not Bentley Bear or the enemies get the last gem.

** In "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?", the song sung by the cutesy flowers in Rainbow Dash's nightmare is "This Old Man" with different lyrics. Considering the point of this scene was to mock TastesLikeDiabetes, the song choice is probably more of a TakeThat at ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' than anything.

* In the most memorable part of ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'', Schroeder plays most of the Second Movement (Adagio cantabile) of Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's ''Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13'' (''Sonata Pathétique''), and during that time, many {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s occur, which is pretty creepy.

* The original ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' is notable for its use of classic music such as "Music/{{Toccata and Fugue in D minor}}" and the "Adagio in G minor."
* ''Film/{{Help}}'' was a showcase for a lot of Beatles songs, and much of the soundtrack was their tunes done in a ''Film/JamesBond'' style--but then they also used Wagner's 'Lohengrin', Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture', Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy', and Rossini's 'Barber of Seville'.

* Thanks to Wrestling/{{WALTER}}, the fourth step of Music/AntoninDvorak's Symphony No. 9 is now known as "the Symphony of Broken Chests".

*** Gymnopédie -kors k mix- (Satie's "Gymnopédie No.1")
*** The "Rb.Conductor" series (Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March #1", Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No.5", Strauss' "Radetzky March, Op.228")

** ''Midnight Rescue'' used Paul Dukas's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and Edvard Grieg's "In The Halls of the Mountain King".
** ''[=OutNumbered=]'' used Bach's ''Prelude in C minor'', two movements of Mozart's ''Symphony No. 40'', and the first two variations of Paganini's ''24th Caprice''.

* The Konami game ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes[=/=]Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry'' takes this almost to the point of abuse. Almost ''all'' of the overworld and event music is based on existing classical pieces, ranging from the well-known (like "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and "Beautiful Dreamer"), there are also some lesser-known oddballs thrown in (such as the "Love" theme being Debussy's "Petite Suite"). However, the game also provides a large assortment of original compositions for you to play on your in-game instruments, so, there you go.

* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' features ''lots'' of classical music for its puzzle segments, including "Jupiter" from Music/GustavHolst's "Planets Suite", Bach's "Tocatta en Fugue", and Dvořák's "From the New World". Most of the bosses use "Baba Yaga's Hut" from Mussorgsky's ''Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition'' (except Doom's Bride and Shadow Vincent, which use a piece by Atlus composer Shoji Meguro, and the final boss, which uses Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude").

** Also combined with SoundtrackDissonance in ''VideoGame/DragonsLair II: Time Warp'': The soundtrack that plays entirely in the background of Level 5 while you avoid getting eaten by a fire-breathing cat is the first part of ''Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Allegro con brio)'' by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. This also counts as a GeniusBonus when you notice that the song number is the same as the level number.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' has [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky's]] "Theatre/SwanLake" and [[Music/FranzSchubert Schubert's]] "Ständchen, D 889."

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Mysterioso Pizzicato" in the mugger's alley, Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" in the pimp's apartment, Beethoven's "Symphony No.5: Allegro con brio" during the disco dance, Offenbach's "[[Music/TheCanCanSong Infernal Galop]]" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel(replaced with Bach's "Air on the G String" in the remake), Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' was known to use public domain music for its background score. A piece composed by Charles Williams for BBC radio, "The Devil's Gallop" was used in two episodes' chase scenes (as well as two episodes of ''Monty Python'').

** In 2003 series features "Trepak", "William Tell Overture", "Toccata and Fugue", "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Ride of the Valkyries", "Night on Bald Mountain", "L'Arlessiene #2, Farandole", "Toreador March", "The Rite of Spring", "Hungarian Dance No. 5", and "Korobeiniki" played in the most Season 1 and 2 episodes as well the specials, Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes introduced with "Pictures at the Exhibition - Promenade".
** In 2009 reboot, uses "Flight of the Bumblebee" when introducing Postmaster Bumblebee, "Pastoral Symphony, 4th Movement" when Cherry and Strawberry encountering storms, "Korobeiniki" when Berry girls in swimsuits enjoying rain at the beach, "Night on Bald Mountain" when Berry girls scared to camping at night, "Waltz of the Flowers" when Plum dancing, and the last season features "William Tell Overture" or "Hungarian Dance No. 5" when Apple Dumplin encounters Berry girls as villains.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Mysterioso Pizzicato" in the mugger's alley, Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" in the pimp's apartment, Beethoven's "Symphony No.5: Allegro con brio" during the disco dance, "Music/TheCanCanSong" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel(replaced with "Air on the G String" in the remake), Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* Both ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 its sequel]] use public domain music played [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn diagetically]] as the only actual music in the soundtrack--"Habanera (Les Toreadors)" from ''{{Opera/Carmen}}'' in the first, while the sequel adds "My Grandfather's Clock" (and "Pop Goes the Weasel").

* The Sachen game ''Pyramid'' (a ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' knockoff) uses "The Streets of Cairo" (aka "There's a Place in France").

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Mysterioso Pizzicato" in the mugger's alley, Beethoven's "Symphony No.5: Allegro con brio" during the disco dance, "Music/TheCanCanSong" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel(replaced with "Air on the G String" in the remake), Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Mysterioso Pizzicato" in the mugger's alley, Beethoven's "Symphony No.5: Allegro con brio" during the disco dance, "Music/TheCanCanSong" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel, Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Mysterioso Pizzicato" in the mugger's alley, Beethoven's "Symphony No.5" during the disco dance, "Music/TheCanCanSong" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel, Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' uses "Miss Mary Mack" for the bum in the backroom of Lefty's, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for the stumbling wino outside the Quiki Mart, "Music/TheCanCanSong" during the can-can show in the cabaret lounge, "Aura Lee" in the wedding chapel, Rossini's "William Tell Overture" followed by Chopin's "Funeral March" when Larry commits suicide in the bad ending, and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in the good ending.

* In ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', the boss stage theme "March To War" is a medley of patriotic march tunes, including "Yankee Doodle", "Dixie", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Garry Owen", "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Taps", "Horst-Wessel-Lied"(also heard on the title screen and as a standalone BGM", and "God Save The King/My Country 'Tis of Thee".

* In ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', the boss stage theme "March To War" is a medley of patriotic march tunes, including "Yankee Doodle", "Dixie", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Garry Owen", "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Taps", "Horst-Wessel-Lied"(also heard on the title screen and as a standalone BGM", and "God Save The King/My Country 'Tis of Thee".