History Main / PublicDomainSoundtrack

* The NES version of ''{{Tetris}}'' used Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"... and, on the victory screen, the Soldiers' Chorus from Bizet's ''Carmen''.

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

** One episode of the second season features an arrangement of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay174Yvnx7shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v&t=23m9s Scarborough Fair]]".

* ''FullmetalAlchemist'' averts this for the most part, but the final episode of [[{{FullmetalAlchemist/Anime}} the anime]] contains two arrangements of Chopin's Etude #3 as background music.

** In the English dub, Jean Havoc can be heard humming Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" in episode 39.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' used the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" in its 22nd episode, and "Ode To Joy" (Beethoven's Ninth, fourth movement) in its 24th. Of course, there's a fair amount of LyricalDissonance: [[spoiler: Asuka's MindRape by an Angel is set to[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munuk5sS5Ro "Hallelujah,"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80eRPQvE38 "Ode To Joy"]] amounts to Kaworu's theme and plays as he almost destroys the world.]]
** Pachelbel's Canon in D, Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Air on the G String" appear in ''End of Evangelion''.
*** Though instead of using Bach's great and slightly morbid "Komm, Süsser Tod", only the name was used for a more cheerful and a lot more morbid pop song.

* The DSIware downloadable 'Soul Of Darkness' [[Gameloft]]'s [[Castlevania]] clone, uses the "Dies Irae" from Mozart's Requiem Mass for its credits music.

* ''StarFox'' used various folk melodies in the Out of this Dimension level.

* The Baz Luhrman ''[[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]'' uses Mozart's 25th Symphony for the scene where the Capulets are preparing for their ball, though most of the rest of the music is original.

* In ''BanjoKazooie,'' Grunty's theme (and thus, the music heard everywhere through her lair, TheHub) is actually a minor-key version of "Teddy Bears' Picnic." Since both TheHero, Banjo, and the DistressedDamsel, Tootie, are bears, it's actually fitting... if not rather odd.

* ''TheKing'sSpeech'' utilizes several pieces of classical music, including the Overture to Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' and the allegretto from Beethoven's 7th Symphony.

* Much in the same line of RicFlair, Daniel Bryan is now the definitive example of Ride of the Valkyries in the wrestling community.

* RenAndStimpy frequently used Romantic Era music in the background; Tchiakovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Dvorak's Symphony #9 "From the New World" were particularly popular.

** The yodeling song used in the title card for "The Boy Who Cried Rat" was later used in ''TheMightyB'' episode "Bee Afraid".

* The theme of ''Iketeru Futari'' is a j-pop song called "Fall in YOU" -- which suddenly takes up the tune of Bach's ''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'' for ten seconds in the middle. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vE6Bf-u5uQ Seriously!]]

* ''FullmetalAlchemist'' averts this for the most part, but the final scene of the anime features Chopin's Etude #3 as background music.
** The First Movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony can be heard in Episodes 49 and 50 as well.

* Most of the music in ''Little King's Story''.

* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' uses a portion of Vivaldi's ''Spring'' from the Four Seasons suite, a version of Johann Strauss's ''Blue Danube Waltz'', Jacques Offenbach's ''Infernal Galop'' (Can-Can) and a number of others.
** Also, the NFL song "The Lineman" is probably more well-known as the theme of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy than its original use.

** The yodeling song used in the title card for "The Boy Who Cried Rat" was later used in the TheMightyB episode "Bee Afraid".
* While they did a few original songs (most notably, Witch Doctor), the 1960s-era [[AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunks]] otherwise did mostly public domain songs, albeit their own personal takes on them (e.g., Old Macdonald Cha-Cha-Cha).
* Invoked/parodied in an episode of [[AmericanDad]] when Roger joins Steve's band and plays rock n roll version of Jimmy Cracked Corn and Ba Ba Black Sheep. He even goes on to say they have over a hundred hits already.

* ''Return Fire'' uses ''Dies Irae'' by Verdi, ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' by Grieg, ''Mars'' (from the ''Planets'') and ''Ride of the Valkyries'' by Wagner for its soundtrack.

* Partial example: While ''TheWizardOfOz'' contains many original songs, the background music also includes arrangements of FelixMendelssohn's Scherzo in E minor and Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain".

* Partial example: While ''TheWizardOfOz'' contains many original songs, the background music also includes arrangements of Mendelssohn's Scherzo in E minor and Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain."

* The Road Runner's theme in ''LooneyTunes'' is from Smetana's ''Bartered Bride''. A great deal of LooneyTunes music are actually classical tunes. Examples include tunes from Rossini's ''Barber of Seville'' and Liszt's second Hungarian Rhapsody, not to mention Mendelssohn's "Spring Song".
** Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave" was always played when the Mynah Bird showed up in Chuck Jones' "Inki" series.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' used the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" in its 22nd episode, and "Ode To Joy" (Beethoven's Ninth, fourth movement) in its 24th. Of course, there's a fair amount of LyricalDissonance: [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munuk5sS5Ro Asuka's MindRape by an Angel is set to "Hallelujah,"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80eRPQvE38 "Ode To Joy" amounts to Kaworu's theme and plays as he almost destroys the world.]]]]

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' used the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" in its 22nd episode, and "Ode To Joy" (Beethoven's Ninth, fourth movement) in its 24th. Of course, there's a fair amount of LyricalDissonance: [[spoiler:Asuka's MindRape by an Angel is set to "Hallelujah," and "Ode To Joy" amounts to Kaworu's theme and plays as he almost destroys the world.]]

* ''KemekoDeluxe'' used [[{{LudwigVanBeethoven}} Beethoven's]] "Ode to Joy" when Izumi's bikini top falls off and she lands an ArmorPiercingSlap on Sanpeita.

* ''KemekoDeluxe'' Uses Beethovens Ode to Joy [[hottip: *: or "Friedrich Schillers ''Ode to Joy'' sang to the the final movement of Beethovens Ninth Symphony", for you classical music buffoons]] as a background music for [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome a girl losing her bikini top]].