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* ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'': The song that was used originally in the first stage of ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius'' -- "That's the Way (I Like It)", by KC & The Sunshine Band -- was changed in the PSP version to the song "[=Brilliant2U=]" by Naoki Maeda, presumably to avoid copyright issues, since it's an American song. This happened to other tracks in the collection as well. Prior to it, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn release of ''Sexy Parodius'' replaced a arrangement of "El Bimbo" with "Symphony No. 40". The same thing was also done for "In the Mood" and "Mambo No. 5" in ''Gokujou Parodius''.

* ''VideoGame/Halo2'': The Anniversary edition of Halo 2 created a new soundtrack to replace licensed music by bands Breaking Benjamin, Hoobastank and Incubus.

* ''Manga/{{BECK}}'': A cover of Music/TheBeatles' "I've Got a Feeling" features in the climax of the anime. The home distribution version keeps the backing tracks the same, but the lyrics change to something completely different. The English track changes it even further, using the lyrics of another in-universe song.

** Most DVD releases, except for the original Fox DVD in 1999, replace "Happy Birthday to You" with "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and the organ renditions of "Happy Talk" and "How Much is that Doggy In The Window" with generic muzak.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* The ''Superman'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem used the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie themes in the Japanese version, but the U.S. version had a different soundtrack taken from the Famicom RPG ''Indra no Hikari''.

* In a quite odd edit, the home release versions of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' changed some of the music from the broadcast version, including removing an instance of the opening theme being used as an insert song in episode 13, replacing it with generic battle music instead.

* The Useful notes/SegaCD versions of ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' and its sequel had all-new [=RedBook=] audio soundtracks composed by Spencer Nilsen.

* The original radio version of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' had a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn joke that depended on the {{BGM}} being Music/PinkFloyd. It's cut from the home version but still played in rebroadcasts. A number of other bits of incidental music and stock sound effects also had to be changed for the original vinyl release, to the point where a fair chunk of it was apparently re-recorded from scratch.
%%** ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' and its two soundtrack LP's present an interesting aversion. Creator/DouglasAdams and Creator/JohnLloyd made no secret of "sampling" lots of named music for the show. Sampling recorded music to add to the stereo soundscape was another of those innovations that made the radio series a ground-breaker in 1979; this includes the iconic theme tune, Music/TheEagles' ''Journey Of The Sorceror'' which is still there, [[ArcNumber 42 years after inception]]. Other sampled music used includes Music/PinkFloyd, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and]] Music/TheBeeGees.[[note]]The published scripts have a full and meticulous listing of all copyright music sampled for the series[[/note]] The only real trouble Adams and Lloyd got was when Trillian quotes - and does not even sing - Music/TheBeatles' ''A Day in the Life''. A punitive demand for royalties ensued, leading to a combination of RunningGag and TakeThat in ''Life, The Universe and Everything'' about Paul [=MacCartney=]'s rapacious greed. The offending Beatles song appears to have been edited out of the franchise.

* ''SuperLocomotive'' a Creator/{{Sega}} in 1982, originally used the song "Rydeen" by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. In 2022, Sega created a specially made UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis port for their Genesis Mini console that replaces "Rydeen" with "Ryzeen", a SuspiciouslySimilarSong written by Oriental Magnetic Yellow.

* "VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}}'' BGM Medley" from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic 14 FEVER!'' was not included in the [=PS2=] port of ''FEVER!'', for [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} obvious reasons]].

* The original theme song for ''WesternAnimation/ProStars'' was "We Are ProStars", a song almost identical to Queen's "We Will Rock You". It was replaced very quickly by a new theme that de-emphasized the similarity.

* "VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}} BGM Medley" from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic 14 FEVER!'' was not included in the [=PS2=] port of ''FEVER!'', for [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} obvious reasons]].

* Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' had numerous cover versions of popular songs, such as "Thriller" and "Danger Zone." Later releases replaced these songs with an instrumental version of "Mega Move" an original song created for Season 2 of the show. Season 2 itself instead chose to make original songs that sounded suspiciously similar to already existing songs. For example, one episode played the song "Dangerous Place," which sounds very similar to "Danger Zone."

* Even though they were all covers and not performed by the original artists, several episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' featured segments with licensed music, all of which were removed from later broadcasts and all DVD releases of the show.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'': In the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks" featured guest stars Music/MilliVanilli singing "Blame It on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True" in the original broadcast version. This was changed to a generic rock riff (an instrumental of the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' song "Mega Move") for re-runs and the home video version, though a reference to "Blame It on the Rain" in King Koopa's dialogue was kept. The fact that Milli Vanilli's lips don't match the music created a HilariousInHindsight moment when producer Frank Farian revealed in November of 1990 that the frontmen of Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing to recordings by a much older ensemble of artists, ending the group's careers on the spot. Many speculate that the ensuing scandal from Farian's revelation played a considerable role in [=DiC=] choosing not to pursue regaining the license for the Milli Vanilli songs, though their track record with the original ''Super Show'' suggests that it was just another case of them deeming the licensing fees for including the music on home media and re-runs to be too much of a hassle.

** ''VideoGame/SonicCD'': The original Japanese soundtrack was kept for the European release, but the American version replaced it with a whole new soundtrack. However, only the Past tunes were kept, which led to a rather jarring problem: each stage had its main Present theme and three remixed versions (Past, Good Future, Bad Future), but the American soundtrack only replaced the Present version and both of its Future remixes, leaving the remaining Past tune sounding nothing like its accompanying tracks. When the game was re-released in 2011, all regions used the original Japanese soundtrack by default, but included the option to use the American tracks; however, the Japanese themes, ''You Can Do Anything'' and ''Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself'', had their lyrics removed. This is rumored to be due to the estate of the late Casey Rankin not allowing them to use his contribution to the song, though they are available on the 20th anniversary re-release of the album released that same year.
** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' saw several songs replaced for its first PC port in 1997, namely Carnival Night Zone, [=IceCap=] Zone, Launch Base Zone, Knuckles' theme, the Competition menu, and the credits music. While most fans believed that these tracks were replaced due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers rights issues]] with Music/MichaelJackson and his sound team, who contributed to the ''Sonic 3'' half's soundtrack; however, the 2019 leak of an early prototype version of the game shows that they were initially present in the Genesis version as well, which actually makes them the originals. During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L34CDy0qiAs the 6/9/2022 Sonic Official livestream]], it was confirmed that Jun Senoue, one of the composers for ''Sonic 3'', had been remastering the prototype/PC tracks for ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Origins]]'', which included a remastered version of ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''.

Sometimes, if one of your favorite shows is experiencing massive delays in being released, it's because they're trying to get the music rights cleared. (''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' comes to mind.) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing#Home_video According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, licensing is one of the biggest problems for delayed or nonexistent home video releases.

* The theatrical and original VHS release of ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'' featured "Dead Beat Dance" by Music/TheDamned in an early scene. Due to rights issues, however, the song has been removed from all subsequent home video releases and television broadcasts beginning with the Hemdale Video release in 1991. The song "Young Fast Iranians" by The F.U.'s is usually substituted in its place.

* For the HD port of ''Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz'', rights issues caused most of the soundtrack [[note]]the one exception being Smooth Sherbet’s level theme[[/note]] to be replaced with songs from other ''Super Monkey Ball'' titles and six new songs.

** Mostly averted for the 1998 "Harveytoons Show" series, which mostly restores the original soundtracks to the cartoons. The exceptions are the cartoons featuring Buzzy the Crow; those kept the 1990 soundtracks, as the redubs changed Buzzy's [[UncleTomfoolery stereotypical black dialect]] to a less offensive one. The "Complete Harveytoons" DVD set goes back to the original soundtracks for all cartoons.