| 1 | A ThemeTune which already existed as a well-known song. Most often, a cover of the original by an unknown artist is used, though the use of the original is increasingly common. |
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| 3 | Tends to be more common for dramatic series, though it is not unheard of for the SitCom. Rarely occurs in children's shows. |
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| 5 | In some cases, the new version may become better-known than the original. In some rare cases, it might blow the first popular version out of the water, leaving future generations to assume that the song hadn't been all that popular beforehand. See ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' below for an example. |
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| 7 | This entry does ''not'' cover cases where the theme music already existed but is not well known in its own right. (Thus, the use of "As Time Goes By" in ''Casablanca'' does not count.) |
| 8 | Most {{Anime}} have J-pop theme tunes that change every season, but that doesn't count, either - AnimeThemeSong is its own "trope". |
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| 10 | See also RepurposedPopSong for a similar trope in advertising. |
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| 13 | !!Examples: |
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| 17 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 18 | * In the older times, this trope was frequently used by MTV and VIVA for the various anime they showed in Germany. This had some, well, "interesting" results, like the song "Star" from Nova International (which has the line "I wanna drive a big fat Cadillac" as part of its lyrics), set to the opening of ''Manga/InuYasha'', of all things. |
| 19 | ** They also changed one of the smoothest opening songs (''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNJwUUHMxc Logos Naki World]]") to some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloiiMQdBCc random heavy metal song]] by Keith Flint of the British techno group Music/TheProdigy. |
| 20 | *** Speaking of ''Hellsing'', the ending used the song "Shine" by Music/MrBig, a band who was actually quite popular over in Japan. |
| 21 | * ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' uses Warren Wiebe's "Human Touch" as its ending from episode 1 to 26. The first 12 episodes use the English version and the rest uses a Japanese cover done by a female singer. |
| 22 | * ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'' uses a cover of Sugar Babe's "DOWN TOWN". It makes it into a DancingTheme too. |
| 23 | * The voice actors of the three female leads of ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'' [[DoItYourselfThemeTune did a cover]] of "Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 Years After Ver.)," which was sung beforehand by Scandal. The song itself was a revival of the song "Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~," which was originally sung by Zone--and this version was [[DoItYourselfThemeTune covered by the cast of]] ''Manga/KyouNoGoNoNi'', two and a half years before [[PortmanteauSeriesNickname AnoHana]]! Since the lyrics were essentially the same, this means that the song has been used in at least two shows! |
| 24 | * ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' used Music/FranzFerdinand's "This Fffire" for their opening. |
| 25 | * Another Shaft example is ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''. It uses a cover of "Friends" by Rebecca. |
| 26 | * ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland's'' theme tune "One Reason" is a reworded version of Fade's song "Black Hearts and Dollar Signs"--performed ''by'' Fade. |
| 27 | * The ''Anime/DeltoraQuest'' anime uses Music/DeltaGoodrem's "In This Life" for one opening, likely because both the ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' author and Delta Goodrem are Australians. |
| 28 | * ''Anime/DiGiCharatNyo'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzqWGDqCfg first opening]] is a cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyfT5snNZ0 Listen To Your Heartbeat]]" [[note]] "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" in its original Swedish [[/note]] (and by proxy its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0toDFPVLzEs English version]]) by the Swedish pop group Friends. |
| 29 | ** The first ending, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7epp-58DM Equal Romance]]" is a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux3sT8WPnVE the 1989 [=CoCo=] song]] of the same name and was previously used as the 2nd ending of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. |
| 30 | * ''Anime/DokiDokiSchoolHours'' used a cover version of "Furare Kibun de Rock'n'Roll" by TOM CAT as its ending theme. |
| 31 | * ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' uses "Falling Down" by Music/{{Oasis}} for its opening theme. Due to copyright reasons, the dub uses "Falling Down" for the first episode and generic J-pop for the rest. |
| 32 | * ''Manga/{{Drifters}}''' opening theme is a remix of Minutes Til Midnight's "Gospel of the Throttle". |
| 33 | * ''Anime/ErgoProxy'''s ending theme is [[Music/OKComputer "Paranoid Android"]] by Music/{{Radiohead}}. |
| 34 | * While not an entirely straight example, ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' uses a variation of Music/{{Santana}} and Music/MichelleBranch's song "Game of Love" for the ending. |
| 35 | * ''[[Anime/GoGoTamagotchi GO-GO Tamagotchi!]]'' uses a remix of Music/ArianaGrande's "Baby I" featuring Japanese singer Taro Hakase as its second ending theme. |
| 36 | * The ending theme for ''Anime/GreatPretender'' uses the song [[TitledAfterTheSong from which the anime gets its title]] -- Music/FreddieMercury's cover of The Platters' "The Great Pretender". The ending animation even takes many visual cues from Mercury's music video, and features cats modeled after Mercury's cats. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' used "The Light Before We Land" by The Delgados for its opening theme. |
| 38 | * The obscure (in the West) anime ''Hanada Shonen Shi'' uses the Music/BackstreetBoys songs "The One" and "Drowning" as OP and ED respectively. |
| 39 | * Every ending theme of ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' from episode two onwards. Most of them are covers by the anime's cast members, but episode five's song ("Yuke! Yuke! Kawaguchi Hiroshi") is a re-recorded version by the original singer. |
| 40 | * ''Literature/HeavensMemoPad'''s ED is Mr. Big's "Colorado Bulldog", of all things. |
| 41 | * The ending theme of ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' is a cover of "Yume no naka e", a 1973 song by Yousui Inoue. In the West, [[CoveredUp it's known only through its use in this show]]. |
| 42 | * The opening theme of ''Anime/{{Ingress}}'' is "Tessellate" by Music/AltJ. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/InitialD'' uses various Eurobeat tunes licensed from Avex Trax's ''Super Eurobeat'' library, just like its video game counterpart ''Initial D Arcade Stage''. |
| 44 | * Each season of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' uses a new licensed ending theme song to pay homage to author Creator/HirohikoAraki's allusions to rock, prog rock, and pop music. They have included: |
| 45 | ** Season 1 (''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' and ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]''): Music/{{Yes}}'s [[Music/{{Fragile}} "Roundabout"]]; different parts of this eight-minute long jam session were used over the end credits, and in rare occasions the instrumental intro bled into the scene right before a "To Be Continued" freeze-frame, leading to a [[MemeticMutation video meme]] where dramatic events are cut off right as the screen turns sepia, freeze frames, the iconic "To Be Continued Arrow" appears, and the beginning chords of "Roundabout" begin. |
| 46 | ** Season 2 (''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''): the first 24 episodes use Music/TheBangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian", while episodes 25-48 use Music/PatMethenyGroup's "Last Train Home" |
| 47 | ** Season 3 (''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]''): Music/SavageGarden's "I Want You" |
| 48 | ** Season 4 (''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''): episodes 1-19 use Music/{{Jodeci}}'s "Freek'n You"[[note]]Try to keep a straight face when the 90s R&B bass line starts and then goes immediately into the lyrics "Every time I close my eyes / I wake up feeling so horny"[[/note]], while episodes 22-39 use Music/{{Enigma}}'s "Modern Crusaders". |
| 49 | ** Season 5 (''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]''): episodes 1-37 use Music/{{Duffy}}'s "Distant Dreamer", while episode 38 uses [[BookEnds Yes's "Roundabout"]]. |
| 50 | * ''Knights of the Zodiac'', the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', used the Music/BowlingForSoup cover of Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' song "I Ran (So Far Away)". |
| 51 | * ''Anime/TheLegendOfBlackHeaven'' uses a shortened version of John Sykes' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIZF50kMlKc "Cautionary Warning"]] both as the show's theme and as a song played by the main character...to save the universe. |
| 52 | * The opening theme of ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'' is a Japanese remake of "Sugar Baby Love," the 1974 debut single of the British band The Rubettes. |
| 53 | * ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' used Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" as an OP, and "Get Down" by the same singer as the closing theme for episode 24. This was apparently a bit of cross-promotion that didn't pan out. The US release did not get the rights and doesn't use either. |
| 54 | * ''Manga/MariaHolic'' uses a cover of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's [[Music/NaughtyBoys "Kimi ni Mune Kyun"]] for its ending theme. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' uses "The Sore Feet Song" by Ally Kerr as its opening theme, and the second season does it again by using "Shiver" by Lucy Rose as its opening theme. |
| 56 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Every episode ends with a different cover of the standard "Fly Me To The Moon"; several were performed by Music/MegumiHayashibara, both in and out of character as Rei Ayanami. |
| 57 | ** The ''Anime/{{Rebuild|OfEvangelion}}'' films have another cover of "Fly Me to the Moon", this time by Music/UtadaHikaru, as well as a cover (once again by Hayashibara) of the Japanese standard "''Tsubasa o kudasai''", originally released by the group Akai Tori in 1971. |
| 58 | * ''Literature/OkamiSan'' uses a cover of '78 Japanese pop hit "Akazukin-chan Goyoujin" ("Little Red Riding Hood Beware") as its ending theme. Given the motif of the show, an appropriate choice. |
| 59 | * The second opening theme to ''Manga/OnePiece'', "Believe", is a reworded version of Lolita's "Dreamin' of You". |
| 60 | ** ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'' includes Music/JoanJett's "Bad Reputation" and Music/{{Nickelback}}'s "How You Remind Me", both covered by Music/AvrilLavigne. |
| 61 | * ''Anime/PaRappaTheRapper'' uses a remix of "LOVE TOGETHER" by J-funk band Nona Reeves (released the year before the anime's debut) as its first opening theme; the remix ended up being released as a single in its own right to promote the series. |
| 62 | * ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' also utilizes Music/FranzFerdinand, specifically their song "Do You Want To" for its ending theme. Somehow, the American release managed to keep the rights for it. |
| 63 | * Most famously, TRF's music has made their way into infamy as ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' theme songs, especially in the ''Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive'' continuity: |
| 64 | ** "Boy Meets Girl" appears as the first opening and "EZ DO DANCE" appears as the second opening theme. You'll see this song pop up a lot in the rest of the series (especially in ''Anime/KingOfPrism''), but not as a theme song anymore. The former song was also used as the first ending theme of ''Manga/UFOBaby''. |
| 65 | ** Speaking of ''King of Prism'', their third installment ''Shiny Seven Stars'' has nothing ''but'' TRF music as their opening and ending themes. |
| 66 | * The opening theme of ''Anime/RollingGirls'' is a cover of "Hito ni Yasashiku" by Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts, as sung by [[DoItYourselfThemeTune the voice actresses of the four main characters]]. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'' uses a Japanese translation of "You Raise Me Up" as an OP... then uses the original version in the finale. |
| 68 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' used "Duvet", by British rock band Boa, for its opening theme. |
| 69 | * The opening theme of the film version of ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' is "My Generation" by Music/TheWho. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' uses Music/DuranDuran's "Girls on Film" in the original Japanese version. The song doesn't appear in the English language version due to licensing issues. |
| 71 | * ''Anime/{{Supernatural}}: The Animation'' uses "Carry on Wayward Son" as its ED. The original Japanese release uses a cover version, and the US release uses the original by Music/{{Kansas}} since Warner Bros. has the rights to the song in the first place. |
| 72 | * ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' had "Guardian Angel" by Juno Reactor as its opening theme. |
| 73 | * The Italian opening for the first of the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' series is a cover of Music/TheBuggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star". |
| 74 | * The opening theme for ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' is a new recording of the 1993 Music/BuckTick song "Dress". |
| 75 | * ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'': In the second season, ''Twin Princess of Wonder Planet Gyu!'', the first ending theme is a cover of "Gakuen Tengoku" by the '60/'70s Japanese boy group Finger 5. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/YaBoyKongming'' has both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XicdpSmxuT0 opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0njrO-Qb0u8 ending]] songs as covers of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRjLbePQg1o "Bulikirály"]] by Hungarian singer Jolly and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Pb5CDhndk "Kibun Jōjō ↑↑"]] by Japanese urban-pop duo Mihimaru GT respectively. |
| 77 | [[/folder]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 80 | * Invariably, every time ComicBook/IronMan's radio malfunctions, the song blaring out through his speakers is the Music/BlackSabbath song of the same name. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 84 | * The fake movie ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'' uses "Calvin and Hobbes" by Pure Joy, fittingly enough. |
| 85 | * ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', unusually for an AbridgedSeries (which generally just use the same theme song as the source material) uses the Music/ThirtySecondsToMars "This is War". Used in both the TitleSequence and as a ThemeMusicPowerUp in the Season 1 finale. |
| 86 | * ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' uses "Party Party Party" by Music/AndrewWK. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 90 | * ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': |
| 91 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' features a cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts during the montage of Mack driving with Lightning [=McQueen=] in his trailer along Interstate 40 through the central United States. |
| 92 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' has Music/{{Weezer}}'s cover of Music/TheCars' "You Might Think" playing as [=McQueen=] and co. travel to Tokyo for the World Grand Prix. |
| 93 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' features a Music/RobbieWilliams cover of Bobby Darin's "Beyond The Sea" (originally Charles Trenet's French-language "La Mer") during the closing credits. |
| 94 | ** The sequel, ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', closes with Music/{{Sia}}'s cover of Music/NatKingCole's "Unforgettable". |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' uses "2-Way" by Lil' Romeo and Master P during the end credits. |
| 96 | * Creator/{{Laika}} enjoys this trope: |
| 97 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxTrolls'' features Loch Lomond's cover of "Little Boxes" during the end credits. |
| 98 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' ends with Regina Spektor's cover of [[Music/TheBeatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"]]. |
| 99 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise infamously uses "I Like to Move It", originally released by Reel 2 Real in 1993. |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'''s opening theme is a ponified cover of [[Music/TheGoGos "We Got the Beat"]], sung by Music/RachelPlatten. |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' underscores its opening credits with a cover of "Whistle Stop" by Roger Miller (who voiced the Rooster in the movie). |
| 102 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' [[MemeticMutation (in)famously]] uses "All-Star" by Music/SmashMouth. |
| 103 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' ends with Ween's "Ocean Man". |
| 104 | ** Its sequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', starts the end credits with N.E.R.D.'s "Squeeze Me". |
| 105 | * Creator/StudioGhibli: |
| 106 | ** ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' uses two Yumi Matsutoya songs: it opens with "Rouge no Dengon" and closes with "Yasashiisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara". |
| 107 | ** ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'' closes with a Japanese-language translation of "The Rose", originally a hit for Music/BetteMidler. |
| 108 | ** ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' featured Music/JohnDenver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song figures in the storyline; as part of a school assignment, Shizuku writes a set of original lyrics to the song. |
| 109 | * ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' used Music/TheBeatles' eponymous song. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 113 | * Quincy Jones' "Soul Bossa Nova" was used as the opening credit theme for all the ''Film/AustinPowers'' films. Jones even cameos as himself leading a band playing the song in ''Goldmember''. |
| 114 | * The Dueling Banjo Arrangement by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith became famous for its appearance in ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' and is rarely mentioned without ''Deliverance'' also being mentioned, so much so that the song is often referred to as the song from ''Deliverance''. |
| 115 | * Although not completely associated with the movie, Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" was long since forgotten until it was the main theme in Film/TheSting. |
| 116 | * ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' used three different covers of "Blue Moon": Bobby Vinton in the opening, Sam Cooke during the PainfulTransformation, and the Marcels for the end credits. Also used "Bad Moon Rising", by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival. |
| 117 | * ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' used several versions of "Aquarela do Brasil" as its theme music. Music/JeffMuldaur does the comical, yodelling version heard on Sam's car radio; Bachianos Brazil Samba the one on the end credits; and no less than Music/KateBush provided a further one which was supposed to be heard over Sam's first flying dream. For some unfathomable reason, the last one was cut, but can be heard on the soundtrack album. |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheGraduate'' used Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence", "April Come She Will", and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". The best-known Simon & Garfunkel tune in the movie, "Mrs. Robinson", was debuted in the movie so it doesn't quite fit this trope. |
| 119 | * ''Film/ApocalypseNow'': |
| 120 | ** Music/TheDoors' "The End". |
| 121 | ** Also of course [[Music/RideOfTheValkyries "The Ride of the Valkyries"]] by Music/RichardWagner during the helicopter attack. Some viewers who weren't into classical music -- among them, the inhabitants of the area where the sequence was filmed - assumed that the piece was written for the film. |
| 122 | * ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' uses a climactic fanfare that comes from Music/RichardStrauss' ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra'', written in 1896. The work wasn't that popular in the English-speaking world at the time, so it's understandable that many viewers assume it was written especially for the movie. |
| 123 | ** Ironically, the classical standards (including both "Zarathustra" and "The Blue Danube") were actually filler music used for test viewings while Stanley Kubrick was waiting for a score to be done - but when it came back, he realized he liked the classical music better, and it stayed in. |
| 124 | * Music/TheBeatles' live-action movies, ''Film/{{Help}}'' and ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', use the eponymous songs. |
| 125 | * ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey'', set in TheGreatDepression, used a popular tune from that era, "Easy Come, Easy Go." |
| 126 | * ''Film/GirlsJustWannaHaveFun'' uses a faster cover version of the titular Music/CyndiLauper song. |
| 127 | * ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' ends with a cover of "Over the Rainbow" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. |
| 128 | ** As do both ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Film/DrPhibesRisesAgain''. The latter memorably sung by Creator/VincentPrice. |
| 129 | * ''Film/IWakeUpScreaming'' uses "Over the Rainbow" as its LoveTheme. This is somewhat odd considering that studios in this era preferred to recycle songs from their own song publishers' catalogs, but ''I Wake Up Screaming'' was made by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], and "Over the Rainbow" was, of course, written for MGM's ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. |
| 130 | * Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/BlueVelvet'' uses Bobby Vinton's song of the same name - not only as its title but also as a theme song. |
| 131 | ** Ironically though, the song that became more identified with the movie was Music/RoyOrbison's "In Dreams". |
| 132 | ** Which in the movie is referred to as "Candy-Colored Clown" after its opening line "The candy-colored clown they call the sandman." |
| 133 | * ''Film/StandByMe'' uses the Music/BenEKing song of the same name. |
| 134 | * ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' used Music/HarryNilsson's version of "Everybody's Talkin'". |
| 135 | * The ''Manga/DeathNote'' films and "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Dani California]]". |
| 136 | * The film ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' used Ill Nino's song 'How Can I Live' as the main theme in the end credits. The song eventually came out on their 2003 album ''Confession'', but they thought the song fit the mood of the film so well they decided to use it before release. |
| 137 | * Creator/ZackSnyder loves this (outside the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse). |
| 138 | ** ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}'' has Music/JohnnyCash's "The Man Comes Around". |
| 139 | ** ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' used Music/BobDylan's 'Desolation Row' as the theme over the credits -- except that Music/MyChemicalRomance covered the rather folksy lyrics as a punk song, which worked surprisingly well. The very memorable title sequence had another Dylan song, though this time his original version -- "Music/TheTimesTheyAreAChangin". |
| 140 | ** ''Film/SuckerPunch'' opens with a DarkReprise of Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Creator/EmilyBrowning [[DoItYourselfThemeTune herself]]. |
| 141 | ** ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'''s opening has a reprise of Music/ElvisPresley's "Film/VivaLasVegas" by Music/RichardCheese and Allison Crowe. |
| 142 | * ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'': |
| 143 | ** For its opening theme tune, the film uses a lush arrangement of the old standard "Try a Little Tenderness" over B-52 aerial refueling footage, turning it into machine porn. |
| 144 | ** Closing the film with stock footage of nuclear explosions overlaid with Music/VeraLynn singing "We'll Meet Again" is also quite memorable. |
| 145 | * The ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films seem to have this strange obsession with Music/LinkinPark's music and managed to utilize this with ''What I've Done'' playing in the credits of [[Film/Transformers2007 the first film]][[note]]it was also played in the background of another scene[[/note]]. Then it got subverted with ''New Divide'' being recorded specifically for ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and was mixed into the film's actual score at various points. ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of The Moon]]'' continued the tradition by having the song ''Iridescent'' as its theme, though slightly re-recorded to better fit with the film's grim mood. |
| 146 | ** There's also the liberal use of Music/GreenDay's "21 Guns" in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. Bumblebee meanwhile, ends up using bits from Music/TheCars' "Drive", Player's "Baby Come Back", Music/RickJames' "Superfreak" and the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited" at different points in the films as part of his speech. |
| 147 | * ''Film/LittleManhattan'' used "Only the Strongest Survive" by Music/ElvisPresley as its opening credits song. |
| 148 | * ''Film/{{Hatari}}'' opens - after a cold opening - with Music/HenryMancini's arrangement of "Just for Tonight" by Music/HoagyCarmichael. |
| 149 | * ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' uses a remix of the Music/NineInchNails song "Closer" in the opening credits and Music/DavidBowie[='s=] [[Music/{{Outside}} "The Hearts Filthy Lesson"]] for the closing credits. |
| 150 | * ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' uses "The Glory of Love". |
| 151 | * ''Film/DownWithLove'' uses the song of the same name, recorded decades earlier. |
| 152 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 153 | ** The end credits of ''Film/IronMan1'' is accompanied by Music/BlackSabbath's "Iron Man", for obvious reasons. |
| 154 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' famously features "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone over the opening credits, with other classic 60's and 70's songs playing at various points throughout. |
| 155 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' continues this, with "Mr. Blue Sky" by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra for the opening. |
| 156 | ** All the MCU ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' films use these: ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Homecoming]]'' uses "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones, ''[[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Far From Home]]'' has "Vacation" by Music/TheGoGos, and ''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome No Way Home]]'' has "The Magic Number" by Music/DeLaSoul. |
| 157 | ** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has "Immigrant Song" by Music/LedZeppelin play during the BatmanColdOpen, with a reprise during the finale. |
| 158 | ** The traier for ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' features Music/GunsNRoses' "Sweet Child o' Mine", which was also used as the first ending song. Then comes Music/RonnieJamesDio's "Rainbow In The Dark" playing as the extended credits roll. |
| 159 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' uses "Be Ya Self" by Tarsha Vega during the first part of the credits. |
| 160 | * ''Film/SinCity'': "Cells" by The Servant predates the film and was not specifically made for it. Robert Rodriguez usually composes his own soundtracks, but he felt the song so evoked a FilmNoir atmosphere that he used it for the trailer. Ironically, while it's the most well-known song from the film, it's technically not even the main theme. |
| 161 | * ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'' uses Creator/DeanMartin's "That's Amore" in its opening. |
| 162 | * ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' has "Don't Stop Me Now" by {{Music/Queen}} play shortly after the title card. |
| 163 | * ''Film/EverythingYouAlwaysWantedToKnowAboutSex'' opens with a version of Music/ColePorter's "Let's Misbehave" performed by Irving Aaronson. (Creator/WoodyAllen later used the same recording in ''Film/BulletsOverBroadway''.) |
| 164 | * ''Film/TheExorcist'' famously uses [[Music/TubularBells "Tubular Bells, Part One"]] by Music/MikeOldfield. [[WordOfGod According to]] Creator/WilliamFriedkin, this was by pure chance - he had scrapped the previous score and sought to replace it. While visiting the office of Creator/AtlanticRecords president Ahmet Ertegun, Friedkin picked up a record with a white label, put it on Ertegun’s turntable, and instantly decided it should be the theme to his film. ''Tubular Bells'' was already a success in Oldfield’s home country of the UK, where it hit the top 10; its use in ''The Exorcist'' replicated that success for Oldfield across the pond. |
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| 168 | * Creator/{{ABC}} used "Love's Theme", an instrumental track by Love Unlimited Orchestra (Music/BarryWhite's backing band) that hit #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in late 1973, as the theme music for its golf coverage until the mid-90s. |
| 169 | ** After becoming and then remaining the number one network in the late 1970s, ABC based all their promotion for the 1978-79 season around "Still the One" by Orleans (though with new, TV-related lyrics in the verses). |
| 170 | * ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'' uses "This Wheel's on Fire". Julie Driscoll's recording of the song in the 60's was a hit in the UK, and she re-recorded the song for the show. |
| 171 | ** It was replaced by a cover by Creator/JenniferSaunders and Creator/AdrianEdmondson. |
| 172 | * ''The Adventures of William Tell'' used the William Tell Overture ... WithLyrics. In the US it was replaced by a different part of the overture, which didn't sound like the ''Lone Ranger'' theme. |
| 173 | * ''Series/AlexRider2020'' uses "The World is Mine" by Samm Henshaw in the opening credits. |
| 174 | * There are at least ''two'' shows using "Alive & Amplified" by the Mooney Suzuki; ''Series/TheAliens'' and ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. |
| 175 | * ''Series/AlmaGemea'' uses "Alma Gêmea" by Fábio Júnior, which was already a well-known song from the singer's self-titled 1994 album ''Fabio Jr''. |
| 176 | * ''Series/AnneWithAnE'' uses "Ahead by a Century" by Music/TheTragicallyHip. |
| 177 | * ''Arliss'' started out with the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" in Season 1. Later seasons used Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You". |
| 178 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' famously used Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" to signal despair. |
| 179 | * ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'' uses a rendition of the song "As Time Goes By". |
| 180 | * ''Series/AxMen'' uses the Music/JimiHendrix version of "All Along the Watchtower" for season 1. |
| 181 | * ''Barter Kings'' uses Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business". |
| 182 | * ''Series/BadRobots'' uses Music/{{Rednex}}'s "Cotton Eye Joe"[[labelnote:*]]a Eurodance version of the American folk standard "Cotton-''Eyed'' Joe[[/labelnote]] when they need a song to annoy the hapless victim. |
| 183 | * ''Series/BeatShazam'' plays "Let's Groove" by Music/EarthWindAndFire leading into the show, going out and going to / coming back from commercial breaks. |
| 184 | * ''Beauty and the Geek'' used Music/PetShopBoys' "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)". |
| 185 | ** The Australian version uses Wes Carr's cover of [[Music/JoeJackson "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"]] |
| 186 | * ''Creator/BettyWhite's Off Their Rockers'' uses Music/TwistedSister's "We're Not Gonna Take It". |
| 187 | * ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' used a fast version of Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" as its closing theme. They also used an instrumental arrangement of "Mah Na Mah Na" as background music for fast-paced comedy sequences. |
| 188 | * ''Series/BigLove'' uses Music/TheBeachBoys' "God Only Knows". |
| 189 | ** In season 4, it was replaced with "Home" by The Engineers. |
| 190 | * ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'' uses Irving Burlin's "What'll I do". Initially, it used the version recorded by ''Creator/WilliamAtherton'' for ''Film/TheGreatGatsby1974'' but it was later sung by two of the co-stars. |
| 191 | * ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' uses "Straight Up and Down" by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. |
| 192 | * ''Series/BondiRescue '' Uses "In the Summertime" By Thirsty Merc as their Opening theme song. |
| 193 | * ''Series/BorderSecurity'' uses "Would I Lie to You" by Eurythmics. |
| 194 | * ''Series/{{Bosch}}'' uses "Can't Let Go" by the Los Angeles-based indie electro soul band Caught A Ghost. |
| 195 | * ''Series/BosomBuddies'' used a version of Music/BillyJoel's "My Life". (It's replaced by something generic and instrumental on the [=DVDs=].) |
| 196 | * ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' uses "BB's Blues" over its opening credits, and "Last Night" over the closing credits. Both covered by the show's house band, [[{{Pun}} The Bum Notes]]. |
| 197 | * ''Series/BrainDead2016'': "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars is the Space Bugs' theme. [[spoiler:Slow the song down by 16x, and it matches the sound of background radiation from the Draco constellation.]] |
| 198 | * ''Cake Boss'' uses a cover of "Sugar (Honey Honey)" sung by The Nerds. |
| 199 | * ''Series/CampusPD'' uses Music/TheClash's "Police on My Back". |
| 200 | ** Also used on ''Series/GloryDaze''. |
| 201 | * ''Series/TheCelebrityApprentice'' uses "For the Love of Money" by The O'Jays. |
| 202 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Each show in the franchise takes its ThemeTune from a song by Music/TheWho: "Who Are You" for the original, "Won't Get Fooled Again" for ''Series/CSIMiami'', "Baba O'Riley" for ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', and "I Can See For Miles" for ''Series/CSICyber''. As TIME Magazine said, "[the fact the album ''Music/WhosNext'' has only eight tracks] provides the only natural curb on the expansion of the ''C.S.I.'' franchise." |
| 203 | ** It was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', featuring a ''CSI'' parody which, for its ThemeTune, used The Who's [[IntercourseWithYou wildly inappropriate]] "Squeeze Box". |
| 204 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' used Love Spit Love's version of Music/TheSmiths' "How Soon Is Now?", which was first used in the movie ''The Craft'', which was thematically similar to the first few seasons. |
| 205 | * ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' used Jean Jacques Perrey's "The Elephant Never Forgets" as its theme tune, which in turn is an arrangement of Beethoven's Turkish March (aka Marcia Alla Turca) |
| 206 | ** Chespirito's other series, ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', used Perry-Kingsley's "Baroque Hoedown"[[note]]Best known in the U.S. and Canada as the theme to the Disney Theme Parks' Main Street Electrical Parade.[[/note]] as the closing theme. |
| 207 | * ''Series/ChinaBeach'' opens to the Music/DianaRoss and Music/TheSupremes song, "Reflections". |
| 208 | * ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' opens to an instrumental cut of "Short Skirt Long Jacket" by Music/{{Cake}}. |
| 209 | * ''Series/Class2016'' uses "Up All Night" by Alex Clare. |
| 210 | * ''Series/ColdCase'' uses Music/ESPosthumus' ''Nara'' ([[CarefulwithThatAxe with added screaming]]). |
| 211 | * The US and UK versions of ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' each used different covers of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps". The UK original uses a version by Mari Wilson. The US remake uses a sped-up version by [[Music/{{Cake}} CAKE]]. |
| 212 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEGbjR1Y9Qo "At Least It Was Here" by The 88.]] |
| 213 | * The Filipino cooking show ''Cooking with Sandy Daza'' on Creator/{{TV5}}--then known as ABC 5--used "Invitations" by the English jazz-funk band Shakatak as its theme. |
| 214 | * ''Series/{{Cops}}'' uses "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle as its theme. |
| 215 | * ''Series/CopsLAC'' uses "Howlin' For You", by The Black Keys. |
| 216 | * ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'', the Creator/CarlSagan documentary series, used ''Heaven and Hell [side 1, third movement]'' by Vangelis as its theme tune. Several other Vangelis pieces were used in the soundtrack, including "Pulstar" and "Alpha". |
| 217 | * ''Series/CousinSkeeter'' uses a rewritten version of 702's "Steelo" as its theme song. The band also makes a cameo appearance in the opening credits. |
| 218 | * ''Cover Up'', a short-lived CBS action drama, used Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" (originally from the film ''Film/{{Footloose}}'') as its theme. |
| 219 | * Creator/TheBBC's coverage of UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} has traditionally been associated with "Soul Limbo" by Booker T and the [=MGs=]. |
| 220 | * ''Series/CrimeStory'', set in the Rat-Pack '60s, used Del Shannon's "Runaway", redone by him with lyrics tweaked for the show. |
| 221 | * ''Series/Dark2017'' uses "Goodbye" by Apparat as its opening theme. It was previously known for being used in ''Series/BreakingBad'''s season 4 finale. |
| 222 | * ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' uses Music/PaulaCole's "I Don't Want to Wait", except for DVD and most streaming releases and in Puerto Rico due to budget and licensing reasons, in which cases "Run Like Mad" by Jann Arden (who contributed to much of the show's soundtrack) was used. In 2021, Creator/{{Netflix}} reincorporated Cole's song to the intro by using a new re-recording. |
| 223 | * ''Dave's World'' used (a cover of) "You May Be Right" by Music/BillyJoel. |
| 224 | * The first three seasons of ''Series/TheDeadZone'' used Music/JeffBuckley's song "New Year's Prayer" from ''Music/SketchesForMySweetheartTheDrunk''. |
| 225 | * ''De Pies a Cabeza'', a Colombian soap opera, not only used the song of the same name from Mexican group Maná, as theme tune. All the ambient music was taken from their studio album "¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?". |
| 226 | * ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' uses [[Music/SlipperyWhenWet "Wanted Dead or Alive"]] by Music/BonJovi. |
| 227 | * ''Dejémonos de Vainas'', a very famous Colombian soap opera, used the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wARlnqvZBJs Yo-yo]]" from Rose Royce. |
| 228 | * ''Series/TheDennisMillerShow'' on HBO originally opened with Music/TearsForFears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". |
| 229 | * ''Series/DesigningWomen'' used Music/RayCharles' "Georgia on my Mind". |
| 230 | ** The first 5 seasons used an instrumental that featured Creator/JohnnyCarson's bandleader, Creator/DocSeverinson, on the trumpet. In the 6th season, the opening credits featured Ray Charles himself on the piano, singing, while the Designing Women hung around looking pleased. |
| 231 | * ''Series/DeathInParadise'', fittingly for a show set in the Caribbean, uses an instrumental cover of the 1964 ska song "You're Wondering Now" by Andy & Joey. |
| 232 | * ''Series/{{Deutschland 83}}'' used two different songs in different markets. The original German broadcast used "Blue Monday" by Music/NewOrder, while the US and UK broadcasts used a German song of the era, "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling. |
| 233 | * Series/{{Diablero}} uses the song "Futuro" by Café Tacvba. |
| 234 | * ''Series/DirtyJobs'' uses "We Care a Lot" by Music/FaithNoMore; some older episodes use a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong replacement written by the show's composer]] due to rights issues, though. |
| 235 | * ''Series/DoctorDoctor'' used "Good Lovin'" by the Rascals. |
| 236 | * The Fox run of ''Series/DontForgetTheLyrics'' used Music/TheDoobieBrothers' "China Grove". Yes, it did appear within the game itself on one occasion, although the contestant didn't end up picking it. |
| 237 | * ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' used "Moon Over Parma", "Cleveland Rocks", and "Five O'Clock World" at various times. |
| 238 | * ''Series/Drive2007'' used "Can't Stop the World" by Gavin Rossdale. |
| 239 | * ''Series/DuckDynasty'' uses Music/ZZTop's "Sharp Dressed Man" for the TV broadcasts of the first six seasons, and The [=4onthefloor's=] "Workin' Man Zombie" on the DVD releases. |
| 240 | * The video game review show ''The Electric Playground'' has "Skybike 1" from the ''WesternAnimation/SkeletonWarriors'' video game as its title tune. |
| 241 | * ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' uses "Superhero" by Jane's Addiction. |
| 242 | * ''Series/EverDecreasingCircles'' uses Dmitri Shostakovich's Prelude in D-flat major, Op.34 No.15. |
| 243 | * ''Series/{{Extras}}'' uses Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman" over the end credits, much like ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' example below. |
| 244 | * ''Series/FamilyMatters'' used Music/LouisArmstrong's "What a Wonderful World"... for all of one episode, before switching to an original tune. |
| 245 | * Another Music/BillyJoel example comes from ''The Fanelli Boys'', which uses "Why Should I Worry" (Joel's contribution for ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany''). |
| 246 | * ''Series/TheFastShow'': The first series featured Paul Whitehouse singing Esther Phillips' 'Release Me' as a theme, with the comedy element provided by Whitehouse's crooner being grotesquely distorted as if in a hall of mirrors. |
| 247 | * ''Film [year]'', Creator/TheBBC's film review show, has an instrumental version of "I Wish I Knew How (It Would Feel to be Free)". |
| 248 | * ''Series/AFineRomance'' (1980's British sitcom) uses a version of the song "A Fine Romance" [[DoItYourselfThemeTune sung by the show's star Judi Dench]]. |
| 249 | * UsefulNotes/FormulaOne's theme is Music/FleetwoodMac's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcawnRIyeok The Chain]]", when shown on the BBC - a song that has always been somewhat of an unofficial theme for the sport. |
| 250 | ** And in Japan, when shown on Fuji Television, the theme is T-Square's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmG0z-w5YWw Truth]]". |
| 251 | * ''Frank's Place'' used Music/LouisArmstrong's "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" |
| 252 | * ''Film/FrankieHowerdRatherYouThanMe'' opened and closed with ''Young Love'' by Frankie Avalon. |
| 253 | * ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' uses Music/JoanJett's "Bad Reputation". |
| 254 | * ''Series/FridayNightDinner'' uses the Punks Jump Up remix of "Animal" by Music/MiikeSnow. |
| 255 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' used The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You". |
| 256 | * ''Series/FunnyYouShouldAsk'' used Pharrell Williams' "Happy" in season one. The second season switched it out for an instrumental soundalike. |
| 257 | * ''Series/GameOn'', a BBC sitcom, used "Where I Find My Heaven" by the Gigolo Aunts. |
| 258 | * ''Series/GentlemanJack'' uses the song of the same title by O'Hooley and Tidow, which was written and recorded a few years previously. |
| 259 | * ''[[Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow George Lopez]]'' opens every episode with "Low Rider" by War. The DVD release replaces it with a completely original tune that has voice clips of George's most used catchphrases. |
| 260 | * ''Series/GetALife'' (Chris Elliot's sitcom) opened every show with Music/{{REM}}'s "Stand". |
| 261 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' opens with a version of Music/CaroleKing's "Where You Lead," which was recorded with her daughter. The lyrics are slightly different than the original, as King had become disillusioned with its anti-feminist undertones and had stopped performing it live. When approached by Amy Sherman-Pallidino to use it as the show's theme, King said she'd rather re-record it, contacting the song's co-writer who helped tweak the lyrics to reflect a mother/daughter relationship. |
| 262 | * ''Series/GimmeGimmeGimme'' naturally opens with the Music/{{ABBA}} song, albeit a Kathy Burke and James Dreyfuss cover. |
| 263 | * The first episode of each season of ''Series/{{GLOW 2017}}'' uses "The Warrior" by Patti Smith as its theme. |
| 264 | * ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' had a cover of Andrew Gold's "Thank You for Being a Friend" as its theme. |
| 265 | * ''Series/GoodnightSweetheart'', of course, uses a cover of the 1931 song it's [[TitledAfterTheSong titled after]]. |
| 266 | * ''Series/GraceUnderFire'' used Music/ArethaFranklin's cover of "Lady Madonna" by Music/TheBeatles. |
| 267 | * ''The Great Pottery Throw Down'' originally used "I Can't Explain" by Music/TheWho. It now uses "Makin' Time" by The Creation. |
| 268 | * ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' used "Cosy On The Rocket" by Music/{{Psapp}} with its opening credits. |
| 269 | * ''Series/HappyDays'' used "Rock Around the Clock" by Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets before switching to an original theme song. The version of "Rock Around the Clock" the show used wasn't the original 1954 recording either: they had the aging Haley re-record the song. |
| 270 | ** "Rock Around the Clock" was the opening theme for the first two seasons. The original "Happy Days" song ("Sunday, Monday, happy days...") was always the closing theme. For the third season, they started using their own song at the beginning and end, probably to make more money off royalties. The version of "Happy Days" used as the end theme for seasons 1 and 2 was performed by Jimmy Haas, and when it became the main theme, it was replaced by a version from Pratt & [=McClain=] (and that version was replaced again for the show's final season with a more modern arrangement from Bobby Arvon). |
| 271 | *** It was also kept for the syndicated rerun version of the series that was circulated while the original series was still on the air. Entitled ''Happy Days Again'', the original 1954 recording of the song by Bill Haley and His Comets was used instead of the 1974 re-recording. |
| 272 | * ''Series/HeartsAfire'' used "That's the Way of the World" by Music/EarthWindAndFire as one of its ending themes. It also derived its title from the song's lyrics. |
| 273 | * ''Series/{{Hex}}'' used Music/{{Garbage}}'s "#1 Crush". |
| 274 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DxMef3zwp0 2002-2004 opening theme]] of Tom Bergeron's ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares (The) Hollywood Squares]]'' was Teena Marie's 1981 single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9wotiDai5U "Square Biz"]] with new lyrics. |
| 275 | * ''Series/{{Homefront|1991}}'', an early '90s drama set [[DuringTheWar during World War II]], had a rendition of Johnny Mercer's "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" as its theme. |
| 276 | * ''Series/HotelHell'' uses the eponymous "Hotel Hell" by the Australian band Skyhooks, thus also making it a TitleThemeTune. |
| 277 | * Canadian talk show ''Series/TheHour'' once used "Use It" by Music/TheNewPornographers, before switching to "The Good in Everyone" by Sloan (not coincidentally, both Canadian bands). |
| 278 | * ''Series/{{House}}'' uses an instrumental version of "Teardrop" from ''Music/{{Mezzanine}}'' by Music/MassiveAttack for its theme. In other countries [[http://www.imeem.com/people/ncBrC3/music/9eJqCSNj/house_md_tv_theme_australia_dr_house/ a different song]] is used called 'House', composed by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan for the show. Once you've heard the Massive Attack version of the credits, the other one will really grate, because the cuts in the credits are perfectly timed to fit with "Teardrop", and they are a lot less powerful with a different song. |
| 279 | ** Notably, in one episode a cover of "Teardrop" performed by José González, complete with lyrics, is played at the end. |
| 280 | ** And, on the [=DVDs=] (at least the ones available for purchase in the UK), the two songs ("House" and the "Teardrop" instrumental) alternate with each episode. |
| 281 | ** Additionally, the intro for the first episode of Season 6 used "No Surprises" by Music/{{Radiohead}}. |
| 282 | * Howie Mandel's comedy ''Howie Do It'' fittingly used the Montel Jordan song "How We Do It" as its theme song. |
| 283 | * ''Series/HowToMakeItInAmerica'' uses Aloe Blacc's ''I Need a Dollar''. |
| 284 | * ''Series/HumanGiant'' uses "Romantic Rights" by dancepunk band Death From Above 1979. |
| 285 | * ''Series/{{Hung}}'' (HBO) uses "I'll Be Your Man" by The Black Keys. |
| 286 | * ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'' uses Aerosmith's "Livin' on the Edge" for its first four seasons. |
| 287 | * ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' uses "Gone Up In Flames" by ''Morning Runner''. |
| 288 | * Series/InSecurity uses "The Sun Ain't Shining No More" by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXKEQB5Fzao The Asteroids Galaxy Tour]] |
| 289 | * ''Series/TheInsiders'', an obscure IntrepidReporter version of ''Series/MiamiVice'', famously used "Just a Job to Do" by {{Music/Genesis|Band}}. |
| 290 | * ''Series/{{Intimate}}'' features "Fahrradsattel" by German punk band Pisse, which became a viral hit on Platform/TikTok in 2021, playing over the end credits of the majority of episodes. |
| 291 | * ''Series/IronChef'' uses several songs from Hans Zimmer's ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'' soundtrack. |
| 292 | * ''Series/TheJackBennyProgram'' used a medley of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Love in Bloom" as its opening theme, and "Hooray for Hollywood" as its closing theme. |
| 293 | * For a non-lyrical example, ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' features Heinz Kiessling's "Temptation Sensation". |
| 294 | * ''Series/JackHorkheimerStarGazer'' uses Isao Tomita's version of Claude Debussy's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHOaMOzzUo "Arabesque No. 1]]" |
| 295 | * ''Series/{{Jackass}}'': The jangly polka is "Corona" by The80s alternative punk trio Music/{{Minutemen}}. An interesting choice, considering that it's a recording that's as old as most of the show's audience. |
| 296 | * ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'' uses Kate Rusby's cover of "The Village Green Preservation Society", originally recorded by Music/TheKinks, as its theme music. |
| 297 | * ''Series/JejakSuaraAdzan'' uses Rizky Febian and Aisyah Aziz' "Indah Pada Waktunya", which is already released as a single and used for a TitledAftertheSong webseries by Creator/{{NET}} in early 2018. |
| 298 | * ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' used a version of "One of Us" that Joan Osborne specially re-recorded to fit the length and pace of the credits better. |
| 299 | * Music/JoanJett's "Bad Reputation" was used as a theme by two very different shows- ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/AmericanChopper''. |
| 300 | * ''Series/{{Joey}}'' used the penultimate part of "Sunny Hours" by Long Beach Dub Allstars. |
| 301 | * The game show ''Series/TheJokersWild'' in its first seasons used "The Savers" by Jean-Jacques Perry and Gershon Kingsley. |
| 302 | * FOX TV's short-lived legal procedural ''Series/{{Justice}}'' used Music/WarrenZevon's “Lawyers, Guns and Money” as its opening theme. |
| 303 | * ''Series/KidsInTheHall'' uses "Having an Average Weekend" by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and also use other music by the band for transitional scenes. |
| 304 | * ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' uses "Misirlou" by Music/DickDale. |
| 305 | * ''Series/{{Knuckles}}'': "The Warrior" by Scandal serves as the series theme song. |
| 306 | * In the early 1980s, KQTV (the ABC affiliate in St. Joseph, Missouri) used the instrumental opening of Music/{{Devo}}'s "Snowball" to open their nightly news program. The viewer demographic for KQTV did not overlap greatly with the listener demographic for Devo, so most viewers probably thought it was original music. |
| 307 | * ''The Last Cop'' (''Der letzte Bulle''), a German CopShow, uses Music/IggyPop's cover of "Wild One" (also known as "Real Wild Child"). |
| 308 | * ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' uses "[[https://youtu.be/oAPjTHA19Kw Go]]" by Valley Lodge as its theme. Valley Lodge appeared in ''Last Week Tonight'''s second season finale to perform the song. |
| 309 | * ''Series/LieToMe'' uses Ryan Star's "Brand New Day" (no relation to the [[Music/ThePolice Sting]] song). |
| 310 | * ''Series/LifeGoesOn'': "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da", a cover version sung by the cast. |
| 311 | * ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'' uses Music/DavidBowie's "Life on Mars". The song is also a plot theme. |
| 312 | * ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'': The opera ''William Tell'' reached the pinnacle of its popularity in TheThirties. Everyone had heard of it, and more importantly everyone knew the overture by heart. Unfortunately, the use of the final movement of the overture as the theme song for ''The Lone Ranger'' associated it so strongly with the Western genre that the opera basically became unstageable in America. Because of this, some might assume the song doesn't fit the trope because the opera isn't popular ''now''. In any case, it's also an example of PublicDomainSoundtrack. |
| 313 | ** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in a commercial for Jeno's Pizza Rolls, which itself was a spoof of a cigarette commercial that used the music. A man with a pack of cigarettes taps the shoulder of the announcer, saying, "I'd like to talk to you about that music you're using", whereupon Clayton Moore, dressed as The Lone Ranger, claps a hand on the shoulder of the second man, and says, "That's funny, I've been meaning to speak to you people about the same thing." Next to him is Jay Silverheels as Tonto, who asks, "Have a pizza roll, kemosabe?" and helps himself to quite a few of them. Watch it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HxeZo7gRkeA here]]. |
| 314 | * ''Series/{{Louie}}'' uses "Brother Louie" by Stories. |
| 315 | * ''Series/MadMen'' uses "A Beautiful Mine" by Aceyalone and Music/Rjd2. |
| 316 | * ''Series/MadeInCanada'' used "Blow at High Dough" by Music/TheTragicallyHip. |
| 317 | * ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'' uses "Edelweiss" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', sung by Jeanette Olsson. |
| 318 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' uses "Love and Marriage" by Music/FrankSinatra (and was replaced on the DVD with a cheery, instrumental soundalike in both the opening and closing credits -- save the end credits to the season four episode "Buck Saves the Day" where, instead of Peg and Al on the couch, it shows Al, Bud, Steve, and the kids still in the woods). |
| 319 | * ''Series/MarryMe2014'' uses "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. |
| 320 | * ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' uses "Who Are You" by Music/TheWho. |
| 321 | * ''[=MasterChef=] Australia'' uses the Music/KatyPerry song "Hot 'N' Cold". |
| 322 | * ''Series/MayToDecember'' uses "September Song" from ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday''. (Which meant the ITV sitcom ''September Song'' couldn't.) |
| 323 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' uses "Echoes" by The Rapture. |
| 324 | * Episode 0022 of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' had Coach Saunders lip-syncing to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFofqe26t-4 Chicken Fat]]'', which was written by Meredith Willson and performed by Robert Preston under commission by JFK. Impressively, they used the long version of the song. |
| 325 | * ''Series/MockTheWeek'' uses a short clip of "News of the World" by Music/TheJam. |
| 326 | * ''Series/MondayNightFootball'' used a lyrically-modified version of Music/HankWilliamsJr's 1984 hit "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", before they retired it after Williams made some inappropriate remarks about President Obama. |
| 327 | ** Similarly, NBC's ''Sunday Night Football'' uses a theme adapted from Music/JoanJett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You". |
| 328 | ** And now the NFL Network uses a modified version of Music/TheRamones' "Blizkrieg Bop" sung by Music/CeeLoGreen for ''Thursday Night Football''. |
| 329 | * TV coverage of the UsefulNotes/EnglishPremierLeague uses "Fire" by Music/{{Kasabian}} - except in the United Kingdom, where Creator/{{Sky}} use "Stop This Flame" by Celeste. |
| 330 | ** When Creator/{{ITV}} had the rights to the highlights of the above, they used "Beautiful Day" by Music/{{U2}}. The same was used when they had the rights to the Football League highlights. |
| 331 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' uses John Phillip Sousa's "Liberty Bell" march as theme music, and such was their influence they've effectively made it their own. The original, like most Sousa marches, goes into a different melody which is nowhere near as well-known. The original also has no razzberries. |
| 332 | * The German TV show ''Na sowas!'' had "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-U6xVuXHe4 1980-F]]" by After The Fire. This is the very reason why this [[InstrumentalThemeTune instrumental]] is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff so popular in Germany while remaining totally obscure everywhere else in the world]]. |
| 333 | * ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'' has the John Lee Hooker song "Boom Boom" as performed by Big Head Todd and the Monsters as the opening theme. This makes it the OddballInTheSeries, since it's the only show in the franchise (of ''Series/{{NCIS}},'' ''Series/NCISLosAngeles,'' and ''Series/{{JAG}}'') that uses a RealSongThemeTune. Or to even have a theme song with lyrics. |
| 334 | * ''Newton's Apple'', from 1983 to 1990, used Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Ruckzuck", from their 1971 self-titled debut album, then from 1990-1994, a [[RearrangeTheSong remixed version]], then an original song afterwards. For the home video releases, they used a different but [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong similar-sounding]] tune, due to licensing issues. |
| 335 | * ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' used "Summertime Guy". |
| 336 | * ''Series/NoahsArc'': The remixed variety of "Remember the Love" by Adriana Evans. |
| 337 | * ''Series/TheNormShow'' used "Too Bad" by Doug and the Slugs. |
| 338 | * In a rare game show example, the short-lived Mark Goodson-Bill Todman game ''Series/NowYouSeeIt'' used Quincy Jones' "Chump Change" as the theme on both versions. Bill Cosby also used this same music on ''The New Bill Cosby Show''. Other game shows that used actual recordings as themes: |
| 339 | ** ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'': From 1956 to 1961, they used "Sixth Finger Tune", which was taken from a stage show called "Six Fingers For A Five-Fingered Glove". |
| 340 | ** ''Series/{{Password}}'': Its 1961-1963 theme was called "Holiday Jaunt" and was used as early as 1958. |
| 341 | ** ''Seven Keys'': "Everything's Coming Up Roses". |
| 342 | ** ''Series/MatchGame'': From 1962 to 1967, it was "A Swingin' Safari" by Bert Kaempfert. The pilot used the Billy Vaughn arrangement. |
| 343 | ** ''Eye Guess'': For the first two years the theme was Al Hirt's "Sugar Lips". |
| 344 | ** ''The Face Is Familiar'' (a short-lived CBS nighttime show from 1966): "Brasilia" by Herb Alpert. |
| 345 | ** ''The Love Experts'', a short lived game show-panel game hybrid hosted by Creator/BillCullen, used Bebu Silvetti's "Spring Rain". |
| 346 | * ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'' used a sample from Music/TalkingHeads' "Once in a Lifetime" in the first season. |
| 347 | * ''The Frugal Gourmet'' on PBS used a movement from "Water Music Suite Number 1" by Handel. |
| 348 | * ''Series/TheOC'' used Music/{{Phantom Planet|Band}}'s "California". |
| 349 | * ''Oh, Dr Beeching!'' is a partial example: the ''tune'' is that of the music hall song "Oh! Mr Porter", but the words have been reworked so that instead of being a woman complaining to a train porter that she missed her stop, she's complaining to Dr Beeching that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts her stop doesn't exist any more]]. |
| 350 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' uses a cover of "Handbags and Gladrags", as made famous by Rod Stewart. |
| 351 | ** In one episode, Ricky Gervais as Brent sang the song over the closing credits. |
| 352 | * ''Series/TheOsbournes'' used a cover of ''Crazy Train'' by Music/OzzyOsbourne, as remade by Pat Boone- in a jazz style. |
| 353 | * ''Series/OneTreeHill'' used Gavin [=DeGraw=]'s ''I Don't Want To Be'' as its theme song for its first four seasons. From Season 5 onwards, they did away with the credits. |
| 354 | ** A few seasons later, they brought back the theme song, this time having it performed by a different artist every week. |
| 355 | * ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'' used Music/DavidLeeRoth's cover of "Swinging on a Star", with reworked lyrics. |
| 356 | * ''{{Series/Overhaulin}}'' used Kicking Harold's "Gasoline" for the first few seasons, switched to an instrumental song with an OpeningNarration, and switched back in 2014. |
| 357 | * Creator/Channel4 have used "Harder Than You Think" by Music/PublicEnemy for their coverage of the UsefulNotes/ParalympicGames since London 2012. It's also the theme to ''Series/TheLastLeg'', which started out as an aftershow of sorts for the Paralympics before becoming an independent show, though it continues to focus on the Games whenever they're on. |
| 358 | * ''Series/PartyOfFive'' used "Closer to Free" by the [=BoDeans=]. |
| 359 | * ''Series/{{Patriot}}'' uses "Train Song" by Vashti Bunyan in its first season and "Sure Shot" by Music/BeastieBoys in its second. |
| 360 | * ''Series/Peacemaker2022'' uses "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" by Wig Wam for its opening (set to a dance number at that). |
| 361 | * ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' uses "Red Right Hand" by Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds (in keeping with the series' anachronistic love of using rock for the interwar setting). The series mostly uses the original version by Cave but starting in Series 3 covers by various (mostly English) artists are heard (including Music/ArcticMonkeys and Music/LauraMarling). The song itself is quite fitting, since it details a mysterious person doing acts of kindness for mysterious and possibly nefarious reasons (much like [[TheChessmaster Tommy Shelby]]). (Also, for a series focused so much on "[[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution Irish]] [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles business]]", it's sure convenient that a red right hand is a symbol of Ulster...). |
| 362 | * ''Series/PeepShow'' uses Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta", starting in season 2. |
| 363 | * The theme to ''Series/ThePeterSerafinowiczShow '' is the song '' Opening Trailer 2 '' by Syd Dale from the KPM stock music library. |
| 364 | * ''Series/PitBoss'' uses a hip-hop remix of Keith Mansfield's "Funky Fanfare" (as heard in those "feature presentation" bumpers in Kill Bill and Grindhouse). |
| 365 | * ''Series/PleaseLikeMe'' uses ‘[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-IJyNxGLYM I’ll Be Fine]]’ by Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes. |
| 366 | * ''Series/PointsOfView'' used to have an instrumental version of "[[Music/TheBeatles When I'm Sixty-Four]]", presumably due to the lines "Send me a postcard, drop me a line/Stating point of view". |
| 367 | * ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' uses "Secret" by The Pierces. |
| 368 | * ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' uses "All Sparks" by Editors for its ending theme. |
| 369 | ** Unless you're not in the UK. It recycles the opening theme for the ending theme in overseas broadcasts (at least in Australia it does). |
| 370 | ** "All Sparks" was only used for the televised broadcast of the show's first season. When season 1 was released on DVD, the credits used the opening theme. |
| 371 | * ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' uses "Feel It All Around" by chillwave artist Washed Out. |
| 372 | * ''Series/{{Providence}}'' used Chantal Kreviazuk's cover of the Beatles' "In My Life". |
| 373 | * The first two ''Franchise/{{Quatermass}}'' series used "Mars - The Bringer of War" from Holst's ''The Planets''. |
| 374 | * ''Series/TheRanch'' uses "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys", a well-known country song. It fits the "good ole boy" vibe of the show, and it's a nod to Debra Winger's role in ''Film/UrbanCowboy''. |
| 375 | * ''Series/{{Reba}}'', the eponymous sitcom of country singer/actress Music/RebaMcEntire, used a partial rewrite of [[DoItYourselfThemeTune her single]] "I'm a Survivor". |
| 376 | * ''The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Search for the Best'', the globetrotting reality show by borrowed mostly the instrumental section of the theme from the film ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. |
| 377 | * ''Rescue Me'' (Creator/TheBBC version, not the [[Series/RescueMe American firefighter show]]) uses a male cover of the Fontella Bass song of the same name as its theme. |
| 378 | * ''Series/RescueMe'', the American firefighter show, also falls under this: it uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGoxmrMUY1k "C'mon C'mon"]] by the Von Bondies. While thematically fitting for a series dealing so heavily with how tough men deal with loss, it is a little weird that such an emphatically New York series would use a song by such an emphatically Detroit band. |
| 379 | * ''Series/ResidentAlien'' uses "Bilgewater" by the defunct and rather obscure band Brown Bird, chosen by the show's creator when searching for songs by by artists he had never heard before. The pilot episode has a longer intro with a version of the song that includes lyrics, the remaining episodes use an insrumental only. |
| 380 | * Spanish late-night show ''La Resistencia'' uses "Hail to the Chief" by Prophets of Rage. |
| 381 | * ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' used a shortened version of "Here with Me" by Dido. |
| 382 | * ''Series/RussellHowardsGoodNews'' uses an abridged instrumental of "Fast Fuse" by Kasabian. |
| 383 | ** The Russell Howard Hour, the successor series to Good News, uses "Ill Ray (The King)", also by Kasabian. |
| 384 | * ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' used "Half the World Away" by {{Music/Oasis}}. |
| 385 | * ''Series/{{Salem}}'' uses the song "Cupid Carries a Gun" by Music/MarilynManson. |
| 386 | * The Brazilian soap opera ''Salve Jorge'' (known in Spanish-speaking countries as ''La guerrera''), used the 2012 hit "Girl On Fire" by Music/AliciaKeys as its theme song. |
| 387 | * ''Series/SamsGame'' uses "As Good as it Gets" by Gene. |
| 388 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' used the song "Superman" by Lazlo Bane, with a cover being used in the PostscriptSeason. The version of "Superman" used as the theme is faster and in a different key than the original version. |
| 389 | * ''Series/SearchParty'' uses "Obedear" by Purity Ring. |
| 390 | * ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfUs'' uses "Death Defy" by Motor Ace. |
| 391 | * ''Series/LosSimuladores'', being an Argentine show, uses Astor Piazzolla's "Cité Tango". |
| 392 | * ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' uses an extended version the traditional British military song "Over the Hills and Far Away", using the lyrics from George Farquah's 1706 play ''Theatre/TheRecruitingOfficer''. Although written during the War of Spanish Succession, they are fortuitously fitting for Sharpe's career, which also took him "to Flanders, Portugal and Spain" (well, actually Waterloo is in Brabant, but that's close enough to Flanders). |
| 393 | * ''Series/{{Southland}}'' uses an instrumental version of Dulce Pontes' version of ''Canção do Mar''. |
| 394 | * ''Soul Man'' (and possibly another show) used, appropriately enough, "Soul Man". Doubly appropriate as the lead actor is also one of Film/TheBluesBrothers. |
| 395 | ** ''Series/HanginWithMrCooper'' used "Soul Man" for its second season before changing to an original theme song. |
| 396 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' uses ''Save Me'' by Remy Zero. |
| 397 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' uses "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by electro-blues group Alabama 3. The difference between the original and the Chosen One Mix (both of which predate their use in ''The Sopranos'' by a couple years) is that the former is in the first person, and the more famous latter version is in the second person. |
| 398 | * ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' was the first of the series not to have a symphonic theme tune -- it used "Faith of the Heart", performed by Russell Watson. (A more well-known version of the song is performed by Rod Stewart on the soundtrack of ''Film/PatchAdams''.) In the third and fourth seasons, they decided something was missing - a thumping backbeat... in what was essentially a country song. |
| 399 | ** The closing credits music, now known as "Archer's Theme", was originally intended to be the ''Enterprise'' theme, and was written by the same man who wrote the theme for ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''. ExecutiveMeddling ensued, and it was replaced with "Faith of the Heart". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8vslSWlsEg This]] is what that would have looked like. An even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpwv1ZipTL4 earlier concept]], however, was a throwback to other Trek series, including the OpeningNarration and footage of the ship. |
| 400 | * Starting in its third season, the Creator/DiscoveryChannel show ''Series/StormChasers'' used Music/BonJovi's "Blaze of Glory" as its theme tune. |
| 401 | * ''Series/StrikeBack'' series 2 and onwards use "Short Change Hero" by Music/TheHeavy, like Borderlands 2 does below. |
| 402 | * ''Series/SueThomasFBEye'' used "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews. |
| 403 | * ''Series/SugarRush'' uses Music/{{Blondie|Band}}'s "One Way or Another". |
| 404 | * ''Series/SuperNanny'' uses Music/MenAtWork's "Be Good Johnny" as its theme: it's actually a re-recorded version from a Colin Hay solo album, but it sounds practically identical to the original (not that surprising, since Hay sang lead vocals on the original version). |
| 405 | * ''Series/{{Suits}}'' uses "Greenback Boogie" by Ima Robot as its theme. |
| 406 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', as stated above, uses Kansas' "Carry on Wayward Son", though the series only used it in the first season before it was relegated to being the theme for the Season Finale recap. |
| 407 | * The Australian-set BBC sitcom ''Supernova'' used ''I Can See for Miles'' by The Who. |
| 408 | * ''Series/{{Teachers|2001}}'' uses Belle and Sebastian's "The Boy With the Arab Strap". |
| 409 | * ''Series/That70sShow'' uses a cover of Music/BigStar's "In the Street". Obscure, but kinda famous in an underground way. From season 2 on it was performed by Music/CheapTrick. |
| 410 | * ''Series/ThirdWatch'' used "Keep Hope Alive" by the Crystal Method. |
| 411 | * ''Series/ThisOldHouse'' on PBS used Fats Waller's "Louisiana Fairy Tale" from 1979 to 2003 before it switched to an original theme. |
| 412 | * ''Tomorrow's World'' had a number of memorable original themes over the years, but for a while around the millennium it used "In Pursuit of Happiness" by Music/TheDivineComedy. Just the instrumental bit though, thereby avoiding the lyrics about millions dying in plague and murder. |
| 413 | * ''Series/{{Tour of Duty}}'', a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar series, used the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" over the opening credits. |
| 414 | * ''Series/TopGear'' uses "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers Band. |
| 415 | ** The presenters {{lampshade|Hanging}}d their use of the song during the second America special, when the original song came on over the radio. "On tonight's program..." |
| 416 | ** Originally the closing theme was "Out of the Blue" by Music/EltonJohn. |
| 417 | * ''Series/TopOfThePops'' went through several theme songs over the years but frequently returned to CCS' instrumental cover of [[Music/LedZeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"]]. |
| 418 | * ''Literature/TrainMan2004'': |
| 419 | ** The live-action drama used the Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's "[[Music/{{Time}} Twilight]]" as its theme song (alluding to the opening animation for the convention [[Anime/DaiconIIIAndIV Daicon IV]]). |
| 420 | ** The first episode used "Mr. Roboto" by Music/{{Styx}}. |
| 421 | * ''Series/TrueBlood'' uses "Bad Things" by Jace Everett. |
| 422 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'' used an instrumental version of ''Falling'' by Julee Cruise. |
| 423 | * ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' uses "Second Chance" by Peter Bjorn and John. |
| 424 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': This version mixed the classic theme with Music/TheGratefulDead's "Dark Star". |
| 425 | * ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'' originally used the song "Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes. It switched to an original song in season 3 at the same time the show's name was changed and the pizza place was dropped. |
| 426 | * ''Series/SoulTrain'' used several real songs as its theme: most famously "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB. Though "TSOP" was only used for nine of the show's 28 seasons (six of which used remixed versions), most fans consider it ''the'' theme song for the show. |
| 427 | ** TSOP was originally written to be the official song to be named "Soul Train", but it was decided not to closely associate it with the show. Mother Father Sister Brother (MFSB) released it as a single, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen becoming the first disco song to reach #1 on the Billboard charts.]] |
| 428 | * ''Series/UltramanTiga'' used ''Take Me Higher'' by Dave Rodgers as its opening theme, albeit translated into Japanese with Rodgers' supervision. |
| 429 | * ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'', a sister show to ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', used a DoItYourselfThemeTune sung by Creator/BobcatGoldthwait in its first season, but switched to Music/RayCharles' "Hit the Road Jack" after that. |
| 430 | * ''Series/VeronicaMars'' used "We Used to Be Friends" by Music/TheDandyWarhols. For the third season, ThePowersThatBe switched to a slower, ostensibly DarkerAndEdgier version of the song. |
| 431 | * ''The Victory Garden'' on PBS used "Gaspe Reel" (The Hammered Dulcimer)" by Bill Spence up until 1991. |
| 432 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' uses (a shortened version of) "If I Had a Heart" by Fever Ray. |
| 433 | * ''Vision On'', a BBC children's series of the '60s and '70s, used Al Hirt's "Java" over its end credits. |
| 434 | * '' W5 '', a Canadian television news magazine, used a portion of Music/{{Supertramp}}’s "Fool’s Overture" for a time, starting in the 70s. |
| 435 | * ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' (''The Wonderful World of Disney'') used an instrumental medley of well-known songs from Disney movies, including "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Whistle While You Work", and "Zip a Dee Doo Dah". At least one of the tunes -- "It's a Small World" -- was from the theme parks. |
| 436 | * ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' uses "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds—the original in the first season, a [[CouchGag different cover by a different artist every episode]] after that. |
| 437 | ** Including, on at least one occasion, a French version. |
| 438 | * ''Series/WhaleWars'' uses Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". |
| 439 | * ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'' used the song of the same title, covered by Lillix. |
| 440 | * ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' uses the song "You're Dead" by Norma Tanega as its theme song. This song is also used in the titles of the 2014 movie by the same title. |
| 441 | * ''Series/{{Wings}}'': Piano sonata No. 20 by Franz Schubert. |
| 442 | * ''Series/TheWire'' uses Music/TomWaits' "Way Down in the Hole". Each season is done by a different artist - season one was by The Blind Boys of Alabama, season two was Waits' original version and season three was by The Neville Brothers. Season four's version was a specially recorded R'n'B version to represent the show's shift in focus to children on the streets. Season five was sung by Steve Earle, who plays Walon in the show. |
| 443 | * ''Series/TheWonderYears'': The Music/JoeCocker version of "With a Little Help from My Friends". |
| 444 | * ''Series/YouBetYourLife'' (Groucho Marx's GameShow) used an instrumental version of the song "Hello, I Must Be Going/Hurray for Captain Spaulding" from the classic Marx Brothers musical ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers''. |
| 445 | * The short-lived Tim Brooke-Taylor sitcom ''You Must Be the Husband'' used Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" as its intro music. |
| 446 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' used a cover of Music/CliffRichard's song of the same name sung by the cast. |
| 447 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'' uses "Mighty Little Man" by Steve Burns. Yes, the one from ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''. |
| 448 | * ''Series/NYC22'' uses Music/JayZ's "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)". |
| 449 | * The opening theme of ''Series/RetroGameMaster'' is a remix of "Ode to Joy". |
| 450 | * ''Series/TrueDetective'' uses "Far from Any Road" by Music/TheHandsomeFamily in season 1 and "Nevermind" by Music/LeonardCohen in season 2. |
| 451 | * This is surprisingly common in soap operas in countries such as Portugal, where the song used will usually be from The80s. As of this writing, nearly all the soaps on channel 1 use a Real Song Theme Tune. |
| 452 | * It's also a recurring trend in the Philippines to use existing pop songs for their theme music, even going so far as to name the shows after said songs. |
| 453 | * ITV's coverage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France used "Rendez-Vous '98" by Music/JeanMichelJarre and Music/Apollo440, a remix of the former's 1986 single "Fourth Rendez-Vous". |
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| 457 | * ''Pinball/TheGetawayHighSpeed2'' features Music/ZZTop's "La Grange" as the main theme music. |
| 458 | * The main background music for ''Pinball/TwilightZone'' is an instrumental version of the 1982 song "Twilight Zone", by Golden Earring. |
| 459 | * As one would expect, ''Pinball/StarWarsEpisodeI'' uses John Williams' score from the movie. |
| 460 | * ''Pinball/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has Dennis [=McCarthy=]'s reworked version of the original ''Star Trek'' theme. |
| 461 | * Three of Music/DaftPunk's soundtrack tunes are used in the ''Pinball/TronLegacy'' pinball. |
| 462 | * ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily'', unsurprisingly, uses the original theme. |
| 463 | * ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' has five '50s pop hits licensed for its main theme: "Rock Around the Clock", "Get a Job", "Summertime Blues", "Willie and the Hand Jive", and "Red River Rock". |
| 464 | * Creator/DataEastPinball's ''Pinball/BackToTheFuture'' uses Music/ZZTop's "Doubleback," along with Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews' "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time". |
| 465 | * ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'' uses country singer Carlene Carter's "Every Little Thing" for its signature theme. Appropriate, given she voices "Red" in the game. |
| 466 | * Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''[[Pinball/PlayboyBally Playboy]]'' pinball has Cy Coleman's "Playboy's Theme", from the TV show ''Playboy After Dark'', as its main tune. |
| 467 | * Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Rocky}}'' plays "Gonna Fly Now", otherwise known as the "''Rocky'' theme". |
| 468 | * ''[[Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure]]'' plays "The Raider's March" and other songs from the series. |
| 469 | * ''Pinball/JunkYard'' uses an instrumental version of "Money (That's What I Want)" by Music/TheBeatles. |
| 470 | * Creator/DataEast's ''Pinball/SecretService'' features "Nobody Does It Better" (from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''), along with music from ''Series/MissionImpossible, Series/GetSmart, [[Series/DangerMan Secret Agent Man]],'' and other spy programs. |
| 471 | ** At the end of a game, the table plays the chorus from "Nobody Does It Better" while lyrics are shown on the display. |
| 472 | * Aside from using James Horner's theme song for its main play, ''Pinball/{{Apollo 13}}'' uses Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" for its Jackpot theme. |
| 473 | * No points for guessing what real song gets used in the various ''Pinball/StarWars'' pinball games. |
| 474 | * Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/{{Shrek}}'' plays the first verse of Music/SmashMouth's "All Star". |
| 475 | * Creator/DataEast's ''[[Pinball/TheWhosTommy The Who's Tommy]]'' includes ''twenty-one songs'' from the Broadway musical, sung by the original performers. |
| 476 | * Creator/{{Bally}}'s 1976 ''[[Pinball/KissBally KISS]]'' pinball plays a short version of "Rock and Roll All Nite" when starting a game, and ends the game with a tinny version of "Shout it Out Loud". |
| 477 | ** Creator/{{Stern}}'s 2015 ''[[Pinball/KissStern KISS]]'' features ten songs from the band, including "Hotter Than Hell," "Black Diamond," "Lick It Up," "Love It Loud," and "Detroit Rock City." |
| 478 | * Not surprisingly, ''Pinball/GunsNRosesDataEast'' features nine of the band's songs, including "Welcome to the Jungle," "Night Train," and the exclusive "Ain't Going Down". Also, [[WordOfGod Slash confirms]] that the game has eight more original recordings which were taken off the masters. |
| 479 | * ''Pinball/LethalWeapon3'' lets players choose from C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", Music/ZZTop's "Sharp Dressed Man", or the game's own music. |
| 480 | * ''Pinball/{{NASCAR}}'' features Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55", a popular song among NASCAR fans. |
| 481 | * Unsurprisingly, ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz'' uses music from the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz MGM movie]] it's licensed from, most notably "We're Off to See the Wizard". |
| 482 | * And the ''[[Pinball/GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'' pinball uses the theme tune from the television series. |
| 483 | * ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'' plays several RealLife songs throughout the game, such as "Pinball Wizard" by Music/TheWho, "De'funkt" by Defunkt, "Feelings" by Morris Albert, "Come Fly with Me" by Music/FrankSinatra, and "Purple Haze" by Music/JimiHendrix. |
| 484 | * The ''Pinball/PinkPanther'' pinball plays Henry Mancini's famous song during multiball. |
| 485 | * Unsurprisingly, ''Pinball/{{ACDC}}'' features twelve songs from the band, and smart players can choose different songs at appropriate times to maximize their score. The Limited and Premium Edition tables even include a more advanced sound system to augment the experience. |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/CrueBall'' features three Music/MotleyCrue songs; "Dr. Feelgood" plays during the title screen and bonus level, "Live Wire" plays in a cutscene before the demo gameplay, and "Home Sweet Home" plays when you beat the game. The rest of the in-game music consists of cycled [=PCMs=] by arcade {{Pinball}} composer Brian Schmidt. The Motley Crüe license was attached to the game very late in development, so it's likely there wasnt much room for more than just three Crüe songs. |
| 487 | * The main game theme in ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' and ''Pinball/WhoDunnit1995'' is Music/HenryMancini's "Peter Gunn". |
| 488 | * ''Pinball/{{Metallica}}'' features a dozen songs for the player to choose from, including "Creeping Death", "One", "Master of Puppets", "Battery", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", and "Fade To Black". An ExpansionPack update added "Ride the Lightning" and "Blackened". |
| 489 | * As one would expect, ''[[Pinball/BugsBunnysBirthdayBall Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball]]'' plays the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes theme. |
| 490 | * Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/HauntedHouse'' plays segments of ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor'' throughout the game. |
| 491 | * Creator/SternPinball's ''[[Pinball/MustangStern Mustang]]'' has a soundtrack of road tunes from Sony; the Pro edition has four songs, while the Premium and Limited Editions add four more. Selections include "Ace of Spades" (Motorhead), "Free Ride" (Edgar Winter), "Drag City" (Jan and Dean), and "My Own Worst Enemy" (Lit). |
| 492 | * ''Pinball/HarlemGlobetrottersOnTour'' plays "Sweet Georgia Brown," the Globetrotters' theme, at the start of each game. |
| 493 | * ''Pinball/{{Rollergames}}'' uses a remixed version of the TV show's theme for its main game music. The design team wanted to use the original music, but Williams' German distributor refused to carry the machine if that had happened. |
| 494 | * The music for ''Pinball/FullThrottle'' is from the British metal group Redline, who compose the music for the television coverage for the annual Isle of Man T.T. motobike races. The game's main theme is "King Of The Mountain" from the album ''Vice''. |
| 495 | * Creator/SegaPinball's ''Pinball/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' lets the player choose the game theme from either the movie soundtrack or Edgar Winter's rock anthem "Frankenstein". |
| 496 | * Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson'' games play instrumental versions of "Born to Be Wild" and "Bad to the Bone". |
| 497 | * ''VideoGame/GhostbustersPinball'' plays an instrumental version of the theme song throughout the game. though the montage music from the first movie kicks in during multiball. |
| 498 | * The main theme for ''Pinball/MaverickTheMovie'' is Music/ClintBlack's "A Good Run of Bad Luck". |
| 499 | * ''Pinball/LastActionHero'' plays "Big Gun" by [[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC,]] "Angry Again" by Music/{{Megadeth}}, and "Real World" by Music/{{Queensryche}}. |
| 500 | * Dutch Pinball's ''Pinball/TheBigLebowski'' includes songs from the actual movie soundtrack, including Bob Dylan’s "The Man in Me," Kenny Rogers' "Just Dropped In," and Santana's "''Oye Como Va.''" |
| 501 | * ''Pinball/GameOfThrones'' features the title theme from the television series. |
| 502 | * In ''Pinball/GodzillaStern'', Music/BlueOysterCult's "[[Music/{{Spectres}} Godzilla]]" accompanies the eponymous character's multiball mode. |
| 503 | * ''Pinball/PulpFiction'' features five different songs from [[Film/PulpFiction the film's]] soundtrack - "[[Music/SurfersChoice Misirlou]]" is its main theme, "[[Music/KoolAndTheGang Jungle Boogie]]" plays during Brief Case Boogie, "Comanche" plays during Pawn Shop Panic, "[[Music/ChuckBerry You Never Can Tell]]" plays during Twist Contest and "Son Of A Preacher Man" plays (albeit heavily muffled) during [[WizardMode The Shot]]. |
| 504 | [[/folder]] |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 507 | * ''Podcast/TheBrianAndJillShow'': |
| 508 | ** It uses the song "I Want to Singa", originally from a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon (though [[ParodyDisplacement most today would know it]] from the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''), as the theme song for their first week. The plan had been to choose different theme song each week but instead had a listener or someone in the show's crew choose a new theme song each day. |
| 509 | ** Their trivia game, "No Apparent Reason," gets the William Tell Overture while their "What's News" segment gets ''What's New Pussycat'' by Tom Jones. |
| 510 | * The ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Bloody Mooney'' uses "Shadows of the Night" by Music/PatBenatar. |
| 511 | ** ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' has "Just Be Friends" by [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Megurine Luka]] for the first arc and filler episode. Starting in the second arc it uses an [[https://twitter.com/EmilyEMeo/status/1006716296447356928 original theme]] composed by Emily E. Meo. |
| 512 | * The outro theme for ''Podcast/EscapeFromVaultDisney'', "Walt Disney and You", debuted in [[https://youtu.be/ucUoW1a_UUA a ubiquitous promo]] for 1980s [[UsefulNotes/HomeVideoDistributors Walt Disney Home Video]] VHS tapes before Tony repurposed it for his podcast. |
| 513 | * Kit Harrison's ''Podcast/MachineCAST'' starts with Pendulum's "Showdown" and ends with "The Other Side". |
| 514 | * ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'' used to have "(It's a) Departure" by John Roderick and The Long Winters as its theme, but as with the ''Monday Night Football'' example, this was replaced with another song after Roderick's involvement in the [[https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/01/10247430/what-is-bean-dad-story-twitter-meaning "Bean Dad" fiasco.]] |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 518 | * ''Pro Wrestling This Week'', a syndicated wrestling program in the late 1980s with Gordon Solie and Joe Pedicino, used the intro to the Creator/EddieMurphy hit "Party All the Time" (which was also the theme for Knoxville, TN's Continental Championship Wrestling). |
| 519 | ** Heck, lots of local Pro Wrestling shows used well-known songs as their themes. WWE used to use Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller," the Pointer Sisters' "Jump," and later Animotion's "Obsession" as themes. And Memphis's CWA promotion used a techno version of ''StandardSnippet/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' (most famous for its use in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''). |
| 520 | ** However, CWA isn't even close to having the most famous use of ''Also sprach Zarathustra'' in wrestling. That would belong to Wrestling/RicFlair, who used it for practically all of his career. See the "Sports" folder for still another notable use of the tune. |
| 521 | * Wrestling/SmokyMountainWrestling used real songs as entrance music for pretty much everyone; a full list can be found under the trivia section of the SMW page. Owner/booker Wrestling/JimCornette sort of got permission to do this from financial backer Music/RickRubin (no one complained while SMW was running) but never actually got the rights to use any of those songs, this may be part of the reason that only 13 of the 200 TV episodes have been uploaded to the WWE Network, since those songs have to be edited out. |
| 522 | * Wrestling/{{WWE}} has used several "real" hard-rock and heavy-metal songs as theme tunes for their various programs, including Music/MarilynManson's "The Beautiful People", Music/PapaRoach's "To be Loved", Music/{{Nickelback}}'s "Burn it to the Ground", Music/GreenDay's "Know Your Enemy", or Music/{{Shinedown}}'s "Enemies." When they don't use a real song, they often use a ThematicThemeTune recorded by a popular artist such as [=SmackDown's=] mid-2000's theme, "Rise Up" recorded by Drowning Pool, and Raw's former theme from Wrestling/TripleH's "Reign of Terror" era, "Across the Nation" by Union Underground. |
| 523 | ** This was pretty much the case for most wrestlers' entrance themes until the music industry started cracking down on "unauthorized use" of copyrighted music and demanding royalties. After that, in all but a few exceptions (Ex. Wrestling/HulkHogan shelled out of his own pocket for the rights to "Voodoo Child"), organizations either switched to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of songs (Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s late run Wrestling/{{WCW}} music was Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Seek and Destroy" with the SerialNumbersFiledOff), original tunes, or public domain ("Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage's use of "Pomp and Circumstance"). |
| 524 | *** Examples in the mid-1980s WWF included Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s "Eye of the Tiger" for Hogan, Music/{{Queen}}'s "Another One Bites the Dust" for the Wrestling/JunkyardDog, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" for Lauper's protege Wendi Richter, and Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" for the U.S. Express (Wrestling/MikeRotunda and Wrestling/BarryWindham, real-life brothers-in-law). The first few ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events also used real songs, including Music/PhilCollins and Phillip Bailey's "Easy Lover" for the first ''[=WrestleMania=]'', and Music/ArethaFranklin's "Who's Zoomin' Who?" for ''[=WrestleMania=] III''. Also, "Ravishing" Wrestling/RickRude used "The Stripper" by David Rose as his entrance theme during his "Chippendale" gimmick. |
| 525 | *** The biggest exception would be Wrestling/{{ECW}}, who continued to use real songs as entrance themes as part of their image as an "outlaw organization". Even their [=TNN/SpikeTV=] theme counted (White Zombie's "More Human Than Human"). |
| 526 | *** A more recent WWE exception was its use of Music/{{Tatu}}'s "All the Things She Said" as [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria's]] entrance music from 2002–2004. |
| 527 | ** Wrestling/CMPunk started using "Cult of Personality" by Music/LivingColour during the "Summer of Punk" in Ring of Honor and eventually returned to using that, with people in the industry remarking that since Wrestling/VinceMcMahon hates paying music royalties, it meant Punk got exactly what he wanted to re-sign for the company. His first WWE theme, "This Fire Burns" by Music/KillswitchEngage is a subversion; it was originally recorded for WWE's ''Wreckless Intent'' compilation album, used for their 2006 ''Judgment Day'' and briefly by Wrestling/RandyOrton. It later appeared on the band's album ''As Daylight Dies'' under the shortened title "This Fire". |
| 528 | * One of Wrestling/HulkHogan's early WWF themes was an instrumental version of Bonnie Tyler's "Ravishing". |
| 529 | * Wrestling/JimFullington was already calling himself "Mr. Sandman" and later "The Sandman" years before Music/{{Metallica}} came out with the song "Enter Sandman". Afterwards, he would often use it as his entrance music, including when he made his return at ECW One Night Stand 2005 [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ui0oy to a huge crowd pop.]] |
| 530 | * Wrestling/TommyDreamer usually used "Man in the Box" by Music/AliceInChains in Wrestling/{{ECW}}. |
| 531 | * The Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance's weekly online show, ''NWA Powerrr'', uses {{Music/Dokken}}'s "Into the Fire" as its theme. |
| 532 | * [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid-era]] ForeignWrestlingHeel Colonel [=DeBeers=] typically entered to "Welcome to the Jungle" by Music/GunsNRoses. |
| 533 | * Music/AlterBridge's "Metalingus", which Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} had used as his theme from 2005 to 2012, was originally recorded for the band's first album. Prior to that he was using Music/RobZombie's "Never Gonna Stop". Come 2022, Edge becomes {{darker and|edgier}} [[{{Pun}} edgier]] and uses "The Other Side" from the band's fifth album, which would then continue to be used by Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay even after Edge gets kicked out of the group. |
| 534 | * "We are One" by 12 Stones was already charting on ''Billboard'''s Hot Mainstream Rock Songs chart when Wrestling/TheNexus started using it. |
| 535 | * Wrestling/BryanDanielson used "The Final Countdown" by Music/{{Europe}} during his time in the indies. When he became Daniel Bryan in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, he used "Ride of the Valkyries" for his first year in the company, and switched to a rock orientation of the song afterwards. Since signing to Wrestling/{{AEW}}, company president Tony Khan has paid for "The Final Countdown" to be used at least twice for special occasions. |
| 536 | * Wrestling/DamienSandow used "Symphony from the New World" during his time in WWE's old developmental league Florida Championship Wrestling, and "Hallelujah Chorus" once on the main roster. |
| 537 | * Wrestling/ChrisJericho's theme song in [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] and [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] is "Judas" by his band Music/{{Fozzy}}. |
| 538 | * Jungle Boy, now wrestling as Jack Perry, used "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora as his entrance music on the indy circuit, but was forced to drop it when he joined AEW. But in January 2021, AEW president Tony Khan went out of his way to buy the rights to the song so Jungle Boy could use it again. |
| 539 | * This seems to be becoming a trend for AEW, if not yet a habit: |
| 540 | ** Shortly before Khan bought the rights to "Tarzan Boy," he did the same for Music/TomWaits's "Ol' 55," though for a different reason: the song was used in the tribute video for [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]] following his untimely death, so Khan bought the rights so that the video would never have to be edited in the future. |
| 541 | ** Then in March 2021, he bought the rights to "Where Is My Mind?" from Music/ThePixies for use as Wrestling/OrangeCassidy's new theme music. A year later, Khan managed to get the rights to "Jane" by Music/JeffersonStarship, the music Cassidy had used in the indies. |
| 542 | ** Wrestling/JonMoxley began using "Wild Thing" by May 2021, first using the original version by The Troggs, then using the cover version by X. |
| 543 | ** ''All Out 2021'' would use an instrumental version of Music/CypressHill's "Champion Sound". |
| 544 | ** In mid-2023, AEW managed to get rights to "The Final Countdown", allowing Bryan Danielson to use his indy theme again. |
| 545 | * Wrestling/DoinkTheClown used an arrangement of "Entrance of the Gladiators" after his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 546 | * Wrestling/RandySavage used "Pomp and Circumstance" during his entire career. |
| 547 | * Scottish indie wrestling sensation Grado used Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Like a Prayer" as his entrance music for years, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yig8NsBRVA complete with audience song-a-long and dance choreography]]. |
| 548 | * Wrestling/RondaRousey uses a version of "Bad Reputation" by Music/JoanJett. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 552 | * ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'' uses a version of "Tishomingo Blues" with rewritten lyrics. [[PopculturalOsmosis Nobody really seems to remember the original.]] |
| 553 | ** The original 1970s-80s run of the show opened with Garrison Keillor singing Hank Snow's "Hello Love", a #1 country hit in 1974. |
| 554 | * The CBC Radio international affairs program ''Dispatches'' uses "What It Is" by Mark Knopfler. |
| 555 | ** Likewise the CBC show ''Radio/AsItHappens'', syndicated in the US on PRI, uses "Curried Soul" by Moe Koffman. |
| 556 | * Conservative talk radio seems to like this trope. |
| 557 | ** Creator/RushLimbaugh used the instrumental parts of "My City Was Gone" by the Music/{{Pretenders}} as his theme. The show that Rush's syndicator placed in his former time slot, ''The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show'', used this music until late May 2022... |
| 558 | ** ...when Travis & Sexton replaced it with the opening instrumental parts of "My Own Worst Enemy" by Music/{{Lit}}. |
| 559 | ** Dr. Laura used "New Attitude" by Patti [=LaBelle=] as an opening theme. |
| 560 | ** Sean Hannity currently uses "Comin' to Your City" by Music/BigAndRich. He's previously used "Independence Day" (Let Freedom Ring) by Music/MartinaMcBride and "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" by Music/TobyKeith. |
| 561 | ** Mark Levin uses the instrumental riff from "Somewhere I Belong" by Music/LinkinPark. He also uses it as his closing theme, with Music/RayCharles's "America the Beautiful" immediately preceding it on Fridays only. Since the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, he's gone from "Somewhere I Belong" to "The Star-Spangled Banner" (i.e., the U.S. national anthem) during the first-hour opening. |
| 562 | ** For his national late-night Sunday show, Cincinnati host Bill Cunningham uses George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone". |
| 563 | * ''The Dave Ramsey Show'', a Christian-oriented financial advice talk radio show best known for its host's ''extreme'' aversion to debt, uses Raphael Ravenscroft's famous sax solo from Music/GerryRafferty's "Baker Street" as its opening theme, and closes each hour with Music/PinkFloyd's "[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Money]]". |
| 564 | * The late-night paranormal/conspiracy radio show ''Radio/CoastToCoastAM'' uses "Chase", Music/GiorgioMoroder's instrumental theme from the movie ''Film/MidnightExpress'', as its opening theme. Its closing theme is "Inca Dance", an instrumental by jazz/world music/New Age group Cusco. |
| 565 | * Creator/JeanShepherd opened and closed each episode of his long-running local New York radio show with "Bahn Frei" by Austrian composer Eduard Strauss. |
| 566 | * The theme song for most ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' media is "Journey of the Sorcerer" by the Music/{{Eagles}}. It appeared as the opening theme for [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 the television]] and [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 radio programs]] and appears in the scene introducing the titular guide in [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 the 2005 film adaptation]]. |
| 567 | ** According to [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]], the reason "Journey of the Sorcerer" was chosen was because Douglas Adams wanted a theme song that was both futuristic-sounding and suggestive of a traveler at the same time. Adams felt that the banjo gave it an "on the road, hitchhiker-esque feel". |
| 568 | * ''Radio/Ectoplasm2000'': An instrumental excerpt from Nyimbo Yakwatu by Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles (a Zimbabwean group popular since the 1980s). |
| 569 | * The BBC comedy radio series ''Clayton Grange'' uses 'I Want More' from Can's 1976 album Flow Motion. |
| 570 | * ''Radio/TheUnbelievableTruth'': the instrumental part of 'My Patch' by Jim Noir. |
| 571 | * Clark Howard, a money expert and consumer advocate, uses Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy." |
| 572 | * The Northern German pop station NDR 2 used existing [[InstrumentalThemeTune instrumentals as theme tunes]] for two of their shows: |
| 573 | ** ''Der Club'' with Wolf-Dieter Stubel used "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-U6xVuXHe4 1980-F]]" by After The Fire before ''Na sowas!'' made it popular nation-wide. |
| 574 | ** The ''Plattenkiste'' used "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qH8FKMgRzE Rovers Return]]" by The Korgis as the opening and closing theme. Yes, the same Korgis that brought us the StealthParody "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime". |
| 575 | * ''Radio/TheNewsQuiz'' uses "The Typewriter" by Leroy Anderson. |
| 576 | * "And as the Minute Waltz fades away, it's my great pleasure to welcome you to ''Radio/JustAMinute''!" |
| 577 | * The Filipino Christian radio station DWXI--owned by Mike Velarde as part of his El Shaddai charismatic movement--uses the theme song from ''Film/SomewhereInTime'' as its background music for the opening prayers on most if not all of their programmes. |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 581 | * Many sports teams use existing songs as "fight songs" and entrance themes: |
| 582 | ** The Chicago Bulls used "Sirius" by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject's to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kiimEsYc introduce the starting lineup for home games]] starting in the victorious Usefulnotes/MichaelJordan age. |
| 583 | ** Inspired by the Bulls and "Sirius", the Dallas Mavericks adopted the EpicInstrumentalOpener of Music/TheWho's "Eminence Front" for their player intros. |
| 584 | ** Mariano Rivera, closing pitcher for the New York Yankees, would leave the bullpen to the sound of "Enter Sandman" by Music/{{Metallica}}. It became so identifiable with him that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUTirIk75vg when he retired]], some headlines read "Exit Sandman". |
| 585 | *** "Enter Sandman" is also the entrance music for Virginia Tech's football team at home games. |
| 586 | *** Metallica is also used by a team of their area, the San Francisco Bay, as the San Jose Sharks hit the ice to the sound of "Seek & Destroy". |
| 587 | ** The University of Tennessee uses "Rocky Top" by The Osborne Brothers as its unofficial fight song. It's far better known than UT's official one.[[note]]"Down the Field"[[/note]] |
| 588 | ** The University of Arizona pep band frequently plays [[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Steppenwolf's]] "Born to Be Wild[[note]]cats[[/note]]" at sports events, practically as a secondary unofficial fight song. [[note]] "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!" being the official, with "Bear Down, Arizona!" being the much more well-known unofficial fight song.[[/note]] |
| 589 | ** Jazz standard "Tiger Rag" (AKA "Hold That Tiger") is used by multiple schools with the "Tiger" nickname, including Auburn, Clemson, LSU, Missouri and Princeton. |
| 590 | ** The "Tiger Rag" isn't the only existing song that LSU uses. It also obtained the rights to the Broadway tune "Hey, Look Me Over", gave it new lyrics, and calls its version "Hey, Fightin' Tigers". As in the case of "Rocky Top" and Tennessee, it's not the official fight song,[[note]]that would be "Fight for LSU"[[/note]] but is at least as well-known. |
| 591 | ** LSU also uses Music/GarthBrooks's version of "Callin' Baton Rouge" as its football team's entrance music. As you might guess, LSU is in that city. |
| 592 | ** Another Broadway tune, "Step to the Rear", was given new lyrics by the University of South Carolina's head football coach and athletic director at the time, Paul Dietzel,[[labelnote:*]]who had previously been LSU's head coach, though before the school began using "Hey, Fightin' Tigers"[[/labelnote]] and became the school's official fight song as "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way". |
| 593 | ** Another example from South Carolina: During the pregame at home football games, the Gamecocks enter the field to the "Dawn" section of ''Also sprach Zarathustra'' (another use was mentioned in the "Professional Wrestling" folder above). |
| 594 | ** However, the most iconic Gamecocks music nowadays is "Sandstorm" by Music/{{Darude}}, played periodically to ignite the crowd. [[https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32089706/how-finnish-dj-created-sandstorm-sec-sports-world So iconic]], in fact, that some Carolina alums use the track ''at their weddings''. |
| 595 | ** The University of Wyoming adopted the 1912 tune "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" as an unofficial school song in 1961. It went on to become one of two official fight songs and is now the Cowboys' and Cowgirls' only official fight song. |
| 596 | ** "Eye of the Tiger" by Music/{{Survivor|Band}} is used by the University of Memphis. |
| 597 | ** "Davy", one of Cornell University's two official fight songs, is "Give My Regards to Broadway" by Music/GeorgeMCohan, with different lyrics. Among other uses, it is played whenever the football team scores a touchdown. |
| 598 | ** The New England Patriots use Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train" as their home entrance music. |
| 599 | ** The Detroit Pistons used the opening instrumental riff from "The Final Countdown" by Music/{{Europe}} as their entrance theme for many years. |
| 600 | ** The New York Knicks use "Come with Me", Puff Daddy's contribution to the American ''Godzilla'' remake. |
| 601 | ** The Memphis Grizzlies use "Go Harder" by Future as their theme song. During time outs at home games, they play "Whoop That Trick" from the ''Film/HustleAndFlow'' soundtrack to pump up the crowd. |
| 602 | ** This was played with in a [[http://adland.tv/commercials/visa-loving-you-2001-030-usa commercial]] for the Visa Check Card. The Pittsburgh Steelers come marching out on the football field to the sweet sound of "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton. Then a flashback shows why: a member of the stadium's sound crew is at a record store attempting to buy a CD of "Who Let The Dogs Out" with a personal check, but is turned down for lack of ID. |
| 603 | ** The University of Pittsburgh Panthers' every victory, no matter how minor, will be heralded from the students' seats with the main chorus of Music/NeilDiamond's "Sweet Caroline". This has led to the mascot gaining the unofficial name of Caroline. |
| 604 | *** "Sweet Caroline" is also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXD4kpbATI hugely popular]] among Boston Red Sox fans, and is played during the 8th inning of every home game. |
| 605 | ** In an inversion of the trope, the British football team Everton (based in Liverpool) traditionally uses the theme music from the TV series ''Series/ZCars'', which was set in Liverpool. |
| 606 | ** And Liverpool Football Club has famously used (fellow Liverpudlians) Gerry and the Pacemakers' 1963 cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72tBjGNlxI "You'll Never Walk Alone"]] as their team's song ever since Liverpool won the FA Cup Final in 1965, though the song originates from the 1945 musical Theatre/{{Carousel}}. |
| 607 | ** This trope isn't limited to teams. UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball regularly uses popular songs as entrance music for batters and closers (i.e., relief pitchers who are normally brought in to end games). Perhaps the most famous use of this was the New York Yankees' use of "Enter Sandman" as entrance music for Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera. |
| 608 | ** It's also not limited to entrance music... |
| 609 | *** For example, after every home football game at West Virginia University (and at many other Mountaineers games and other WVU events), the band will play Music/JohnDenver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads", long an unofficial state song and since 2014 one of several official state songs. At football games, the team will sing the song and invite the crowd to join in. (Denver himself performed the song at the 1980 opening game for the Mountaineers' current stadium.) |
| 610 | *** Some baseball teams play popular songs as rally songs during the seventh-inning stretch. One notable example is the Baltimore Orioles' use of another Denver song, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy". (Notably, shortly before his death in 1997, Denver showed up to dance on top of the Orioles' dugout during the playing of the song.) |
| 611 | *** The Pittsburgh Pirates break out Music/{{Styx}}'s "Renegade" whenever they're looking to finish off an opponent. |
| 612 | *** Madison Square Garden traditionally used the coda to Music/FrankSinatra's "New York, New York" for DownToTheLastPlay situations, while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" was typically the last song to be played after a game. |
| 613 | *** The NHL has goal songs, such as Music/TheFratellis' "Chelsea Dagger" for the Chicago Blackhawks and Music/{{ACDC}}'s "For Those About to Rock" for the Columbus Blue Jackets (that one, to synchronize the song's cannon fire with the one featured in the team's arena!). |
| 614 | *** The NHL also has victory songs, with a particularly notable example being Music/LauraBranigan's "Gloria" after St. Louis Blues wins during their 2019 Stanley Cup run (though they retired it once they raised the Stanley Cup banner at the start of the next season). |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 618 | * The UrExample of this for video games is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', released in 1981. It was the first game to explicitly use real-life songs that weren't in the public domain, though it did have some of those as well. Most of them, even the public domain songs, were [[ReReleaseSoundtrack removed for modern re-releases]] and replaced with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong generic themes]]; the use of real music was unlicensed, as licensing music for video games simply did not exist at the time. |
| 619 | ** The music when the game starts is the Japanese folk tune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIRpYwVpP4E "Inu No Omawarisan"]] ("The Dog Policeman"). |
| 620 | ** The main background theme is the original Japanese opening theme from the anime [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMH5ntJEZ0 ''Araiguma Rascal'']]. Naturally, this one wouldn't have been obscure to Japanese kids who watched the cartoon, but since the show's theme was changed for international release, it went completely unnoticed even in other countries where the show aired. |
| 621 | ** Additionally, among the little jingles that play when you safely guide the frogs to their homes, three of them are snippets of other anime themes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwst0mb4n7c "Oshiete"]] from ''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgpzkAxXoc "Hana no Ko Lunlun"]], from the show of the same name (split into two jingles), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1TG12PiKAk "Ore wa Arthur"]] from ''Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Ouji''. Also included are snippets of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXE_PfcXtYE "Camptown Racing"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzRhFH5OyHo "Yankee Doodle"]]. |
| 622 | * Creator/{{Konami}}'s early arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Pooyan}}'' uses ''The Bear'' (known in Japan as ''Mori no Kumasan''') as its game start tune and an English folk song called ''The Ear Song'' as its in-game BGM. |
| 623 | * The 1982 Creator/{{Sega}} arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Pengo}}'' features the late 60's-early 70's electronic instrumental "Popcorn" which was famously (though not originally) recorded by a group called "Hot Butter" in 1972. Unlike ''Frogger'', usage of this song was licensed, but a later version uses an originally-composed tune. |
| 624 | ** "Popcorn" is also used as the background music for the Shareware PC game ''Digger'' (itself a clone of ''VideoGame/DigDug''). |
| 625 | * Another 1982 Sega arcade game, ''Super Locomotive'', uses the 1979 song "[[Music/SolidStateSurvivor Rydeen]]" by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. This tune has also gone on to appear in several other computer games, such as ''Stryker's Run'' and ''Daley Thompson's Decathlon''. A later port of ''Super Locomotive'', for the Sega Genesis Mini 2, swaps out the song for "Ryzeen" by the tribute band Oriental Magnetic Yellow. |
| 626 | * ''Many'' {{Rhythm Game}}s live on this trope. Ranging from Konami's ''Bemani'' entries to Sega's ''VideoGame/{{Maimai}}'' to Andamiro's ''VideoGame/PumpItUp'' to Namco's ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'' to IGS's ''VideoGame/DanzBase'' to even Nintendo's ''VideoGame/DonkeyKonga''. Pop a coin in and/or press start and chances are there are at least a few songs in the game lifted from anime or J-pop (or in Andamiro's case, K-pop)[[note]]''Danz Base'''s case is interesting as its catalog includes a mix of western, K-pop, J-pop, Mandopop, and anime song licenses, not to mention the inclusion of music from parts of the world other than east Asia and the western world[[/note]]. ''Pop'n Music'', ''maimai'' and ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' in particular are excellent examples of the trope, with a rich repertoire of Anime themes and J-pop music in their list. |
| 627 | * An inevitable trope for {{Licensed Game}}s. Usually, the game will at least use the show's theme song (or in the case of a movie, the AwardBaitSong) for the opening theme. If it's based on a movie, well, expect the other songs and scores from the movie to be used in the game as well. |
| 628 | * Both ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal: Black'' and ''Conflict: Vietnam'' use "Paint it Black" by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}. |
| 629 | ** The use of "Paint it Black" in ''Conflict: Vietnam'' might have been intentional, to promote a mood similar to and as a ShoutOut to ''Series/TourOfDuty''. |
| 630 | * ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'': |
| 631 | ** ''Burnout 3: Takedown'' uses "Lazy Generation" by The F-Ups. |
| 632 | ** ''Burnout: Revenge'' features a remix of "Break on Through" by Music/TheDoors. |
| 633 | ** ''Burnout: Legends'' has "Shot Down" by Nine Black Alps. |
| 634 | ** ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' uses Music/GunsNRoses' [[Music/AppetiteForDestruction "Paradise City"]] in all its glory. |
| 635 | ** ''VideoGame/BurnoutCRASH'' uses "Crash" by The Primitives. |
| 636 | * ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'' uses real songs by Morisson Poe for its opening and ending themes; "Glitter Girl (Evil Side)" and "Pearl Necklace", respectively. The Nightclub Stakeout mission features Kepi and Kat's "Limelight". |
| 637 | * ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' uses The Surfaris' "Wipe Out" as its opening theme. |
| 638 | * In keeping with its 80's cop show theme, ''VideoGame/LegoCityUndercover'' uses "Walkin' on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves during its opening cutscene. |
| 639 | * ''VideoGame/UrbanChaosRiotResponse'' uses Metro Riot's "Modern Romance" as its intro and main menu music. The riff is fitting, but [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics are about STDs and rejecting love.]] |
| 640 | * ''VideoGame/RockNRollRacing'', as the name suggests, used a number of actual classic rock songs: George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone", Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", Deep Purple's "Highway Star", Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" (also used in ''Spy Hunter''), and Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild". Admittedly, since it is an SNES game, they're instrumental arrangements, but they're arrangements that push the SNES' sound chip to its limits (largely thanks to Tim Follin's sound programming). |
| 641 | ** Even more impressive is that he did this without the manual, and actually did a better job than the people who developed the program Tim used. When Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto heard it he wanted to know how it was done. |
| 642 | ** The Genesis version adds Golden Earring's "Radar Love". |
| 643 | * The ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series has had many theme songs. |
| 644 | ** The first time a theme song was used was in ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit Hot Pursuit 2]]'' with two songs by Hot Action Cop: "Goin' Down on It" and "Fever for the Flava", both {{bowdlerised}} for the game. |
| 645 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' 1 uses "Get Low" by Music/LilJon and The Eastside Boyz and Ying Yang Twins as its theme song. |
| 646 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground 2]]'' uses "Riders on the Storm (Fredwreck Remix)" by Music/SnoopDogg and Music/TheDoors as its theme song. |
| 647 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted Most Wanted]] 2005'' has two theme songs: "Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman Superstars Remix)" by Styles of Beyond, and a specifically-made song, "Shapeshifter" by Celldweller and Styles of Beyond. |
| 648 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon Carbon]]'' has "Hard Drivers" by Ekstrak as its theme song. |
| 649 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet ProStreet]]'' doesn't have a specific theme song, but many of the most recognizable songs in the game were made by Dutch musician Junkie XL. The most known of these songs is "Castellated Nut", as it has an appearance in ''World'', thanks to the Mitsubishi Eclipse ELITE. |
| 650 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUndercover Undercover]]'', like ''[=ProStreet=]'', doesn't have a specific theme song, but by far the most recognizable songs of the soundtrack are Combichrist's remix of "Never Wanted to Dance" by Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence and "The Mark Has Been Made" by Music/NineInchNails. |
| 651 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'' has as its theme song "Kalemba Wegue Wegue" by Buraka Som Sistema and Pongolove. |
| 652 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedNitro Nitro]]'' has as its theme song "Code of the Road" by Danko Jones. |
| 653 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit Hot Pursuit]]'' (2010) has "Edge of the Earth" by Music/ThirtySecondsToMars. |
| 654 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift 2: Unleashed]]'' has "Night of the Hunter", also by Music/ThirtySecondsToMars, as its theme song. |
| 655 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012 Most Wanted]]'' (2012) has "Butterflies and Hurricanes" by Music/{{Muse}}, though only in the opening sequence. |
| 656 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedRivals Rivals]]'' has "Troublemaker" by Haezer, and "Lootin' in London" by RDGLDGRN. |
| 657 | ** [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed2015 the 2015 reboot]] has "Night Riders" by Major Lazer, Travi$ Scott, 2 Chainz, Pusha T, and Mad Cobra. |
| 658 | ** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound Unbound]]'' makes use of Music/ASAPRocky's involvement and uses an original song from him titled "Shittin' Me". |
| 659 | * ''VideoGame/FatPrincess'' has, of course, "Baby Got Back" by Music/SirMixALot, which is heard as the credits song. |
| 660 | * ''VideoGame/{{SSX}} Tricky'' uses "It's Tricky" by Music/RunDMC. |
| 661 | * The arcade game ''VideoGame/BombJack'' uses the ending theme from ''Spoon-obaasan'' (the anime version of ''Literature/MrsPepperpot'') as the first round theme. The second round theme is Music/TheBeatles' "Lady Madonna". |
| 662 | ** The C64 version likewise uses "Magnetic Fields, Part 2", and its sequel uses the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' theme. |
| 663 | * When you get an extra life in the arcade game ''VideoGame/MrDo'', the round (or "scene" as the case may be) is cleared and you see an intermission with the ''Anime/AstroBoy'' theme playing in the background. |
| 664 | * Every ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}}'' game since ''Road to World Cup '98'' has had a soundtrack of popular contemporary music, including one of these. |
| 665 | * ''VideoGame/MechAssault 2'' has "Getting Away with Murder" by Papa Roach. "Right Now" by Korn is used for the final boss. |
| 666 | * It's become somewhat of a tradition in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series for each game to have one of these: |
| 667 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'' uses Music/CageTheElephant's "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" as the game theme in both the opening video and commercial trailers. It fits the setting quite well. Champion's "No Heaven" is also used in one of the trailers and during the end credits. |
| 668 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' uses "Short Change Hero" by Music/TheHeavy in its opening, and the same band's other recognizable song, "How You Like Me Now?", in the credits. |
| 669 | ** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' uses "Black Dragon" by The Vines for its opening and "What Makes A Good Man" by The Heavy for its credits. |
| 670 | ** Each episode of ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' uses a different song for its opening and credits theme: |
| 671 | *** ''[=Zer0=] Sum'' uses "Busy Earnin'" by Jungle. |
| 672 | *** ''Atlas Shrugged'' uses "Kiss the Sky" by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra. |
| 673 | *** ''Catch a Ride'' uses "Pieces of the People We Love" by The Rapture. |
| 674 | *** ''Escape Plan Bravo'' uses "To the Top" by Twin Shadow. |
| 675 | *** ''Vault of the Traveler'' uses "Retrograde" by James Blake for its intro, and "My Silver Lining" by First Aid Kit for its credits. |
| 676 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' uses "Put It On The Line" by The Heavy for its intro and "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys for its credits. |
| 677 | * Some of the Creator/ParadoxInteractive games use classical (and in the case of ''VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun'' and ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis'', period) music. The most famous example is probably ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron'' and its use of "Music/RideOfTheValkyries". |
| 678 | ** Especially pronounced for ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'', which has numerous radio stations (some which are DLC) that contains licensed music from numerous bands. Activating ''Streaming Mode'' completely disables these stations to protect the streamer's channel from an accidental copyright strike. |
| 679 | * ''VideoGame/InFamous'' features "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAkCHNjK8JE Silent Melody]]" by Working for a Nuclear Free City. |
| 680 | ** The two trailers for the third game in the series - ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' - heavily feature Dead Sara's cover of Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box". Not surprising, considering the game is the first to be set in a real city: Seattle. |
| 681 | * Similar to ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', ''VideoGame/{{Knack}}'' also uses ''How You Like Me Now?'' in its credits. |
| 682 | * ''VideoGame/OmegaBoost'' has this in spades: The Japanese release features "Shade" by Feeder, in US, "Otsegolation" by Static-X, and in Europe, "Fly" by Loudmouth. And this is just the ''openings''. It has three diferent endings as well: "Dip in the pool" by Ismeel (apparently a Japanese Enka), "Dreamer" by Cast, and "The Road" by Loudmouth. The Australian version only seems to use Dreamers, for some reason--plus, it seems to be a recording of the song made specifically for the game. |
| 683 | * ''VideoGame/RType Final'' uses "Piano Smasher" by Music/BlueManGroup for the American version and "Proud of You" by Creator/HekiruShiina for the Japanese version as its credits theme. |
| 684 | * ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' featured "Honest Eyes" by Music/BlackTide as its ImageSong and theme for the first cinematic trailer. Subsequent trailers featured "Knock Me Out" by Street Drum Corps, "In Love With You" by Jared Evan and "From Heads Unworthy" by Music/RiseAgainst. |
| 685 | * ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' features a version of "Burning Inside" by Ministry as its theme song for the movie-style opening credits. |
| 686 | * A number of Bitmap Brothers games in the late 80s and early 90s use music from Rhythm King artists: |
| 687 | ** ''VideoGame/Xenon2Megablast'' uses "Megablast (Hip Hop On Precinct 13)" by Bomb the Bass. |
| 688 | ** ''Magic Pockets'' uses "Doin' The Do" by Betty Boo. |
| 689 | ** The opening theme for ''VideoGame/{{Gods}}'', "Into the Wonderful", was written independently from the game. It was originally meant for the Nation XII's album ''Electrofear''. |
| 690 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tony Hawk|ProSkater}}: RIDE'' which brings the series out with a musical bang with The Meters' "Cissy Strut". |
| 691 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' uses remixes of "Fly Me To The Moon", usually whenever the title character [[ThemeMusicPowerUp starts kicking a lot of ass.]] |
| 692 | ** [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 The sequel]] uses "Moon River", in keeping with the moon theme. |
| 693 | * The ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' series releases in Japan tend to open up with a variation of an original piece called "Moon Over the Castle". The European releases, however, have opened up with "Everything Must Go" by Manic Street Preachers, "My Favorite Game" by The Cardigans, "Just a Day" by Feeder and "Reason is Treason" by Music/{{Kasabian}} respectively. |
| 694 | ** ''GT 2'''s use of "My Favorite Game" by The Cardigans counts as a bit of FridgeBrilliance, considering that the name of the album the song comes from is also called ''Gran Turismo'', and the song itself is about how much [[AscendedFanboy the band]] loved playing the first game on their bus while on tour. |
| 695 | ** The US version of ''VideoGame/GranTurismo 4'' uses a choral version of "Moon Over the Castle", followed by Van Halen's "Panama". It also has a techno remix of ''Moon Over The Castle''. |
| 696 | *** The EU version instead follows the chorus up with the Jackknife Lee remix of Kasabian's "Reason is Treason". |
| 697 | ** ''GT 3'' uses "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" and "Again" by Lenny Kravitz for its opening and ending themes, respectively. |
| 698 | ** ''GT 5'', in the American and European releases, uses "Planetary (GO!)" by Music/MyChemicalRomance. |
| 699 | ** ''GT 6'' uses an original song instead: "All My Life" by Daiki Kasho. |
| 700 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' series: |
| 701 | ** ''Motorsport 2'' has "Rockstar (Jason Nevins Remix)" by N.E.R.D. |
| 702 | ** ''Motorsport 3'' has "Tick Tick Boom" by Music/TheHives. |
| 703 | ** ''Motorsport 4'' has "It Starts" by Alex Metric. |
| 704 | ** ''Horizon'' has "Language" by Music/PorterRobinson. |
| 705 | ** ''Horizon 2'' has "Nocturne" by Keeno. ''Forza Horizon 2 Presents [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]'' uses "Get Low" by Dillon Francis and DJ Snake. |
| 706 | ** ''Horizon 3'' features "Ingrid is a Hybrid" by Dusky. The Blizzard Mountain expansion has "Safe and Sound" by Music/{{Justice|Band}}, while the Hot Wheels expansion has "Hi!" by Metrik. |
| 707 | ** ''Horizon 4'' uses "A Moment Apart" by ODESZA. |
| 708 | * ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' uses "Horst Wessel Lied", the Nazi national anthem, as its theme tune. Unsurprisngly, this along with countless other Nazi symbols in the game led to it being banned in Germany for a long while. |
| 709 | * ''VideoGame/SledStorm'', at least the [=PS1=] version, uses Music/RobZombie's "Dragula" (Hot Rod Herman remix). |
| 710 | * In ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', the intro to the fourth stage plays a slightly slow-tempo snippet of "Tijuana Taxi" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. It can be heard after the "I gotta believe" part during the part where the announcer announces Cheap Cheap the Cooking Chicken (Parappa's opponent in this stage). |
| 711 | * The rock band Music/{{Journey|Band}} got their own arcade video game during MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames, which played several of the band's hits in electronic form. However, the cabinet also contained an actual cassette tape with an edited, looped version of "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (not an electronic rendition, but the real song), which the game played through its speakers during the bonus stage. Playable copies of the cassette are a rarity for music collectors, as that version of the song isn't available anywhere else. |
| 712 | * The {{Creator/SNK}} arcade game ''TNK III'' uses "The Yellow Rose of Texas" for its opening theme, and part of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" for the Game Over jingle. |
| 713 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' uses Music/PuddleOfMudd's "Blurry" in the trailer and over the end credits. |
| 714 | * The English-language versions of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' use Leona Lewis' "My Hands" in the trailer, and during the final cutscene and end credits. |
| 715 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' uses a cover of "Stand By Me" performed by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine as its theme song. |
| 716 | * Taito's ''VideoGame/WildWestern'' uses Stan Jones' "Ghost Riders in the Sky" for its main theme. Which, in turn, is a a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of the public domain song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". |
| 717 | * Both the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor 2010'' ContinuityReboot and ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Gundam Extreme Vs.]]'' use "The Catalyst" by Music/LinkinPark; the band has noted themselves as being both video game players and ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fans, hence why they let Creator/ElectronicArts and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment go ahead. |
| 718 | * An obscure arcade game by Midway called ''Domino Man'' uses Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" as its main theme. |
| 719 | * The DOS pseudo-3D ''VideoGame/PacMan'' clone ''3-Demon'' uses "Maple Leaf Rag" in speaker bleep form, along with "The Entertainer". |
| 720 | * The {{pinball}} game ''Pinball/TheChampionshipPub'' uses "Maple Leaf Rag". |
| 721 | * ''The Iron Helix'' uses the Xorcist song of the same name. The rest of the soundtrack is also by Peter Stone. |
| 722 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' uses Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Won't Back Down" as its theme. |
| 723 | * All of the canonical ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have this: "Maybe" by the Ink Spots for the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 original]], "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" by Louis Armstrong for ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by the Ink Spots for ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', "Blue Moon" sung by Frank Sinatra (originally by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart) for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', "The Wanderer" by Dion for ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", originally by John Denver, for ''VideoGame/Fallout76''. |
| 724 | ** ''Fallout 3'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas'' feature radio stations one can listen to; in each, there's a news station that features announcements related to the player's progress through the game, but features real music in-between announcements (in ''Fallout 3'', Galaxy News Radio plays mostly 1940s pop while Enclave Radio plays mainly American patriotic standards; in ''Fallout: New Vegas'', New Vegas Radio plays 1950's songs while Mojave Music and Black Mountain Radio play country/western songs. ''Old World Blues'' adds the Mysterious Broadcast, which plays jazz and, you guessed it, blues.) |
| 725 | * The MSX and NES/Vs. versions of ''VideoGame/TheGoonies'' video game, as well as ''VideoGame/TheGoonies2'', feature Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies R Good Enough" from the movie in question. |
| 726 | * ''VideoGame/WizardOfWor'' uses the "Danger Ahead" portion of the ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' theme to open each stage. If the player is able to shoot the Worluk, the "DOUBLE SCORE DUNGEON" screen will appear, and the fifth note of the theme will play. |
| 727 | * Both the arcade and NES versions of ''VideoGame/PunchOut''[[note]]as well as the arcade version's sequel ''Super Punch-Out!!'' (not to be confused with the Super NES game)[[/note]] use the "[[http://youtu.be/0i_cT_6H93s Look Sharp/Be Sharp March]]" by Mahlon Merrick for the opening theme. The character's themes are mostly based on real folk songs from their countries of origin, although this part only happens in the NES version and the Wii title. |
| 728 | * Though it should be obvious, each of the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' games has one of the songs from the game play during the opening cutscene from each iteration. The original ''Rock Band'' has "Highway Star" by Music/DeepPurple, ''Rock Band 2'' has a rerecording of "Hello There" by Music/CheapTrick, and ''Rock Band 3'' has "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" by Music/TheDoors. In addition, both ''Music/GreenDay Rock Band'' and ''Music/TheBeatles Rock Band'' have mashups of several songs by each respective band, and ''Lego Rock Band'' uses "Grace" by Music/{{Supergrass}}. |
| 729 | * ''[[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]]'' has a remix of "Concept of Love" by Hideki Naganuma, as well as a soundtrack mostly comprised of remixes from the first game. |
| 730 | * ''VideoGame/{{Primal}}'' uses 16Volt's "And I Go" for the theme music, along with instrumental versions and edits of other 16Volt songs for the game's soundtrack. |
| 731 | * ''Inverted'' in the case of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. One of the songs from the game, "Promise (Reprise)", was used by the Philadelphia Eagles' [[http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/multimedia/index.asp?mm_file_id=9797&play_clip=y splash page]] on their official website. |
| 732 | * In a crossover with PublicDomainSoundtrack, the original ''Mario Bros.'' uses the first phrase of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" for its game start jingle. |
| 733 | * ''VideoGame/SpyHunter1983'' has the theme from ''Peter Gunn'' as its theme, which was then updated into "The Spy Hunter Theme" by Saliva for the [=PS2=]/[=XBOX=] installment. The sequel to the [=PS2=]/[=XBOX=] game has "Dark Carnival", a Bond-esque tune by Vanessa Carlton. |
| 734 | * ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' uses Music/{{Evanescence}}'s "Going Under" as its credits theme. |
| 735 | * ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' uses ''Angel'' by Depeche Mode as a credits theme. |
| 736 | * Subverted with ''VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing''. In the DS version, part of the credits is accompanied by "Into the Wind" by Music/{{Crush 40}}, which is off of their album ''Thrill of the Feel'' when they were known as Sons of Angels (that is, before they got busted for using another band's name). In both versions, the EndingTheme, "So Much More..." by British pop singer Bentley Jones, was released on a later EP of the same name. |
| 737 | * ''VideoGame/NecroVisioN'''s opening theme, and the FinalBoss battle's theme, is "Preliator" by Globus. |
| 738 | * ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' soundtrack's Duke's return to kick some alien ass with Music/TheProdigy's aptly-named song, "Invaders Must Die". |
| 739 | * The first ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' game has the eponymous progressive rock song from Yes as the credits theme. This is only a borderline case: Yes wrote the song because they really, really liked the premise of the game, and the devs asked them if they could use it. |
| 740 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 741 | ** In an unusual subversion, [[VideoGame/MassEffect the first game's]] use of "M4 (Part II)" from Music/{{Faunts}} as its credits theme is what catapulted the group into fame in the first place. |
| 742 | *** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' uses another Faunts song, "Das Malefitz", for its closing credits. |
| 743 | *** An in-universe example: the romantic theme for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQeFvUuPNHc I Was Lost Without You]]". In the Citadel {{DLC}} for the game, Shepard and [[WrenchWench Tali]] watch ''Fleet and Flotilla''; the romantic theme for the movie is the same tune. From the same DLC, Liara plays "Vigil" from ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' on the piano when she visits Shepard's apartment. |
| 744 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' uses Music/{{Aurora| Singer}}'s "Under Stars". |
| 745 | * ''VideoGame/{{Putty}}'' uses the ''Series/{{Joe 90}}'' theme song as its opening theme. |
| 746 | * ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver'' uses "Ozar Midrashim" by Music/InformationSociety, from their 1997 album ''Don't Be Afraid''. |
| 747 | * ''Speed Punks'' uses "Travelling Without Moving" by Music/{{Jamiroquai}} as its opening theme. |
| 748 | * ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'' prominently features classical music mixed into an ambient-industrial tone, to fit the mood of the game. |
| 749 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' uses [[Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy "Power"]] by Music/KanyeWest as the VillainSong of the protagonist, as well as "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler for the penultimate mission. |
| 750 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' plays "Way to Fall" by Starsailor during the ending credits. |
| 751 | * ''Never Dead'' uses the song of the same name from ''Music/{{Megadeth}}'' as its theme song. |
| 752 | * ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' uses Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" as Shuu's character theme. |
| 753 | * ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]'' uses "Mars, the Bringer of War" from Music/GustavHolst's "The Planets Suite". |
| 754 | * The arcade and Platform/SegaGenesis versions of ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' feature [=OPN2=] remixes of Music/MichaelJackson's "Smooth Criminal," "Beat It", "Another Part of Me", "Billie Jean", and "Bad" as stage themes. |
| 755 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' has several Theory of a Deadman songs, with "Santa Monica" playing over the credits. |
| 756 | * ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' uses Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' as its ending theme. |
| 757 | * Creator/ZapDramatic[='=]s ''Move or Die'' uses "Newton's Apple" by Danny Michel. |
| 758 | * ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean'' uses several Music/HayleyWestenra songs, with "Prayer" being mostly closely identified as the title screen music and "The Water is Wide" for the credits. |
| 759 | * ''VideoGame/{{Vanguard}}'' plays the ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' theme at the start of the game, and then Vultan's theme from ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' when the player gets a power-up. This slipped pass both Paramount and Universal somehow. |
| 760 | * ''VideoGame/RevolutionX'', being an Music/{{Aerosmith}} game, naturally features some of the band's songs, transparently looping thanks to the Midway DCS box. The arcade version contains the songs "Eat the Rich," "Sweet Emotion," "Toys in the Attic," "Love in an Elevator," and "Walk This Way." The console versions added the songs "Rag Doll", "Fever", and "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)". |
| 761 | * Sega's little-known ''VideoGame/CoolRiders'' game has Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "Born to be Wild", which is played during the title screen and is selectable in-game. |
| 762 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The song playing in the FMV movie is "Rhythm" by Engineers Without Fears. |
| 763 | ** On the topic of ''Grand Theft Auto'', games since ''GTA 2'' have had licensed music appear in the game as well. Very often the songs will undergo RevivalByCommercialization and become popular again just for appearing in the game. |
| 764 | * ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'', being what Creator/Suda51 calls "a piece of pop zombie entertainment", has numerous licensed songs, from "Lollipop" by The Chordettes and the notorious "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, to "Mickey" by Toni Basil, which is used as a ThemeMusicPowerUp in the game. |
| 765 | * ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'' uses an instrumental version "I've Got The Joy" (tying in with the in-game FantasticDrug called Joy) as its ending theme. |
| 766 | * ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage'' tends to feature a lot of Eurobeat tracks, particularly from Avex Trax's Super Eurobeat collection. |
| 767 | * The original release of ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'' ends with a cover of the song ''Non non Rien n'a Changé'' by French musician Billy ze Kick, which was released the year before on the album ''Paniac''. The re-releases of the game remove that ending, however. |
| 768 | * ''VideoGame/StrikeForceHeroes'' has a remix of ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'', an American patriotic song (it's also the basis for "The Ants Go Marching") as its theme. |
| 769 | * ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' has a few licensed tracks in-game. The Music/JimiHendrix version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is used as the title screen music [[spoiler:becoming increasingly more distorted with a DroneOfDread as the game gets increasingly more dark]], while his song "1983... A Merman I Should Turn To Be" is used for the credits. |
| 770 | * The first ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz'' game loops "Gonna Fly Now" (aka the ''Rocky'' theme) and an instrumental version of "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" by the Flaming Lips. One of the questions also plays a clip from another Flaming Lips song, namely "What is the Light?" |
| 771 | * ''VideoGame/BoongGaBoongGa'', a South Korean arcade game that involves [[AssShove shoving your fingers up someone's ass]]. The game is [[QuirkyWork weird enough as is]], but then they also stole the theme song from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' to use on the ''level select screen'', which just makes things weirder. |
| 772 | * ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'': ''VideoGame/RazingStorm'' uses "Ashes" as its opening theme and "The Bleeding" as its ending theme, both of which are done by Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch. |
| 773 | * ''VideoGame/PinballArcade'' uses "Pinball Wizard" from Music/TheWho when selecting a table. Earlier versions of the game used an instrumental, while more recent versions use the full song. |
| 774 | * ''Momoko 120%'' features "Lum no Love Song" ("Lum's Love Song"), the first (and perhaps most well known) opening theme to the ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' anime series. Justified, since it was originally going to be an ''Urusei Yatsura'' game[[note]]It was eventually released on the Nintendo Famicom (the original Japanese version of the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]]) as ''Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell'', where the song choice makes a lot more sense[[/note]]. |
| 775 | * Konami's arcade game ''Mikie'' provides another early example, utilizing "A Hard Day's Night" and "Twist and Shout" by Music/TheBeatles as background music (both officially licensed according to the flyer for its Japanese counterpart ''Shinjinshain Tohru-kun''). |
| 776 | * The 1983 arcade game ''Commando'' by Sega (which is [[SimilarlyNamedWorks not the same]] as [[VideoGame/CommandoCapcom the later Capcom arcade game]]) uses the ColonelBogeyMarch as its main theme. |
| 777 | * ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': The game's OST is composed of a 2015 album from the band Messer Chups, ''The Incredible Crocotiger''. The ending theme is a 2011 song by Mike Kroll, "Fifteen Minutes". |
| 778 | * ''[[VideoGame/LegoBatman Lego DC Super-Villains]]'' has the Music/{{Wolfmother}} song "Joker and the Thief" play during the title screen and in the Hall of Doom. |
| 779 | * Crossing over with PublicDomainSoundtrack, the arcade game ''VideoGame/CityConnection'' plays the “Flohwalzer” (lit “Flea Waltz”) when you hit a cat.[[note]] However, this is lost on non-Japanese players; in Japan, the melody is used for the traditional song, "Neko Funjatta", which translates as "I Stepped On a/the Cat".[[/note]]. Aside from that, Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No.1: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso” is the game’s main BGM (despite being heavily remixed for each level), and a few bars from “Turkey In The Straw” play when you hit a spike or a police car. |
| 780 | * In certain versions of ''VideoGame/DrMario'', the first five notes of "The Flea Waltz"/"Neko Funjatta" can be heard when the player does certain things such as eliminating two viruses at once or scoring a combo. |
| 781 | * ''VideoGame/EliminatePro'' used a shorter version of Amon Tobin's "Mighty Micro People" as the game's main menu music. |
| 782 | * The announcement trailers for the remakes of the ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' games has Crypto singing along to Music/{{Rammstein}} songs. |
| 783 | ** ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2020'' plays "Ich Will" by as part of an EstablishingSeriesMoment, the VillainProtagonist Crypto hypnotizing an American suburb to it ForTheEvulz. |
| 784 | ** The trailer for ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2Reprobed'' uses "Amerika" as Crypto (who at this point has been disguised as the POTUS) wreaking havoc around the world, brutally imposing his form of American Imperialism. |
| 785 | * Many of the background music used in ''{{VideoGame/Fate}}'' are based on Turlough O'Carolan's compositions. |
| 786 | * While most of the music across the ''{{VideoGame/Ultima}}'' series is original, it does repurpose "Rule Britannia" to be the theme for Lord British, even going so far as to use a version in a minopr key for while he was captured by the Shadowlords. |
| 787 | * ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' series: |
| 788 | ** ''4'' uses "Out There Somewhere (Part 2)" by Music/{{Orbital}}. |
| 789 | ** ''5'' uses "Genius" by Music/PitchShifter. |
| 790 | ** ''6'' uses "Cars" by Music/FearFactory & Music/GaryNuman. |
| 791 | ** The 2001 reboot has "Lackluster" by Music/{{Saliva}}. |
| 792 | * ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'', which is themed around a biker gang, uses songs from the biker band The Gone Jackals on its soundtrack. "Legacy" plays during the opening cinematic and closing credits. The band's "Born Bad" and "Drop The Hammer" are also played during the closing credits. |
| 793 | * While ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' does have an original theme tune, it additionally uses [[Music/BoEn "My Time"]] in both a trailer and during the credits for the bad ending. |
| 794 | * Music/RobbieWilliams[='=] "Let Me Entertain You" is used as the main menu music for ''Actua Soccer 3''. |
| 795 | * ''VideoGame/JakX: Combat Racing'' uses the songs "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "Song For The Dead" by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge for the intro cinematic. |
| 796 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' had a period of using licenced tracks as the theme songs for each game, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers at least in the Japanese releases]]. Those are "Loser" by Eikichi Yazawa for ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'', "Butterfly City" by ZEEBRA for ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', "Bloody Moon" by GOSPELS OF JUDAS for ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'', and "Sobo" by Tatsuro Yamashita for ''VideoGame/Yakuza6''. |
| 797 | * ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' uses Music/{{Madeon}}'s "Finale" for its theme. |
| 798 | * ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack'' [[MemeticMutation memetically]] utilizes "Always" by Music/{{Erasure}}. |
| 799 | [[/folder]] |
| 800 | |
| 801 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 802 | * ''High Score'' (the precursor to ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'') used Music/ReelBigFish's "A Little Doubt Goes a Long Way" as its theme song. |
| 803 | * ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' originally opened and closed each video with a short snippet of a song that was vaguely appropriate to the game he was covering. He eventually stopped doing this and got an official theme song. |
| 804 | * ''WebAnimation/GenLOCK'' used Battle Tapes' "Belgrade" as its opening theme, and [[ColbertBump introduced a lot of people to Battle Tapes]] in the process. |
| 805 | * After ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' had at most songs that the band Trocadero had written before the show started (one, "Vale Deah", was added to the Season 1 credits), season 18, ''Red vs. Blue: Zero'', has an opening featuring the Omega Sparx song "The Mark" -- the rapper also contributed some new tracks for the season. |
| 806 | [[/folder]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 809 | * Hamster Corporation, who releases various classic arcade games under the Arcade Archives, and ACA Platform/NeoGeo names, has a weekly livestream called "Arcade Archiver". The theme to this livestream is the original PSG version of the main theme from ''VideoGame/TerraCresta'', taken directly from the original game, which as it happens, is one of the games that Hamster has released.[[note]]There are two versions of the game. It was later re-released with an FM sound-based version of the soundtrack.[[/note]] Near the end, when they're about to sign off for the week, it switches to "Marching Raster", the name entry theme from the same game.[[note]]Hamster is legally able to do this since they now own the rights to the Nichibutsu library after Nichibutsu went out of business when its original founder and president decided to retire and close the company, after which he sold the entire library to Hamster.[[/note]] |
| 810 | * The world of ''Website/{{Smegolia}}'' has the Monoral's Kiri as its theme tune. |
| 811 | [[/folder]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 814 | * ''WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact'' uses a a rock instrumental of the Italian opening to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 815 | * ''WebVideo/BingingWithBabish'' uses a snippet of "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs", the theme from ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. |
| 816 | * From Website/ChannelAwesome we have: |
| 817 | ** WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}'s Hardcorener uses the arranged version of "Roar of the Twin Dragons" by Kazuhiro Hara and Nobuhito Tanahashi from the album VideoGame/DoubleDragon II: The Revenge. |
| 818 | ** All of Creator/BradJones' current shows use Theme Tunes from 1980s TV shows: |
| 819 | *** ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' - "Believe It or Not" from ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' |
| 820 | *** The PierreKirby episodes - "Jet Set" by Music/{{Alphaville}} |
| 821 | *** ''WebVideo/KungTaiTed'' - The Master (but not "Master Ninja Theme Song"!) |
| 822 | *** ''The Big Box'' - ''Series/{{Automan}}'' |
| 823 | *** WebVideo/BradTries'' - ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' |
| 824 | *** ''WebVideo/EightiesDan'' - Probably the most obscure of all, this one is from a James D Parriot/Universal cop show called ''Series/HawaiianHeat''. It ran on ABC in 1984 and flopped horribly. |
| 825 | *** ''Brad and Jerrid'' - ''Bay City Blues'', another extremely obscure one, and one of many TV shows from NBC's infamous "no-hitter" year of 1983-84 where none of their new fall shows lasted a full season. |
| 826 | ** Chad Rocco uses the Music/JunkieXL remix of "[[Music/ElvisPresley A Little Less Conversation]]" for his WebVideo/FamiliarFaces show. |
| 827 | ** WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede's theme songs are all Real Song Theme Tunes. |
| 828 | *** ''They're Having An Evangelion Moment!'' - Unknown Song. |
| 829 | *** ''Animénia'' - ''How Do You Have Your Tea?'' by Urbantramper |
| 830 | *** ''AMV Heaven'' - ''Smack My Bitch Up'' by Music/TheProdigy |
| 831 | *** ''Fandom Stranger'' - ''Return of the Phantom Stranger'' by Music/RobZombie. When it was ''Anime Weirdness'', it used ''Let’s Fighting Love'' by ''[[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone DVDA]]'' |
| 832 | *** ''Suede Played'' has [[http://anamanaguchi.com/singles/ Airbrushed]] by Music/{{Anamanaguchi}}. |
| 833 | ** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain's]] is "Ready to Roll" by Jet Black Stare. |
| 834 | ** ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' uses the composition "Procession of the Nobles" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. |
| 835 | ** [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] theme is "Break Me" by The Irresponsibles. |
| 836 | ** ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'''s theme in both its episodic and live incarnations is "Crazy" by Patsy Cline |
| 837 | *** Nash's other show ''The Musical Chair'' has "My Guitar" by Jump, Little Children as its theme. |
| 838 | ** WebVideo/LukeMochrieAndTheInners use the Ouverture from 1981 musical ''Shock Treatment'' |
| 839 | ** ... and WebVideo/ObscurusLupa uses The Supernaturals' ''Smile'' for her feature ''Manic Episodes''. |
| 840 | ** WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows opens ''Pop Song Reviews'' and ''One Hit Wonderland'' with himself playing instrumental versions of the spotlight song on his keyboard. |
| 841 | * The ''WebVideo/{{Continue}}'' series uses two songs from video games for their intro - the dying jingle from ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' and "Lord of Darkness", Ashtar's theme from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden II: The Dark Sword Of Chaos''. |
| 842 | * ''WebVideo/GIJoePSAs'' used a snippet of Fun Time Accapella by Night Rider in ''Reggae''. |
| 843 | * ''WebVideo/LinusTechTips'': The theme song is ''Supernova'' by artist Laszlo. The comments on [[https://youtu.be/PKfxmFU3lWY the original video]] overwhelmingly reference ''Linus Tech Tips''. The first LTT video to use the song is "[[https://youtu.be/Av6u9KYsSDk Obutto Revolution Gaming Cockpit - The ULTIMATE Workstation Computer Setup?]]" on February 9, 2015. |
| 844 | * ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'': The bridge from ''The Sporting News Baseball'' cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-MbOSmlZY "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"]]. |
| 845 | * ''WebVideo/MovieDorkness'': 'Brazil - The Office' during the 'Red Suitcase' era. |
| 846 | * ''Webvideo/MusicalHell'', adequate to a show hosted by a devil, opens and closes with "Danse Macabre". |
| 847 | * ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' had theme songs for three and a half seasons from a band called The Carps. |
| 848 | ** Season One: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka4s8gSSbpU Compton To Scarboro]] |
| 849 | ** Season Two: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNtBFXgfqik All The Damn Kids]] |
| 850 | ** Season Three: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnHCFW3KWZo Veronica Belmont]] |
| 851 | ** Season Four: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy78Z1i4hQI Heaven's Gates & Hell's Flames]] was used for about half the season before the opening credits were phased out. |
| 852 | * Fans of ''WebAnimation/NextGPoop'' are more likely to call The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You" "the ''[=NextG=] Poop'' theme" rather than "the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' theme". |
| 853 | * For its first few episodes, ''WebVideo/OddityArchive'' used Music/{{XTC}}'s "Senses Working Overtime" as its theme song, before switching to an original composition. |
| 854 | * The first ''WebVideo/PoniesTheAnthology'' uses a pony-version of "Power" by Music/KanyeWest for its opening short. |
| 855 | * ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'': A portion of the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RKnfOAI1A0 "Breakout"]] from the Platform/PlayStation3 game ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' is used as the ending theme. It's often referenced and remixed in other songs throughout the show, such as the song in ''The Bible Game'', the opening titles in ''It's Awesome Baby!'' and ''It's A Bargain Bin Christmas'', the fight scene in ''Anime Games'', and a DarkReprise at the end of ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash | The Darker Age of Nintendo''. |
| 856 | * ''WebVideo/TheTwilightChronicles'' uses Ke$ha's "We R Who We R". Episode 7 had a special opening credits montage consisting of: |
| 857 | ** "Yes" by Music/{{LMFAO}} (Jacob) |
| 858 | ** "Miss New Booty" by Bubba Sparxx (Edward's Mom) |
| 859 | ** "Cherry Lips" by Music/{{Garbage}} (Edward) |
| 860 | ** "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO (Bella and Carlisle). |
| 861 | * ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' uses "Green Greens" from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', but with their own lyrics on top of it. |
| 862 | [[/folder]] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 865 | * The ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' cartoon used "It's All Been Done" by Music/BarenakedLadies. Thanks to uncleared song licensing rights, it's the reason why that show wasn't released on home media until 2020, when HBO Max made it available on their service. |
| 866 | * The ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'' cartoon used "Back in Time" by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews (which also appeared in the first movie). |
| 867 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs'', a Creator/{{Netflix}} original series that features stories themed after songs of Music/TheBeatles, uses a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFFFgROJ1nQ cover of "All You Need is Love"]] performed by the show's main characters. |
| 868 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' cartoon used real Beatles songs throughout the series, including the title sequences. "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Help!" were both used as theme songs, but the one that seems to be the best remembered is "And Your Bird Can Sing," which was used during the last season. A rearrangement of "I Should Have Known Better" was used in the title cards. |
| 869 | ** Actually, that was the King Features Television signature theme. It was used at the end of several features and the end of their other Saturday morning show, ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool.'' |
| 870 | * ''WesternAnimation/BillTheMinder'', a British children's series of the 1980s based around the drawings of HeathRobinson, used Music/GiuseppeVerdi's famous march from "Aida" as its theme. |
| 871 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'' used a cover of "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen (Yes, [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy THAT song]]). |
| 872 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' used the song "Judo Flip" by Asheru for its opening sequence. |
| 873 | * G4's ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'' uses Music/JonathanCoulton's song "Code Monkey", one of his better-known works. |
| 874 | * ''Dawdle the Donkey'' used most of the first verse of Music/ChrisDeBurgh's "That's What Friends Are For". |
| 875 | * ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' opens with John Goodman's rendition of Music/ElvisPresley's "Viva Las Vegas". |
| 876 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' uses the instrumental opening to "Das Uber Tuber" by Ookla the Mok. |
| 877 | * ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' uses "Come and Get Your Love" by Music/{{Redbone}} in the intro sequence. |
| 878 | * ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' used the song "Revolution" by pop punk band Orange, with other songs from the LA-based group showing up as {{Insert Song}}s throughout the show's run. |
| 879 | * In 1985, Creator/DICEntertainment created an animated show called ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' which was based on the WWE (then known as the WWF) superstars of the era. The theme song was a Bonnie Tyler song called "Ravishing", however, this is a subversion of the trope since it doesn't use the actual song proper (it doesn't even feature any of the lyrics), just various musical sections of the song as an instrumental with occasional chants of "Hulk! Hulk!". |
| 880 | * ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'' has a synth cover of Music/JohannSebastianBach's ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor''. |
| 881 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive'' cartoon used a specially recorded medley of four of the group's biggest hits during that time ("ABC", "I Want You Back", "The Love You Save", and "Mama's Pearl"; in that order) for both the opening and closing. |
| 882 | * ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'''s theme song is an instrumental to "2-Tone Army" by The Toasters, with the original closing theme being "Skaternity" then later changed to "Everything You Said Has Been A Lie" from season two onward, also by The Toasters. |
| 883 | * The French cartoon ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic'' uses the Music/{{Queen}} song of the same name. |
| 884 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim'': "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" by Hank Williams. |
| 885 | * Though it's best known as the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' theme, "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" was originally a #1 hit in 1937. |
| 886 | ** "Merrily We Roll Along," from a 1935 show of the same title, is best known as the "Merrie Melodies" theme. |
| 887 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Madballs}}'' cartoon used a cover of "Great Balls of Fire" by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer as the theme song. |
| 888 | * ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' uses an instrumental version of Music/{{Cake}}'s "Italian Leather Sofa" (and, strangely, was left in when the show was put on DVD. The rest of the music and songs used were redubbed with copyright-friendly soundalikes). |
| 889 | * The Osmonds' 1972 cartoon show used their hit "One Bad Apple" as the theme. |
| 890 | * If songs originally first used in movies count, Disney did that with several spin-off cartoons: |
| 891 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'' used an instrumental medley beginning with "Part of Your World," continuing with "Under the Sea," then "Kiss the Girl," then "Under the Sea" again, then "Part of Your World" once more and ending, once again, with "Under the Sea." |
| 892 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' used "Arabian Nights" for its opening theme. |
| 893 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' used "Hakuna Matata" for its opening theme. |
| 894 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' used "Zero to Hero" for its opening theme. |
| 895 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' used "Two Worlds" for its opening theme. |
| 896 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JungleCubs'' used "The Bare Necessities" for its opening theme. |
| 897 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' theme uses the tune of Moonbaby's "Here We Go" with ExpositoryThemeTune lyrics (as the regular lyrics to that song are a bit too risque for kids' TV). |
| 898 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' used Leftfield's "Phat Planet" for its theme, spiced up with animal noises. The music in the series itself modeled itself off the theme. And it's even kept intact in the Japanese dub too when the show was renamed as ''Beast Wars Returns''... except in the recap episode (due to the cast talking over it on the opening). |
| 899 | * The animated version of ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeAndMartha'' used "Perfidia" by Mambo All-Stars. |
| 900 | * The pilot for ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' opened with 10cc’s "Rubber Bullets". However, due to licensing costs, the song was replaced with the SuspiciouslySimilarSong “Comin’ Home” by Cheeseburger. Interestingly, “Comin’ Home” would become this trope itself when it was used in the intro to ''[[VideoGame/{{Skate}} Skate 3]]''. |
| 901 | * ''WesternAnimation/VirtualHero'' features Music/MagoDeOz's "El libro de las sombras". |
| 902 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' special "Vacation" opens with "Vacation" by Music/TheGoGos. |
| 903 | * As an AlternativeForeignThemeSong example, the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', from Season 11 onwards, uses "ONE WAY" by BOYS AND MEN as its ending theme. |
| 904 | * The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'' uses the re-recorded version of the 1958 song "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters. |
| 905 | [[/folder]] |
| 906 | |
| 907 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 908 | * Creator/{{ESPN}} employs this trope during sports coverage. The network used "Superwoman" by Music/AliciaKeys for the 2008 WNBA season, and Aloe Blacc's "The Man" for the 2014 NFL Draft. |
| 909 | * The Creator/{{BBC}} has done this too: |
| 910 | ** From 1978–1996 and again from 2009–2015, it used the closing bass line from Music/FleetwoodMac's "The Chain" as the theme tune for its UsefulNotes/FormulaOne coverage. After Creator/Channel4 took over [=F1=] coverage from Auntie in 2016, it continued to use "The Chain" until introducing a new original theme in 2019. |
| 911 | ** And from 1979 until 2005, all of the election coverage had the opening to "Arthur" by Music/RickWakeman as its theme tune. |
| 912 | * Local TV newscasts have used real songs, often instrumentals, on occasion. Perhaps the most famous use would be ''[[Film/{{Rocky}} Gonna Fly Now]]'' being the theme to the ground-breaking ''[[Creator/{{Citytv}} [=CityPulse=]]]'' in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} from 1977 into the 2000s (with various rearrangements and new themes with the same melody being used until then). |
| 913 | ** Brazilian broadcaster Creator/TVGlobo has used "Freedom of Speech", an instrumental from the soundtrack of the 1971 film ''Film/VanishingPoint'', as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-hep8V2JQ theme music]] for its newsmagazine ''Globo Repórter'' for decades. |
| 914 | *** The same network uses "The Fuzz" by American composer Frank de Vol, an instrumental from the 1967 film The Happening, for its main newscast Jornal Nacional. |
| 915 | * A few visual effects and logo branding companies will utilize this trope for their reels (especially if there's more than one), normally editing the song down while they're at it: |
| 916 | ** Creator/NewDealStudios has shortened versions of "Mr. Blue Sky" by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra and "Gamma Ray" by Music/{{Beck|Musician}}. |
| 917 | ** Creator/LumaPictures has an edited and remixed version of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "Sympathy For The Devil" and Music/JamesBrown's "Superbad" for their main reel (Before that, they used an edited version of Music/StevieWonder's "Superstition" with "Superbad" for the end credits). They also cross over into SoundtrackDissonance with their reel for ''Film/UnderworldAwakening'' by using Music/DuranDuran's "Hungry Like The Wolf". |
| 918 | ** Creator/RhythmAndHues used to have Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Clocks" in their old animal demo reel. They currently use The Naked and Famous's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuSg4mts9E Young Blood]] and Music/{{Elbow}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfVejpYc8Zc One Day Like This]]" for their general and feature reels, respectively. |
| 919 | ** Pittard Sullivan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVqV6pAUuo used]] "From Rusholme with Love" by Mint Royale. |
| 920 | * [[TheKiddieRide Kiddie Rides]] tend to do this a lot. Generic horses usually either play the ''Bonanza'' theme or William Tell Overture. It gets even crazier in Japan, where rides featuring generic cats may play the Manga/CandyCandy theme (how did they associate cats with the girl?) or even ''It's A Small World After All'', and there are generic carousels that play ''When You Wish Upon A Star'' and the ''Alice in Wonderland'' opening theme when not related to Disney whatsoever. And of course, this trope is inevitable with ''licensed'' kiddie rides. |
| 921 | * The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_tune Nokia tune]] is based on bars 13 to 16 of "Gran Vals", a classical guitar piece written by Francisco Tárrega in 1902. |
| 922 | * From 2007 to 2013, the theme song of the Kids' Creator/{{CBC}} program block was "When the Night Feels My Song" by Bedouin Soundclash. |
| 923 | * The Canadian distributor Indiecan Entertainment uses the riff from "Weary Ghost" by Wintersleep to accompany its VanityPlate. |
| 924 | [[/folder]] |
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