[Blue Emerald]

Just found a good comparison today while searching through YouTube for some decent '90s music. As soon as I heard this particular song, I immediately thought "This sounds a lot like the bass half of Sonic 2's invincibility theme." So, naturally, I compared the two.

First, pay attention to the bass tune that plays in the invincibility theme:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Invincibility

Now, listen to this song. The tune sounds quite similar; it almost sounds like the bass theme with a few of the notes switched around, but has a similar (though slightly higher-pitched) chord progression. In fact, you can practically hum the classic Sonic theme to this song:
2 Unlimited - Magic Friend (Instrumental)

[Mercury]

I love music comparison!

Superman by the Kinks

Final Egg from Sonic Adventure (about 30 seconds in)

I'm actually surprised I can't find this mentioned anywhere online. It was the first thing I thought of when I played the zone. I hadn't remembered about it until now, though.

[Skyler]

Mystic Cave Zone - 20 seconds
and
Carnival Night Zone - 53 seconds

I just noticed this today. Most likely coincidental.

This post has been edited by Moonshadow Caz: 27 December 2009 - 01:48 AM

[Sokaris]

Been meaning to post this for awhile.

Sonic The Hedgehog (MS) - Jungle Zone

Mappy - Bonus Round

[Kurosan]

Credit goes to Kojichan for these ones:

Final Fantasy VI - Slam Shuffle (Zozo theme)
Final Fantasy VIII - Shuffle or Boogie (Triple Triad theme)
Wait after the intros (roughly 13 seconds for Slam Shuffle and 16 seconds for Shuffle or Boogie), and listen for the melody. Admittedly, those are from the series, but as far as I know Shuffle or Boogie wasn't stated to be a remix.

Chrono Trigger - Battle with Magus
Chrono Trigger - "Battle 2" (unused)
Now those are from the very same game, so they were obviously meant to be similar, but seeing as "Battle 2" was unused until the DS remake (from what I've read), I thought it'd be interesting to mention it. At first, I didn't hear the similarity at all, BUT! If you turn off all the channels in "Battle 2" safe for Channel #2, you can hear it plain as day, otherwise the melody is buried under the other instruments and you can't really hear it at all. I'll see if I can upload it to YouTube.

This post has been edited by Kurosan: 27 December 2009 - 03:20 PM

[Blue Emerald]

I was listening to the music from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and as soon as I heard Shy Guy Beach, I knew I'd heard it somewhere before:

Mario Kart Super Circuit: Shy Guy Beach

Percy Faith - Theme From A Summer Place

Just found another comparison. Check this out:

Sonic Rush - What U Need

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - Smooth Sherbet

Of course, both songs were composed by Hideki Naganuma, but they still sound very similar.

This post has been edited by Blue Emerald: 27 December 2009 - 06:48 PM

[Skyler]

Xavier - Work That Sucker to Death

Sonic CD (JPN) - Boss

O JEE DIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR

[STHX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCkuEuGUBVI

At 0:22 the voice kicks in. Compare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYJkol00JCE&fmt=18

It's slower paced, but still, the similarity is impressive.

[Shadix]

Xavier - Work That Sucker to Death

Sonic CD (JPN) - Boss

O JEE DIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR

I don't expect you to dig through this topic, but this was actually discovered like a year ago on page 2.

[Skyler]

Son of a bitch. :/

[OKei]

I think this one is really interesting, because when I examined the wavelength for both songs, they looked very similar and it may have just been my imagination but even the chorus sounded a little similar, at least to me.

StarFox's Fortuna:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDr6FMGwpFM

Michael Jackson's This is Blood On The Dance Floor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_NntYhzV4

Put them together and you get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23n0kW6_vgY

[Shadix]

I think this one is really interesting, because when I examined the wavelength for both songs, they looked very similar and it may have just been my imagination but even the chorus sounded a little similar, at least to me.

StarFox's Fortuna:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDr6FMGwpFM

Michael Jackson's This is Blood On The Dance Floor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_NntYhzV4

Put them together and you get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23n0kW6_vgY

This is crazy. They are indeed ridiculously similar.

[Mercury]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCkuEuGUBVI

At 0:22 the voice kicks in. Compare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYJkol00JCE&fmt=18

It's slower paced, but still, the similarity is impressive.

Wow, that is similar. I like to play a slow, piano version of Bridge on my synth sometimes - it would make a good soft, classical song I think.

[Vrantheo]

Zuma's Revenge!, the sequel to the former well-known game.

Here I recorded a part of the game's BGM:
http://server2.shareyourfiles.net/ip8GPl/

...Kingdom Valley anyone?

[Mykonos]

At first, I was wondering what you were talking about, then at :22 in, it hit me.

Heck, if that isn't the Background vocal from Kingdom Valley then I'll eat my hat. I guess if you're going to rip SOMETHING off from '06, may as well be the soundtrack.

EDIT: For anyone who runs to the Wiki Music section to compare, go to about 1:22 (82 seconds).

This post has been edited by Mykonos: 17 January 2010 - 10:11 AM