VG music that is similar to other VG or non-VG music

[tricosahedron]

If you know video game music that reminds you of a certain track / song that may or may not originate from a video game, you're welcome to post it here. :)

Some guidelines:

• None of the tracks is an official arrangement/remix of the other track, and there are notable differences
  
• Both tracks are from different series
  
• The composers for both tracks are different persons Tracks by the same composer are ok if there are very notable similarities

If you have suggestions to improve the guidelines, you're welcome! :)


Edit: Initially, this thread was only for comparisons between VG and non-VG music, but has been extended to include comparisons between different VGMs.

[tenshi_a]

World 3 Map - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xyd7GqHLgo

Erasure - A Little Respect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiKVjS3gR88

[tenshi_a]

Pro Pinball : Timeshock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU3j30Qe0r8

Sisters of Mercy : Vision Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0NV_0aLmiA

(and.... something else... kinda Guilty Gear, kinda.... something else.....!)

[tricosahedron]

I really like that New Super Mario Bros. Wii / Erasure comparison! :)

And I know what you mean with "kinda Guilty Gear"; the style reminds me of Chipp Zanuff's theme in the X/X2 games, though it's still different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIORKT4LrE

[tricosahedron]

Not a perfect match, but I always have to think of Starfox when I listen to this Arcana Heart 3 stage theme:

[Arcana Heart 3] The Golden Fish Castle (until 0:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21FX2bWMSaM

[Starfox] Corneria (0:05 to 0:16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBD3FO6ozXc

[tricosahedron]

[If My Heart Had Wings] Brightening Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOXurn-jqMY

...reminds me of The White Land I theme from F-Zero:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D3DzFKIffE

...which, as someone in the comments pointed out, has a bass line that sounds like a melody from Michael Jackson's Billie Jean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y

[tricosahedron]

[Sora] Daedalus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLSIbyXut14

This intro theme from Sora reminds me of the beginning of Umineko's Dreamend Discharger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRRe1moVhY

[tenshi_a]

Megaman: Electric Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwjUMTF4p5k

1980s cartoon MASK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSDLb7wzek

[tricosahedron]

Not sure how similar those are, but I can't listen to this Castlevania theme without Bowser's Road playing inside my head:

[Super Mario 64] Bowser's Road (0:46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM5nOBgpDsQ

[Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse] Clockwork (0:22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aUHiFIpRRE

[FMNinja]

Two shmups with "Thunder" in their names have a similar tune and they're both badass.

[Thunder Cross] Great Battleship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4p703BA02U

[Thunder Force IV] Evil Destroyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYPcte3BlPw

0:17 of Great Battleship also sounds like a bit of another song from Thunder Force IV also called Battle Ship at 0:25:

[Thunder Force IV] Battle Ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toilpOQUPu0

[FMNinja]

And yet another Thunder Cross/Thunder Force IV/Lightening Force comparison, this time with the ending themes.

[Thunder Cross] A Long Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQVOYhSGyY

[Thunder Force IV] Light of Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgWxlkiatoY

[Chudah]

I almost feel like this isn't fair since they're both by the same composer, but they're practically the same some with the same chord progressions.

[Parasite Eve] Plosive Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZcwnpF3AIs

[Legend of Mana] Marginal Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS3jY2jlSk&index=12&list=PLVDDl9QjMbTKH9_ldpS141l7glMuwJQUQ

[tricosahedron]

Thanks! :)

I suppose it's ok if we post similar VGMs by the same composer here, as long as it's from different series. There hasn't been much activity in this thread anyway. I also think that VGMs similar to classical works are ok, as long as it's not simply an arrangement.

[tricosahedron]

[King of Fighters XIII] Purity Soldiers (Theme of Psycho Soldiers Team)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yG9jlG6hvA

...the beginning reminds me of that from Robin William's Let Me Entertain You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPu2PdLW3I

And the refrain (0:41) from the latter is similar to:

[Street Fighter Alpha 3] Who'll Be Your Double (Character Select Theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvC-yYdxCrA
(imagine double speed)

...and...

[eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE-] Dance and Zeal (0:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRH6wid3eWo

[tricosahedron]

I'm sorry

[ESP Ra.De.] Wangan Rapid Line 2nd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfqz94ORR8c

Los del Río - Macarena
Edit: Used an external link, because embedding isn't possible for this video

[tenshi_a]

I heard:

Lightning Express - Norah Jones + Billie Joe Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiwptwTNygk

and thought of:

FFVI town music "Kids Run Through the City"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZDSFitwQg