Retro Video Game Soundtracks Called Out For Pop Similarities In TikTok
A recent TikTok has pointed out a remarkable trend among retro video games like Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Chrono Trigger, which sampled some of their most iconic soundtracks from pop music of the era. Over the decades, many video games have achieved fame for their soundtracks, from the modern orchestral scores that can be found in cinematic games such as the Uncharted series, to the instantly recognisable Super Mario Bros theme.
Sampling is a common technique used across the music industry, in which an artist will take part of a song and incorporate it into their own work, turning it into an entirely different track. Although this may sound like plagiarism, artists are often able to get away with this as long as they are paying for the rights to the samples and have entered into a legal agreement with copyright owners. In some cases, if the rights to a piece of music have expired, which is often the case with older music, then they're open to be sampled for free.
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Popular TikTok user thejahni has called out this practice in a series of videos that show the similarities between the music from retro games like Chrono Trigger and popular songs from their era. These include Led Zepplin's 'Kashmir' appearing in Mega Man Zero 2's 'Gravity', Ninja Gaiden using Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' for their similarly titled track 'I Am Man', or Chrono Trigger deciding to Rick Roll players before Rick Rolling was a thing by sampling Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' for 'Robo's Theme'. His comparison videos showing the tracks side by side with the songs they're sampling have amassed hundreds of thousands of views per video.
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