Did These Songs Sample Video Games?
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Video Game Music Samples! The video where I dare to ask if Billie EIilish took from a Plant Game, if Logic took from Mario, and most notably, when will Rihanna take from Undertale? Thanks to many of your suggestions, we're back talking about a really interesting topic - popular songs taking music from video games!
Intro song with the Zelda sfx - • In the Past
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No, it is not Jolyne
ERRORS: On screen has an error - XO TOUR LIFE is by Lil Uzi Vert, not XXXTentacion. Must have copied CAME2KILLs text and forgot to change the artist
ALSO, turns out Navi in the Skrillex was someone hired to sound exactly like Navi! They are Salamimeats on the website formerly know as Twitter.
Was just about to ask 😂
To be fair, I'm like 80% certain she intentionally styled herself after Jolyne
Dang you said before I can lol
Jojo Reference 🤨🤨🤨
Ohhhhhhh 🐧🐧🐧
i cant believe billie eilish created plants vs zombie
the one zombie
No she created Jojos
@@azenar1No she is a jojo
I suppose George Fan was simply a figment of my imagination
Billie Eyelash is secretly a gamer
I'm still hoping that one day, there will be a new pop song that uses the same baseline riffs as Waluigi Pinball. That'd be epic.
Would be a fucking banger.
That was the best course in DS. It was just the best.
@@Hydro.131 simple fact, not even worth mentioning or discussing because it's so obvious
@@theSato well, it was the best
Airship fortress and Delfina square would like to disagree
As a composer myself, I want to say this is a nightmare. You can spend hours writing a song you _think_ is all your own only to realize _"Oops! All Doom Soundtrack Motifs!"_
"Well shit, you could say I'm... DOOMed!"
- (not) you, 2023
@@BrineyConsumption63 MotherFricker were DOOMed!
NEDM
It’s always the Cap’n Crunch jokes that get me.
Sometimes you have a melody stuck in your head forever and then finally decide to write it and then hear it while watching videos and you’re like “OH THAT WAS FROM A POKEMON GAME.”
I thought Billie eilish was jolyne on the thumbnail
Bro same, I was waiting for him to talk about jojo until I read your comment lmaooooo
Same
"Basically if you've never heard of it..."
The realization that yes, there are people who've never heard of the original Plants vs Zombies devastates me in ways I cannot properly explain.
Same
Nubert is sad
Man that’s sad… WAIT IS THAT NUBERT!?
Idk maybe they did I haven’t watched the video yet
Same
Lemme know when you’re done
Me as well
I need this to be the standard for all coming TH-cam recommended comments at the top.
Same
Your increase in quality and production is amazing, can't wait to see more content from you on this kind of level.
Trying to monetize a video like this genuinely sounds like a nightmare, huge dubs to the patreon backers
I mean I'm constantly anxious of a claim for sure. But in my experience if you play very short enough clips you're usually safe, typically 4 to 5 bars of a song. I do not recommend it however lol
Did you get claimed?@@relaxalax
Lol
WHERE IS THE THIRD REPLY
@@MalwareFailure-Errorcode_136 Im pretty sure youtube doesnt update the comment or reply numbers when one is deleted
That one TheFatRat song using the Yoshi sample
Wasn't that Beyond Gaia's Horizon combining all TheFatRat songs and using the Yoshi sound?
Check ThFstRat - Jackpot
5:46 why do u pick up the grave buster, aint any grave in there😭💀
Realist comment
He just went to get the one off screen
maybe they already took all the graves
I'm dead 💀 It's for my grave
bro went after their spawn
I like the running gag of Alax entering the room in the weirdest way possible
I like your pfp of koopa troopa from super mario 64 working at subway in deltarune
subway koopa, im the troopa
@@relaxalaxwhat about mine
@@tech6hutch regular koopa, decent but mid, it's no subway koopa
@@kylehughes2523 no matter what i need him to do, he be like SUPA!
If you want more instances of Lil Uzi Vert sampling from video games, the original version of Secure The Bag used the Clock Tower Factory theme from Super Monkey Ball 2.
Someone watched that Nick Robinson video
I remember putting in my list and then I just... forgot about putting it in. Woopsss
@relaxalax you also wrongly referred to lil uzi as xxxtentacion 7:23
@@64FonezI saw that too lol
you better move by uzi samples windows space cadet pinball
An interesting example of sampling in music for video games can be Chirp from Minecraft and Orb of Dreamers from LittleBigPlanet. Both songs start with the same sample from an old electronic instrument. The songs go in compeletly different directions but the start is uncomfortably similiar.
they both have been on my mind since ive played both games a long time ago. That sample gives off a very nostalgic feeling
This same sample is also used at the end of “Modern Day Cain” by I Dont Know How But They Found Me. It comes from the Bossa Nova Style Programming Disk for the 1970 Mattel Optigan.
@@cuppahotnoodles You know what else samples the Optigan? Zipper by Brockhampton. Absolute banger.
I love ur monetreme pfp
I remember that, but the truth is that the sample comes from the same instrument that they used to make these songs, since it had like prerecorded ones on that specific model or whatever. Put me at ease, honestly
8:03 what's more is this track is used throughout many mario RPG's to give a sense of absolute "forboding foreshadowing" like something's around the corner. I swear I've heard this so many times on Bowsers Inside Story that I was like "No, not another giga bowser fight where I have to scream my lungs out, NO NO NO!!!"
12:05 got an actual laugh outta me instead of the usual blowing air out of my nose laugh
The Metal Gear Solid V trailer theme was a sample in itself, being from Elegia by New Order.
It wasn't even a sample. It's literally just the song being played in the trailer.
I got such fucking whiplash when he called it the MGSV trailer theme lmao
same
when i see other metal gear fans just straight up act like 80 iq morons
I'm ao sorry that thumbnail really looks like Jolyne XD
It wasn’t..?
@@Schmacadoo_ I'm not sure if this is a joke or not..?(No one can actually be this dumb)
@@Moonzy33 I thought it was Jolyne as well
Saw the zombie in the thumbnail and deep in the recesses of my mind watery graves started playing
this is edited in such a fever dream manner that i cant keep up or understand wtf is going on, yet its enjoyable
Not only does Aurora sample Coconut Mall, but so does Puffle Party's main theme- I believe Chris Hendricks even admitted to the deliberately similar opening.
(Same goes with Mystic Cave Zone and the Box Dimension.)
At least, they seem to be a Billie Eilish situation.
wait what does mystic cave zone sample?
@@purpleprawler9286 No, Box Dimension is a Major Key modification of Mystic Cave Zone.
Technically the same key signature, different mode.
@@amesstarline5482 oh k
That new intro has been great! It’s super simple, but because of that, it kinda fits Alax’s new minimalistic style of videos
Exact sample or not, I'm always listening for these "musical allusions" - I play a lot of jazz, and this is way more commonplace and acceptable in that world, and it shows partly how the artists think, but also ideas they wish to evoke in the listener who knows the allusion. It's really interesting, and I think it's really cool that you can take certain musical motifs and trace them back through time to other songs
The Toby Fox one that always got me was the Hunchback of Notre Dame's “Hellfire” and the Asgore “Bergentrückung” song
Man, I remember hearing a Portuguese pop/rap song from a radio and the melody sounded exactly like Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The melody didn't just last for a few seconds - _it was the whole song._ The verses, the chorus, everything. I can't find it anywhere anymore. The lyrics didn't make references to Sonic from what I remember, though I didn't understand them very well.
I just wanna say how much I love the editing in RelaxAlax videos. It's so distinct, entertaining, and appealing all while being educational. Good job Alex! 👍
So that’s what In The Past was made for! It was made as an opening for the sequel to “Songs That Sample Video Games”! Very creative, Alax!
Holy shit I did *|\| 0 T* expect this to blow up.
Oh hello! Unexpected of you to be here!
5:25 the word you're looking for when it's not a sample but they use the same melody is called interpolation
It’s also kinda crazy that George’s Bizet used Freddy’s jingle for a part of his song “Toreador March”
When a game samples a different game music.
Here is one that I believe I'm the first person to notice:
Aquatic Ruin Zone (Simon Wai Prototype) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Cuphead OST - Floral Fury
you got siivagunner’d..
I think with some of these you've hit upon what's sortof the fundamental issue with music plagiarism, which is that to some degree, EVERY song is a remix, at least within the 12 tone system. It doesn't make them less original in any measure, because mutation is a large part of how human creativity works. A truly "new" idea is fairly rare.
edit: a fun thing about this is how if you listen to a wide enough breadth of music, you can start making connections. This might be a bit of a neurodivergent thing but frequently when I am listening to a song another starts playing in my head. Maybe I should become a mashup artist, lol
You're not wrong. Iron Maiden's The Trooper frequently brings to mind Flowering Nights. And it drives me nuts.
I do the same thing when I listen to music. a drop will play and u hear a different song after
I had a moment like this with Outside the Castle Walls from Pseudoregalia and Relic Castle from Pokemon BW
There is an almost infinite amount of musical combinations. There is, however, a very finite amount of musical combinations that sound good.
Absolutely!
He really said, "Using the Metal Gear solid 5 trailer theme", Just Say, "Using Elegia From New Order as a Sample".
yeah, I was about to say...
bro really wanted a reason to contrive that into the video because it wouldn't be relevant otherwise lol.
5:39 cabbage plant gang
Who knew so many rappers were gamers? This makes me want to hear more rap songs now and find any Easter eggs of game noises or music samples within them.
Are we not even gonna talk about Dixie's "Be Happy" sounds like the Housebuilding Theme from Red Dead Redemption 2?
9:43 Yo why did Schoolboy Q lock Toad up in his basement 😭
Man i used to watch your videos YEARSSS ago back when you consistently made smash videos like know your moves among others. I decided to give this video a try and I loved it! I love this new video formation and the new intro is quick and to the point. Everything is spot on, I'm definitely going to be binge watching your other videos now
One thing I found interesting with two songs was that LittleBigPlanet's theme, "Orb of Dreamers" and Minecraft's "Chirp" have the same exact sample, besides chirp being slightly slowed down orb of dreamers, but sound so identical it's crazy.
0:05 dang hes dreessed like crazy dave.
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I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this, but a personal favorite of mine is how Freddie Dredd’s “Redrum” samples the song “Soda Pop” by Shane Mesa from the MOTHER 4 OST. It’s crazy to think that there are songs out there sampling stuff from fan games that didn’t even come out.
WHAT
@@Pmf95k I know, right?
You know what? I've been listening to thst recently and that's incredible
FANGAMES TOO?!?!. Imagine if someone out there sampled Metro Madness act 1 from Sonic Before The Sequel, or London Bridge from JRS
He really loves his bossa nova samples😊
I like that Brandish popped up in the end...because Gadobadorrer is LITERALLY what Megalovania is inspired by. No no, not Megalomania from LAL, that's simply the song he wanted to use instead for Halloween Hack (and thus, was named after).
This is pretty crystal clear when you realize the guy who dumped the songs for the SNES version of Brandish II...was FawgRadiation, Toby Fox's old username. The SNES modding community has a special file called .SPC which is what he dumped using an emulator, and using that file you can replay music exactly how it was meant to be. So yeah, there was probably a lot more to Megalovania than just "I just yelled whatever into a microphone and copied the notes."
That will be one of the next videos in this series, because Toby's history of reusing, repurposing, remaking and re-inspire-take-borrowing of some melodies is fascinating... that and I have Gaster brainrot.
@@relaxalaxGaster is cool as shit I don’t blame you
"The last boss music was a little inspired by brandish 2's" - the Halloween Hack commentary
I swear Toby barely made many original tracks, he really is a master of reusing (mostly his own leitmotifs) and deliberately rearranging / referencing stuff. I wonder how many tracks he made have some other more or less origin and which are actually 100% original. (Come to think of it, would be a nice community task finding out, but I'm pretty sure many people have overanalyzed all his tracks already)
@@relaxalax I think we all have at least a little Gaster brainrot by now
I’d never thought I’d see CES CRU recognition 10:38
Same! Was very cool to see!
I was super happy to see that too! Love Seven Chakras and I miss their early Strange days!
These videos just really make me want to go listen to all of these OSTs
Correction: Lupe Fiasco sampled New Order's Elegia which just happened to be the song used for the MGS V trailer.
7:35 that sound is actually a stock sound modified which is why it’s no longer in the game wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing happened with that song
Was about to comment this
Considering the pause menu of Goldeneye 007 is one of the best pause menu themes of all time, do you think you could cover some other menus and their themes? I feel like a lot of games have menus that are functionally and audibly wonderful! Kingdom Hearts, Halo, Wario World, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Pikmin (Piklopedia), the newly released Rain Code... the list could go on!
I second this that'd be interesting
mario strikers charged pause menu
calling Elegia by New Order the Metal Gear Solid V trailer music is crazy
Daft punks song beyond from random Access memories, flat out uses the super Mario Galaxy 2 sound when you get a star
Every time I hear 21 Guns or a 21 Guns sample, I just hear the chorus of "Darker Side of Blue" by Tal Bachman (1999). Totally should have been a hit.
Fun fact: The sound effect Used for Peppino’s Taunt in Pizza Tower is also used in Funky Stadium from Mario Kart Wii!
Your video production style is an instance of ms paint thats been open since 1997 and honestly it just works
I audibly screamed at my monitor when you referred to "Elegia" by New Order, as "the Metal Gear Solid V trailer theme".
9:35 KERO KERO BONITO MENTIONED!!!!
HOLD ON WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
6:35 Neco Arc
Buranyuu :3
Oh my god.
Neko*
One sample that I think nobody has picked up yet is Taylor Swift sampling Super Smash Bros.
If you go to 2:29 of Taylor Swift 'Lover', you will hear Palutena's neutral B lock on sound faintly in the background.
I can’t hear it????
@@NoahJonesVlogs the lyric "I take this magnetic force of a man" you can hear the fast triple beep lock on sound on the word "Magnetic"
@@ArabLetsPlays oh my gosh I hear it now
This was fun as heck to watch. Great production, great concept, great video. I love it!
Bruh your content is so good lmao I really appreciate the clever use of references; seems like you have a very accurate mental image of your audience
HOLY SHIT, ALAX YOU'RE A CONTENT CREATOR RN
2:05 Brazil mentioned
There is something so nostalgic about the old gravel texture
I think it’s super ugly.
nah, man went back to beta 1.8 for this sample. I would know, I've been doing nothing but playing Mangopack for the past week and my doors are all squeaky as hell.
The gravel texture changed in 1.3, and frankly I only remember that because it was so damn ugly before.
(but not as bad as the pre-1.3 leather armor. Half of my distaste for the original creative inventory was tied to having to see these ugly textures every time I scrolled down the endless list of items.)
6:07 neco arc spotted
OKG
13:15
Counterpoint: Goldeneye Watch theme was already a 100% banger, therefore it was not sampled, but simply used for its original purpose.
You have to remember a lot of these rappers/singers don't write/compose their own songs, so it really could just be one dude that really likes Zelda, Mario and Chrono trigger.
With music and video games being my two favorite subjects this video hit home. Thanks
The “China Love” sample is likely from a dedicated sample library as the same chimes are used in “Adabat - Night” from Sonic Unleashed
So glad this is a continuing series. Hopefully there's more to come!
one of my favorite examples is Bring Out The Sun, by Windmills. It unashamedly samples the Nexus theme from Demon's Souls (and even plays a quote from one of the NPCs at the beginning of the song), and a lot of the lyrics are referential to the game in some way. But they don't just, like, *play* the theme, they remix it in a really cool way. It's a great song, I recommend checking it out.
a lot of these are some serious reaches
The editing in RelaxAlaxs videos always catches me off guard and the static stares after a joke never fails to get a chuckle out of me 👍
14:10 The timberland joke was top tier! 😂😂
Funnily enough, there's a (relatively) recent video from Andrew Cunningham that does a big ol' deep dive on a specific thing touched on in this video, that being Gaster's Leitmotif appearing in songs across Deltarune's first and second chapters, as well as "appearing" across Deltarune's first and second chapters
i just think its kinda neat that there are different ways to approach a similar concept in one's own video style
That was my first thought too when he did the gaster bit.
it's expected with kero kero bonito to use video game sounds and music though, it sounds like her thing
Sometimes I don’t wanna be happy
Red Dead 2 Housebuilding Theme
There's this one mashup artist called Jazzwave and one of the first songs i heard of theirs was they took the PS1 startup sound, mixed it into a really cool, hypnotic sounding song and then added the vocals from Roundabout by Yes overtop. If your wondering what Roundabout is, its the closing song of Jojo's bizzare adventure part 1, which spawned the to be continued meme with the little arrow. I forgot what the song was called, but if you look them up the song is the first song on their first album, Copywrong. Which is also getting a remaster soon I think.
I only found out pretty recently that song songs sample from other songs. And now that I have this knowledge I’ve noticed it a few times
i sample video games all the time, it's so fun to do, and it makes sense because of how fire some of the soundtracks are
Whoa i didn't know the New Order's "Elegy" was made for metal gear. its a banging song
We need a part 3 of this. Really liking this topic
11:41 Alax doing multiple smooth transitions, back to back.
I guess it makes sense now, a lot of the early video game music were inspired by music either of the time, or what they grew up with, a lot of pop, rock, disco, and even heavy metal. Now, a lot of artists have grown up playing video games, and video game music was as influential to them as music on the radio, and it makes sense it's getting sampled.
7:43 or because it's from the damn ALPHA version 10 years ago
Little more well known - but BoneThugz n Harmony Sampled the end theme from Eternal Champions on Sega Genesis for "Crossroads"
I legit forgot this channel existed for a long time, it's nice to be back.
7:52 I HEARD THIS AND CALLED IT
One thing I've noticed with using music samples in music, especially in cases where large portions of music are used, is that audio copy-protection algorithms tend to pick up on it too.
I've seen a lot of content creators have their videos content-claimed either because they used video game music as background music, or because they were playing the video game itself. And in these cases, it's usually not the studio that actually owns/wrote the song that claims it, but rather some random song that sampled it in their music.
9:53 Space Road 1979 from Omori
To anyone looking for that song, you're welcome
I just found that out man
3:36 BLAST PROCESSING
Dude I miss the old Minecraft door sound
10:30 i was scared it was about to break into tokyo drift 😂😂😂
Very nice to see just how many popular songs out there took some samples from video games and vice versa. It's interesting to see how two of my biggest interests are a lot more connected then I thought.
Found this guy randomly and immediately started to binge watch all his videos guess what I love him
To you man behind the screen: continue please if we can help with funds or anything I want to know you're doing great lad
4:30 ahh yes, my favorite NES game: “how can you tell?”
at 3:10 to add on, the Metal Gear Solid trailer song doesn’t seem to be made for the trailer, because this same song can be found in John Hughes’s 1986 film Pretty In Pink! The original song is called Elegy by New Order, and predates the original metal gear solid by years.
3:29 MR CHEDDA
I would like one Spotify playlist of all of these please. :3
12:26 LMAO no fucking way 🤣
3:10 it’s actually sampled from the song “Elegia” by New Order made in 1985
I just discovered your video and I love it! You just blew up my brain 😁
On the reverse side of subject, one of the biggest case that I know of video games ost sampling / getting inspiration of radio songs is "Sister Marian" from The Square (1984) being reused by Koji Kondo as the mario world 1-1 song that we all know.
Maybe an episode about jazz fusion and it's relationship with video games music could be interesting, I always feel myself getting "Eh I've already heard that before in a video game" when listening to Cassiopea but never found exactly where
I just watched your video from 3 months ago and you already talked about it sorry 😅
Whenever I watch this man's videos I feel like I'm peering into the complex inner workings of his mind, it's a trip I love it lol
7:21
My man, XO Tour Llife is by Lil Uzi Vert, not XXXTENTACION.