Music video-games lifted

[daphaknee]

Parappa the Rapper: Instructor Mooselini's Car Rap

Can - Turtles Have Short Legs (Official Audio)

[razorbeamz]

Surprised no one mentioned that the SMB underground music is essentially stolen directly from this

Friendship (feat.Lee Ritenour) - Let's Not Talk About It (HQ Audio)

[scratchmonkey]

This is one is more of an inspiration rather than “lifted” I think.

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Legend of Zelda (NES) Intro

[OneSecondBefore]

I just noticed a really subtle one.

Ecco the Dolphin:Defender of the Future OST - Prologue

This prologue to Ecco The Dolphin: Defender of the Future is definitely an homage to the opening narration of the 70’s rock opera Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.

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The Ecco narrator is clearly doing an impression of Richard Burton’s narration, and they even threw in a little reference for the real heads:

Jeff Wayne:

Across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes.

Ecco:

Creatures known only as The Foe regarded the earth with envious eyes.