"Spiritual Successors?"

[cambertian]

Weird question, but this is sparked by a weird revelation:

This song here:


... Is the successor to this song here:


(If you look at it in a really weird sort of mindset like mine, I guess.)

I guess the best sort of example is Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure. (I think it's obvious that they're supposed to have similar soundtracks, but from what I remember, Adventure did not have the same composer.)

Post songs/soundtracks that come from the same series or sound similar, but have different names or compositions all together.

[Weasel]

Again I'll mention the Jesper Kyd trio:

"Spinner" from Red Zone
"Progress" from Amok
"Apocalypse" from Hitman: Blood Money

[lanceboyle94]

One example I can think of is one related to Matt Furniss. Daffy Duck in Hollywood's first stage music, Scalp Trouble, is pretty much the same as the wild west music from Soccer Kid, also composed by Furniss, which came out earlier. Funnily enough, the SNES port of said game has a different track for that portion of the game.



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There's also games that end up reusing tracks from other games. A few examples I can think of:

-Cruis'n (Wii) and Target: TERROR both share a song, in Cruis'n it's one of the menu tracks, while Target: TERROR uses it for the name entry screen. Here for Cruis'n, here for Target: TERROR.

-Battle Mania/Trouble Shooter and DecapAttack have the exact same stage clear jingle. Considering Vic Tokai did both...

-The Genesis versions of Lotus 3 (Lotus II RECS) and Nigel Mansell's World Championship share a race BGM: on Lotus it's one of the selectable tracks, while Nigel Mansell's has it as the only race music. Here for Lotus, here for Mansell.