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[Rajang]

Not that uncommon. There's a Dutch TV show called Expeditie Robinson and they use alot of music from TLoU. Have heard many soundtracks from different games in alot of different tv shows.

 

[Icyflamez96]

I knew it was FF7 right from the start. That soundtrack is iconic. Surprised at all the unawares

Me too. Of course some people never played FFVII, but yeah I was still surprised at the sheer amount of confusion in this thread lol

 

[Relativ9]

Eh happens all the time, Top Gear for example actually has quite a habit of using video game music...though I'm sure they have permission.

Top Gear and Mass Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDme2XqI6fo

 

[TalonJH]

Reminds me of this:

"We sampled it from them but it's not the same bassline. It goes 'ding ding ding di di ding ding… ding ding ding di di ding ding.' That's the way theirs goes. Ours goes 'ding ding ding di di ding ding… DING… ding ding ding di di ding ding.' That little bitty change -- it's not the same."

Lots of people never owned a Playstation. PS3 was my first Sony console. FF13 was my first final fantasy. FF7 is like. A billion years old at this point.

The h in homage is silent isn't it? It "oh-mahj"

Oh no, what a bad introduction to FF.

On topic: But yeah Sonto, you're right.

 

[Plywood]

FF13 was my first final fantasy. FF7 is like. A billion years old at this point.

I'm so, so sorry to hear that, no one should have gone through that.

 

[Mawarup]

I remember when I was younger, my parents were watching lots of Thai dramas and my ears perked up when I Yuna's Theme just playing in the background of some scene in the drama. And it was not only just one drama that did it, several used even the same song for terrible scenes.

 

[Nick_C]

Here's another one from Edible Arrangements that uses a sample: https://youtu.be/zkL5xaMPxnw

 

[RevolverRoden]

Plagiarized and not licensed.

 

[wanderjahr]

What am I supposed to be mad about?

 

[Regulus Tera]

All these years hearing pleas for a FFVII remake, but very few people know the FFVII theme? ehl oh ehl

 

[Roldan]

no need to complain about the rotated image when the issue is on the sound. lol

anyway, what language is this?

 

[JediLink]

OP, you held your camera the right way, but then uploaded the video the wrong way, thereby somehow making it even worse than regular vertical video. I never thought it was possible.

 

[ffdgh]

Of all songs, it would be one from ff7.

 

[Regulus Tera]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY59XIv8R7A

Liberi Fatali used in a Hong Kong drama from 2000,My Date With A Vampire 2.
Bonus plagiarism: King of Vampire walking out of flames aka Sephiroth in
Nibelheim.

Loved the show for its over the top, manga like plot though.

holy shit this is amazing

 

[Roldan]

Liberi Fatali was also used in a synchronized swimming exhibition at the 2004 olympics

 

[boredandlazy]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY59XIv8R7A

Liberi Fatali used in a Hong Kong drama from 2000,My Date With A Vampire 2.
Bonus plagiarism: King of Vampire walking out of flames aka Sephiroth in
Nibelheim.

Loved the show for its over the top, manga like plot though.

Ha, most of the YouTube comments are people asking where they can find that amazing music.

As for the topic at hand there's a comedy club near me that lays random jazz music in between acts. I immediately recognised stuff from cowboy bebop, had a bit of a chuckle to myself.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

And far worse. I can reverse image search pictures. Couldn't do anything with this awkward video!

To be fair, he prefaced the thread with SE, and isn't FFVII SE's most popular title of all time?

That being said, poor poor form, OP.

 

[Servbot #42]

In my country Chile there was a show about ghosts o some shit that used the Resident Evil music, it was hilarious. Of course they stole that shit without paying nothing.

 

[Skunkers]

OP realized he was gonna catch shit on Neogaf for filming in portrait mode, corrected too late. lol

 

[ike_]

Thinking back I heard the creepy doll theme from FF4 as background music in a podcast a few weeks ago and it blew my mind. I wonder what the deal is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duXOtF32eV4

I'll edit this post with the link to the podcast if I can find it.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

My neck hurts.

 

[Wagram]

Even if it was sanctioned is this really an issue? It's their property after all.

 

[m@cross]

You could blow up my dog with a sonic canon of most games music and I wouldn't recognize it. I knew what this was immediately on hearing it though.

Bad sign of things to come for the female in the video. ...

 

[Htown]

Since it turns out they ripped an album recording I'd have to agree with you... but holding the position that you can't cover a song and then sell it or make money off of it is laughable.

You legally can cover a song and sell it, but you have to provide notice to the original artist and pay them royalties when you do that. At least that's how the US law works.

 

[sakipon]

Since it turns out they ripped an album recording I'd have to agree with you... but holding the position that you can't cover a song and then sell it or make money off of it is laughable.

You really think it's okay to sell a cover of a song without paying or crediting the original creators? So a great composer does all the work and some random artists can just steal it? Wow.

 

[CaptainGyro]

This is the FF7 theme guys..... lol. I really don't feel like the OP needed to clarify this but apparently he did.

Surprised so many people have no idea what the OP is talking about. Did you not hear the music?.

Y'all deaf.

Wow people either didn't know, or forgot about a song from a game that came out three generations ago. Shocking.

Super Mario Bros. is 30 years old. If the main theme from the game was used in a TV show without permission you think it wouldn't be immediately recognized?

Sorry but that is a really horrible comparison. First off all the theme from SMB is way more distinct than the theme from ff7. ( ok I guess that is something that is subjective and hard to measure) But SMB was wayyyy wayyy more popular than FF7 so more people are more likely to remember the smb theme than FF7 theme. Even if both SMB and FF7 sold to the same amount of people( which really isn't even close), the theme song from SMB is dominantly played and repeated throughout the game, and along with the replayability of the game, the smb theme is more likely to become lodged into somebody's long term memory. Factor in that the theme also is heard by people in other games with levels that are meant to be played over and over, and yeah I don't think it's a good comparison at all

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Of all songs, it would be one from ff7.

What? FF7's soundtrack is incredible.

 

[diaspora]

I don't play FF

Seriously. Even for people who do, not everyone gives a shit about 7.

 

[Resilient]

1. Surprised many people didn't know what this song was straight away.
2. Why would you record in potato-portrait and then potato-rotate it?! Why?!

 

[antitrop]

At least they picked a great song.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

god I feel old, people not knowing ff7.

That shit was everywhere when I was in high school (96-00)... FF7, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil.

What an era.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Keep watching that show OP. Maybe they'll play one winged angel when the bad guys show up.

 

[RevolverRoden]

anyway, what language is this?

Arabic. Saudi or Gulf-area dialect. Or maybe Iraqi dialect. I'm not sure.

 

[CaptainGyro]

god I feel old, people not knowing ff7.

That shit was everywhere when I was in high school (96-00)... FF7, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil.

What an era.

I'm older than you and I didn't recognize the song

 

[daveo42]

While I don't speak the language, using the main theme from FF7 doesn't seem like it fits with anything happening on screen. I could be a biased...

As for the legality of it, I'm sure they didn't even consider the fact that anyone would care. I mean, it's just a video game or whatever.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Obvious which game it came from.

 

[Leithkorias]

I saw a commercial that used a quick cut of a clip from the final episode of firefly. Cant remember what the commercial was but to this day I wonder if they had permission.

The clip in question is when kayley and river are playing "jacks" at the end of the final episode. The clip in the commercial started right as the camera dropped and you couldn't see their heads. Just the rubber ball dropping and river grabbing her jacks.

 

[threelights]

=O

I never expected this from someone like Uematsu.

I mean, I always thought his music was original...

Oh wow, Square was rotten way before the Gooch left.


What a sad day for this revelation, I hope Kotaku writes about it.

 

[Trojita]

I didn't think what was going to play was going to be so obvious. Wow.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Guys, guys.

This just means we're getting a

Spoiler

Bollywood

Final Fantasy VII HD Remake.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Why did the camera get turned?

Failed attempt getting their phone to switch to at landscape mode maybe?

Yeah, it's crazy that they didn't recognize music from an 18 year old game

I haven't played FFVII in like 17 years and I still picked it up. *shrug*

 

[Goteki_45]

This is actually pretty common. I even remember this track from FFVIII being used on a news channel in Jakarta when they would sum up the news headlines for the day.

 

[Burt]

The real problem here

is not warning me

that this was a portrait video

that goes into inverted SSJ4 Evil Portrait Mode





And yeah, common stuff. No one has the means to pursue this sort of thing internationally outside of a few major markets.

 

[Give War A Chance]

Holy shit. I don't know what came first, but the two songs are the same.

 

[the_batman]

LOL, wow. reminds me of Cloud playing the tune on Tifa's piano.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Guys, guys.

This just means we're getting a

Spoiler

Bollywood

Final Fantasy VII HD Remake.

I didn't realise I wanted this until now.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

=O

I never expected this from someone like Uematsu.

I mean, I always thought his music was original...

Oh wow, Square was rotten way before the Gooch left.


What a sad day for this revelation, I hope Kotaku writes about it.

dont know if serious

 

[threelights]

dont know if serious

I thought the last sentence was a good giveaway =P

It was just a joke...

 

[mgs2master2]

I know an egyptian soap opera i watch occassionally plays that Call of duty "PRess X to" song during the funeral everytime something sad happens.

 

[the_batman]

Guys, guys.

This just means we're getting a

Spoiler

Bollywood

Final Fantasy VII HD Remake.

well, i wish i could say my time on Earth was more meaningful.

*points gun at head*