The first part (before the choir comes in) of "One-Winged Angel" sounds a lot like the music from the shower scene in Psycho."Gold Saucer" is clearly inspired by "Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend (BMV 655)".The music that plays during the intro scenes resembles the "Tunnel Chase" music from the first Terminator movie.Another song from the same album ( In the Court of the Crimson King) is fittingly also called "Epitaph", though it doesn't have any obvious similarities to Uematsu's song. One part in "Epitaph" is taken directly from "Moonchild" by King Crimson."Mystic Forest"'s beginning is essentially part of "Is There Anybody Out There?" by Pink Floyd, arranged with a choir."Techno de Chocobo" sounds like "Technopolis" by Yellow Magic Orchestra.The key, multiple chords and parts of the bassline are taken straight from Sakamoto's song in a really obvious manner, and even the instrumentation is similar, as both songs use a string section and an acoustic bass. "Kids in the Street Corner" is essentially a more medieval-sounding version of the 60's hit "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto."The Magic House", and the unused dungeon music from Final Fantasy II on which it's based, both sound just like Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca".The more rocky parts of the tune seem to have been inspired by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, "Tarkus" in particular. "Dancing Mad" sounds quite a bit like Triumvirat's " The Burning Sword of Capua "."Terra" shares a bassline with the Mars Movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets.Then there's "Slam Shuffle", or Nobuo Uematsu's take on The Pink Panther theme.The intro to Celes's theme (before it transitions into a reprise of "Aria de Mezzo Carattere") bears no small resemblance to the file select/fairy fountain theme from The Legend of Zelda series.The bassline sounds like it was ripped straight from Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't". Goode" but is more thematically similar to "Rock This Town" by the Stray Cats. Bad" is named after Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Of course, it also sounds very similar to the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The first few bars of Shadow's theme sound a lot like the opening theme to The Virginian.It also resembles Kraftwerk's Trans Europa Express. The title theme sounds like " Thus Spake Zarathustra " played on an organ.The beginning of Alkan's piece is very close to that theme apart from it being slower and for piano. One that falls between this and orchestration: Terra's Theme from Final Fantasy VI and Alkan's La Chanson De La Folle Au Bord De La Mer which dates to 1847.Locke's Theme and the theme of Back to the Future.Compare "Spinach Rag" to " Invention No."Clash on the Big Bridge", aka Gilgamesh's Theme, is a weird lovechild between the keyboard sections of Quicksilver Messenger Service's "Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder" and bridges from "Hotel California".Exdeath's battle theme features snippets that sound similar to the final boss theme of Dragon Quest III.Exdeath's theme, at its beginning, sounds like a sped-up version of the shower scene music from Psycho.The game's main theme sounds like a cross between the "Raiders' March" from the Indiana Jones series and theme from the Back to the Future franchise.The airship theme sounds like "Bastian's Happy Flight" from The Neverending Story."Melody of Lute" sounds almost exactly like Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude No. Fittingly, Golbez's theme sounds like the Imperial March fed through a classical orchestra.Furthermore, Rydia's theme sounds like the main theme of Summer of 42. The refrain of the Red Wings' theme sounds like part of the ending credits theme to the Star Wars films.The Sylx Tower theme resembles Simon & Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair".The underwater theme sounds a lot like "Serenade" by Franz Schubert.The Rebel Army theme is a soundalike of "Throne Room" from Star Wars: A New Hope."Coneria Castle" sounds very similar to the Russian/Soviet national anthem.The dungeon theme sounds similar to "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Matoya's Cave sounds similar to "Moscow Evenings" by Vladimir Troshin.The Overworld Theme sounds similar to a part of Zigeunerweisen.The main battle theme uses a similar bass line to "Love Machine" by The Miracles.Many fans believing Nobuo Uematsu was directly inspired by that film due to finding many other soundtrack connections between them. Also, Atreyu's Quest from The Neverending Story. The main theme of the series has a lot in common with the track " Misty Roses by Astrud Giblberto.Blue Sky" from Electric Light Orchestra (1977). Also, compare to the opening tune of Pete Townshend's " Let My Love Open The Door". The "Prelude" is predated by an obscure electronic song, Francis Rimbert's "Voices of Paradise" from 1979, which contains a tune very similar to the ascend/descend notes (only half shorter or twice faster).
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