Thread: So how many theme songs are just ripoffs of old theme songs
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Old 08-31-2007, 02:34 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Alienoid06
Some themes I don't think are "rip-offs" as much as they have common routes, and people connect the dots a little too much.
I agree with this, provided we're not talking all themes.

Some wrestling themes are so generic, it's like ripping off a scale. So if two of them sound alike, it's only because they're so basic. There are a couple of songs that sound like Kane's, if for no other reason than they use a similar, "heavy" sound, and use a descending chords progression. Batista's is a little more particular, because the Pre "I walk alone" version's melody also sounded a lot like one of Kane's themes prior.

But really, there are a finite number of chords and a finite number of notes, especially when you do what most wrestling themes do--Play power chords and relatively generic riffs.

On the other hand, you get a guy who goes to TNA and uses a virtually idtentical theme, it's safe to call it a knockoff. A lot of the WWE/WWE similarities are just as you said.
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