Videogame music that sounds like a "real" song

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Here's some game music that not only sounds like a song but actually is a song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9zZus_1_ag[/youtube]

VGM that sounds like normal music, hm? I cite the entirety of the soundtracks of the Jet Set Radio games.

But for something specific to submit, I'll give you "Spike in a Rail" by Darren Korb from the Bastion OST down below. It's sort of an honorable mention as the piece is fantastic, but it's odd style and lack of vocals kind of gives it away as VGM.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWAcgefsQQ[/youtube]

The battle theme's of the P3, P4 and their "reincarnation" remixes. The Dragon music from Skyrim. The Opera from FFVI, One Winged Angel from FFVII, all of the boss themes from Metal Gear Rising. And the universal theme to FINAL FANTASY, titled "Final Fantasy".

Just remembered a big one...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ysDV9POBXE[/youtube]

DOOM 3's theme song sounds an awful lot like TOOL. Especially the song Lateralus.

Now that you mention DooM 3, DooM 1 and 2 both seem to have taken inspiration/stolen music from other heavy metal bands such as Pantera, Slayer and Metallica.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IXNpPhfk1s[/youtube]

Yeah, I thought about mentioning that, but I figured it goes without saying. Also, I wondered if that was the reason for the DOOM 3 ripoff track.

One of my favorites is DOOM ][ level 10, it's from Black Sabbath - After All (The Dead).