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MoTU Theme vs Superman Theme

posted 9 years ago by xfourninetwox
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Wow, as a child I never would have noticed the similarity but I can't believe Bill Conti wasn't sued for plagiarism! Or, maybe he was... either way I can't be the only one to have noticed this?? There's maybe even a little Spaceballs in there too!

[–] Hendry_William_French 9 years ago

but I can't believe Bill Conti wasn't sued for plagiarism

I think the score for this is similar to both Star Wars and Superman, I guess that's what MOTU is in spirit (an amalgamation of both series'). I think Conti's score still very much has its own identity, like this piece which is unlike anything from John Williams and is pretty damn good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VFjk6T6Rxw

There's maybe even a little Spaceballs in there too!

The Spaceballs score is a homage to Star Wars, much like the score for this movie is a homage to Star Wars (and Superman), but I don't think either films ripped off anyone (especially since both Spaceballs and MOTU came out pretty much at the same time). It was more a harmless homage than straight up plagiarism, I think.

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