Film Scores that Sound the Most Similar
Some films have scores that sound similar to others. Though this includes scores from the same composer as well.The theme tunes were in fact nearly identical until the latter. It seems even more obvious that Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (also by John Williams) has a tune heard in When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio, but that was an interpolation rather than a similarity. We do know John Williams was inspired by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
They both have identical soundtracks as to prove John Williams inspired Patrick Doyle.
The track from staircase scene compares to that of the stormtrooper run of A New Hope.
The theme from Jaws obviously has some comparisons to the stormtrooper theme from A New Hope.
The attack of the Rathtars had a similar soundtrack to the fight scenes of Jurassic Park.
The track at the beginning of the Battle of Utapau compared to the middle of the Harry Potter main theme.
The ending theme (Elysium, Honor Him & Now We Are Free) seems to end almost right where the ending theme to Armageddon (Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith) starts. Yet both films were released less than 2 years apart.
The chase scene over Coruscant has a similar soundtrack to the Quiddich flight in the Chamber of Secrets.
The track that plays during the 1st appearance of Santa's Workshop (Bells of Christmas by Loreena McKennitt) ends with a violin & flute sequence heard in E.T. as well as Peter Pan.
Their soundtracks sound nearly identical to each other.
The intro to the Superman theme by John Williams has a hook/riff heard in Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss in 2001: A Space Odyssey. R.I.P. Strauss (1864-1949).
The soundtrack when the Death Star was about to fire Scarif had reminiscence to the The Time from Inception & the main title of Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer.
Apparently, Michael Giacchino was not only inspired by John Williams, but he appears to have been inspired by Hans Zimmer, because after all, lots of composers were inspired by each other.
It's reminiscent of Evenstar by Howard Shore from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Believing Howard Shore inspired toward Michael Giacchino.
The battle scene ironically compares to the battle music in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
I remembered the opening track to Samantha bears a resemblance to the main theme of the first two Home Alone movies, such as Somewhere in my Memory by John Williams, and its rendition of We Wish You a Merry Christmas has the same key and pacing as Home Alone's version. The Home Alone movies and Samantha are good to watch on the same week during Christmas season. And after all, my sister was a huge American Girl fan. Chris Hajian mastered the score.
The soundtrack on the Zookeeper's Wife when Jan returned has an uncanny resemblance to the first minute in of Samantha from the American Girl franchise.
Who else wouldn't have noticed that?
I don't know how Harry Gregson-Williams got away with Chris Hajian?
It's one thing to be inspired, but it's another thing to give no credit.
All these films have individual soundtracks that have uncanny resemblances to each other.
From Western Woods to Beaversdam from Narnia, Becoming One of the People from Avatar, and the theme of the Martian and American Beauty all sound alike.
The score for Cinderella bears some resemblance to E.T. even though it wasn't mentioned as far as I know.
The ending of the theme to Hook has the same melody as the Who anthem from De. Seuss the Grinch, which was originally adapted into a short movie narrated by Boris Karloff.
It was argued that Hans Zimmer used elements from Gladiator & Muppet Treasure Island for the theme of Pirates of the Caribbean. Though a piece of The Battle from Gladiator was used in the trailer for POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The scores were both made by Hans Zimmer.