Seems everyone is copying their music from someone else these days. Robin Thicke is in court defending his song Blurred Lines against allegations that it’s just a rip off of Marvin Gaye. Madonna is concerned that Lady Gaga’s Born This Way was a little too close to Express Yourself. Post Modern Jukebox gets copied by artists on the Voice UK. Where is the line between artistic expression and plagiarism.
This week I noticed another similarity between two theme songs.
New spinoff from Arrow for the 2014-2015 show The Flash has a remarkably similar theme song to The Walking Dead. The biggest difference is the tempo, but the signature string melody is very similar.
Here, listen for yourself:
What’s going on here? Was the composer for The Flash inspired by The Walking Dead?
Both series are based on comic books, but from different studios, so it seems unlikely that this would be some kind of backroom deal. If not, DC Comics, The Flash and the CW may be in trouble with AMC and Robert Kirkman…
They sound extremely similar, Maybe they use the same licensing company for there audio production?
They sound extremely similar, Maybe they use the same licensing company for there audio production?
Maybe. I have noticed that the theme song for The Arrow is also similar to The Flash. My guess is they tried to tie the themes two together since The Flash is a spinoff of The Arrow.
Maybe. I have noticed that the theme song for The Arrow is also similar to The Flash. My guess is they tried to tie the themes two together since The Flash is a spinoff of The Arrow.