"More or less a blatant rip-off"-type cues

[BlackwatchPlaid]

Here's a real blatant one.

....couldn't possibly be a very loose reworking of....

[Mr]

Here's another I came across. I guess this group of Bruton composers fancy themselves as smooth operators:

[ericmivalstoothbrush]

'Microchaos' and 'Distillation' by Blue Phantom/Armando Sciascia are two very obvious and well-known tracks "inspired" by The Stooges' 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' respectively, but they're so charming that I had to mention them again. Does anyone recognise any of the other songs on the same LP? 'Violence' reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it... And I sure would like to know what the inspiration for 'Equilibrium' is, as that's my favourite on the album! Parts of the melody sounds like the Rolling Stones' 'She's a Rainbow'.

[stackjackson]

Reviving the thread...

Practically all of Programme Music PM 16 - Rock Reflections (Steve March) is filled with rip-offs, e.g. The Who, Queen, The Eagles, Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly, etc.

[radioman]

Ray Davies wrote Atlantic Drive as a soundalike to Herb Alpert's Route 101:

And here is Herb:

[Porn Library]

Ray Davies wrote Atlantic Drive as a soundalike to Herb Alpert's Route 101:

And here is Herb:

Never knew about the Herb Alpert rip off! I'm a huge Alpert fan, so really dug that. And I love when they named the library knock offs so obvious in the titles to hint what they were doing.

[Moleoman]

D. Todd Sorensen's "Wishbone" from Non-Stop Music library [NS-WS 004/NSPS-ALT 001/NSPS-1990 001] sounds similar to the "Friends" theme song:
https://milesofmusik.com/music_catalog/album-374704/

Meanwhile, "Kit Cartoon" by Eric Gemsa [KOS 025] is suspiciously based on the first seconds of the famous Looney Tunes theme "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (No wonder the track has been discontinued!):
https://www.sakuranotes.jp/Music35828.html

[apmnut]

Here are a couple of soundalikes of this one instrumental piece from the score of a familiar Disney animated film:

[Col Wolfe]

Kovac’s ‘Nymphe’ is really ‘I Robot’

and from same Selected Sound LP is a ‘Money Runner’ rip-off...

[quarry]

Neither is library music, but there was nowhere else to post this (without starting a new thread). Here is Harry Robinson's main title from the 1971 Hammer movie, Twins of Evil:

...and the Lolita Ritmanis main title theme for the 2001-2004 seasons of the Justice League animated series:

Ritmanis barely tried to conceal the sticky-fingered swiping of the Robinson composition.

[Keoma]

Frederic Masson - Happy Tax Payer => Pink Floyd - Money
The Magic Sound Celebration - At The Rainbow's End => Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Mike Moore Company - Third Step => Barclay James Harvest - Life is for Living

[MusicMuzak]

Had to share this.
JW 467 Supertrax
Track by David Reilly called "Bourbon Mac"
So blatant he included half of the Bands name in the title! I'm sure you'll know it as soon as it starts....

https://mega.nz/file/9BtFFZJQ#zxlwpunTXblRtD6iOGznsin2HovJqTXMaUIpmZqUYv8

[Retronic]

Does anyone know of any library tracks that sound like or is a cover of ‘It Might As swell Rain Until September’? 

[kpmhill]

Does anyone know of any library tracks that sound like or is a cover of ‘It Might As swell Rain Until September’?

Maybe…

https://www.discogs.com/release/7294070-Bruce-Baxter-Orchestra-Easy

[Retronic]

Ooh, could be.  Thanks for the tip.