

The stock music track "Dark Earth" (where Roger and Peter move the trucks) is sampled for the Intro track on Demon Days. Gorillaz have used various audio clips from this film in many of their songs.That's exactly what we are." in their track "Mr. Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 sampling the line "Wake up sucker, we're thieves and we're bad guys.Clips from the soundtrack have also been sampled into other tracks, such as.Though not directly inspired to create any work based on the movie, the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was an ardent fan, often appearing in public and in photographs wearing a shirt displaying the film's title logo across his chest.The song "Ouch" by be your own PET was inspired by the film, quoting the line "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth" in its chorus.This song featured the chorus line "When there's no more room in hell, then the dead will walk the earth, and the living won't have a prayer, 'cause it's the Dawn of the Dead". The song was also re-recorded by singer Wednesday 13's later project Murderdolls on their 2003 debut album Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls. Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 also had a song titled "Dawn of the Dead" that was never released on an album, but was included in the Rare Treats section of their Little Box of Horrors box-set collection.

The song "Domination" by the metal band Pantera contains the lyrics "your eyes will see the Dawn of the Dead".The song "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" by My Chemical Romance was inspired by Dawn of the Dead.The Funeral Sciences an album by the horror-rock band Schoolyard Heroes, features the song "Dawn of the Dead".("It’s the end of the world, I wanna live inside a shopping mall") "George Romero" by Sprites makes direct references to the film.The rock band Showbread has written several songs based on the film, such as "George Romero Will Be at Our Wedding".Punk musician Michale Graves has a song called "Dawn of the Dead".Electro Rock band Does It Offend You, Yeah? have a song called "Dawn of the Dead".The film was the inspiration for a number of rock songs, including:.
