How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween’s theme song

The Conversation ^ | October 30, 2023 | Megan Sarno

[BlueLancer]

Sorry ... to me, Toccata and Fugue in D minor is, and will always be, the first movement from "Fantasia" ...

[lilypad]

That was great!

[CopperTop]

Thanks much for the links, folks! I've heard bits-n-pieces of these my whole life. In movies and heavy metal songs.

I'm enjoying them in their entirety this Halloween evening thanks to y'all.. 🤠👍👍👍

[31R1O]

Fantasia Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria

[Texas Fossil]

I much prefer:

Pachelbel - Canon In D Major.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80

[Retrofitted]

I only remember hearing the first minute or two of it in anything related to Halloween. And now that I think of it, wanna hear something realllllllyyy scary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4WU6aGW6Y

[MHT]

Thank you for this wonderful post.

[Fido969]

Rollerball.

[conservativeimage]

Lots of diminished chords on a pipe organ = sinister mood music.
Toccata and Fugue are absolute music, not mood music.
But westerners still hear them as “scary.”

[Tom Tetroxide]

This one is really good, too!

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Best Version Ever)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY&ab_channel=MovieMongerHZ

I like how the band Yes integrated the beginning of it into their song, “Si,” on their album, “9012Live: The Solos.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqxvnNwQeLQ&list=OLAK5uy_nppxq2gMA_Am-sssgw4PIF6Sh1_XDzDcU&ab_channel=Yes-Topic

[ifinnegan]

Thanks.