# Creepy Organ Music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374 "2005-10-22T01:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/1 "2005-10-22T01:49:55Z")

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I am in search of some “creepy” organ music for the Halloween season.

I wish I could do a decent job of explaining “creepy”, but hopefully you know what I am talking about :D. Think the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland (but maybe more classical).

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/2 "2005-10-22T02:36:39Z")

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Bach’s [Toccata & Fugue in D Minor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_Minor) .

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/3 "2005-10-22T04:48:38Z")

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A ha! You want [The Phantom of the Organ](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004T8MJ/qid=1129955832/sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i7_xgl15/103-5018250-2255038?v=glance&s=music&n=507846), by Verne Langdon.

Also check out all the great [Midnight Syndicate](http://midnightsyndicate.com/) albums. Not necessarily organ music, but drenched with gothic horror.

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/4 "2005-10-22T08:40:17Z")

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> [@Eyebrows 0f Doom](#):
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> Bach’s [Toccata & Fugue in D Minor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_Minor) .

Also the Prelude (I think) and Fugue in G minor.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/5 "2005-10-22T08:50:22Z")

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Parts of the [Poulenc organ concerto](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000042DK/qid=1129970784/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-1592132-3228901?v=glance&s=classical) fit the bill (the first samples on disc 2), and is distinctly less cliched than the usual-suspect toccata & fugue.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-organ-music/327374/6 "2005-10-22T13:15:09Z")

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Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart.