# What music does Cpt. Nemo play on his pipe organ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025 "2011-09-29T16:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/1 "2011-09-29T16:12:00Z")
Not what did he actually play, but what do you hear in your head when you think of the Captain in his undersea cavern fortress hideaway, playing the giant pipe organ with polished brass pipes 60 feet tall to entertain the rescued/captured seamen and/or fair maidens. That music. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/2 "2011-09-29T16:22:04Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Not what did he actually play, but what do you hear in your head when you think of the Captain in his undersea cavern fortress hideaway, playing the giant pipe organ with polished brass pipes 60 feet tall to entertain the rescued/captured seamen and/or fair maidens. > > That music. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/3 "2011-09-29T16:22:52Z")
Yakkity Sax. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/4 "2011-09-29T16:22:56Z")
Carnival and circus music. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/5 "2011-09-29T16:23:49Z")
Yep, I agree with **Labdad**. Anyone know (or able to find out) what music James Mason plays in the Disney version? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/6 "2011-09-29T16:34:09Z")
I like to think he’s playing Thelonious Monk, maybe 'Ruby, my Dear" or “Off Minor” Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/7 "2011-09-29T16:35:02Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Yep, I agree with **Labdad**. > > Anyone know (or able to find out) what music James Mason plays in the Disney version? IMDb says he’s playing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, as **Labdad** has imagined/recalled. I thought he was playing something differrent, myself > **[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) ⭐ 7.2 | Adventure, Drama, Family](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/)** > > 2h 7m | G Toccata and Fugue is overused as the Organ Music for Interesting Maniacs. People often have the Phantom of the Opera p[laying it, and it shows up in Haunted House settings. Jeez – T and F in D is a great piece of music (I loved when they performed an orchestral version in **Fantasia** ), and doesn’t desrve to ne consigned to the Horror Show Slums. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/8 "2011-09-29T16:55:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > IMDb says he’s playing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, as **Labdad** has imagined/recalled. No kidding? I didn’t look it up or anything - it’s what I imagined. I agree with you about the piece of music. In 1997, I was walking around inside [Bath Abbey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Abbey), just after the [organ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Organ_of_Bath_Abbey.JPG) had been rebuilt. They were testing it and the organist played T&F in Dm, presumably to put the organ through its paces. Hearing that was an amazing musical experience for me! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/9 "2011-09-29T17:05:36Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > IMDb says he’s playing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, as **Labdad** has imagined/recalled. Yup. [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq8k8Rsd9oY) ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/10 "2011-09-29T17:07:42Z")
**What music does Capitaine Nemo play on his pipe organ?** Old Mac Donald. But on requests only. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/11 "2011-09-29T17:09:01Z")
He SHOULD have been playing “Happy Organ” or “96 Tears,” but it was undoubtedly Bach. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/12 "2011-09-29T17:09:31Z")
_What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor_ ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/13 "2011-09-29T17:12:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > He SHOULD have been playing “96 Tears” I would buy a ticket to see a “20 000 fathoms under the sea” adaptation where the Captain greets his guests by playing “96 Tears” on his big organ. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/14 "2011-09-29T17:16:29Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > I would buy a ticket to see a “20 000 fathoms under the sea” adaptation where the Captain greets his guests by playing “96 Tears” on his big organ. Either that or “Double Shot (of my Baby’s Love)”. I’d buy TWO tickets for either version! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/15 "2011-09-29T17:27:58Z")
I have it on good authority he covered [the theme to \*Das Boot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7D2iWlM-SM).\* ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/16 "2011-09-29T17:38:10Z")
That’s a long song. I bet it goes on for about 20,000 leagues! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/17 "2011-09-29T19:41:37Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > I would buy a ticket to see a “20 000 fathoms under the sea” adaptation where the Captain greets his guests by playing “96 Tears” on his big organ. Actually “The Mexican Hat Dance” would work, too! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/18 "2011-09-29T21:27:45Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > IMDb says he’s playing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, as **Labdad** has imagined/recalled. I thought he was playing something differrent, myself > > [20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/) > Toccata and Fugue is overused as the Organ Music for Interesting Maniacs. People often have the Phantom of the Opera p[laying it, and it shows up in Haunted House settings. Jeez – T and F in D is a great piece of music (I loved when they performed an orchestral version in **Fantasia** ), and doesn’t desrve to ne consigned to the Horror Show Slums. I think it was in the original _Rollerball_(the one with James Caan) that the movie began with Toccata and Fuge in D Minor being played as the stadium was prepared for a game. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/19 "2011-09-29T21:42:47Z")
Calypso music? (Note: strained and mostly ineffective reference to The Odyssey. Made me smile though.) I’m trying to imagine myself almost drowning then being saved/captured by the people who sank my ship, and being held in a boat that, unlike anything at the time, sails UNDER F-IN WATER!! Then as I’m starting to get my bearings, and wonder how I’ll ever escape, this weird dude starts playing Tocatta and Fugue on a giant pipe organ. I believe I’d jump out of my skin and leave the poop behind. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025/20 "2011-09-29T22:03:19Z")
Tiptoe through the tulips [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WOh-RU4E5aE/maxresdefault.jpg "Former Chief inspector Dreyfus playing organ and fading away") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOh-RU4E5aE) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-does-cpt-nemo-play-on-his-pipe-organ/598025.md?page=2)