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Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (10:00)

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The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between 1703 and 1707. The attribution of the piece to Bach has been challenged since the early 1980s by a number of scholars, and remains a controversial topic.

It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media ranging from film, to video games, to rock music, and ringtones, including:

In 1940 it was used in the film, ‘Fantasia’ and was played in Leopold Stokowski’s orchestration by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

In 1954 It was used in the film, ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ and was played by Captain Nemo (James Mason) on the organ.

In 1965 It was played by Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) on a ‘player’ organ (with his thumbs bandaged) in the movie, ‘The Great Race’.

In 1975 It was the theme in the original film ‘Roller Ball’ with James Caan.

In 2007 it was used in the Ski film “Seven Sunny Days” by Matchstick Productions in the Segment “Whistler Jump”.
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  • MichaelK19

    Only the dead can know peace from this evil.

    Thursday morning

  • abunono

    I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen

    Thursday morning

  • PAPILLON_rouge

    bravo !!!!!

    22 days ago

  • Metal_God92

    Sounds like the album "Desintegration" of The Cure

    last month

  • xtwntraphq

    Bach was a wild man ! Loved this since the first day I heard it, right after Paperback Writer came out by The Beatles

    last month

  • DARKUS_13

    great

    March 2012

  • Oppressotron

    It's DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

    March 2012

  • NIGGAAPLEASE

    Masterpiece

    March 2012

  • Andrey_Romanov

    Это вне времени

    March 2012

  • Shenzhou-

    I want to hear this live so badlyljsdlfk

    February 2012

  • SatinDaul

    Beautiful!

    January 2012

  • lordcthulhu

    Karl Richter's version on Orgelwerks is THE GREATEST. Do yourself a favour and also look up his performance on youtube, he literally "pulls out all the stops", as the saying goes...

    January 2012

  • BamBino1951

    One of the greatest compositions of all time. But I've heard much better versions. Wait a minute. Didn't Rick Wakeman do this on one of his solo albums.

    December 2011

  • drop_packet

    infinite wonder, timeless, this music doesn't belong to this time.

    December 2011

  • Razielhim

    Heard it live in the Kaputzinerkirche in Wien. Bloody awesome!

    November 2011

  • dangiox2

    I remeber when this song came out it was a smash hit

    November 2011

  • BlueOclock

    Wonderful and......uh oh...I have, to go a vampire is stalking me through the woods!

    November 2011

  • Oregon_Myst

    Luv, luv, luv this! Especially fantastic if you hear it live. *shivers*

    November 2011

  • NettieStrauch

    Loving it!!

    October 2011

  • Tom_Pullings

    300 years fresh. Release the bats!!!

    October 2011
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