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

Its minor key, dramatic pauses and organ timbre gave the nearly 9-minute piece a sense of suspense that filmmakers later turned into a Halloween cue.

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The famous composer certainly didn’t have haunted houses in mind when he wrote the piece.

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

The famous composer certainly didn’t have haunted houses in mind when he wrote the piece.

·Billings, United States
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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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