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... as written. Furthermore, those that do so tend to focus on Baroque pieces by Bach. So why is Bach's music so open to interpretation in so many different styles? In order to narrow down the scope of such a research topic, I will focus on a comparison between two arrangements of the piece Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BMV 565 by J.S. Bach. I have chosen this piece as it is frequently associated with horror movies and also unquestionably one of the best known of organ works. The first version is the original Baroque arrangement for pipe organ, and the second is an arrangement is a jazz interpretation by the Jacques Loussier Trio. By seeing how this piece from the Baroque Period is rearranged into a contemporary jazz style, perhaps we can see why Bach's works and other pieces from the Baroque period are so often "jazzed up" by ...