@BenC very funny - one would almost wish to see the reaction!!
I had a lot of fun reading through the reader comments on U-Tube; some of the younger ones only know the tune from 'vampire' movies, or comic strips - I knew the piece but was blown away when i heard it blasted via large cinema loudspeakers as the intro to the movie 'Rollerball' - it was unforgettable.
No one knows for sure when Bach composed it, because it shows some compositional traits, which are unlike the mature Bach's works, but it could have been a youthful composition.
Here is another link which is rather interesting:
Taurisk
https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-makes-the-famous-bach-organ-piece-toccata-fugue-so-spooky/
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