History Main / HolyPipeOrgan

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': PlayedForLaughs in ''The Delicious Last Course''. The Bishop makes the sound of someone banging on a pipe organ's keys when you put out all the candles, thus making him vulnerable to attacks. When you defeat him, his headdress turns into organ pipes that spew smoke, while his teeth turn into organ keys.

-->-- '''The narrator''' as he listed pipe organ as #9 in '''WebVideo/WatchMojo''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48QORACenZ4 Top 10 Hardest Instruments to Learn.]]''

** ''Door to Phantomile'' has "[[https://youtu.be/9bmNTMPWM5k Nevertheless]]", the music for the Sun Temple, which is heavy on pipe organ and church bells.

Compare OminousPipeOrgan. The Holy Pipe Organ is generally used for the SaintlyChurch while the Ominous Pipe Organ is more closely associated with darkness and villainy. However, they are not mutually exclusive; there can certainly be overlap between the two tropes, especially when HolyIsNotSafe, [[CorruptChurch the church is evil]], or GodIsEvil. May also overlap with CherubicChoir and SavedByTheChurchBell.

* TruthInTelevision, since many Christian churches feature impressive pipe organs that are played during religious services.

-->-- '''The narrator''' as he listed pipe organ as #9 in '''WebVideo/WatchMojo''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48QORACenZ4 Top 10 Hardest Instruments to Learn]]''.

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire2'': The village church theme, "Please, God", is a rather soothing organ piece. [[spoiler: It serves as a stark contrast to "[[OminousPipeOrgan Decadence of God]]", which is heard after the Church's true nature is revealed.]]
* While ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' typically uses an OminousPipeOrgan instead, the heroic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8blOcV4aoqc Theme of Simon]]" introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' uses the organ to represent Simon Belmont as he fights demons while armed with crosses, holy water, etc.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "The City of Clipsville", during the wedding flashback, the church organ slowly plays the variation of the show's theme as [[spoiler: the Professor Utonium is getting married to [[TheFaceless Sara Bellum]], who turns out to be Mojo Jojo in disguise]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "The City of Clipsville" during the wedding flashback, the church organ slowly plays the variation of the show's theme as [[spoiler: the Professor Utonium is getting married to [[TheFaceless Sara Bellum]], who turns out to be Mojo Jojo in disguise]].

* Music/GustavMahler brought a pipe organ in during the finale of his Symphony No. 2 (''Resurrection'') to accompany the final recitation of the chorus (''Rise again, yea, rise again, wilt thou, my heart, after a moment!''). His Symphony No. 8 (''[[UpToEleven Symphony of a Thousand]]'') starts off with a pedal point, a blaring E♭ Major chord, and the chorus singing ''Veni, veni creator spiritus!''

* While ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' typically uses an OminousPipeOrgan instead, the heroic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVmvVRXXCM Theme of Simon]]" introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' uses the organ to represent Simon Belmont as he fights demons while armed with crosses, holy water, etc.

* Friar Tuck's church in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' where the Sexton Mouse is seen playing a pipe organ using his hands and feet.

Compare OminousPipeOrgan. The Holy Pipe Organ is generally used for the SaintlyChurch while the Ominous Pipe Organ is more closely associated with darkness and villainy. However, they are not mutually exclusive; there can certainly be overlap between the two tropes, especially when HolyIsNotSafe, [[CorruptChurch the church is evil]], or GodIsEvil. May also overlap with CherubicChoir.

Compare OminousPipeOrgan. The Holy Pipe Organ is generally used for the SaintlyChurch while the Ominous Pipe Organ is more closely associated with darkness and villainy. However, they are not mutually exclusive; there can certainly be overlap between the two tropes, especially when HolyIsNotSafe, [[CorruptChurch the church is evil]], or GodIsEvil.

* For ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', which largely takes place in/around a cathedral and has more religious themes than your standard Disney fare, Music/AlanMenken makes extensive use of pipe organ in his score. It ''does'' overlap with OminousPipeOrgan from time to time, depending on whether or not a scene is focusing on [[HangingJudge Judge]] [[SinisterMinister Claude Frollo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Used in the wedding scene where [[spoiler:the [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotized]] Prince Eric almost got married to BigBad Ursula who is disguised as a beautiful woman.]]

** In ''Empire of Dreams'', Emperor Jillius is introduced with regal-sounding organ music. Jillius is a monarch rather than a religious leader, but the music still conveys a tone of seriousness and sacredness that fits this trope.

* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'': ''Door to Phantomile'' has "[[https://youtu.be/9bmNTMPWM5k Nevertheless]]", the music for the Sun Temple, which is heavy on pipe organ and church bells.

* Friar Tuck's church in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' where Sexton Mouse is seen playing a pipe organ using his hands and feet.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "The City of Clipsville" during the wedding flashback, the church organ slowly plays the variation of the show's theme as [[spoiler: the professor Utonium is getting married to [[TheFaceless Sara Bellum]], who turns out to be Mojo Jojo in disguise]].

* For ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', which largely takes place in/around a cathedral and has more religious themes than your standard Disney fare, Music/AlanMenken makes extensive use of pipe organ in his score. It ''does'' overlap with OminousPipeOrgan from time to time, depending on whether or not a scene is focusing on [[SinisterMinister Frollo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Used in the wedding scene where [[spoiler:the hypnotized Prince Eric almost got married to BigBad Ursula who is disguised as a beautiful woman.]]

** The same organ music is also heard in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' [[spoiler:during the scene where Bagheera, the vultures, and Mowgli think that Baloo is dead and Bagheera delivers an eulogy for him]].