In the movie "Triplets of Belleville", around the 3rd chapter,
Champion and his grandmother, Madame Sousa are sitting at the dinner
table watching TV. A man appears on the TV playing the piano to a tune
which I do not know the title of. My question is: What is the name of
that tune?
  For further clarification if the scene cannot be found, it occurs
before Madame Sousa pulls the dusty cloth off the piano and begins
playing herself.
  If you find cross-referencing handy, it is also the theme song in an
old PC-DOS game called Rollercoaster Rumbler, which is why I relate to
the song so well. I was unable to find music credits for the game.
  To the Researcher: I ask only for the title and composer/performer
of the song. Any additional information, such as why it was not
credited in the movie credits would be much appreciated.

Hello neogia,

The song is Prelude No. 2 in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier,
Book 1: BWV 847, by Johann Sebastian Bach.  The man playing it is
apparently a parody of Glenn Gould.

"Classical and Opera music used in movies - films listed by movie title - T"
Bohemian Opera
http://bohemianopera.com/moviesT.htm

"Glenn Gould"
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Gould

Online discussion, "Les Triplettes de Belleville -- half on-topic" (March 2004)
<rec.music.classical.recordings> via Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.classical.recordings/browse_thread/thread/b9e9d9df1da3ff88/074e606c6da43543

"The Triplets Of Belleville"
Hybrid Cinema
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/0204/triplets-belleville.shtml

"BWV 847: Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 2"
J.S. Bach Home Page
http://www.jsbach.org/bwv847.html

I don't know why it wasn't in the credits.

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google Web and Google Groups for the following terms
individually or in various combinations:

"triplets of belleville"
classical
music
piano
mozart
bach
"glenn gould"

Such a wonderfully thorough answer. It came so much more quickly than
I had imagined; I had been searching for the answer myself for about
three weeks. I should have saved myself the trouble and come here
first!