Does your office entertain you with live music?

Mine does.

One of the many cool things about working downtown in a swanky Union Square hotel are the live musicians who play in the lobby every evening.

In the afternoon, some time around 4 PM, the music of various Russian composers played on the piano starts wafting through the stairwell and up to my office and I know that it's almost time to clock out. By the time the pianist is joined by the guitarist I'm pulling on my coat and heading out the door.



One song that the pianist plays quite frequently (which I absolutely love because it's so spooky sounding) I can only describe as the closing theme of Are You Afraid of The Dark? I heard her playing it the first time and I picked my brain trying to remember from where I recognized it, and a few minutes later went down to ask her about it. I hummed the bars but I guess I'm more out of tune than I'd like to imagine because a completely puzzled look fell over her face.


Imagine this played on the piano, with more mood and melancholy and fewer 90s sound effects.

I'm sure I can figure out what the song is and who wrote it by doing a little research, but I'm hoping one of my dear readers will know what I'm talking about and give me the answer.