. . . focusing on a performer of melodies on a mythical instrument inaudible to human ears, including his own. Therefore, the presentation of such songs in this low-budget, made-for-television picture is quite limited. However, this dovetails with the actual True History of the Pied Piper's tune, which is the stuff of legends to we musicologists. From 1284, when Bob Browning first sounded his catchy rat-attacking notes, to 1867 composers such as Back, Brahms and Beethoven took stabs at these ominous sounds, but failed to orchestrate them. Then a dude from Norway named Eddie Grieg achieved mastery of this bit of rodent anathema, calling it "In the Halls of the Mountain King." Grieg thought his rendering was somewhat cheesy, especially when accompanied by lyrics about goblins hacking off fingers and yanking out hair. But Eddie's Pied Piper tune ranks number 17 on the Classical Music All-Time Top 100 Hits Chart.