The Orchestra Played Happy Tunes
As seen in the movie, the orchestra played music during the sinking. They were trying their hardest to console the passengers. Most of the time they weren’t playing sad, mournful music: This would be seen as a bad omen and would only create more panic. Instead, they played ragtime and upbeat dance music. Only in the end, when doom was certain, did they begin to play hymns at the request of stranded passengers. There’s debate to this day as to what the band’s final song was.
