Editing Calliope (music) (section)

==Popular culture==
[[Henry Mancini]] used the calliope in his 1961 song "[[Baby Elephant Walk]]" for the film ''[[Hatari!]]'' to suggest the fun of a circus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1963 |author=Les Tomkins |title=Henry Mancini: Bringing Jazz Out From the Shadows |url=http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Henry%20Mancini_1.htm |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=JazzProfessionals.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

A calliope in a travelling circus plays an important role in [[Mission: Impossible season 1]] (1966, episodes 4 and 5, ''Old Man Out''). Its music serves as background for the diversionary circus stunts central to the episode's mission.

[[The Beatles]], in recording "[[Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!]]" from the 1967 album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]],'' used tapes of calliope music to create the atmosphere of a circus. Beatles producer [[George Martin]] recalled, "When we first worked on 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' John had said that he wanted to 'smell the sawdust on the floor', wanted to taste the atmosphere of the circus.  I said to him, 'What we need is a calliope.' 'A what?' 'Steam whistles, played by a keyboard.{{'"}} Unable to find an authentic calliope, Martin resorted to tapes of calliopes playing [[John Philip Sousa|Sousa]] marches. "[I] chopped the tapes up into small sections and had [[Geoff Emerick]] throw them up into the air, re-assembling them at random."<ref>{{cite book
| last=Lewisohn
| first=Mark
| year=1988
| author-link=Mark Lewisohn
| title=The Beatles Recording Sessions
| publisher=[[Harmony Books]]
| location=New York
| isbn=0-517-57066-1
}}</ref>

In the 1972 western film ''[[The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid]]'', which takes place in 1876, a calliope is featured prominently during a scene when [[Cole Younger]] (portrayed by [[Cliff Robertson]]) and his gang arrive in Northfield, Minnesota. The instrument is referred to by name and Younger shows such interest in it that he attempts to fix it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-06-02 |title=The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/675995289/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-04-23 |title=Omaha World-Herald from Omaha, Nebraska |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/886671188/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the video game ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', the calliope is prominently used as a quasi-[[Bass (sound)|bass]] line in the #11 track "Haunted Fortress 2" in the game's soundtrack, used mostly during [[Halloween]] or [[Full Moon]]-timed events.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Haunted_Fortress_2_(Soundtrack) | title=Haunted Fortress 2 (Soundtrack) - Official TF2 Wiki &#124; Official Team Fortress Wiki }}</ref>