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''The Gadfly Suite'' is a music [[suite]] for [[orchestra]] arranged from the [[composition]] by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (1906-1975) for the film [[The Gadfly]] ([[Russian]]: Ovod) based on the [[novel]] of the same title by [[Ethel Lilian Voynich]] (1864-1960).
''The Gadfly Suite'', Op. 97a, is a music [[suite]] for [[orchestra]] arranged from the [[composition]] by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (1906-1975) for the film [[The Gadfly]] ([[Russian]]: Ovod) based on the [[novel]] of the same title by [[Ethel Lilian Voynich]] (1864-1960).

The "Romance" from the suite is known to Western TV audiences as the theme music for the BBC/PBS miniseries "[[Sidney Reilly|Reilly]], Ace of Spies".

Revision as of 19:21, 17 September 2005

The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a, is a music suite for orchestra arranged from the composition by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) for the film The Gadfly (Russian: Ovod) based on the novel of the same title by Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864-1960).

The "Romance" from the suite is known to Western TV audiences as the theme music for the BBC/PBS miniseries "Reilly, Ace of Spies".