(PBS Primetime, 1984)
[a 1983 British mini-series from which aired in the U.S. on PBS,
starring American actor Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly (whose
birth name was Sigmund Rosenblum) -- considered the greatest
British spy who ever lived; He was a Russian-born man educated
in Britain -- whose exploits ranged from saving diplomats in
the jungles of South America to inflitrating the German High
Command during World War I; He made and lost several fortunes,
had many love affairs and wives which scandalously overlapped;
a mystery surrounds whether he died in Russia or was "turned"
into a double agent; In comparison with the fictional life
of James Bond, Reillly's life may prove the old adage that
"truth is stranger than fiction";
The mini-series was based upon a couple of books about Reilly
written by Robin Bruce Lockhart; some historians are convinced
a number of Lockhart's sources provided him with disinformation
or were otherwise innacurate; but this only fueled the fire of
legend about him...;
David Suchet, who perhaps is best known in as Belgian detective
Hercule Poirot, was also in the cast of this production from
Euston Films (U.K.) released by British Thames Television]
[this is a cue from incidental music from the 1955 motion
picture "The Gadfly" which was the basis of the THEME adapted by
British composer/adapter Harry Rabinowitz (see below.)]
Original Composer: Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher (of "Romance"): G. Schirmer & Co. (ASCAP)
U.S. Copyright Date:
U.S. Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[this theme is extracted from "Romance" -- a cue from incidental
music for the film "The Gadfly" (1955) -- by the 20th-century
Russian classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975),
as you see above.]
Adapter/Arranger: Harry Rabinowitz (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher (of "Romance"): G. Schirmer & Co. (ASCAP)
1983 Publisher: Standard Music, Ltd. (London),
US representative: Agga Music Company, Inc.
2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the ASCAP database]
U.S. Copyright Date:
U.S. Renewal Date:
Adaptation Date: 1983
Recordings:
CD: "Public Television's Greatest Hits" (1990)
The United Kingdom Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Harry Rabinowitz, M. B. E.
BMG Records 60470-2-RC
CD: "SHOSTAKOVICH: The Gadfly/Five Days-Five Nights"
The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Theodre Kuchar
Naxos Classical 8.553229