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For friends old and new--resuming translation...;)
Cheers,
Cat
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MUSIC

This legendary series had many fortunate creative achievements and finds. Even the tandem of composer Vladimir Dashkevich and Igor Maslennikov itself is worth a great deal. Before “Sherlock Holmes” they worked together in different films, and that’s why they knew and felt very well what is needed for this or that specific movie. However, it took them some time to define the music style for the series. The producer tried the best he could to explain to the composer, what kind of “British, imperial” and at the same time, ironic music he wanted to have in the film; he even spent the night listening to his radio, recording the musical themes of BBC through the roar of the dampers onto his cassette player..

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I have just seen this in vasily_sergeev 's LJ and had to share :)
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