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Theme song

posted 19 years ago by antigone24601
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Does anyone have sheet music to the theme song? I'd love to learn now to play it on the violin.

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[–] rachel_ternes 19 years ago

Sorry, I don't have sheet music, but I bought a violin just because of Sherlock Holmes, and I convinced myself I could play the first few notes of the theme song, it sounded good to me. Sorry!

[–] antigone24601 19 years ago

Lol. Good luck with that. If you make any more progress, tell me the notes, I'm sure I could get my violin out of it's case and dusted off. lol

"It's Saturday... I need this like I need a hole in my head- another hole!"

[–] dhsb58 18 years ago

I always believed it was Mozart's Hungarian March No5 - but it still doubts me everytime i hear it.

Can anyone confirm for my sake what piece of music it is. Composer n all.

[–] potoluvr 18 years ago

I think it is an original composition for the show

[–] elf-65 17 years ago

Hi there! Patrick Gowers composed the music, and it is available on CD from Jay Productions. The code is CDJAY 1334.

The music is totally fab, especially "Elsie Cubitt", "Libera Me" and "John Hector McFarlane and His Mother". I can heartily recommend it.

You can find it on both Amazon UK (£12.99) and Amazon.com ($18.98)

[–] imdb-16879 17 years ago

Although I don't have the sheet music, I do have the notes (well, of the beginning anyway).

The key is G minor (2 flats on the staff). The beginning goes (from the middle octave) D - G - D - C# - A - C - D - Bb - Bb (below middle C) - D - Bb - A - E - F# trill (alternate F# - G) - E - F - G. The second part moves up G - C - G - F# - D - F - G - Eb - Eb (above middle C) - G - Eb - D - D (above middle C) - G - D - C#. That's as far as I've come. Hopefully that will give you the start you need!

[–] Suzume-san 17 years ago

My son, who has sharp musical ears, tells me that the opening theme music is a different recording every time. I know the closing music is, it's often given a flavour of the setting of that particular story, but I hadn't noticed the variations in the opening music. What amazing attention to detail - wow.

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[–] michael50322 17 years ago

I feel vindicated -- I noticed that also! It is especially obvious in "The Final Problem". The music is noticeably melancholy.

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[–] baker-street 17 years ago

I love so much that the closing theme is ALWAYS different! :)

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[–] Broadsman 12 years ago

I suggest your son gets his ears checked as soon as possable the opening theme music is all ways the same!
Why in sherlock's name do you lot call theme music a theme song?

[–] Suzume-san 12 years ago

It sounds the same to me, too, but he knows what he's talking about.

The i-Pod generation calls any one piece of music a 'song', regardless of genre - I've seen it used referring to a symphony. Oh bless.

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