“The music that became associated with Sybil and Branson actually started out as a theme for her maid, Gwen, who didn’t want to spend her life in servitude and trained herself to become a secretary. Sybil was very sympathetic and decided to help her. The music began to encompass Sybil as well as the concept of emancipation and then finally developed into a love theme between her and Branson. Even now in Series 4, long after the death of Sybil, it is used to conjure up the ghost of her as she continues to haunt Branson.”

lifedistractions:

- composer John Lunn

http://downtonabbeyuk.tumblr.com/post/70595865872/composing-for-an-ever-changing-series

i can’t.