Aram Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. If he had composed nothing other than his "Sabre Dance", he would have a place in the musical pantheon. Khachaturian's works span a broad range of musical types, including ballets, symphonies, concertos, and film scores. He composed a great portion of his works in a ten-year span between 1936 and 1946, preceding and following the Second World War. He is best known internationally for his ballet music, especially "Gayane" and "Spartacus" (used a the theme of the BBC series The Onedin Line).