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I'm planning on making a compilation of love themes, and I was wondering what 15 love themes YOU would put on a CD.
I chose the number "15" because I figured that's all that would fit on one CD.
And... if you can possibly help it, don't look at anyone else's suggestions until AFTER you've posted YOUR suggestions!
I have some ideas as to what I'm going to put on the compilation, but would welcome your ideas as well!














thanks!

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Buon Giorno Principessa from La Vita E Bella (Nicola Piovani) and the finale from Once Upon A Time In The West (Ennio Morricone). The other 13 would take time some time to compile.

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15 will take time to be chosen, but there is no way you don't put the quintessential love themes from Superman, Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Tried to keep it varied and different. Didn't come up with 15 though:


"Spaceballs"
By: John Morris
"Love Theme"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HKLwAl0KU

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (Season two)
By: Christophe Beck
"Close Your Eyes" (AKA: Buffy & Angel Love Theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pyq5h4aW2E

"Rich In Love"
By: Georges Delerue
"Rich In Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX03whkxKAM (sample; from 8:00 to 8:33)

"Ghost"
By: Alex North
"Unchained Melody" (as arranged by the film's composer, Maurice Jarre)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4qV3cZDvu0

"Mission: Impossible" [1]
By: Danny Elfman
"Claire"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajdN5rGot4

"Hannie Caulder"
By: Ken Thorne
"Falling In Love"

"The Godfather"
By: Nina Rota
"Love Theme"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTu4eRXNJWY

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here's my list.

The Russia House by Goldsmith
The Family Arrives

Cousins by Angelo Badalamenti
Love Theme

A Walk In The Clouds by Maurice Jarre
A Walk In The Clouds or Victoria

Havana by Dave Grusin
Night Walk

Random Hearts by Dave Grusin
Searching for Payton

Blue Velvet by Angelo Badalamenti
Mysteries of Love

The Dark Crystal by Trevor Jones
Love Theme

Forever Young by Jerry Goldsmith
Love Theme From Forever Young

The Naked Gun by Ira Newborn
Thinking of....Him!

Airplane! by Elmer Bernstein
Love Theme

Cool World by Mark Isham
Lonette

The Son of the Pink Panther by Henry Mancini
The Dreamy Princess

The River by John Williams
Love Theme From The River

Miami Rhapsody by Mark Isham
Miami Nocturne

Reign Over Me by Rolfe Kent
Remar's Theme

Robin and Marian by John Barry
First Love Theme- By The Stream
Second Love Theme
Third Love Theme-Did You Really Love Me?

The Thomas Crown Affair by Michel Legrand
Moments of Love
A Man's Castle

Last Tango In Paris by Gato Barbieri
Last Tango In Paris (Tango)
Jeanne
Picture In The Rain

Original Sin by Terence Blanchard
Love Scene

Lovesick by Phillippe Sarde
Main Theme

Mr. Baseball by Jerry Goldsmith
The Bath

The Manhattan Project by Phillippe Sarde
Night/Love Theme

The Notebook by Aaron Zigman
On The Lake

Two for the Road by Henry Mancini
Two For the Road (Main Titles)

I think I'll stop here for now heheheh.

LOVE ON THE BEACH - Composed by Mark Isham from the movie POINT BREAK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdfvqDCFQdw



One of my alltime favorite themes for a lovescene.

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Howard Shore's AN INNOCENT MAN (1989) Touchstone/Buena Vista
Richard Halligan's THE OCTAGON (1980) American Cinema
Sante Maria Romitelli's GOD'S GUN (1976) MGM/Cannon
Trevor Jones' FREEJACK (1992) Morgan Creek

Seriously no one's brought up Miklos Rozsa, probably the greatest writer of "love themes" ever? I'm thinkin' some El Cid at least here, people. But heck I could come up with 15 amazing love themes by Rozsa alone!

Yavar

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Hello, all! This is my first post, so here goes.

Soundtrack compilations are what I do with most of my spare time, so this thread is right up my alley. Some cues have the actual title "Love Theme" but I had to include some other (IMO) heartbreakingly beautiful themes that don't have that specific title. I've noted for my future compilations the other suggestions posted. Here are my 15:

Love Theme from Cold Mountain by Gabriel Yared

Love Theme from The Saint by Graeme Revell

Glasgow Love Theme from Love Actually by Craig Armstrong

Love Theme from Ben-Hur by Miklos Rozsa

Love Theme from While You Were Sleeping... by Randy Edelman

Colwyn and Lyssa Love Theme from Krull by James Horner

Love Theme from Dances with Wolves by John Barry

Love Theme from Superman the Movie by John Williams

Love Theme from French Kiss by James Newton Howard

Ilia's Theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith

Waltz Theme from The Slipper and the Rose by Sherman/Sherman

Mountain Theme from The Man from Snowy River by Bruce Rowland

Theme from Beauty and the Beast (TV show) by Lee Holdridge

Theme from Until September by John Barry

Marion's Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams

Welcome to the Intrada board... and welcome to my thread!!!

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the absolute best of all LOVE THEMES...

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Only one single mention of Georges Delerue, the king of love themes?

I agree, more Delerue required.

And John Barry ain't that shabby at love themes.

Thing is, it seems when a lot of people think "love themes" many people seem to think "love themes from action films", possibly because action films are what most people seem to be in to.

But, forgive me, Until September is far superior love theme to many mentioned so far.

(Incidentally, Maleficio, I know you may not be much of a Barry fan, but Until September is a particularly Delerue-esque piece of Barry in my opinion. Did you buy? I suspect it's the Barry you'd be most likely to like.)

At the risk of making this like the "controversial opinions" thread of FSM (hopefully not), I don't find the love themes in Star Wars and Raiders to be all that remarkable. Sure, yes, they are good. But there are better, more genuine and sensual love themes out there in the world of film. (By 'more genuine', I mean this: the Star Wars and Raiders love themes are love themes set in a cartoon world, rather than love themes set in a more seriously and genuinely romantic setting.)

Though it's by far my least favorite of the Star Wars scores, I think "Across The Stars" from Attack Of The Clones may actually be the best love theme from a Star Wars film.

Hey, it's just my opinion.

Cheers

My Top 50 :

1937 - Snow White (Frank Churchill)
1938 - Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
1949 - Adventures of Don Juan (Max Steiner)
1949 - Cinderella (David Mack)
1952 - Scaramouche (Victor Young)
1956 - The Ten Commandments (Elmer Bernstein)
1958 - Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
1959 - Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
1959 - Sleeping Beauty (George Bruns & Tchaikovsky)
1961 - El Cid (Miklos Rozsa)
1966 - The Sand Peebles (Jerry Goldsmith)
1976 - Logan's Run (Jerry Goldsmith)
1976 - Robin & Marian (John Barry)
1978 - Capricorn One (Jerry Goldsmith)
1978 - Superman (John Williams)
1979 - Le Roi et L'Oiseau (Wojciech Kilar)
1979 - Players (Jerry Goldsmith)
1980 - Somewhere in Time (John Barry)
1980 - Star Wars V The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
1982 - Conan The Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)
1982 - Tron (Wendy Carlos)
1983 - Krull (James Horner)
1984 - Splash (Lee Holdridge)
1985 - Out of Africa (John Barry)
1987 - The Secret of My Success (David Foster)
1988 - Big (Howard Shore)
1989 - Batman (Danny Elfman)
1989 - The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
1989 - The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)
1990 - Back to the Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)
1990 - Dick Tracy (Danny Elfman)
1990 - Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman)
1991 - Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
1991 - Robin Hood (Michael Kamen)
1991 - Rocketeer (James Horner)
1992 - Aladdin (Alan Menken)
1995 - Braveheart (James Horner)
1995 - Pocahontas (Alan Menken)
1997 - Titanic (James Horner)
1998 - The Mask of Zorro (James Horner)
1999 - The Mummy (Jerry Goldsmith)
1999 - Matrix (Don Davis)
2002 - Star Wars II Attack of the Clones (John Williams)
2002 - Spirit (Hans Zimmer)
2003 - Timeline (Jerry Goldsmith)
2004 - Mulan II (Joel McNeely)
2006 - The New World (James Horner)
2006 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Kiyoshi Yoshida)
2009 - Avatar (James Horner)