Love Story [Import, Soundtrack]

Francis Lai | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: December 16, 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B000026E2H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,956 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Theme From "Love Story"

2. Snow Frolic

3. Mozart's Sonata No. 12 In F Major(Allegro)

4. I Love You Phil

5. The Christmas Trees

6. Search For Jenny

7. Bozo Barrett

8. Skating In Central Park

9. The Long Walk Home

10. Bach's Concerto No. 3 In D Major(Allegro)

11. Theme From "Love Story" Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Touchy Soundtrack for a Remarkable Film, August 7, 2001

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DavidMatthewCollins "sweetguy44" (Kyle, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Story (Audio CD)

"Love Story" is a timeless classic that nearly anyone can appreciate, with its touching story and beautiful soundtrack this film is unforgettable. The first track we start off with is "Theme From Love Story," which is a mixture of several instrumental pieces and part of different film sequences in the film. The opening music plays like the words from the beginning of the film "What can you say about a 24 year old girl who died?" The second track "Snow Frolic" is quite an unusual piece that sounds very French in origin. A very simply chord structure holds the song together with the very basic bass keeping the beat going. I am not sure whom Francis Lai chose to sing this particular song but she does a marvelous job doing so. The next song is Mozarts "Sonata in F Major," which is the type of song that is very pleasant to listen to early in morning when waking up to the sunrise. The fourth song "I Love You, Phil" was a piece of music not featured for some reason in the motion picture. What is very interesting about this song is the guitar solo intertwined with the violins and orchestral accompanyment. Tracks 5 (The Christmas Trees) and track 7 (Bozo Barrett) both were not included in the film, yet are well worth listening to. Although I found the "Barrett" track too overwhelming to enjoy I felt the "Christmas Trees" was a track that contained a beautiful melody and evolved very sweetly. "Searching for Jenny" takes you back to the dramatic sequence in the film where Oliver searchs for Jenny. The 8th track "Skating in Central Park" is a very sweet tune that sounds like something out of the Nutcracker suite. The next track "The Long Walk Home," is a bit of a dragging song yet some listeners may enjoy it. Concerto No. 3 in D Major is a beautiful allegro by J.S. Bach, unfortuantely it is very short but extremely enjoyable to say the least. Finally, we come to the heart of the Love Story Soundtrack, the finest track on the entire album. The "Theme from Love Story Finale" is the definate track that makes this cd such an excellant buy for anyone who is a fan of deep and inspiring music. Sadly, this soundtrack will never recieve the air play it deserves on public radio. But hopefully its popularity will continue to grow in the following years. Enjoy all you Love Story fans!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Story musical masterpeice!, March 12, 2004

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Andy (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Story (Audio CD)

The first time I watched Love Story I was only a child in the 1980s.The first thing I noticed was the beautiful music through out the film. It personaly got to me right inside.
Every song on the soundtrack is amazingly played with that classic 70s muted bass and drum sound.Some of the tracks have a girl singing so softly with a harpsichord and its amazing. I am a musician and I admire the music greatly.
The song "Christmas Trees" on the album is the most beautiful
peice of music I have ever heard and is perfectly arranged.
I find that this album is very moving and positive.If you are a fan of the Get Carter soundtrack you will like this.
ENJOY!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL RENDITION OF LOVE STORY, October 30, 2010

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CORGILOVER (DAVIE, FLORIDA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love Story (Audio CD)

There are CDs and CDs. I had gotten one, must have been foreign as it hardly had any sound. As CDs weren't around when the movie was made, I was wary about getting another. This is TRUE SOUND. If you have the speakers, you think you are back in the theater watching the heart wrenching movie. Would highly recommend!