The Romantic Film Scores We Still Swoon Over

“Lara’s Theme” is the sound of epic, impossible love. Maurice Jarre’s sweeping orchestration turns the Russian winter into emotional landscape — icy on the surface, burning underneath. The score is grand, tragic, and majestic, echoing the doomed romance at the film’s center. It became one of the most recognizable love themes in cinema, played at weddings, concerts, and radio stations for decades.