Ok ok, the Valentine’s Day of yours is in February but here in Brazil we celebrate the date in June, what make this month very romantic for us... So, to honor this date, I’ve selected some of the most beautiful and romantic scores of all time. These works made their respective movies more special and real for us. So here is the list:

Max Steiner - Gone with the Wind: Max Steiner may have lost the Academy’s Oscar that year to“The wizard of Oz”, but it is incontestable that the amazing movie with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable would not be the same without his remarkable score. With a amazing theme, millions of people felt in love with the story and made this masterpiece one of the most important movies of all time.

Alfred Newman - Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Alfred Newman is, along John Williams, the master of film music. Sadly, today many people have no knowledge of your work and can’t imagine that this score, one of the most beloved of this genre, came from his authorship. This movie, starring Willian Holden and Jennifer Jones, won three Oscars - one of them for Newman for Best Score -, beautiful, simple and very sensitive.

Henry Mancini- Breakfast at Tiffany’s: What I most love in Audrey’s movies are those things that never change: the costume design of Edith Head and Givenchy, the love stories and, of course, the Henry Mancini original soundtracks: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, Two for the Road and Wait Until Dark. But it is in “Breakfast” that everything happens: since Audrey singing “Moonriver” until the last scene, everything is magical and sublime. The result? Two Oscars - Best Score and Best Song. Simply put... Unforgettable.

Michel Legrand -The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: Michel Legrand is one of the most beloved french composers, but before his works in The Thomas Crown Affair and Summer of 42 he caught Hollywood’s attention with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, one of his partnerships with Jacques Demy. The movie did reveal Catherine Deneuve to the world and made all lovers passionately sing the song “I Will Wait for You”. The score and the song earned Academy nominations and, even not winning, their beauty remains for eternity - for the heart of fans and for the eyes of love.

Nino Rota - Romeo & Juliet: If Baz Luhrmann’s version is unique and stronger, Franco Zefirelli’s film is a classic. The romantic score from Nino Rota and the gorgeous song “A Time for Us” are very soft and really sentimental, and thrilled audiences from all over the world.

Francis Lai - Love Story: Here we have another case of a film that owes as big part of its fame to the music. This score is definitely a hit and made the movie a worldwide success. Winner of the Academy’s Best Score award, its theme is a classic, and “Where do I Begin” is a song that everybody knows and love. Amazing and sweet.

Harold Faltermeyer and Giorgio Moroder- Top Gun: Ok, you can say anything about Top Gun’s story and acting, but is inquestionable that “Take My Breath Away” took my mom’s head - and from all the young couples from the eighties. Giorgio Moroder - who made an Oscar revolution when he won the Best Score award for his electronic Midnight Express - was one of the Hollywood’s biggest hit makers in the eighties, and “Take My Breath Away” is the top of his output, equipped with beautiful arrangement and good lyrics. Harol Faltermeyer’s score is less romantic, but also a hit, and that year helped all the girls to dream about Tom Cruise and his motorcycle (at least that's what my mom says). And of course, the song won the Oscar. Kitsch and popular, but very very good.

Alan Menken - Beauty and the Beast: The first animated feature to be nominated for Best Movie (and the only one to be nominated at this category with only five movies), Beauty and The Beast is the top of Disney’s new golden age, and is propelled by the most romantic score of all Disney movies. The theme, the songs and the perfect lyrics from Howard Ashman (the first Oscar winner that died of AIDS) made this movie more enchanting and charming. “Tale as old as time...”.

James Horner - Titanic: James Cameron’s romantic disaster movie took the world by storm in 1997. The score also was a huge hit: 27 millions albuns sold, two Oscars for Horner (Score and Song) and “My Heart Will Go On” was probably the most played song in 97/98. If today the song is conderered corny and hear it - again - makes you sick, 12 years ago it was a masterpiece, in fact the most remarkable hit of Celine Dion. A love story with a lovely score.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once: This movie is so humble, so small, but carries so much power in its history and songs. “Falling Slowly” is known for many for be an Oscar winner, but is so much more than this: the arrangement, the violins, the heart and the lyrics.. Those made the toughest of creatures cry, and all of this emotion is present in the soundtrack album: “Say it To Me Now”, “Lies”, “When your Mind Mades Up”, and “If you Want Me” are a few songs featured on a beautiful soundtrack from a no-less beautiful movie.

Well, I just wrote about a selected few romantic soundtracks, and I hope that when you hear these scores and songs you can feel the love that’s inside them. Because, in short, “All you Need Is Love”, isn’t it? Doesn’t matter if it is a February or June Valentine’s Day: everyday is the day to celebrate love.

Viviana Ferreira