Theme | From Love Story (love Story/soundtrack Version)
While the Soundtrack Version by Francis Lai is the original, several other renditions helped make it a 70s phenomenon:
: Composer Francis Lai was reportedly inspired by his own previous work for a film called Love Is a Funny Thing . Paramount executives asked him to use a similar style but "slow it down" to match the film's tragic tone. Theme From Love Story (Love Story/Soundtrack Version)
: The theme won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. While the Soundtrack Version by Francis Lai is
: An instrumental version that also reached the Billboard charts. Theme From Love Story (Love Story/Soundtrack Version)