Song: “Life Is Beautiful” Theme
Artist: Nicola Piovani
Album: Life Is Beautiful Original Soundtrack

One of my friends took me to see this movie for my (18th) birthday. I saw it two more times after that in the theater (and I swear I still cried each time). It’s not one of those movies, like Before Sunset, that I can watch “over and over” again. But, I have to say that hands down it is one of, if not my most, favorite movies.

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I always thought that if I had a “soundtrack” to my own life, this would be one of the tracks.

It’s a little embarrassing to say, but back in the day when I was a young teenage hopeful silly little girl, I used to think about how nice it would be to dance to this song with “him” (whoever “that guy” was to be in my life, because at the time I didn’t have a boyfriend) at sunset at the beach. The rays of the sun turning everything golden as we swayed back and forth, my eyes closed, completely enveloped in “his” embrace.

I know: super cheesy.