“Love’s Theme” is one of the central instrumental themes from Giorgio Moroder’s Academy Award–winning score for Midnight Express (1978). Blending analog synthesizers, sequenced bass lines, and cinematic string arrangements, the piece captures the tension and emotional duality of the film — a mixture of longing, danger, and transcendence. Its pulsing arpeggios and evolving harmonic textures illustrate Moroder’s pioneering fusion of electronic minimalism and orchestral drama, which redefined how synthesizers could convey feeling in cinema. The soundtrack became a benchmark for electronic film scoring, influencing composers from Vangelis to Trent Reznor and establishing Moroder as a master of atmosphere and motion through sound.