a recent one:
"Me and You and Everyone We Know" by Michael Andrews

both film and score highly recommended

flambeur, October 15, 2006; 2:41 PM

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (Michel Legrand)

handstand, October 15, 2006; 3:50 PM

1. Cinema paradiso
2. Il postino
3. Cool hand luke

peter-anselm, October 15, 2006; 4:56 PM

THE ARRANGEMENT by David Amram (unfortunately not on CD yet !)

rayanimator, October 15, 2006; 5:16 PM

Hello,

A few scores that come to mind.

"Chocolat"- Rachel Portman
"Frankie Starlight" - Elmer Bernstein
"El Milagro De P.Tinto" - Suso Saiz
"The Sandlot" - David Newman
"Cousin Bette" - Simon Boswell
"The Love Letter" - Luis Bacalov
"The Escape Artist" - Georges Delerue
(And any of the Vic Mizzy scores I own would qualify)


Best Regards,
David Phoenix, AZ.

deg63iami, October 15, 2006; 5:58 PM

Bicentennial Man by Horner
Babylon 5 Sleeping in Light by Chris Franke

karol, October 15, 2006; 5:55 PM

I could also have named quite a lot of the other scores mentioned here (e.g. Cinema Paradiso), but I would not really think of these as "light-hearted". To me, light-hearted would be definitely not melancholic - which these scores are in my ears.

Urs

handstand, October 15, 2006; 6:20 PM

I would say High Time (Henry Mancini), Amarcord (Nino Rota), Pinocchio (Nicola Piovani) and Il Gatto (Ennio Morricone).


victoravalentine, October 15, 2006; 6:22 PM

Under the Tuscan Sun by Christophe Beck- Okay/Yes!!! :)

Kim
emt8134@aol.com

emt8134, October 15, 2006; 6:43 PM

FOLLOW ME by John Barry... I love it!

angeldibujo, October 15, 2006; 7:43 PM

Let me think... light & easy, yet touching, light hearted & romantic...

I would think musical scores basically fit this description perfectly like Henri Mancini's ''Victor, Victoria'' but I cannot think of a film score per se at the moment.

I got one!... I think.

''An Almost Perfect Affair'' by the great romantic Georges Delerue with a dose of melancholy weaved into the music as most always.

serifiot, October 16, 2006; 7:41 PM

Another... ''Un Homme Et Une Femme'' by Francis Lai.

serifiot, October 15, 2006; 7:55 PM

Wow, thanks for all the answers, didn't expect such warm response. What's more, it seems like we all have very different "favorites"! Hardly any repetitions!

matngkl, October 15, 2006; 8:00 PM

The winter guest - Michael Kamen
Carried away - Bruce Broughton
Un homme amoureux - Georges Delerue

Just to name a few ones for me ...
Best regards

michel, October 16, 2006; 4:00 AM

Fierce Creatures by Jerry Goldsmith! fab score :-)

Salem_Saberhagen400, October 16, 2006; 6:57 PM

Never let a good thread die!

FIELD OF DREAMS - Everything of the asked-for description. Horner himself on the piano, I believe.

THE MUSE (Elton John!?) Yes, THAT Elton John. But for two songs tacked to the end, a fully-orchestral effort. Prevailing mood: light and gay, quasi-baroque.

MIDNIGHT RUN - Not the usual Danny Elfman sound-- written in a blues idiom! Mood: optimistic blues. (oxymoron)

WAG THE DOG - Mark Knopfler. Variety of styles of acoustic guitar music.

BENNY & JOON (Rachel Portman) sags a bit in places... Portman's got some great, light themes in a whole bunch of movies. Someone really ought to put together a compilation.

zuvqwyx3, October 26, 2006; 8:18 PM

Hmm...
Dinosaur - James Newton Howard
Ladyhawke - John Powell
Lucky Number Slevin - J. Ralph
Rudy - Jerry Goldsmith
Spaceballs - John Morris
Trouble With Angels - Jerry Goldsmith

Those are a few. There are others, but they repeat some of those already listed. Cheers!

Emerald124, October 27, 2006; 11:15 PM