Ennio Moriccone's music theme from the 1998 movie "Cinema Paradiso" is definitely one of the most emotional and tear-inducing melodies in film history.
"Cinema Paradiso" tells the story of a filmmaker recalling his childhood in a Sicilian village where his friendship with a movie projectionist becomes the stepping stone for the boy to find his passion in film making and realise his dreams away from his home village. It is a story about love and passion: passion for movies, love of a young man for a young woman, love in a long-term friendship of a father-to-son nature.
The melody is at the same time romantic, poignant and heartbreaking, creating a powerful combination of emotions and perfectly integrating with the mood and spirit of the film.