Earl Grant -: Love Theme From La Strada

At the back of the room, an upright piano stood against a velvet curtain. The crowd was a blur of sharp suits and tired eyes, but when the first notes of Nino Rota’s "Love Theme from La Strada" drifted through the room, the clinking of glasses softened.

The rain in Rome didn’t fall; it sighed, coating the cobblestones in a slick, charcoal reflection of the streetlamps. Inside a dimly lit lounge near the Via Veneto, the air smelled of expensive tobacco and damp wool. Earl Grant - Love Theme from La Strada

Elias closed his eyes, hearing the ghostly echo of Earl Grant’s Hammond organ. He added a slight, rhythmic bounce to the melancholy theme, a rhythmic "strut" that suggested hope was just around the corner, even if it was currently out of sight. At the back of the room, an upright