▁not ▁contemporary ▁sound ing . ▁W ingo ▁stated ▁that ▁En nio ▁Mor ric one ' s ▁compos itions ▁for ▁Days ▁of ▁Heaven ▁( 1 9 7 8 ), ▁The ▁Battle ▁of ▁Al gi ers ▁( 1 9 6 6 ), ▁and ▁ ▁The ▁Mission ▁influenced ▁the ▁score ▁of ▁L oving , ▁al beit ▁W ingo ▁didn ' t ▁listen ▁to ▁them ▁prior ▁to ▁scoring . ▁Using ▁a ▁minimal ist ▁approach , ▁when ▁he ▁could , ▁W ingo ▁mostly ▁wished ▁to ▁reflect ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ' s ▁emot ional ▁and ▁psych ological ▁st akes . ▁ ▁W ingo ▁felt ▁that ▁L oving ▁shouldn ' t ▁have ▁any ▁big , ▁swe eping ▁them es ▁because ▁both ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁were ▁very ▁sh y , ▁reserved ▁people ▁but ▁having ▁such ▁a ▁grace ▁and ▁beauty ▁about ▁them . ▁He ▁spoke ▁of ▁Nich ols ▁wanting ▁him ▁to ▁watch ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski ' s ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ), ▁as ▁Nich ols ▁wanted ▁the ▁movie ▁to ▁feel ▁the ▁same ▁way . ▁W ingo ▁later ▁spoke ▁of ▁[ N ich ols ] ▁wish ing ▁to ▁capture ▁what ▁they ▁felt ▁facing ▁this ▁hor rible ▁per sec ution , ▁which ▁results ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁being ▁simple ▁and ▁rest rained , ▁al beit ▁with ▁a ▁real ▁beauty ▁to ▁it . ▁W ingo ▁chose ▁the ▁distinct ive ▁Amer icana - type ▁score ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁musical ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁gather ▁a ▁ 1 4 - pie ce ▁string ▁ensemble