During Adrian and Rocky’s first date scene, after a wintery night out (he calls in a favor to allow her to ice skate at a closed rink while he runs alongside her), they return to his shabby apartment. In the original Rocky, the audience never sees the couple do more than kiss. Likewise, you feel (and envision) Rocky’s emotions as Adrian’s comfort level grows.īut it’s the following song on the soundtrack, the romantic ballad “You Take My Heart Away,” that would go on to become Rocky and Adrian’s signature love theme throughout the Rocky series. From the tentative first piano notes and quiet orchestration of “First Date,” you feel (almost see, really) the shy bespectacled pet store clerk morph into a desirable woman who needs (and deeply wants) the down-but-not-out boxer.
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