Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), a Danish woman, marries Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer), a friend for the title of Baroness and they move to Africa and start a coffee plantation. Things unfold when her husband begins cheating on her and is away on business often, so she's at home alone, working on the farm and bonding with two men she met in her first day in Africa. She eventually falls in love with the one, Denys Finch-Hatton (Robert Redford) and goes on safari and whatnot with him. Later, she begins to want more from him than the simple friendship/relationship they have and pushes marriage, but Denys still wants his freedom.

The score’s legendary main theme anchors the score, receiving a full performance in the opening cue, “Main Title – I Had a Farm in Africa”. After a few moments of stately build-up, combining regal brass fanfares with slow, refined string and woodwind accents, the theme emerges into life, and it’s utterly glorious. Searching, emotional strings combine with a deep, sonorous brass countermelody, and a lilting, lyrical variation for flutes. It’s one of the most beloved, most-recorded film themes in history, and it’s not difficult to see why.

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