(I was with friends; I got completely outvoted on the movie we would watch; they all wanted to see this one and I didn't; I ended up being the only one who liked it, ha!)
And Thomas Newman's entire music score is lovely to me
'Quilting Theme' less than two minutes, give it a listen ;)
I like Ryder, too, in anything I've seen her in. I've not seen a lot, I don't think. But this movie really pleasantly surprised me with how much I liked it. I like when that happens -- when a movie gets me to like it when I least expect it to.
(and, if anything, I also noticed a certain stunning swimmer that we meet at the swimming pool in the movie . . . ha)
It's all interesting-to-me reasons I posted the question -- it's a movie I thought I wouldn't like but I ended up liking it a lot. And I love the music in it. ( I realize none of this may help you give the movie a look, ha. )
I'm unsure why I was so involved in it. I like the cast a lot, especially Ellen Burstyn, but, still - - I almost don't remember details, instead, just a sense of having experienced the movie along with the cast. :)
BB's answer may help you understand your nice memory about it. I'm watching something on Prime right now that is a nice story but the acting is awful and the production seems like it's from the 50s, and maybe it is. I think I'll find out. It's a Scottish production and the few glimpses of the countryside are very pretty and inviting. Oh, and the music is good.
I'm listening again as I type. For weeks, it seems, when I get home in the evening/night, I've listened to this soundtrack. I find it incredibly calming.