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    • Forrest Gump (Special Edition)

    08/21/2001 | Sony 

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    All Music Guide Review

    The surprise hit of the 1994 summer movie season traces the life of a half-wit through the major historical events of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, and this soundtrack album is a travelogue of the same period, from Elvis Presley's 1956 hit "Hound Dog" to Bob Seger's 1980 hit "Against the Wind." Like the movie, the soundtrack to Forrest Gump succeeds at repackaging the familiar -- in the film, we revisit everything from desegregation and the Vietnam War to the self-centered trends of the '70s, and on the soundtrack, we hear the concurrent hits for the umpteenth time -- although, unlike the movie, the soundtrack doesn't trivialize what it recycles. Playing it is basically like listening to an oldies radio station, minus the commercials and annoying DJ patter, but just like many other song-oriented soundtracks, this is still a miscellaneous collection. That, however, didn't keep it from shooting into the Top Ten as the movie became a blockbuster. The double-CD version contains eight more tracks than the cassette. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Hound Dog
  • Presley, Elvis
  • 2:16
  • 2
  • Rebel Rouser
  • Eddy, Duane
  • 2:22
  • 3
  • (I Don't Know Why) But I Do
  • Henry, Clarence "Frogman"
  • 2:18
  • 4
  • Walk Right In
  • Rooftop Singers
  • 2:33
  • 5
  • Land of 1000 Dances
  • Pickett, Wilson
  • 2:25
  • 6
  • Blowin' in the Wind
  • Baez, Joan
  • 2:36
  • 7
  • Fortunate Son
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • 2:18
  • 8
  • I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
  • Four Tops
  • 2:43
  • 9
  • Respect
  • Franklin, Aretha
  • 2:27
  • 10
  • Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
  • Dylan, Bob
  • 4:35
  • 11
  • Sloop John B
  • Beach Boys
  • 2:56
  • 12
  • California Dreamin'
  • Mamas & The Papas
  • 2:39
  • 13
  • For What It's Worth
  • Buffalo Springfield
  • 2:38
  • 14
  • What the World Needs Now Is Love
  • DeShannon, Jackie
  • 3:13
  • 15
  • Break on Through (To the Other Side)
  • Doors
  • 2:27
  • 16
  • Mrs. Robinson
  • Simon & Garfunkel
  • 3:51
  • 17 (2)
  • Volunteers
  • Jefferson Airplane
  • 2:04
  • 18 (2)
  • Let's Get Together
  • Youngbloods
  • 4:36
  • 19 (2)
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
  • McKenzie, Scott
  • 2:58
  • 20 (2)
  • Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
  • Byrds
  • 3:54
  • 21 (2)
  • Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
  • Fifth Dimension [1]
  • 4:48
  • 22 (2)
  • Everybody's Talkin'
  • Nilsson, Harry
  • 2:44
  • 23 (2)
  • Joy to the World
  • Three Dog Night
  • 3:16
  • 24 (2)
  • Stoned Love
  • Supremes
  • 2:59
  • 25 (2)
  • Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
  • Thomas, B.J.
  • 3:00
  • 26 (2)
  • Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)
  • Newman, Randy
  • 2:46
  • 27 (2)
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • 4:43
  • 28 (2)
  • Running on Empty
  • Browne, Jackson
  • 4:56
  • 29 (2)
  • It Keeps You Runnin'
  • Doobie Brothers
  • 4:13
  • 30 (2)
  • I've Got to Use My Imagination
  • Knight, Gladys & the Pips
  • 3:30
  • 31 (2)
  • Go Your Own Way
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • 3:39
  • 32 (2)
  • On the Road Again
  • Nelson, Willie
  • 2:29
  • 33 (2)
  • Against the Wind
  • Seger, Bob & the Silver Bullet Band
  • 5:33
  • 34 (2)
  • Forrest Gump Suite (*)
  • Silvestri, Alan
  • 8:49

  • Credits

    • Joel Sill
    • Producer, Soundtrack Executive Producer


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