''Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack'' is the

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album for the 1994

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-winning

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'', and contains music from many well-known American artists. The score, composed by

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, was released separately (as '' Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score'') on the same day. The album was reissued in 2001 with two additional tracks, namely " Running on Empty" by

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and " Go Your Own Way" by

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. Reflecting on compiling the soundtrack, the film's music producer Joel Sill stated "We wanted to have very recognizable material that would pinpoint time periods, yet we didn't want to interfere with what was happening cinematically." According to Sill, director

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requested all the music in the film to be from American artists because he thought that was the only kind of music that the main character, the titular Forrest Gump, would buy, further stating "All the material in there is American. Bob (Zemeckis) felt strongly about it. He felt that Forrest wouldn't buy anything but American."

Commercial performance

The soundtrack jumped from number 34 to 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart on July 30, 1994. The next week on August 6, 1994, it moved from number 7 to 3, staying there for one week. It reached its peak position of number 2 on the chart on August 13, 1994, staying there for seven weeks until September 17, 1994, when it was displaced by the soundtrack of ''

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''. The ''Forrest Gump'' soundtrack dropped from the charts on October 15, 1994. In Canada, it reached number one for one week in September 1994.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

Note: Tracks 12 and 15 on Disc 2 are additional bonus tracks on the 2001 Collector's Edition CD.

Additional songs

Songs in the movie but not on the soundtrack include: #" Lovesick Blues" –

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" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs #" Hanky Panky" – Tommy James and the Shondells #" All Along the Watchtower" –

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#" Soul Kitchen" –

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#" Hello, I Love You" –

#" People Are Strange" –

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#" Let's Work Together" –

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" – Tony Orlando & Dawn #" Get Down Tonight" – KC & the Sunshine Band #" Free Bird" –

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's song " Imagine" is mentioned and has its lyrics quoted, but was not used in the film.

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References

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