Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
Original Release Date: July 6, 1994
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Sony
CD 1:
1.Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 2.Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
3.(I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Clarence Henry
4.Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
5.Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
6.Blowin' In The Wind - Joan Baez
7.Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
8.I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
9.Respect - Aretha Franklin
10.Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
11.Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
12.California Dreamin' - Mamas & The Papas
13.For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
14.What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
15.Break On Through (To The Other Side) - Doors
16.Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
CD 2:
1.Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane 2.Let's Get Together - The Youngbloods
3.San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
4.Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds
5.Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension
6.Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson
7.Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
8.Stoned Love - Supremes
9.Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
10.Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) - Randy Newman
11.Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
12.It Keeps You Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
13.I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight/The Pips
14.On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
15.Against The Wind - Bob Seeker & The Silver
16.Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
Forrest Gump (1994) is one of the most successful films ever made, winning Tom Hanks his second successive Best Actor Oscar (he won the previous year for Philadelphia) as well as claiming the Best Picture Oscar and many other awards and nominations, including several for music. A unique fable of American life from the 1950s to the 80s, the film blends comedy, drama, war, romance and groundbreaking special effects into a social and political portrait of the passing years, all seen through the eyes of the intellectually challenged but immensely likeable Forrest Gump. The soundtrack is a double album featuring 31 classic pop tunes plus a suite from Alan Silvestri's rich orchestral music, represented more completely on the companion score album. Opening with Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog", this is a fine anthology of three decades of American music, taking in everything from Joan Baez's "Blowin' In The Wind" to Aretha Franklin's "Respect", The Mammas and The Papas' "California Dreamin'" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson". Here also is Scott McKenzie with "San Francisco", plus Jefferson Airplane, the Supremes, Lynyrd Skynrd and many more. Like American Graffiti (1973), this is one of the great pop soundtracks, happily at home in just about any music collection. --Gary S. Dalkin
Forrest Gump (1994) is one of the most successful films ever made, winning Tom Hanks his second successive Best Actor Oscar (he won the previous year for Philadelphia) as well as claiming the Best Picture Oscar and many other awards and nominations, including several for music. A unique fable of American life from the 1950s to the 80s, the film blends comedy, drama, war, romance and groundbreaking special effects into a social and political portrait of the passing years, all seen through the eyes of the intellectually challenged but immensely likeable Forrest Gump. The soundtrack is a double album featuring 31 classic pop tunes plus a suite from Alan Silvestri's rich orchestral music, represented more completely on the companion score album. Opening with Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog", this is a fine anthology of three decades of American music, taking in everything from Joan Baez's "Blowin' In The Wind" to Aretha Franklin's "Respect", The Mammas and The Papas' "California Dreamin'" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson". Here also is Scott McKenzie with "San Francisco", plus Jefferson Airplane, the Supremes, Lynyrd Skynrd and many more. Like American Graffiti (1973), this is one of the great pop soundtracks, happily at home in just about any music collection. --Gary S. Dalkin
