Soundtrack - Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack is the soundtrack album based on the Academy Award winning film Forrest Gump, originally released in June 1994 via Paramount and Epic Soundtrax.

The album contains music from many well-known artists. The score, composed by Alan Silvestri, was released separately (as Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score) on the same day. The album was reissued in 2001 with additional tracks.

Forrest Gump was the surprise hit of the 1994 summer movie season. It traced 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" with Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Lynyrd Skynyrd and so many more in between.

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 transporting back to the era, it’s a wonderful collection of well known and loved songs. The album peaked at #2 on the charts in 1994 staying there for seven weeks.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2022 reissue on black vinyl housed in a single pocket sleeve with printed inner sleeves, pressed in Europe via Epic Records.