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Various Artists - Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack - 32 American Classics On 2 CDs (1994)
	Album details
	Label: Sony    Ref#: ?-0064 Date: 6/28/1994   Category:   Length: 0:00     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre:
Notes/Reviews
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
Songs/Tracks
1.   Hound Dog - Elvis Presley   2.   Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy   3.   (I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Clarence 'Frogman' 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) - The Four Tops   9.   Respect - Aretha Franklin   10.   Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan   11.   Sloop John B - The Beach Boys   12.   California Dreamin' - The Mamas And 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) - The Doors   16.   Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel   17.   Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane   18.   Let's Get Together - The Youngbloods   19.   San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie   20.   Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds   21.   Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension   22.   Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson   23.   Joy To The World - Three Dog Night   24.   Stoned Love - The Supremes   25.   Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas   26.   Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) - Randy Newman   27.   Sweet Home Alabama - Lynrd Skynrd   28.   It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers   29.   I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips   30.   On The Road Again - Willie Nelson   31.   Against The Wind - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band   32.   Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
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