''Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score'' is the

original score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

album for the 1994 film ''

Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and ...

'', directed by

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. The music was composed and conducted by

Alan Silvestri Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has been associated with director Robert Zemeckis since 1984, composing music for all of his feature films including the ''Back ...

. Silvestri's music was nominated for Best Original Score in the

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. The album released is not to be confused with the better-selling (and therefore more common) album of diegetic songs from the film, which were released as '' Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack''.

Critical response

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's William Ruhlmann called it "saccharine", and said that while it worked as a soundtrack "it has little value on its own", but still awarded it three stars out of possible five.

Track listing

# "I'm Forrest... Forrest Gump" – 2:41 # "You're No Different" – 1:00 # "You Can't Sit Here" – 2:27 # "Run Forrest Run" – 2:14 # "Pray with Me" – 0:58 # "The Crimson Gump" – 1:08 # "They're Sending Me to Vietnam" – 2:24 # "I Ran and Ran" – 1:44 # "I Had a Destiny" – 1:19 # "Washington Reunion" – 0:46 # "Jesus on the Main Line" (arranger: Silvestri, soloist: Donny Gerard) – 2:00 # "That's My Boat" – 1:16 # "I Never Thanked You" – 0:48 # "Jenny Returns" – 2:43 # "The Crusade" – 2:01 # "Forrest Meets Forrest" – 1:42 # "The Wedding Guest" – 1:48 # "Where Heaven Ends" – 1:34 # "Jenny's Grave" – 1:27 # "I'll Be Right Here" – 0:49 # "Suite from ''Forrest Gump''" – 6:34 The "''Forrest Gump'' Suite" on the song soundtrack is a combination of "I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump" and "Suite from ''Forrest Gump''" (the main and end titles respectively).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest Gump - Original Motion Picture Score 1994 soundtrack albums Epic Records soundtracks Alan Silvestri soundtracks Comedy film soundtracks Drama film soundtracks pt:Anexo:Música de Forrest Gump