Double 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing with printed inner sleeves with pictures and liner notes. 25th Anniversary pressing. The soundtrack to Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Forrest Gump contains music from many well-known artists. The soundtrack peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 1994, and stayed there for seven weeks. The surprise hit of the 1994 summer movie season traces the life of a halfwit through the major historical events of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. The soundtrack is a travelog of the same period, from Elvis Presley's 1956 hit 'Hound Dog' to Bob Seger's 1980 hit 'Against the Wind'. 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 accompanying hits. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley, Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy, (I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Clarence Frogman Henry, Walk Right in - the Rooftop Singers, Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett, Blowin' in the Wind - Joan Baez, Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - the Four Tops*, Respect - Aretha Franklin, Rainy Day Women #12 ; 35 - Bob Dylan, Sloop John B - the Beach Boys, California Dreamin' - the Mamas ; the Papas, For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield, What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie Deshannon, Break on Through (To the Other Side) - the Doors, Mrs. Robinson - Simon ; Garfunkel, Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane, Let's Get Together - the Youngbloods, San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie, Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - the Byrds, Medley: Aquarius / Let the Sunshine in - the Fifth Dimension, Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson, Joy to the World - Three Dog Night, Written-By - Hoyt Axton, Stoned Love - the Supremes, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - B.J. Thomas, Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) - Randy Newman, Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd, It Keeps You Runnin' - the Doobie Brothers, I've Got to Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight ; the Pips*, On the Road Again - Willie Nelson, Against the Wind - Bob Seger ; the Silver Bullet Band*, Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
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