Editing Forrest Gump (section)

==Soundtrack==
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The soundtrack, featuring 32 songs from the film, was released on July 6, 1994. With the exception of a lengthy suite of themes from [[Alan Silvestri]]'s original score, all the songs are previously released. Among the artists featured in the film are [[Elvis Presley]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Hank Williams]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Three Dog Night]], [[The Byrds]], [[The Beach Boys]], [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]], [[The Doors]], [[Canned Heat]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[The Mamas & the Papas]], [[The Doobie Brothers]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Randy Newman]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[KC & The Sunshine Band]], and [[Buffalo Springfield]]. Reflecting on compiling the soundtrack, music producer Joel Sill stated "We wanted to have very recognizable material that would pinpoint time periods, yet we didn't want to interfere with what was happening cinematically."<ref name="SongMood">{{cite news|last=Rice|first=Lynette|title=Songs Set the Mood for 'Gump'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SzcTAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648,4299465|work=[[Gainesville Sun]]|date=August 14, 1994|access-date=July 3, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film and the two-disc album have a variety of music from the 1950s to the 1980s performed by American artists. According to Sill, Zemeckis requested this because he thought that American music was the only kind of music Forrest would buy, further stating "All the material in there is American. Bob (Zemeckis) felt strongly about it. He felt that Forrest wouldn't buy anything but American."<ref name="SongMood" />

The soundtrack reached a peak of number 2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' album chart]].<ref name="SongMood" /> The soundtrack went on to sell twelve&nbsp;million copies, and is one of the top selling albums in the US.<ref name="AlbumSell">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp |title=Top Albums at the Recording Industry Association of America|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=July 1, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040619214153/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp |archive-date = June 19, 2004}}</ref> The Oscar-nominated [[Film score|score]] for the film was composed and conducted by [[Alan Silvestri]] and released on August 2, 1994.