The passion and pain he brings to the middle portions of Forrest Gump

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2018)

The soundtrack boasts a variety of sounds of the era - perhaps too wide a variety. Often, music can be useful in establishing a mood, but Forrest Gump rockets into the realm of overkill. There are sequences when the choice of song is inspired (the use of "Running on Empty" for Forrest's "long run" comes to mind), but the soundtrack could have used a little pruning. There are times when it seems as much designed to sell CDs as to cement the setting. Ultimately, however, any such gripes about Forrest Gump are minor.