Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack is the soundtrack album based on the Academy Award winning film, "Forrest Gump", and contains music from many well-known artists. The score, composed by Alan Silvestri, was released separately (as "Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score") on the same day. The album was reissued in 2001 with two additional tracks. Commercial Performance. The soundtrack jumped from number 34 to 7 on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart on July 30, 1994. The next week on August 6, 1994, it moved from number 7 to 3, staying there for one week. It reached  its peak position of number 2 on the chart on August 13, 1994, staying there for seven weeks until September 17, 1994, when it was displaced by the soundtrack of "The Lion King". The "Forrest Gump" soundtrack dropped from the charts on October 15, 1994. In Canada, it reached number one for one week in September 1994. Additional songs. Songs in the movie but not on the soundtrack include: John Lennon's song "Imagine" is mentioned, but was not used in the film.