Forrest Gump (film score)

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film score soundtrack

Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Forrest Gump (film score) canonical	3
Forrest Gump (original motion picture score)	1
Forrest Gump (original score)	1
Forrest Gump (soundtrack album)	1
Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack	1
“Suite from Forrest Gump”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T878160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Forrest Gump (film score)
Context triple: [Alan Silvestri, notableWork, Forrest Gump (film score)]

A. Rain Man (1988 film) score
The "Rain Man" (1988 film) score is a minimalist, synthesizer-driven film soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer that helped establish his signature style and brought him widespread recognition in Hollywood.
B. The Thin Red Line (1998 film) score
The Thin Red Line (1998 film) score is a contemplative, minimalist war film soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, noted for its haunting themes, use of recurring motifs, and emotional depth.
C. Crimson Tide (1995 film) score
The "Crimson Tide" (1995) film score is a tense, thematically rich orchestral and choral soundtrack by Hans Zimmer that blends electronic elements with traditional scoring to heighten the submarine thriller’s drama and suspense.
D. Oppenheimer (film score)
Oppenheimer (film score) is the original musical soundtrack composed by Ludwig Göransson for Christopher Nolan’s 2023 biographical thriller about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb.
E. How the West Was Won (film score)
How the West Was Won is a sweeping orchestral film score for the 1962 epic Western, renowned for its grand, Americana-infused themes and expansive musical storytelling.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Forrest Gump (film score)
Target entity description: Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.

A. Rain Man (1988 film) score
The "Rain Man" (1988 film) score is a minimalist, synthesizer-driven film soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer that helped establish his signature style and brought him widespread recognition in Hollywood.
B. The Thin Red Line (1998 film) score
The Thin Red Line (1998 film) score is a contemplative, minimalist war film soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, noted for its haunting themes, use of recurring motifs, and emotional depth.
C. Crimson Tide (1995 film) score
The "Crimson Tide" (1995) film score is a tense, thematically rich orchestral and choral soundtrack by Hans Zimmer that blends electronic elements with traditional scoring to heighten the submarine thriller’s drama and suspense.
D. Oppenheimer (film score)
Oppenheimer (film score) is the original musical soundtrack composed by Ludwig Göransson for Christopher Nolan’s 2023 biographical thriller about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb.
E. How the West Was Won (film score)
How the West Was Won is a sweeping orchestral film score for the 1962 epic Western, renowned for its grand, Americana-infused themes and expansive musical storytelling.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film score ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ
associatedInstrument	orchestra ⓘ piano ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ
associatedWith	Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
awardReceived	BMI Film Music Award ⓘ linked to: BMI Film & TV Award
basedOn	Forrest Gump (film) ⓘ linked to: Forrest Gump
catalogCode	Epic Soundtrax catalog number (unspecified) ⓘ
composer	Alan Silvestri ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	emotive ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ sweeping ⓘ
firstReleaseDate	1994 ⓘ
format	CD ⓘ digital download ⓘ
genre	film music ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ
hasGenreContrastWith	Forrest Gump (soundtrack album of popular songs) ⓘ
hasPart	feather theme ⓘ main theme of Forrest Gump ⓘ running theme ⓘ
influencedBy	traditional Hollywood orchestral scoring ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
notableWork	“I’m Forrest… Forrest Gump” (theme) ⓘ “Suite from Forrest Gump” ⓘ linked to: Forrest Gump (film score)
orchestrator	Alan Silvestri ⓘ
originalLanguageOfWork	instrumental ⓘ
partOf	Forrest Gump (film) ⓘ linked to: Forrest Gump
performer	studio orchestra ⓘ
producer	Alan Silvestri ⓘ
publicationPlace	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
publicationYear	1994 ⓘ
recordedFor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
recordLabel	Epic Soundtrax ⓘ
style	lyrical ⓘ romantic orchestral ⓘ
usedFor	underscoring dramatic scenes ⓘ underscoring nostalgic montages ⓘ underscoring romantic scenes ⓘ
usedIn	Forrest Gump (film) ⓘ linked to: Forrest Gump

How these facts were elicited