Forrest Gump did not pay him, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the blockbuster film lost money. Tom Hanks, by contrast, contracted for a percent share of the film's "gross" receipts instead of a salary, and he and director Zemeckis each received $40 million. Additionally, Groom was not mentioned once in any of the film's six Oscar-winner speeches. Groom's dispute with Paramount was later effectively resolved after Groom declared he was satisfied with Paramount's explanation of their accounting, this coinciding with Groom receiving a seven-figure contract with Paramount for film rights to another of his books, "Gump & Co." This film was
Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score its own". The ""Forrest Gump" Suite" on the song soundtrack is a combination of "I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump" and "Suite from "Forrest Gump"" (the main and end titles respectively). Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score is the original score album for the 1994 film "Forrest Gump", directed by Robert Zemeckis. The music was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri. Silvestri's music was nominated for Best Original Score in the 67th Academy Awards. The album released is not to be confused with the better-selling (and therefore more common) album of diegetic songs from the