是约翰．威廉斯与导演奥立彿．史东的首度合作，也是威廉斯在８０年代的作品中，最具旋律性的一部配乐作品，虽然在这张原声带中只收录了不到三十分鐘的配乐作品，另外半张原声带则收录了在电影中，一些反映时代背景和人物情感的歌曲，然而整张原声带听下来其实十分赏心悦耳，不仅在配乐部分曲曲动人，歌曲同样也支支动听．
专辑曲目:
1. A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall (4:58)
Performed by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
2. Born on the Bayou (4:54)
Performed by The Broken Hornes
3. Brown Eyed Girl (3:07)
Performed by Van Morrison
4. American Pie (8:32)
Performed by Don McLean
5. My Girl (2:43)
Performed by The Temptations
6. Soldier Boy (2:39)
Performed by The Shirelles
7. Venus (2:21)
Performed by Frankie Avalon
8. Moon River (2:41)
Performed by Henry Mancini
9. Prologue (1:22)
10. The Early Days, Massapequa, 1957 (4:57)
11. The Shooting of Wilson (5:07)
12. Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 1968 (5:02)
13. Homecoming (2:38)
14. Born on the Fourth of July (5:44)
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