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1996 Regular Releases: (see legend below for information on abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•The Adventures of Pinocchio1996Rachel Portman, Lee Holdridge, Stevie Wonder, Brian May***3.131380|98706/03 - 03/09
N
Broken Arrow1996Hans Zimmer, Don Harper****3.04941|||1,30210/09
•Chain Reaction1996Jerry Goldsmith***3.181451||85910/96 - 03/05
•City Hall1996Jerry Goldsmith***3.221440|1,05106/98 - 03/05
•Courage Under Fire1996James Horner**3.059094|36009/96 - 05/07
•Daylight1996Randy Edelman***3.262277|65612/96 - 09/08
•Dragonheart1996Randy Edelman***3.875,70640||6609/96 - 02/08
•Emma1996Rachel Portman***3.431350|49909/96 - 04/06
•The English Patient1996Gabriel Yared***3.262,2940|||9212/96 - 02/08
•Evita1996Andrew Lloyd Webber****4.098,74411|||4611/96 - 05/07
•Executive Decision1996Jerry Goldsmith**3.191870|80410/96 - 03/05
•The Fan1996Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona*2.6620414|||99710/03 - 04/09all albums
•The Frighteners1996Danny Elfman*2.712856|54809/96 - 09/08
•The Ghost and the Darkness1996Jerry Goldsmith****4.122,9742||14010/96 - 09/08
•Hamlet1996Patrick Doyle***3.714144|31401/97 - 04/05
•The Hunchback of Notre Dame1996Alan Menken***3.924,89426|||12809/96 - 09/08
•Independence Day1996David Arnold*****4.074,52553|||12009/96 - 08/08all albums
•Last Man Standing1996Ry Cooder, Elmer BernsteinVaried2.84644||62409/96 - 05/06all albums
•Michael Collins1996Elliot Goldenthal****3.654950||63410/96 - 09/08
•Mission: Impossible1996Danny Elfman**3.2715515||20309/96 - 01/06
•Moll Flanders1996Mark Mancina***2.881811|99307/99 - 06/07
•Muppet Treasure Island1996Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann***3.5791116||21107/98 - 09/08
•The Phantom1996David Newman***3.623891||64109/96 - 09/08
•The Quest1996Randy Edelman**2.73752|1,19909/03 - 04/09
•Ransom1996James Horner, Billy Corgan**2.651192|72111/96 - 05/05
•Restoration1995James Newton Howard*****3.693284|73203/00 - 04/07
•The Rock1996Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer, Don Harper***3.416,1217|||3509/96 - 02/08
•Shadow Conspiracy1996Bruce Broughton***2.951470|97409/96 - 08/08
•Shine1996David Hirschfelder***3.091131|62911/96 - 04/06
•Sleepers1996John Williams**3.261533||62310/96 - 04/05
•The Spitfire Grill1996James Horner*****4.051,4356|||36609/96 - 08/08
•Star Trek: First Contact1996Jerry Goldsmith***3.747,81824|||4412/96 - 09/06all albums
•Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Game)1996Joel McNeely****3.951547||48710/96 - 02/06
•To Gillian on her 37th Birthday1996James Horner**2.941740|73809/96 - 03/05
•Twelfth Night1996Shaun Davey****3.952841|56203/98 - 04/06multiple albums
•Twister1996Mark Mancina***3.4464621||39909/96 - 08/08


1996 Special Releases:
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Apollo 131995James Horner*****4.348,91262||||4109/96 - 01/08promotional
•Battlestar Galactica (TV)1978Stu Phillips****3.683516||24809/99 - 09/08promotional set
•The Black Cauldron1985Elmer Bernstein***3.711352||79211/96 - 04/06bootleg
•Cape Fear1962
1991		Bernard Herrmann***3.931201|81811/96 - 04/06original
•Doctor Who (TV)1996John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre ***3.011511|89811/99 - 06/07promotional
•E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial1982John Williams*****4.266,329129||||4709/96 - 08/08expanded
•The Eyes of the Panther (TV)/Not Since Casanova1989
1988		John Debney***3.711470||1,04310/99 - 05/07limited
•In Pursuit of Honor (TV)/Class of '61 (TV)1995
1993		John Debney****3.331380||1,07510/99 - 06/07promotional
•Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest (TV)1990
1993		John Debney***2.771831|67011/99 - 06/07promotional
•The Last Starfighter1984Craig Safan****3.442621||63009/96 - 08/08expanded
•Robotech (TV)1985Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various**3.312971|74503/01 - 06/07multiple albums
•Testament/In Country1983
1989		James HornerVaried3.32743||79012/96 - 03/05bootleg
•The Truth and the Light: Music from The X-Files (TV)1993Mark Snow, Jeff Charbonneau**3.265961||45711/98 - 06/07
•Vertigo1958Bernard Herrmann*****
****		4.181,7380|||28407/97 - 09/06re-recording, expanded
•Warriors of Virtue1997Don Davis****3.432560||83809/99 - 02/08


1996 Compilations:
 TitleYear Artist(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Adventures in Hollywood1996Various**3.02450|1,19110/96 - 07/06
•The Alien Trilogy1996The Royal Scottish National Orchestra****3.51558||79410/96 - 07/06
•The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary1996Various***2.891001||59812/96 - 08/08
•The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II1996The City of Prague Philharmonic***3.49650||88011/96 - 07/06
•Hollywood '961996The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus****4.071090|1,16611/96 - 07/06
•How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I1996The City of Prague Philharmonic***3.11450|1,20010/96 - 07/06
•Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II1996The City of Prague Philharmonic***3.40570|1,18310/96 - 07/06
•Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 11996Various****3.872130||97701/00 - 02/08promotional
•Monstrous Movie Music1996The Radio Symphony Orchestra of CracowVaried3.55850|42110/96 - 05/06multiple albums
•Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 21996Danny Elfman*****4.151292||44312/96 - 02/06



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