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Confidential 1997 Jerry Goldsmith *** 3.10 2,167 0 | 274 12/97 - 06/07 • Last Stand at Sabre River (TV) 1997 David Shire *** 3.35 104 0 | 1,200 12/97 - 06/06 • Liar Liar 1997 John Debney, James Newton Howard *** 3.11 615 2 | 818 06/99 - 02/08 • The Long Way Home 1997 Lee Holdridge *** 3.25 83 0 | 1,246 12/97 - 03/06 • The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 John Williams *** 3.95 4,017 5 ||| 63 05/97 - 02/08 • Mars Attacks! 1996 Danny Elfman ** 2.98 595 5 ||| 375 03/97 - 06/11 all albums • Marvin's Room 1996 Rachel Portman *** 2.98 145 2 | 1,156 05/03 - 03/09 • Men in Black 1997 Danny Elfman *** 3.07 1,945 3 || 150 01/98 - 09/06 • Mimic 1997 Marco Beltrami **** 2.93 93 0 || 1,614 12/11 all albums • Mouse Hunt 1997 Alan Silvestri **** 3.32 95 1 || 1,655 01/12 • Narrow Escape (TV) 1997 David Michael Frank *** 3.17 54 0 | 1,253 12/97 - 06/06 • The Peacemaker 1997 Hans Zimmer, Gavin Greenaway **** 3.25 2,670 1 ||| 100 09/97 - 02/08 all albums • The Postman 1997 James Newton Howard **** 3.09 96 0 || 1,578 07/10 • The Rainmaker 1997 Elmer Bernstein *** 2.88 204 0 | 971 12/97 - 12/06 • Red Corner 1997 Thomas Newman *** 2.92 52 1 || 1,690 02/12 • Rosewood 1997 John Williams *** 3.09 166 1 || 683 03/97 - 11/11 • Rough Riders (TV) 1997 Peter Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein *** 3.65 265 2 | 918 12/97 - 08/08 • The Saint 1997 Graeme Revell **** 3.86 1,610 2 || 172 05/97 - 10/06 all albums • Seven Years in Tibet 1997 John Williams **** 3.92 2,042 3 || 78 09/97 - 03/08 • Smilla's Sense of Snow 1997 Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer ** 2.98 201 2 || 713 03/97 - 09/11 • Stargate SG-1 (TV) 1997 Joel Goldsmith, Various **** 3.20 662 3 ||| 226 12/97 - 09/08 all albums • Starship Troopers 1997 Basil Poledouris *** 3.24 2,678 54 || 203 11/97 - 03/08 • Swept from the Sea 1997 John Barry *** 3.22 437 0 || 675 11/97 - 12/06 • Titanic 1997 James Horner ***** 4.11 27,024 158 ||||| 6 11/97 - 04/12 multiple albums • Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 David Arnold **** 4.21 9,554 28 ||| 47 11/97 - 03/08 all albums • True Women (TV) 1997 Bruce Broughton **** 3.51 414 1 | 953 06/97 - 12/06 • Volcano 1997 Alan Silvestri *** 3.06 959 2 | 195 05/97 - 12/06 • The Whole Wide World 1996 Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer *** 3.04 138 1 || 920 07/04 - 09/11 • Wilde 1997 Debbie Wiseman **** 3.37 83 1 || 1,644 01/12 multiple albums 1997 Special Releases:  Title Year Composer(s) FR VR VT CT RD  TR Dates Notes • 1941 1979 John Williams ** 3.02 177 1 ||| 1,381 08/09 - 10/11 re-issue • Airplane!/Little Women 1980 Elmer Bernstein * 3.49 200 4 || 557 10/97 - 07/09 bootleg • Bound 1996 Don Davis *** 3.04 104 0 | 829 12/97 - 03/06 promotional • (More Music from) Braveheart 1995 James Horner ** 4.17 27,532 188 ||| 2 09/96 - 09/08 all albums • Breakheart Pass 1975 Jerry Goldsmith *** 3.18 88 0 || 1,482 07/09 bootleg • Chicago Hope (TV) 1994 Jeff Rona, Mark Isham **** 3.42 582 0 || 159 02/98 - 02/08 • Cleopatra 1963 Alex North *** 4.01 986 9 ||| 161 03/01 - 09/08 limited • Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 John Williams * 3.79 2,155 7 ||| 79 05/98 - 04/08 bootleg • Cocoon 1985 James Horner **** 3.71 659 2 || 466 10/97 - 03/08 re-issue • Cosmic Voyage (IMAX) 1996 David Michael Frank **** 3.46 96 1 | 983 12/97 - 08/08 promotional • Dune 1984 Toto * 4.05 13,498 38 |||| 45 12/97 - 09/08 expanded • The Fan 1996 Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona * 2.63 225 14 ||| 960 10/03 - 04/09 bootlegs • Flatliners/Falling Down 1990 1993 James Newton Howard ***** 3.03 121 0 || 506 06/97 - 03/06 bootleg • Flight of the Intruder 1991 Basil Poledouris ** 2.89 131 3 || 1,073 07/03 - 02/13 bootlegs • Fly Away Home 1996 Mark Isham ***** 3.93 603 17 || 411 07/03 - 03/09 promotional and bootlegs • I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997 John Debney *** 3.06 255 1 || 612 01/99 - 08/08 promotional • Ice Station Zebra 1968 Michel Legrand ** 3.30 283 2 || 552 04/97 - 11/08 all albums • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 John Williams **** 3.94 4,534 18 ||| 83 08/97 - 12/08 re-issue • Islands in the Stream 1977 Jerry Goldsmith *** 3.18 175 0 || 1,473 08/09 - 03/10 re-issue • King Kong Lives 1986 John Scott ***** 3.59 220 1 ||| 574 08/97 - 10/12 bootleg • King Solomon's Mines 1985 Jerry Goldsmith ** 3.25 146 4 || 1,457 08/09 re-issue • The Life and Music of Basil Poledouris 1997 Basil Poledouris **** 2.73 62 1 || 1,006 01/98 - 11/06 video biography • Link 1986 Jerry Goldsmith * 2.81 218 4 || 1,421 07/09 - 03/11 bootleg • The Little Mermaid 1989 Alan Menken, Howard Ashman **** 4.05 15,774 22 ||| 15 08/97 - 12/07 re-issue • Lois & Clark (TV) 1993 Jay Gruska *** 3.44 115 3 || 746 03/98 - 04/06 • My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 James Newton Howard *** 2.85 179 0 | 184 02/98 - 03/06 promotional • Octopussy 1983 John Barry **** 3.41 406 1 || 537 11/97 - 03/08 expanded • Out of Africa 1985 John Barry **** 3.83 172 0 ||| 1,382 01/10 re-recording • A Patch of Blue 1965 Jerry Goldsmith **** 3.52 354 2 || 632 06/97 - 12/06 all albums • Poltergeist 1982 Jerry Goldsmith **** 4.01 2,521 4 ||| 200 03/97 - 12/10 all albums • Predator 1987 Alan Silvestri *** 3.70 1,159 34 ||| 190 09/03 - 03/12 bootleg • Project X/The Hand 1987 James Horner * 2.88 206 2 || 613 10/97 - 09/08 bootleg • The Relic 1997 John Debney ** 2.82 210 7 || 641 11/99 - 03/13 promotional • Species 1995 Christopher Young *** 2.96 274 5 || 429 03/98 - 07/09 promotional • Star Wars: A New Hope 1977 John Williams ***** 4.25 17,190 60 |||| 3 01/97 - 08/11 special edition • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1983 John Williams ***** 4.18 10,629 32 |||| 25 03/97 - 09/11 special edition • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 John Williams ***** 4.32 9,218 63 |||| 35 01/97 - 09/11 special edition • Steel 1997 Mervyn Warren ** 2.34 65 3 || 1,255 04/98 - 06/06 promotional • Toys 1992 Hans Zimmer, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley *** 2.66 341 2 ||| 603 07/04 - 09/11 bootleg • The Vanishing 1993 Jerry Goldsmith **** 3.42 248 0 ||| 649 06/98 - 09/08 bootleg • William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet 1996 Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Marius DeVries *** 2.99 91 0 ||| 1,501 11/09 Volume 2 • Wolfen/Deadly Blessing 1981 James Horner *** 2.82 124 2 ||| 1,390 08/09 - 08/12 bootleg 1997 Compilations:  Title Year Artist(s) FR VR VT CT RD  TR Dates Notes • Babylon 5: Messages from Earth 1997 Christopher Franke **** 3.77 225 3 || 1,066 07/99 - 09/08 • The Batman Trilogy 1997 The Royal Scottish National Orchestra ** 3.11 125 0 || 1,146 07/03 - 04/09 • The Big Picture 1997 The Cincinnati Pops, The Singers Companye **** 3.26 114 0 || 1,074 06/97 - 07/06 • Cinema Choral Classics 1997 The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus **** 4.12 1,003 1 || 620 06/97 - 06/07 • Frontiers 1997 The Royal Scottish National Orchestra **** 3.73 380 0 || 995 12/97 - 03/08 • The Hollywood Sound 1997 The London Symphony Orchestra *** 3.81 337 2 | 663 03/97 - 12/06 • The Mark of Zorro/The Crimson Pirate 1997 The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus ***** 3.11 154 0 | 898 10/97 - 06/07 multiple albums • Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora! 1997 Jerry Goldsmith ***** 3.41 162 1 | 488 08/97 - 07/06 re-recording • Space and Beyond 1997 The City of Prague Philharmonic ***** 3.93 264 0 || 904 03/97 - 12/06 • Warriors of the Silver Screen 1997 The City of Prague Philharmonic ***** 3.84 292 0 | 911 07/97 - 06/07 Legend: Status: N - indicates a new review that has been published in the last 90 days R - indicates an older review that has been significantly revised in the last 90 days Year: Year of Debut (a golden year indicates that the music won or was nominated for a major award) Ratings: FR - Filmtracks Rating ("Varied" indicates a split rating with no overall designation) VR - Viewer Rating (overall average) VT - Vote Total (for viewer ratings) Comments: Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area) Review Depth: ||||| - Massive Review (over 4,000 words) |||| - Very Long Review (between 2,200 and 4,000 words) ||| - Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words) || - Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words) | - Short Review (under 800 words) Traffic Rank: Popularity Rank (lower numbers indicate more cumulative reads; new reviews take time to climb the ranks) Dates: 1st - indicates the month and year during which the review was first published 2nd - indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)

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