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03/08 • Beloved 1998 Rachel Portman ** 2.69 239 4 | 947 12/98 - 01/07 • Blade 1998 Mark Isham ** 2.71 148 2 || 1,079 09/03 - 11/08 • A Bug's Life 1998 Randy Newman *** 3.18 3,518 6 || 331 02/99 - 03/08 • A Civil Action 1998 Danny Elfman *** 2.89 557 1 || 751 01/99 - 04/07 • Dangerous Beauty 1998 George Fenton ***** 4.13 2,004 2 | 211 04/98 - 03/08 • Dark City 1998 Trevor Jones **** 3.20 765 6 ||| 407 04/98 - 01/07 all albums • Deep Impact 1998 James Horner *** 3.38 1,918 4 || 105 05/98 - 03/08 • Deep Rising 1998 Jerry Goldsmith ** 2.78 681 2 || 589 02/98 - 01/07 • Disturbing Behavior 1998 Mark Snow * 2.44 319 0 | 682 08/98 - 01/07 • Elizabeth 1998 David Hirschfelder *** 3.50 571 1 | 780 02/99 - 07/07 • Enemy of the State 1998 Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams ** 2.62 1,111 4 || 579 12/98 - 01/07 • Ever After: A Cinderella Story 1998 George Fenton **** 3.69 3,442 28 || 114 08/98 - 01/07 • Godzilla 1998 David Arnold **** 3.44 1,366 24 ||| 60 05/98 - 09/08 all albums • Great Expectations 1998 Patrick Doyle **** 3.86 2,814 2 || 198 01/98 - 03/08 • Halloween H20 (Portrait of Terror) 1998 John Ottman *** 3.16 160 0 || 893 10/98 - 03/08 rejected score • Hard Rain 1998 Christopher Young **** 3.16 233 1 || 855 01/98 - 01/07 • The Horse Whisperer 1998 Thomas Newman **** 3.86 2,295 2 || 260 06/98 - 04/08 • Incognito 1997 John Ottman ***** 4.00 1,469 0 || 748 07/98 - 07/07 • A Kid in Aladdin's Palace 1998 David Michael Frank **** 3.07 162 0 | 1,094 08/98 - 01/07 • The Legend of 1900 1998 Ennio Morricone *** 4.03 3,304 4 || 257 12/99 - 08/08 all albums • Les Misérables 1998 Basil Poledouris ***** 4.27 5,549 10 ||| 142 04/98 - 06/07 all albums • Life is Beautiful 1998 Nicola Piovani *** 3.33 2,163 6 | 71 02/99 - 03/08 • Little Boy Blue 1998 Stewart Copeland ** 2.02 230 0 | 1,030 08/98 - 01/07 • Lost in Space 1998 Bruce Broughton ** 2.92 1,296 19 || 233 04/98 - 08/08 all albums • The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 Nick Glennie-Smith *** 3.44 1,101 1 || 396 03/98 - 07/07 • The Mask of Zorro 1998 James Horner ***** 4.13 7,767 77 ||| 19 06/98 - 03/08 • Meet Joe Black 1998 Thomas Newman *** 3.21 1,865 6 | 140 12/98 - 01/07 • Mercury Rising 1998 John Barry *** 2.83 519 1 || 807 04/98 - 07/07 • Merlin (TV) 1998 Trevor Jones **** 3.83 3,824 3 | 136 05/97 - 03/07 • The Mighty 1998 Trevor Jones **** 3.49 281 1 || 697 01/99 - 03/08 all albums • Mighty Joe Young 1998 James Horner ** 2.72 1,207 3 | 336 12/98 - 03/08 • Moby Dick (TV) 1998 Christopher Gordon **** 3.68 340 1 || 658 03/98 - 07/07 • Mulan 1998 Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder **** 4.06 9,957 24 ||| 38 06/98 - 07/07 all albums • The Negotiator 1998 Graeme Revell *** 3.06 386 0 || 415 08/98 - 01/07 all albums • The Object of My Affection 1998 George Fenton ** 2.98 219 0 | 486 04/98 - 03/07 • One True Thing 1998 Cliff Eidelman *** 2.88 180 0 || 1,102 05/01 - 03/08 • Patch Adams 1998 Marc Shaiman *** 3.48 322 2 | 460 02/99 - 03/07 • Paulie 1998 John Debney *** 2.52 195 0 | 970 05/98 - 03/07 • Pleasantville 1998 Randy Newman *** 3.31 856 1 | 540 02/99 - 03/07 • The Prince of Egypt 1998 Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz **** 4.10 13,228 98 |||| 33 12/98 - 03/08 all albums • Princess Mononoke 1997 Joe Hisaishi **** 4.22 13,060 50 || 69 10/99 - 08/08 all albums • Quest for Camelot 1998 Patrick Doyle, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager **** 3.57 367 1 |||| 549 08/03 - 04/09 multiple albums • The Replacement Killers 1998 Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky * 2.56 750 0 | 418 08/98 - 03/07 • Return to Paradise 1998 Mark Mancina **** 3.46 197 1 | 1,136 08/99 - 03/08 • Ronin 1998 Elia Cmiral *** 3.05 412 2 | 837 01/00 - 04/08 • Saving Private Ryan 1998 John Williams *** 3.40 12,154 45 ||| 34 07/98 - 03/08 • Shakespeare in Love 1998 Stephen Warbeck **** 3.89 4,910 5 || 73 12/98 - 03/08 • Six Days, Seven Nights 1998 Randy Edelman *** 3.25 669 1 | 250 06/98 - 03/07 • Small Soldiers 1998 Jerry Goldsmith **** 3.40 2,657 1 || 127 07/98 - 03/08 • Snake Eyes 1998 Ryuichi Sakamoto ** 2.78 189 1 | 1,070 05/99 - 07/07 • Soldier 1998 Joel McNeely *** 2.85 292 2 || 681 11/98 - 04/07 • Sphere 1998 Elliot Goldenthal ** 2.51 582 3 || 768 03/98 - 07/07 • Star Kid 1998 Nicholas Pike *** 2.72 145 0 | 1,187 06/98 - 04/07 • Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 Jerry Goldsmith **** 3.79 3,920 29 |||| 189 12/98 - 09/08 all albums • Stepmom 1998 John Williams *** 3.57 3,280 16 | 156 12/98 - 07/07 • The Truman Show 1998 Burkhart Dallwitz, Philip Glass *** 3.43 74 0 ||| 1,466 11/09 • Twilight 1998 Elmer Bernstein ** 2.32 216 0 | 874 04/98 - 04/07 • U.S. Marshals 1998 Jerry Goldsmith ** 2.70 507 0 | 476 03/98 - 04/07 • The Velocity of Gary 1998 Peitor Angell ** 2.29 215 0 | 547 08/99 - 04/07 • Wag the Dog 1997 Mark Knopfler ** 1.87 647 0 || 495 01/98 - 04/07 • What Dreams May Come 1998 Michael Kamen, Mark Snow **** 3.61 2,093 3 || 141 10/98 - 03/08 • Wild America 1997 Joel McNeely *** 3.25 189 1 | 1,035 03/97 - 07/07 N Wild Things 1998 George S. Clinton *** 2.90 38 0 || 1,636 01/12 • The X-Files: Fight the Future 1998 Mark Snow *** 3.54 8,622 1 || 92 06/98 - 07/07 1998 Special Releases:  Title Year Composer(s) FR VR VT CT RD  TR Dates Notes • Air Force One 1997 Randy Newman ** 3.83 3,831 19 ||| 61 07/97 - 05/07 rejected score bootleg • Amazon (IMAX) 1997 Alan Williams **** 3.79 191 2 | 1,023 08/98 - 02/08 • Armageddon 1998 Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams *** 2.95 4,816 22 || 106 12/98 - 01/07 promotional • Body Heat 1981 John Barry **** 4.02 313 1 || 538 06/97 - 05/07 re-recording • Braveheart 1995 James Horner **** 4.18 27,361 188 ||| 2 09/96 - 09/08 French set • Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 John Williams ***** 3.78 1,913 7 ||| 83 05/98 - 04/08 expanded • Excalibur 1981 Trevor Jones *** 3.19 83 1 ||| 1,414 01/10 bootleg • Fantastic Voyage 1966 Leonard Rosenman ** 3.18 109 1 | 1,051 12/98 - 05/06 limited • Fortress 1993 Frederic Talgorn *** 2.80 71 0 | 1,261 08/98 - 06/06 promotional • The Funhouse 1981 John Beal **** 3.39 102 2 | 1,304 01/05 promotional • Gettysburg 1993 Randy Edelman *** 3.49 134 1 ||| 1,456 12/09 deluxe • Ghostbusters 1984 Elmer Bernstein ** 3.92 191 4 ||| 592 03/06 - 04/06 bootleg • Glory 1989 James Horner ***** 4.34 10,901 61 ||| 63 08/97 - 07/06 bootlegs • Good Will Hunting 1997 Danny Elfman *** 3.12 654 0 || 300 03/98 - 07/07 promotional • Halloween 1978 John Carpenter *** 2.98 479 1 || 601 01/00 - 07/08 all albums • Innerspace 1987 Jerry Goldsmith *** 3.40 389 8 ||| 760 07/03 - 02/10 bootleg • Krull 1983 James Horner **** 3.63 912 5 ||| 295 08/97 - 09/10 limited • The Last Valley 1970 John Barry **** 3.77 735 1 || 961 07/03 - 03/09 all albums • The Living Daylights 1987 John Barry ***** 4.13 1,075 3 |||| 312 06/98 - 04/08 expanded • Lonesome Dove (TV) 1989 Basil Poledouris **** 3.95 807 1 || 289 11/98 - 04/07 expanded • The Master of Ballantrae (TV) 1984 Bruce Broughton *** 3.31 258 0 || 1,235 12/98 - 09/08 limited • Midway 1976 John Williams *** 3.03 80 0 || 1,416 08/09 - 11/11 re-recording • The Mighty 1998 Trevor Jones *** 3.49 281 1 || 697 01/99 - 03/08 promotional • North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes) 1980 Michael J. Lewis *** 3.43 129 0 | 1,138 04/98 - 04/08 promotional • Othello (Ballet) 1998 Elliot Goldenthal *** 3.33 141 16 | 1,132 07/03 - 03/09 • The Poseidon Adventure/The Paper Chase 1972 John Williams **** 3.12 255 2 ||| 318 09/96 - 09/10 limited • The Prince of Egypt 1998 Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz **** 4.10 13,228 98 |||| 33 12/98 - 03/08 specialty album • Rain Man 1988 Hans Zimmer **** 3.11 209 1 ||| 1,313 04/10 - 12/10 bootleg • Seven 1995 Howard Shore ** 2.80 94 1 || 1,411 11/09 bootleg • Snow White: Tale of Terror (TV) 1997 John Ottman *** 3.31 468 1 | 597 07/98 - 04/07 R Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 James Horner *** 3.14 144 4 |||| 1,357 08/09 - 12/11 bootleg • Stagecoach 1966 Jerry Goldsmith ** 3.13 566 1 || 928 06/98 - 08/07 limited • Superman 1978 John Williams ***** 4.19 3,416 39 |||| 30 11/98 - 07/09 re-recording • T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) 1998 William Ross **** 3.56 137 1 || 1,339 02/00 - 09/08 promotional R Thelma & Louise 1991 Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren *** 3.16 127 1 || 1,437 04/10 - 11/11 bootleg • (Back to) Titanic 1997 James Horner **** 4.11 26,559 156 ||||| 6 11/97 - 02/08 multiple albums • V/V: The Series 1983 1983 Joe Harnell, Dennis McCarthy *** ** 2.96 353 0 || 406 08/98 - 08/07 promotional, promotional • Wide Awake 1998 Edmund Choi *** 2.96 139 0 | 1,252 10/99 - 04/08 promotional 1998 Compilations:  Title Year Artist(s) FR VR VT CT RD  TR Dates Notes • Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus ***** 3.71 275 0 || 752 02/98 - 08/07 • Cinema Choral Classics II 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus **** 4.15 608 1 | 819 07/98 - 08/07 • Cinema's Classic Romances 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic **** 3.77 559 0 || 925 02/98 - 08/07 • Coming Soon: The John Beal Trailer Project 1998 John Beal **** 2.87 172 0 || 860 10/98 - 08/07 • David Shire Film Music 1998 Various **** 3.92 246 3 ||| 553 04/98 - 07/07 promotional • Greatest Sci-Fi Hits IV 1998 Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra * 1.67 405 1 | 1,142 09/99 - 04/07 • Heart of the Ocean 1998 James Horner **** 3.46 335 0 || 533 05/98 - 08/07 • Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic **** 3.77 106 0 | 847 07/98 - 07/06 • Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic *** 3.66 96 2 | 924 07/98 - 07/06 • Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic **** 3.81 98 0 | 858 07/98 - 07/06 • James Horner: Suites and Themes 1998 Various *** 2.87 305 0 || 430 06/98 - 08/07 bootleg • Michael Kamen's Opus 1998 The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra **** 3.38 191 0 || 794 04/98 - 04/08 • The Motion Picture Scores of Arthur B. Rubinstein 1998 Various *** 2.56 182 0 || 1,129 12/98 - 08/07 promotional • The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus **** 4.02 219 1 || 647 08/99 - 08/07 • Titanic: The Essential James Horner Collection 1998 The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus ** 3.09 278 0 || 573 08/98 - 08/07 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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