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1988 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.83	5,520	13	\|\|\|\|	58	03/99 - 05/11	all albums
•	Cocoon: The Return	1988	James Horner	**	3.07	130	0	\|\|	1,491	08/09 - 03/16	all albums
•	Criminal Law	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.43	196	0	\|	1,127	07/98 - 10/11
•	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	John Du Prez	****	3.00	133	1	\|\|\|	1,701	08/11 - 12/17	all albums
•	The Land Before Time	1988	James Horner	*****	4.09	4,412	12	\|\|\|	78	07/98 - 12/07
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.12	331	1	\|\|\|	1,128	04/10 - 05/18	all albums
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.64	1,266	2	\|\|\|	399	06/98 - 04/18	all albums
•	Red Heat	1988	James Horner	*	2.48	195	12	\|\|	733	07/98 - 11/11
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.02	230	1	\|\|	1,098	06/98 - 03/10	multiple albums
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	****	3.49	674	4	\|\|\|	455	07/03 - 06/18	all albums
•	Willow	1988	James Horner	*****	4.23	5,816	15	\|\|\|\|	77	05/98 - 12/07

1988 SPECIAL RELEASES (early CDs from 1984 to 1987):

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.95	656	11	\|\|\|	682	07/09	1988 original
•	Aliens	1986	James Horner	***	3.46	1,515	48	\|\|\|	177	05/01 - 10/08	1987 original
•	An American Tail	1986	James Horner, Barry Mann	****	3.79	484	4	\|\|\|\|	1,074	08/09 - 05/19	1986 original
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	4.10	823	8	\|\|\|\|	722	01/10 - 04/16	1985 original
•	*batteries not included	1987	James Horner	***	2.94	125	2	\|\|	1,617	08/09	1987 original
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	**	2.92	517	4	\|\|	735	06/99 - 01/17	1986 original
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.37	270	4	\|\|\|	601	11/96 - 04/17	1985 original
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	3.08	619	12	\|\|\|\|	1,038	09/09	1987 original
•	Brainstorm	1983	James Horner	***	3.02	128	2	\|\|\|	1,493	08/09	1985 original
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	****	3.73	2,258	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 05/18	1986 original
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.76	833	3	\|\|\|	403	10/97 - 12/13	1985 original
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.20	1,923	40	\|\|\|	148	06/03 - 12/12	1984 original
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.34	169	1	\|\|\|	1,542	07/09	1988 original
•	Dune	1984	Toto	***	4.04	13,551	38	\|\|\|\|	46	12/97 - 09/08	1984 original
•	Empire of the Sun	1987	John Williams	***	3.43	473	1	\|\|\|	1,063	08/09 - 08/14	1987 original
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.33	8,081	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	1986 original
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.30	541	1	\|\|\|	1,126	02/05 - 10/11	1987 original
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.80	266	1	\|\|\|	1,423	07/09	1986 original
•	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.83	603	3	\|\|\|	1,253	07/09 - 12/10	1988 original
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.52	165	1	\|\|	1,576	09/09	1986 original
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	3.00	121	0	\|\|	1,538	08/09 - 02/15	1986 original
•	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	****	3.30	642	1	\|\|	628	01/00 - 07/08	1985 original
•	Hoosiers	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.29	2,230	17	\|\|\|\|	286	06/03 - 12/12	1987 original
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.03	184	3	\|\|	1,593	07/09 - 06/13	1988 original
•	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	John Williams	*****	3.89	1,027	4	\|\|\|	706	08/09	1984 original
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	418	8	\|\|\|	769	07/03 - 02/10	1987 original
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.15	199	1	\|\|	1,521	08/09 - 03/10	1986 original
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	****	3.29	257	1	\|\|\|	604	08/97 - 10/12	1987 original
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.23	239	5	\|\|	1,389	08/09 - 02/15	1987 original
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.53	1,074	7	\|\|\|	263	08/97 - 08/15	1987 original
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.32	301	2	\|\|	618	09/96 - 02/15	1987 original
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.24	945	13	\|\|\|	330	03/97 - 03/09	1986 original
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.55	266	4	\|\|	1,431	07/09 - 06/16	1986 original
•	Lionheart	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.93	524	5	\|\|\|	1,260	07/09	1987 original
•	The Living Daylights	1987	John Barry	*****	4.11	1,194	3	\|\|\|\|	298	06/98 - 04/08	1987 original
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.16	190	0	\|\|\|	1,548	06/10	1985 original
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.06	399	5	\|\|\|	444	03/97 - 08/12	1987 original
•	The Mission	1986	Ennio Morricone	*****	4.02	523	3	\|\|\|	1,062	09/09	1986 original
•	The Name of the Rose	1986	James Horner	**	2.78	127	5	\|\|	1,382	08/09	1986 original
•	Night Crossing	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.56	222	0	\|\|	1,451	07/09 - 08/14	1987 original
•	Octopussy	1983	John Barry	****	3.36	424	1	\|\|	490	11/97 - 03/08	1985 original
•	Out of Africa	1985	John Barry	****	4.09	376	2	\|\|\|	1,088	01/10	1986 original
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.81	311	1	\|\|\|	1,477	05/11	1986 original
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	407	11	\|\|\|	318	10/03 - 07/17	1986 original
•	The Princess Bride	1987	Mark Knopfler	****	3.45	337	5	\|\|	612	04/03 - 03/09	1987 original
•	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	John Williams	*****	4.29	6,354	5	\|\|\|\|\|	60	09/96 - 12/08	1985 original
•	Rambo: First Blood Part II	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.77	1,212	6	\|\|\|	335	05/99 - 01/17	1985 original
•	Red Dawn	1984	Basil Poledouris	***	2.94	141	0	\|\|	1,838	06/10	1988 original
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.06	126	6	\|\|\|	1,526	02/12	1986 original
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.17	551	13	\|\|\|	599	01/04 - 05/18	1987 original
•	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti	****	3.96	467	1	\|\|\|	1,366	12/09	1988 original
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.37	181	0	\|\|	1,530	07/09 - 02/14	1985 original
•	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.44	598	4	\|\|\|	570	06/03 - 04/16	1986 original
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.79	398	2	\|\|	1,424	12/09	1985 original
•	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.27	567	22	\|\|\|	704	06/03 - 01/12	1986 original
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.12	3,764	8	\|\|\|\|	105	01/99 - 06/18	1986 original
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.25	17,343	66	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 08/11	1986 original
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.18	10,693	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 09/11	1986 original
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.32	9,455	63	\|\|\|\|	34	01/97 - 09/11	1985 original
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.34	216	1	\|\|	1,370	07/09	1985 original
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,036	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	1987 original
•	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.47	601	1	\|\|	1,263	08/09 - 11/12	1987 original

1988 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Jerry Goldsmith: Suites and Themes	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.38	171	7	\|\|\|	508	06/97 - 11/11	limited

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