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    1988 REGULAR RELEASES:    
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Beetlejuice1988Danny Elfman****3.835,96913||||5703/99 - 05/11all albums
•Big Top Pee-Wee1988Danny Elfman**2.871770|||2,32611/24all albums
•Cinema Paradiso1988Ennio Morricone****3.621650|||2,14308/22 - 02/26multiple albums
•Cocoon: The Return1988James Horner**3.071980||1,47108/09 - 03/16all albums
•Criminal Law1988Jerry Goldsmith*2.442800|1,16507/98 - 10/11
•A Fish Called Wanda1988John Du Prez****3.101971|||1,75008/11 - 12/17all albums
•Frantic1988Ennio Morricone***3.05560|||2,53901/26all albums
•The Land Before Time1988James Horner*****4.054,58812||||7807/98 - 04/21multiple albums
•Midnight Run1988Danny Elfman****3.201790||2,33811/24
•Rain Man1988Hans Zimmer****3.325101|||96504/10 - 06/25all albums
•Rambo III1988Jerry Goldsmith****3.661,4073|||39406/98 - 04/18all albums
•Red Heat1988James Horner*2.6333112||72507/98 - 11/11
•Rent-A-Cop1988Jerry Goldsmith***3.033321||1,13406/98 - 03/10multiple albums
•A Summer Story1988Georges Delerue****3.16510||2,54103/26all albums
•Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988Alan Silvestri****3.527534|||43907/03 - 06/18all albums
•Willow1988James Horner*****4.156,19917||||7305/98 - 08/22all albums
•A World Apart1988Hans Zimmer***2.90830|||2,37402/25multiple albums
    1988 SPECIAL RELEASES (early CDs from 1984 to 1987):    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Agnes of God1985Georges Delerue****3.63650||2,52303/261985 original
•Alien1979Jerry Goldsmith***3.2377711|||54307/091988 original
•Aliens1986James Horner***3.431,69449|||17105/01 - 10/081987 original
•An American Tail1986James Horner, Barry Mann****3.805334||||95708/09 - 05/191986 original
•Apocalypse Now1979Carmine Coppola, Various**2.961860||||2,05912/231988 original
•Back to the Future1985Alan Silvestri*****4.131,1148||||56801/10 - 04/161985 original
•Bandolero!1968Jerry Goldsmith***3.06640|||2,45411/241988 original
•*batteries not included1987James Horner***2.941892||1,55908/09 - 08/201987 original
•Big Trouble in Little China1986John Carpenter, Alan Howarth**2.925654||74306/99 - 01/171986 original
•The Black Cauldron1985Elmer Bernstein****3.423304|||56411/96 - 04/171985 original
•Blade Runner1982Vangelis**2.9677312||||88309/091987 original
•Brainstorm1983James Horner***3.062062|||1,45808/091985 original
•Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977John Williams****3.732,61910|||7405/98 - 10/251986 original
•Cocoon1985James Horner****3.769173|||39310/97 - 12/131985 original
•Conan the Barbarian1982Basil Poledouris*****4.132,28243|||14106/03 - 12/121984 original
•Crocodile Dundee1986Peter Best***3.001170|||2,23105/231986 original
•Damien: Omen II1978Jerry Goldsmith****3.362612|||1,51007/091988 original
•Das Boot1981Klaus Doldinger***2.992000|||2,21102/241985 original
•The Delta Force1986Alan Silvestri*2.65950|||2,43106/251987 original
•Dune1984Toto***3.9713,87038||||4812/97 - 09/081984 original
•Empire of the Sun1987John Williams***3.445201|||93808/09 - 10/251987 original
•Escape From New York1981John Carpenter, Alan Howarth**3.011490|||2,30003/241987 original
•E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial1982John Williams*****4.298,544132||||3509/96 - 10/251986 original
•Extreme Prejudice1987Jerry Goldsmith***3.335961|||1,06202/05 - 09/211987 original
•The Final Conflict1981Jerry Goldsmith****3.753531|||1,31007/091986 original
•First Blood1982Jerry Goldsmith****3.796953|||1,07307/09 - 10/251988 original
•The Fly1986Howard Shore****3.523161||1,41809/09 - 01/231986 original
•The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Ennio Morricone*****3.811180||||2,45112/251985 original
•Gorky Park1983James Horner***2.961900|||1,50308/09 - 04/241986 original
•Halloween1978John Carpenter****3.377641||65601/00 - 07/081985 original
•Hellraiser1987Christopher Young****3.561650|||2,31905/241987 original
•Hoosiers1986Jerry Goldsmith*****4.192,61417||||27206/03 - 12/121987 original
•Howard the Duck1986John Barry, Sylvester Levay***2.92940|||2,40407/251986 original
•Inchon1981Jerry Goldsmith**2.943014||1,48807/09 - 07/241988 original
•Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1984John Williams*****3.971,3794|||53808/09 - 10/251984 original
•Innerspace1987Jerry Goldsmith***3.344668|||78607/03 - 02/101987 original
•Islands in the Stream1977Jerry Goldsmith***3.132821||1,43108/09 - 02/251986 original
•Jane Eyre (TV)1970John Williams****3.341090|||2,33909/241988 original
•King Kong Lives1986John Scott****3.383391|||65108/97 - 10/121987 original
R
King Solomon's Mines1985Jerry Goldsmith***3.163215||1,30908/09 - 06/261987 original
•Krull1983James Horner****3.551,1877|||25308/97 - 08/151987 original
•The Last Starfighter1984Craig Safan****3.323292||62909/96 - 06/221987 original
•Legend1985Jerry Goldsmith****3.171,12314|||29203/97 - 01/221986 original
•Link1986Jerry Goldsmith*2.573274||1,44507/09 - 06/161986 original
•Lionheart1987Jerry Goldsmith*****3.946546|||1,08207/09 - 07/211987 original
•The Living Daylights1987John Barry*****3.911,3573||||28806/98 - 04/081987 original
•Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)1981Brian May***2.761370|||2,26912/231988 original
•Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome1985Maurice Jarre****3.163010|||1,47806/101985 original
•Masters of the Universe1987Bill Conti**3.085087|||41103/97 - 09/201987 original
•The Mission1986Ennio Morricone*****4.026893|||88109/09 - 02/261986 original
•The Name of the Rose1986James Horner**2.952565||1,35508/091986 original
•Night Crossing1981Jerry Goldsmith****3.533110||1,44107/09 - 08/141987 original
•Octopussy1983John Barry****3.436291|||43511/97 - 10/241985 original
•Out of Africa1985John Barry****3.926012|||89101/10 - 02/251986 original
•Papillon1973Jerry Goldsmith****3.471560|||2,26102/24 - 06/241988 original
•Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985Danny Elfman***3.294281|||1,29905/111986 original
•Peggy Sue Got Married1986John Barry***3.05830||2,40607/251986 original
•Planet of the Apes1968Jerry Goldsmith**3.391932||||2,07905/241985 original
•Poltergeist II: The Other Side1986Jerry Goldsmith***3.2144611|||31110/03 - 07/171986 original
•The Princess Bride1987Mark Knopfler****3.453826||61504/03 - 03/091987 original
•Providence1977Miklós Rózsa****3.30600|||2,53110/251986 original
•Raiders of the Lost Ark1981John Williams*****4.276,8405|||||5609/96 - 10/251985 original
•Rambo: First Blood Part II1985Jerry Goldsmith****3.781,3436|||32905/99 - 01/171985 original
•Red Dawn1984Basil Poledouris***2.982060||1,87206/101988 original
•The Right Stuff1983Bill Conti***3.051826|||1,42702/121986 original
•RoboCop1987Basil Poledouris***3.1462314|||56601/04 - 05/181987 original
•Rocky1976Bill Conti****4.036001|||1,24212/091988 original
•Rocky IV1985Vince DiCola***3.061261|||2,22508/221985 original
•Runaway1984Jerry Goldsmith*2.282860||1,53207/09 - 02/141985 original
•The Secret of N.I.M.H.1982Jerry Goldsmith****3.516774|||52806/03 - 10/251986 original
•Sisters1973Bernard Herrmann***2.73620|||2,52011/251985 original
•Somewhere in Time1980John Barry****3.794623|||1,25712/09 - 09/211985 original
•Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986Leonard Rosenman**2.2364822|||62506/03 - 01/121986 original
•Star Trek: The Motion Picture1979Jerry Goldsmith*****4.123,9269||||9701/99 - 11/231986 original
•Star Wars: A New Hope1977John Williams*****4.2417,88267||||301/97 - 10/251986 original
•Star Wars: Return of the Jedi1983John Williams*****4.1411,10033||||2503/97 - 10/251986 original
•Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back1980John Williams*****4.299,98463||||3301/97 - 10/251985 original
•Supergirl1984Jerry Goldsmith***3.283361||1,29207/091985 original
•Superman: The Movie1978John Williams*****4.174,57042||||2611/98 - 10/251987 original
•Taxi Driver1976Bernard Herrmann***3.22900|||2,47711/251986 original
•Time After Time1979Miklós Rózsa****3.50580|||2,49310/251987 original
•Top Gun1986Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder****3.252320|||2,27708/241986 original
•The Untouchables1987Ennio Morricone***3.461760|||2,19808/22 - 02/261987 original
•The Witches of Eastwick1987John Williams***3.397141||1,16908/09 - 10/251987 original
    1988 COMPILATIONS:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Jerry Goldsmith: Suites and Themes1988Jerry Goldsmith*****3.322717|||50506/97 - 11/11limited
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