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1988 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.85	5,894	13	\|\|\|\|	56	03/99 - 05/11	all albums
•	Big Top Pee-Wee	1988	Danny Elfman	**	2.91	131	0	\|\|\|	2,305	11/24	all albums
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	145	0	\|\|\|	2,184	08/22	multiple albums
•	Cocoon: The Return	1988	James Horner	**	2.99	178	0	\|\|	1,472	08/09 - 03/16	all albums
•	Criminal Law	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.43	252	0	\|	1,165	07/98 - 10/11
•	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	John Du Prez	****	3.05	173	1	\|\|\|	1,740	08/11 - 12/17	all albums
•	The Land Before Time	1988	James Horner	*****	4.07	4,540	12	\|\|\|\|	78	07/98 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	Midnight Run	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.62	100	0	\|\|	2,324	11/24
R	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.33	491	1	\|\|\|	999	04/10 - 06/25	all albums
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,367	3	\|\|\|	395	06/98 - 04/18	all albums
•	Red Heat	1988	James Horner	*	2.66	279	12	\|\|	728	07/98 - 11/11
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	296	1	\|\|	1,109	06/98 - 03/10	multiple albums
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	****	3.51	724	4	\|\|\|	443	07/03 - 06/18	all albums
•	Willow	1988	James Horner	*****	4.19	6,040	17	\|\|\|\|	72	05/98 - 08/22	all albums
•	A World Apart	1988	Hans Zimmer	***	2.97	69	0	\|\|\|	2,348	02/25	multiple albums

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	***	3.27	755	11	\|\|\|	556	07/09	1988 original
•	Aliens	1986	James Horner	***	3.43	1,646	49	\|\|\|	175	05/01 - 10/08	1987 original
•	An American Tail	1986	James Horner, Barry Mann	****	3.81	518	4	\|\|\|\|	967	08/09 - 05/19	1986 original
•	Apocalypse Now	1979	Carmine Coppola, Various	**	2.90	131	0	\|\|\|\|	2,136	12/23	1988 original
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	4.12	1,013	8	\|\|\|\|	601	01/10 - 04/16	1985 original
•	*batteries not included	1987	James Horner	***	2.94	169	2	\|\|	1,562	08/09 - 08/20	1987 original
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	**	2.92	552	4	\|\|	742	06/99 - 01/17	1986 original
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.43	317	4	\|\|\|	566	11/96 - 04/17	1985 original
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	2.95	735	12	\|\|\|\|	926	09/09	1987 original
•	Brainstorm	1983	James Horner	***	3.03	180	2	\|\|\|	1,450	08/09	1985 original
R	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	****	3.71	2,536	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 10/25	1986 original
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.76	892	3	\|\|\|	394	10/97 - 12/13	1985 original
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.20	2,126	43	\|\|\|	145	06/03 - 12/12	1984 original
•	Crocodile Dundee	1986	Peter Best	***	3.00	103	0	\|\|\|	2,227	05/23	1986 original
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.45	234	2	\|\|\|	1,509	07/09	1988 original
•	Das Boot	1981	Klaus Doldinger	***	3.10	169	0	\|\|\|	2,217	02/24	1985 original
•	Dune	1984	Toto	***	4.02	13,771	38	\|\|\|\|	47	12/97 - 09/08	1984 original
R	Empire of the Sun	1987	John Williams	***	3.44	506	1	\|\|\|	965	08/09 - 10/25	1987 original
•	Escape From New York	1981	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	**	2.99	133	0	\|\|\|	2,287	03/24	1987 original
R	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.29	8,398	132	\|\|\|\|	35	09/96 - 10/25	1986 original
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.33	581	1	\|\|\|	1,053	02/05 - 09/21	1987 original
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.84	323	1	\|\|\|	1,319	07/09	1986 original
R	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.81	672	3	\|\|\|	1,164	07/09 - 10/25	1988 original
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.53	282	1	\|\|	1,447	09/09 - 01/23	1986 original
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	2.99	163	0	\|\|\|	1,497	08/09 - 04/24	1986 original
•	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	****	3.37	740	1	\|\|	652	01/00 - 07/08	1985 original
•	Hellraiser	1987	Christopher Young	****	3.57	148	0	\|\|\|	2,298	05/24	1987 original
•	Hoosiers	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.16	2,490	17	\|\|\|\|	272	06/03 - 12/12	1987 original
N	Howard the Duck	1986	John Barry, Sylvester Levay	***	2.93	69	0	\|\|\|	2,368	07/25	1986 original
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	263	4	\|\|	1,491	07/09 - 07/24	1988 original
R	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	John Williams	*****	3.95	1,250	4	\|\|\|	552	08/09 - 10/25	1984 original
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.38	446	8	\|\|\|	787	07/03 - 02/10	1987 original
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	252	1	\|\|	1,437	08/09 - 02/25	1986 original
•	Jane Eyre (TV)	1970	John Williams	****	3.42	97	0	\|\|\|	2,317	09/24	1988 original
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	****	3.31	323	1	\|\|\|	641	08/97 - 10/12	1987 original
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.23	300	5	\|\|	1,376	08/09 - 02/15	1987 original
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.55	1,151	7	\|\|\|	256	08/97 - 08/15	1987 original
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.33	319	2	\|\|	618	09/96 - 06/22	1987 original
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.21	1,076	14	\|\|\|	298	03/97 - 01/22	1986 original
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.57	310	4	\|\|	1,435	07/09 - 06/16	1986 original
•	Lionheart	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	586	5	\|\|\|	1,092	07/09 - 07/21	1987 original
•	The Living Daylights	1987	John Barry	*****	4.11	1,282	3	\|\|\|\|	289	06/98 - 04/08	1987 original
•	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	1981	Brian May	***	2.77	120	0	\|\|\|	2,244	12/23	1988 original
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.20	267	0	\|\|\|	1,484	06/10	1985 original
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.07	482	6	\|\|\|	427	03/97 - 09/20	1987 original
•	The Mission	1986	Ennio Morricone	*****	4.00	578	3	\|\|\|	935	09/09	1986 original
•	The Name of the Rose	1986	James Horner	**	3.06	219	5	\|\|	1,362	08/09	1986 original
•	Night Crossing	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.61	296	0	\|\|	1,430	07/09 - 08/14	1987 original
•	Octopussy	1983	John Barry	****	3.43	611	1	\|\|\|	439	11/97 - 10/24	1985 original
•	Out of Africa	1985	John Barry	****	3.95	502	2	\|\|\|	940	01/10 - 02/25	1986 original
•	Papillon	1973	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.49	139	0	\|\|\|	2,242	02/24 - 06/24	1988 original
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.33	408	1	\|\|\|	1,315	05/11	1986 original
N	Peggy Sue Got Married	1986	John Barry	***	3.05	62	0	\|\|	2,372	07/25	1986 original
•	Planet of the Apes	1968	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.41	165	2	\|\|\|\|	2,126	05/24	1985 original
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	435	11	\|\|\|	310	10/03 - 07/17	1986 original
•	The Princess Bride	1987	Mark Knopfler	****	3.44	361	6	\|\|	625	04/03 - 03/09	1987 original
R	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	John Williams	*****	4.26	6,568	5	\|\|\|\|\|	57	09/96 - 10/25	1985 original
•	Rambo: First Blood Part II	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.78	1,302	6	\|\|\|	331	05/99 - 01/17	1985 original
•	Red Dawn	1984	Basil Poledouris	***	2.96	179	0	\|\|	1,862	06/10	1988 original
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.09	164	6	\|\|\|	1,478	02/12	1986 original
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.15	602	13	\|\|\|	571	01/04 - 05/18	1987 original
•	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti	****	3.96	500	1	\|\|\|	1,268	12/09	1988 original
•	Rocky IV	1985	Vince DiCola	***	3.05	111	1	\|\|\|	2,239	08/22	1985 original
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.32	253	0	\|\|	1,542	07/09 - 02/14	1985 original
R	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.50	659	4	\|\|\|	536	06/03 - 10/25	1986 original
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.81	445	3	\|\|\|	1,295	12/09 - 09/21	1985 original
•	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.26	627	22	\|\|\|	642	06/03 - 01/12	1986 original
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.13	3,896	9	\|\|\|\|	99	01/99 - 11/23	1986 original
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.24	17,665	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	1986 original
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.16	10,905	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	1986 original
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.30	9,740	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	1985 original
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.35	288	1	\|\|	1,303	07/09	1985 original
R	Superman: The Movie	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,248	42	\|\|\|\|	26	11/98 - 10/25	1987 original
•	Top Gun	1986	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	****	3.16	154	0	\|\|\|	2,300	08/24	1986 original
•	The Untouchables	1987	Ennio Morricone	***	3.54	144	0	\|\|\|	2,205	08/22	1987 original
R	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.40	660	1	\|\|	1,193	08/09 - 10/25	1987 original

1988 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Jerry Goldsmith: Suites and Themes	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.52	234	7	\|\|\|	505	06/97 - 11/11	limited

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