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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	****	3.85	5,688	13	\|\|\|\|	58	03/99 - 05/11	all albums
•	Cocoon: The Return	1988	James Horner	**	3.07	130	0	\|\|	1,485	08/09 - 03/16	all albums
•	Criminal Law	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.43	196	0	\|	1,131	07/98 - 10/11
•	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	John Du Prez	****	3.04	136	1	\|\|\|	1,714	08/11 - 12/17	all albums
•	The Land Before Time	1988	James Horner	*****	4.08	4,448	12	\|\|\|	78	07/98 - 12/07
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.12	331	1	\|\|\|	1,126	04/10 - 05/18	all albums
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.65	1,278	2	\|\|\|	400	06/98 - 04/18	all albums
•	Red Heat	1988	James Horner	*	2.48	195	12	\|\|	737	07/98 - 11/11
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.04	233	1	\|\|	1,087	06/98 - 03/10	multiple albums
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	****	3.49	677	4	\|\|\|	454	07/03 - 06/18	all albums
•	Willow	1988	James Horner	*****	4.22	5,839	16	\|\|\|\|	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	***	3.96	664	11	\|\|\|	654	07/09	1988 original
•	Aliens	1986	James Horner	***	3.46	1,520	48	\|\|\|	176	05/01 - 10/08	1987 original
•	An American Tail	1986	James Horner, Barry Mann	****	3.80	485	4	\|\|\|\|	1,058	08/09 - 05/19	1986 original
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	4.02	854	8	\|\|\|\|	711	01/10 - 04/16	1985 original
•	*batteries not included	1987	James Horner	***	2.94	127	2	\|\|	1,581	08/09 - 08/20	1987 original
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	**	2.92	520	4	\|\|	739	06/99 - 01/17	1986 original
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.37	270	4	\|\|\|	589	11/96 - 04/17	1985 original
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	2.97	657	12	\|\|\|\|	1,022	09/09	1987 original
•	Brainstorm	1983	James Horner	***	3.03	131	2	\|\|\|	1,488	08/09	1985 original
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	****	3.74	2,282	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 05/18	1986 original
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.76	833	3	\|\|\|	401	10/97 - 12/13	1985 original
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.20	1,930	41	\|\|\|	148	06/03 - 12/12	1984 original
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.42	178	2	\|\|\|	1,539	07/09	1988 original
•	Dune	1984	Toto	***	4.03	13,601	38	\|\|\|\|	46	12/97 - 09/08	1984 original
•	Empire of the Sun	1987	John Williams	***	3.44	477	1	\|\|\|	1,049	08/09 - 08/14	1987 original
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.34	8,144	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	1986 original
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.31	543	1	\|\|\|	1,117	02/05 - 10/11	1987 original
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.83	274	1	\|\|\|	1,415	07/09	1986 original
•	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.83	607	3	\|\|\|	1,243	07/09 - 12/10	1988 original
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.68	200	1	\|\|	1,569	09/09	1986 original
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	3.00	121	0	\|\|	1,544	08/09 - 02/15	1986 original
•	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	****	3.35	680	1	\|\|	632	01/00 - 07/08	1985 original
•	Hoosiers	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.29	2,233	17	\|\|\|\|	285	06/03 - 12/12	1987 original
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	201	4	\|\|	1,567	07/09 - 04/21	1988 original
•	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	John Williams	*****	3.93	1,094	4	\|\|\|	669	08/09	1984 original
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	419	8	\|\|\|	773	07/03 - 02/10	1987 original
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.16	201	1	\|\|	1,518	08/09 - 03/10	1986 original
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	****	3.31	260	1	\|\|\|	607	08/97 - 10/12	1987 original
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.23	239	5	\|\|	1,390	08/09 - 02/15	1987 original
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.54	1,077	7	\|\|\|	263	08/97 - 08/15	1987 original
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.32	301	2	\|\|	628	09/96 - 02/15	1987 original
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.27	958	13	\|\|\|	326	03/97 - 03/09	1986 original
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.56	267	4	\|\|	1,430	07/09 - 06/16	1986 original
•	Lionheart	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.93	527	5	\|\|\|	1,219	07/09	1987 original
•	The Living Daylights	1987	John Barry	*****	4.11	1,195	3	\|\|\|\|	298	06/98 - 04/08	1987 original
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.20	194	0	\|\|\|	1,542	06/10	1985 original
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.06	454	6	\|\|\|	429	03/97 - 09/20	1987 original
•	The Mission	1986	Ennio Morricone	*****	4.02	525	3	\|\|\|	1,031	09/09	1986 original
•	The Name of the Rose	1986	James Horner	**	2.81	129	5	\|\|	1,388	08/09	1986 original
•	Night Crossing	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.61	230	0	\|\|	1,454	07/09 - 08/14	1987 original
•	Octopussy	1983	John Barry	****	3.51	468	1	\|\|	482	11/97 - 03/08	1985 original
•	Out of Africa	1985	John Barry	****	4.10	377	2	\|\|\|	1,076	01/10	1986 original
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.81	322	1	\|\|\|	1,461	05/11	1986 original
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.19	408	11	\|\|\|	320	10/03 - 07/17	1986 original
•	The Princess Bride	1987	Mark Knopfler	****	3.45	339	6	\|\|	614	04/03 - 03/09	1987 original
•	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	John Williams	*****	4.29	6,362	5	\|\|\|\|\|	59	09/96 - 12/08	1985 original
•	Rambo: First Blood Part II	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.77	1,219	6	\|\|\|	335	05/99 - 01/17	1985 original
•	Red Dawn	1984	Basil Poledouris	***	2.94	141	0	\|\|	1,842	06/10	1988 original
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.06	129	6	\|\|\|	1,520	02/12	1986 original
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.18	553	13	\|\|\|	598	01/04 - 05/18	1987 original
•	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti	****	3.96	467	1	\|\|\|	1,354	12/09	1988 original
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.36	182	0	\|\|	1,532	07/09 - 02/14	1985 original
•	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.46	608	4	\|\|\|	560	06/03 - 04/16	1986 original
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.79	399	2	\|\|	1,417	12/09	1985 original
•	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.27	567	22	\|\|\|	703	06/03 - 01/12	1986 original
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.12	3,770	8	\|\|\|\|	105	01/99 - 06/18	1986 original
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.25	17,354	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 08/11	1986 original
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.18	10,695	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 09/11	1986 original
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.32	9,462	63	\|\|\|\|	34	01/97 - 09/11	1985 original
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.36	219	1	\|\|	1,356	07/09	1985 original
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.21	4,045	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	1987 original
•	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.48	604	1	\|\|	1,254	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	172	7	\|\|\|	506	06/97 - 11/11	limited

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Comments:	Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area)

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