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    1990 REGULAR RELEASES:    
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
R
Always1990John Williams**3.114017|||69106/98 - 10/25all albums
•Another 48 Hrs.1990James Horner**2.191190||2,26303/22all albums
•Arachnophobia1990Trevor Jones***3.161290||1,81901/12multiple albums
•Avalon1990Randy Newman**2.931871|1,22003/97 - 03/06
•Back to the Future Part III1990Alan Silvestri****3.502022|||1,41901/10 - 04/16multiple albums
•Come See the Paradise1990Randy Edelman, Alex Parker, Jake Parker***3.233794|1,00109/03 - 04/09
•Dances With Wolves1990John Barry*****4.248,23745||||2406/97 - 03/16all albums
•Darkman1990Danny Elfman**3.085863||47509/96 - 07/20all albums
•Dead Poets Society1989Maurice Jarre***3.051480||2,29405/24all albums
•Dick Tracy1990Danny Elfman***3.5490710|||40007/98 - 03/17multiple albums
•Die Hard 2: Die Harder1990Michael Kamen***3.022491|||1,38501/12 - 11/12all albums
•Edward Scissorhands1990Danny Elfman*****4.3019,720189|||809/96 - 01/16all albums
•Fools of Fortune1990Hans Zimmer*****3.65680|||2,32802/25
•Ghost1990Maurice Jarre***3.495502|35504/03 - 03/09all albums
•Glory1989James Horner*****4.2611,62564||||5108/97 - 01/22all albums
•The Godfather Part III1990Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota***2.951941|||1,65810/09
•Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990Jerry Goldsmith****3.664644|||31603/97 - 10/15all albums
R
Home Alone1990John Williams****3.963,06721|||11109/96 - 10/25all albums
•The Hunt for Red October1990Basil Poledouris****4.0114,227203|||1603/97 - 01/14all albums
•Kindergarten Cop1990Randy Edelman****3.355253||63805/98 - 08/08
•Memphis Belle1990George Fenton****3.715532||99207/03 - 04/09
•Mr. Destiny1990David Newman***3.172490|1,43304/97 - 04/06
•Nightbreed1990Danny Elfman***3.184920|||58207/98 - 08/24all albums
•Pacific Heights1990Hans Zimmer****3.402950||1,77504/10
•Predator 21990Alan Silvestri***3.523532|||1,51401/12 - 12/14multiple albums
•Presumed Innocent1990John Williams*****3.731,0595|||43009/96 - 06/22all albums
R
Quigley Down Under1990Basil Poledouris****3.911,1773|||60204/03 - 06/25all albums
•RoboCop 21990Leonard Rosenman*2.031160|||2,15703/22all albums
•The Russia House1990Jerry Goldsmith*****4.265,56814||||19412/96 - 09/21all albums
•Stanley & Iris1990John Williams**3.023403||80906/98 - 04/17all albums
•Total Recall1990Jerry Goldsmith****3.853,28629|||15012/96 - 04/21multiple albums
    1990 SPECIAL RELEASES:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
R
19411979John Williams**3.042772|||1,25108/09 - 10/25multiple albums
•The Cassandra Crossing1976Jerry Goldsmith***2.80840|||2,33408/24all albums
•Chariots of Fire1981Vangelis**2.987215|||1,27209/09original issue
R
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977John Williams***3.712,53610|||7605/98 - 10/25all albums
R
Dracula1979John Williams***3.292362||1,23408/09 - 10/25
•Dragonslayer1981Alex North*2.6237528|||61008/97 - 06/21limited
R
Earthquake1974John Williams**2.851240|||2,30906/24 - 10/25all albums
R
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial1982John Williams*****4.298,404132||||3509/96 - 10/25re-issue
•Explorers1985Jerry Goldsmith***3.432971|||1,49507/09 - 09/11all albums
•Forbidden Zone1982Danny Elfman**2.901030|||2,34411/24
R
The Fury1978John Williams***3.666064|||62003/03 - 10/25all albums
•Ghostbusters1984Elmer Bernstein**3.484454|||51203/06 - 11/20all albums
•The Great Train Robbery1979Jerry Goldsmith***3.212210||1,59607/09 - 04/21all albums
•High Road to China1983John Barry****3.951,4221|||46706/97 - 11/11limited
•The Lion in Winter1968John Barry*****4.121,5134|||33506/97 - 09/08all albums
•MacArthur1977Jerry Goldsmith***3.021640||1,70908/09 - 03/24all albums
•Masada (TV)1981Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens****3.333332|||1,37707/09 - 02/22re-recording
•The Omen1976Jerry Goldsmith*****4.087227||||82407/09 - 03/17all albums
•Planet of the Apes1968Jerry Goldsmith**3.411652||||2,12005/24re-issue
•Psycho II1983Jerry Goldsmith**3.052537||1,17407/09 - 05/14multiple albums
R
Red Sonja1985Ennio Morricone***3.053303|||61306/97 - 06/25limited
R
The Reivers1969John Williams****3.431000|||2,28709/24 - 10/25all albums
•Robin and Marian1976John Barry, Richard Shores***3.266631||1,07107/03 - 03/09bootleg
•The Rose Tattoo1954Alex North**2.891140|1,17708/97 - 05/06limited
•Superman II1980Ken Thorne****2.812051|||2,10108/22Japanese
•Superman III1983Ken Thorne**3.062151||||2,21808/22Japanese
•Vertigo1958Bernard Herrmann****4.122,0421|||24307/97 - 09/06multiple albums
•Vibes1988James Horner**2.9430216||63309/96 - 02/14limited
•Wild Rovers1971Jerry Goldsmith****3.58720|||2,36411/24all albums
•Wisdom1986Danny Elfman**3.00810||2,34311/24
    1990 COMPILATIONS:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Georges Delerue: The London Sessions1990Georges Delerue****3.987625||90503/01 - 11/18all albums
•Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 11990Danny Elfman***4.005712||72012/96 - 08/08
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