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    1990 REGULAR RELEASES:    
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Always1990John Williams**3.113977|||69506/98 - 09/21all albums
•Another 48 Hrs.1990James Horner**2.191190||2,23603/22all albums
•Arachnophobia1990Trevor Jones***3.131270||1,81501/12multiple albums
•Avalon1990Randy Newman**2.911861|1,21503/97 - 03/06
•Back to the Future Part III1990Alan Silvestri****3.502002|||1,42301/10 - 04/16multiple albums
•Come See the Paradise1990Randy Edelman, Alex Parker, Jake Parker***3.233774|99709/03 - 04/09
•Dances With Wolves1990John Barry*****4.258,21845||||2406/97 - 03/16all albums
•Darkman1990Danny Elfman**3.175533||47609/96 - 07/20all albums
•Dead Poets Society1989Maurice Jarre***3.041440||2,29105/24all albums
•Dick Tracy1990Danny Elfman***3.2875510|||40007/98 - 03/17multiple albums
•Die Hard 2: Die Harder1990Michael Kamen***3.012461|||1,40001/12 - 11/12all albums
•Edward Scissorhands1990Danny Elfman*****4.3019,679189|||809/96 - 01/16all albums
•Ghost1990Maurice Jarre***3.495502|35404/03 - 03/09all albums
•Glory1989James Horner*****4.2711,59364||||5108/97 - 01/22all albums
•The Godfather Part III1990Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota***2.971921|||1,66610/09
•Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990Jerry Goldsmith****3.674604|||31703/97 - 10/15all albums
•Home Alone1990John Williams****3.973,06321|||11009/96 - 03/16all albums
•The Hunt for Red October1990Basil Poledouris****4.0114,222203|||1603/97 - 01/14all albums
•Kindergarten Cop1990Randy Edelman****3.355233||63305/98 - 08/08
•Memphis Belle1990George Fenton****3.725522||99007/03 - 04/09
•Mr. Destiny1990David Newman***3.172490|1,43204/97 - 04/06
•Nightbreed1990Danny Elfman***3.194760|||58907/98 - 08/24all albums
•Pacific Heights1990Hans Zimmer****3.392920||1,77204/10
•Predator 21990Alan Silvestri***3.523512|||1,53101/12 - 12/14multiple albums
•Presumed Innocent1990John Williams*****3.721,0545|||43109/96 - 06/22all albums
•Quigley Down Under1990Basil Poledouris****3.921,1693||62304/03 - 04/09all albums
•RoboCop 21990Leonard Rosenman*2.18990|||2,14703/22all albums
•The Russia House1990Jerry Goldsmith*****4.265,53214||||19512/96 - 09/21all albums
•Stanley & Iris1990John Williams**3.023403||80606/98 - 04/17all albums
•Total Recall1990Jerry Goldsmith****3.853,28329|||15012/96 - 04/21multiple albums
    1990 SPECIAL RELEASES:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•19411979John Williams**3.042772|||1,25508/09 - 10/11multiple albums
•The Cassandra Crossing1976Jerry Goldsmith***2.80830|||2,32108/24all albums
•Chariots of Fire1981Vangelis**2.977175|||1,29809/09original issue
•Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977John Williams***3.712,53310|||7605/98 - 11/22all albums
•Dracula1979John Williams***3.282352||1,24508/09 - 11/18
•Dragonslayer1981Alex North*2.6237528|||60908/97 - 06/21limited
•Earthquake1974John Williams**2.791210|||2,29506/24all albums
•E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial1982John Williams*****4.308,367132||||3509/96 - 11/22re-issue
•Explorers1985Jerry Goldsmith***3.422951|||1,49707/09 - 09/11all albums
•The Fury1978John Williams***3.655994|||62103/03 - 03/13all albums
•Ghostbusters1984Elmer Bernstein**3.524354|||51603/06 - 11/20all albums
•The Great Train Robbery1979Jerry Goldsmith***3.202190||1,59407/09 - 04/21all albums
•High Road to China1983John Barry****3.951,4171|||46906/97 - 11/11limited
•The Lion in Winter1968John Barry*****4.161,4924|||33406/97 - 09/08all albums
•MacArthur1977Jerry Goldsmith***3.021630||1,71308/09 - 03/24all albums
•Masada (TV)1981Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens****3.333322|||1,38507/09 - 02/22re-recording
•The Omen1976Jerry Goldsmith*****4.097197||||83607/09 - 03/17all albums
•Planet of the Apes1968Jerry Goldsmith**3.471572||||2,14005/24re-issue
•Psycho II1983Jerry Goldsmith**3.052537||1,18507/09 - 05/14multiple albums
R
Red Sonja1985Ennio Morricone***3.053303|||61406/97 - 06/25limited
•The Reivers1969John Williams****3.42970|||2,29209/24all albums
•Robin and Marian1976John Barry, Richard Shores***3.266631||1,07407/03 - 03/09bootleg
•The Rose Tattoo1954Alex North**2.891140|1,17108/97 - 05/06limited
•Superman II1980Ken Thorne****3.331101|||2,12808/22Japanese
•Superman III1983Ken Thorne**2.451421||||2,21508/22Japanese
•Vertigo1958Bernard Herrmann****4.162,0151|||24107/97 - 09/06multiple albums
•Vibes1988James Horner**2.9430216||63509/96 - 02/14limited
•Wisdom1986Danny Elfman**2.83470||2,34111/24
    1990 COMPILATIONS:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Georges Delerue: The London Sessions1990Georges Delerue****3.987595||90303/01 - 11/18all albums
•Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 11990Danny Elfman***4.005672||71612/96 - 08/08
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