Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 1990 Albums

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1990 REGULAR RELEASES

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Always	1990	John Williams	**	3.11	363	6	\|	745	06/98 - 08/06
•	Arachnophobia	1990	Trevor Jones	***	3.01	90	0	\|\|	1,790	01/12	multiple albums
•	Avalon	1990	Randy Newman	**	2.93	146	1	\|	1,183	03/97 - 03/06
•	Back to the Future Part III	1990	Alan Silvestri	****	3.31	139	2	\|\|\|	1,464	01/10 - 04/16	multiple albums
•	Come See the Paradise	1990	Randy Edelman, Alex Parker, Jake Parker	***	3.26	355	4	\|	966	09/03 - 04/09
•	Dances With Wolves	1990	John Barry	*****	4.28	8,049	44	\|\|\|\|	24	06/97 - 03/16	all albums
•	Darkman	1990	Danny Elfman	**	3.00	319	3	\|\|	558	09/96 - 07/20	all albums
•	Dick Tracy	1990	Danny Elfman	***	3.30	626	10	\|\|\|	402	07/98 - 03/17	multiple albums
•	Die Hard 2: Die Harder	1990	Michael Kamen	***	2.97	188	1	\|\|\|	1,477	01/12 - 11/12	all albums
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.31	19,309	188	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	all albums
•	Ghost	1990	Maurice Jarre	***	3.43	501	2	\|	362	04/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	Glory	1989	James Horner	*****	4.30	11,372	61	\|\|\|	53	08/97 - 07/06	all albums
•	The Godfather Part III	1990	Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota	***	2.83	107	1	\|\|\|	1,711	10/09
•	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	1990	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.63	420	4	\|\|\|	321	03/97 - 10/15	all albums
•	Home Alone	1990	John Williams	****	3.96	2,870	20	\|\|\|	110	09/96 - 03/16	all albums
•	The Hunt for Red October	1990	Basil Poledouris	****	4.01	14,077	202	\|\|\|	16	03/97 - 01/14	all albums
•	Kindergarten Cop	1990	Randy Edelman	****	3.32	491	3	\|\|	599	05/98 - 08/08
•	Memphis Belle	1990	George Fenton	****	3.71	525	2	\|\|	967	07/03 - 04/09
•	Mr. Destiny	1990	David Newman	***	3.20	197	0	\|	1,396	04/97 - 04/06
•	Nightbreed	1990	Danny Elfman	***	3.41	314	0	\|	732	07/98 - 01/06
•	Pacific Heights	1990	Hans Zimmer	****	3.08	132	0	\|\|	1,759	04/10
•	Predator 2	1990	Alan Silvestri	***	3.08	241	2	\|\|\|	1,547	01/12 - 12/14	multiple albums
•	Presumed Innocent	1990	John Williams	*****	3.83	949	5	\|\|	459	09/96 - 08/08
•	Quigley Down Under	1990	Basil Poledouris	****	3.91	1,099	3	\|\|	633	04/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	The Russia House	1990	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.29	5,361	13	\|\|\|\|	199	12/96 - 01/18	all albums
•	Stanley & Iris	1990	John Williams	**	3.12	283	3	\|\|	816	06/98 - 04/17	all albums
•	Total Recall	1990	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.88	3,189	29	\|\|\|	156	12/96 - 03/16	all albums

1990 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.14	206	2	\|\|\|	1,292	08/09 - 10/11	multiple albums
•	Chariots of Fire	1981	Vangelis	**	3.13	612	5	\|\|\|	1,373	09/09	original issue
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	***	3.74	2,281	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 05/18	all albums
•	Dracula	1979	John Williams	***	3.34	167	2	\|\|	1,323	08/09 - 11/18
•	Dragonslayer	1981	Alex North	*	2.57	339	27	\|\|\|	640	08/97 - 09/10	limited
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.34	8,137	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	re-issue
•	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.42	234	1	\|\|\|	1,500	07/09 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Fury	1978	John Williams	***	3.64	559	4	\|\|\|	642	03/03 - 03/13	all albums
•	Ghostbusters	1984	Elmer Bernstein	**	3.47	401	4	\|\|\|	527	03/06 - 11/20	all albums
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.16	168	0	\|\|	1,596	07/09 - 04/21	all albums
•	High Road to China	1983	John Barry	****	3.94	1,330	1	\|\|\|	460	06/97 - 11/11	limited
•	The Lion in Winter	1968	John Barry	*****	4.20	1,380	4	\|\|\|	334	06/97 - 09/08	all albums
•	MacArthur	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.05	118	0	\|\|	1,753	08/09
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.63	280	2	\|\|\|	1,481	07/09 - 06/11	re-recording
•	The Omen	1976	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.08	671	7	\|\|\|\|	905	07/09 - 03/17	all albums
•	Psycho II	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.03	198	6	\|\|	1,220	07/09 - 05/14	multiple albums
•	Red Sonja	1985	Ennio Morricone	***	3.06	263	3	\|\|\|	665	06/97 - 01/11	limited
•	Robin and Marian	1976	John Barry, Richard Shores	***	3.26	626	1	\|\|	1,096	07/03 - 03/09	bootleg
•	The Rose Tattoo	1954	Alex North	**	2.88	90	0	\|	1,126	08/97 - 05/06	limited
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	****	4.18	1,872	1	\|\|\|	239	07/97 - 09/06	multiple albums
•	Vibes	1988	James Horner	**	2.65	192	16	\|\|	625	09/96 - 02/14	limited

1990 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Georges Delerue: The London Sessions	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.97	717	5	\|\|	909	03/01 - 11/18	all albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 1	1990	Danny Elfman	***	3.99	523	2	\|\|	709	12/96 - 08/08

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Status:	N	- indicates a new review that has been published in the last 90 days
	R	- indicates an older review that has been significantly revised in the last 90 days

Year:	Year of Debut (a golden year indicates that the music won or was nominated for a major award)

Ratings:	FR	- Filmtracks Rating ("Varied" indicates a split rating with no overall designation)
VR	- Viewer Rating (overall average)
VT	- Vote Total (for viewer ratings)

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

Review Depth:	\|\|\|\|\|	- Massive Review (over 4,000 words)
	\|\|\|\|	- Very Long Review (between 2,200 and 4,000 words)
	\|\|\|	- Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
	\|\|	- Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
	\|	- Short Review (under 800 words)

Traffic Rank:	Popularity Rank (lower numbers indicate more cumulative reads; new reviews take time to climb the ranks)

Dates:	1st	- indicates the month and year during which the review was first published
	2nd	- indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)

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