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1993 REGULAR RELEASES:

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Addams Family Values	1993	Marc Shaiman	***	2.93	149	0	\|\|\|	2,271	03/22
•	Alive	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.32	138	0	\|\|	2,262	03/22
•	Bopha!	1993	James Horner	*	1.90	387	2	\|	1,020	01/00 - 08/06
•	Carlito's Way	1993	Patrick Doyle	***	3.30	78	0	\|\|\|	2,400	02/25
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.45	926	3	\|\|\|	448	06/97 - 11/23	all albums
•	The Crying Game	1992	Anne Dudley	***	3.00	256	0	\|	548	09/96 - 04/06
•	Dave	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.60	333	1	\|\|	1,657	02/12 - 03/13	all albums
•	Demolition Man	1993	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.92	317	6	\|\|	652	10/96 - 02/06
•	Dennis the Menace	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.19	376	1	\|\|	633	06/98 - 08/14	multiple albums
•	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	1993	Randy Edelman	****	3.18	361	4	\|	693	09/03 - 04/09
•	A Far Off Place	1993	James Horner	***	2.94	247	2	\|\|	733	06/97 - 02/15	all albums
•	Free Willy	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.58	1,101	2	\|\|	359	08/99 - 01/08
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	**	3.06	1,525	3	\|\|\|	456	12/00 - 09/10	all albums
•	Gettysburg	1993	Randy Edelman	***	3.31	288	1	\|\|\|	1,502	12/09	multiple albums
•	Groundhog Day	1993	George Fenton	***	3.04	154	0	\|\|	1,904	07/10
•	Heaven & Earth	1993	Kitaro	*****	3.31	998	4	\|\|	810	06/99 - 05/07
•	In the Line of Fire	1993	Ennio Morricone	**	2.90	203	1	\|\|	1,795	01/12
•	Indecent Proposal	1993	John Barry	***	2.90	209	0	\|\|\|	1,544	06/10 - 03/16	all albums
•	Into the West	1992	Patrick Doyle	***	3.01	72	0	\|\|	2,408	02/25
•	The Joy Luck Club	1993	Rachel Portman	****	3.32	439	2	\|\|	916	04/04 - 10/11
•	Jurassic Park	1993	John Williams	*****	4.24	18,233	117	\|\|\|\|	12	09/96 - 10/25	all albums
•	Love Field	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.30	283	1	\|\|\|	969	06/98 - 09/21	all albums
•	Malice	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.89	320	1	\|\|	1,035	03/97 - 10/11
•	The Man Without a Face	1993	James Horner	****	3.57	1,167	0	\|	696	06/98 - 09/06
•	Matinee	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.19	348	3	\|\|	952	06/98 - 06/22	all albums
•	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	Howard Shore	***	2.92	135	0	\|\|	1,805	12/10
•	Much Ado About Nothing	1993	Patrick Doyle	****	3.67	1,691	0	\|	349	07/98 - 09/06
•	My Life	1993	John Barry	****	3.20	441	1	\|	932	07/98 - 09/06
•	Needful Things	1993	Patrick Doyle	***	3.42	67	0	\|\|\|	2,406	02/25
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,625	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	all albums
•	Once Upon a Forest	1993	James Horner	****	3.35	334	5	\|\|	580	08/98 - 08/08
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	303	0	\|\|	1,767	09/09	multiple albums
•	Point of No Return	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.27	191	1	\|\|	1,723	03/10
•	The Remains of the Day	1993	Richard Robbins	***	3.03	121	1	\|\|	1,870	02/12
•	RoboCop 3	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.41	141	0	\|\|\|	2,118	03/22 - 05/25	all albums
•	Ruby Cairo	1993	John Barry	****	3.17	427	0	\|\|	1,181	05/01 - 10/08	all albums
•	Rudy	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.87	3,892	2	\|\|\|	184	04/97 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	The Saint of Fort Washington	1993	James Newton Howard	***	2.82	56	0	\|\|	2,450	05/25
•	Scent of a Woman	1992	Thomas Newman	****	3.19	327	0	\|\|	1,620	09/09
•	Schindler's List	1993	John Williams	*****	4.35	25,597	387	\|\|\|	5	09/96 - 10/25	multiple albums
•	Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	James Horner	***	3.41	536	4	\|\|	680	06/98 - 07/15	all albums
•	The Secret Garden	1993	Zbigniew Preisner	****	3.39	204	2	\|\|	1,888	02/12
•	Sommersby	1993	Danny Elfman	*****	4.06	2,062	10	\|\|	478	09/96 - 09/08
•	Swing Kids	1993	James Horner	**	3.05	278	2	\|\|	607	06/98 - 11/11
•	Tombstone	1993	Bruce Broughton	****	3.51	327	2	\|\|\|	1,586	05/10	all albums
•	Under Siege	1992	Gary Chang	**	2.34	153	0	\|\|	2,261	03/22
•	Untamed Heart	1993	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.23	487	0	\|\|	495	05/01 - 09/08
•	Warlock: The Armageddon	1993	Mark McKenzie	****	3.07	306	0	\|\|	1,140	01/00 - 01/08
•	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	1993	James Horner	***	3.14	342	2	\|\|	476	09/96 - 11/11

1993 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Bandolero!	1968	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	64	0	\|\|\|	2,421	11/24	re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	***	3.47	844	6	\|\|\|	251	09/99 - 11/12	all albums
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	2.96	765	12	\|\|\|\|	909	09/09	bootleg
•	Brazil	1985	Michael Kamen	****	3.45	154	0	\|\|\|	2,260	04/24	re-issue
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.79	193	0	\|\|	1,715	07/09 - 07/21	all albums
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.47	322	0	\|\|\|	1,076	07/09 - 04/16	all albums
R	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.62	164	0	\|\|\|	2,167	08/22 - 02/26	re-issue
•	The Eiger Sanction	1975	John Williams	***	3.04	164	0	\|\|	2,321	06/24 - 10/25	re-issue
•	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.59	1,168	3	\|\|	531	06/99 - 06/25	Japanese
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.53	1,504	13	\|\|\|	316	11/99 - 11/11	all albums
•	Hocus Pocus	1993	John Debney, James Horner	***	3.33	181	0	\|\|\|	2,199	11/22	promotional
•	Lonesome Dove (TV)	1989	Basil Poledouris	***	3.78	940	1	\|\|	286	11/98 - 11/19	all albums
•	Mad Max	1979	Brian May	****	2.89	183	0	\|\|\|	2,228	12/23	all albums
•	One Against the Wind (TV)	1991	Lee Holdridge	***	3.01	165	0	\|	1,401	04/97 - 03/06
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.88	339	4	\|\|\|	1,321	07/09 - 06/10	all albums
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	446	11	\|\|\|	310	10/03 - 07/17	expanded, limited
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,406	3	\|\|\|	392	06/98 - 04/18	expanded
•	Robot Jox	1990	Frederic Talgorn	****	3.19	178	0	\|\|	1,237	04/97 - 12/17	all albums
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.79	459	3	\|\|\|	1,269	12/09 - 09/21	limited, remastered
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,829	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	anthology set
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.14	11,045	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	anthology set
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.29	9,920	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	anthology set
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.27	330	1	\|\|	1,305	07/09	expanded
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.46	252	2	\|\|\|	675	03/97 - 11/11	limited

1993 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.32	149	0	\|	895	11/96 - 07/06	multiple albums
•	A History of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	**	2.72	125	0	\|	1,717	11/96 - 07/06
•	Jerry Goldsmith SPFM Tribute	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.34	205	3	\|\|	726	08/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Music From the Films of Sean Connery	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	2.84	101	0	\|	1,053	11/96 - 07/06

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