Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 1993 Albums

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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	133	0	\|\|\|	2,268	03/22
•	Alive	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.31	120	0	\|\|	2,249	03/22
•	Bopha!	1993	James Horner	*	1.94	364	2	\|	1,018	01/00 - 08/06
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.44	901	3	\|\|\|	448	06/97 - 11/23	all albums
•	The Crying Game	1992	Anne Dudley	***	3.01	232	0	\|	547	09/96 - 04/06
•	Dave	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.59	323	1	\|\|	1,650	02/12 - 03/13	all albums
•	Demolition Man	1993	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.97	284	6	\|\|	653	10/96 - 02/06
•	Dennis the Menace	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.27	365	1	\|\|	630	06/98 - 08/14	multiple albums
•	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	1993	Randy Edelman	****	3.29	354	4	\|	695	09/03 - 04/09
•	A Far Off Place	1993	James Horner	***	2.94	222	2	\|\|	734	06/97 - 02/15	all albums
•	Free Willy	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.58	1,068	2	\|\|	361	08/99 - 01/08
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	**	3.13	1,456	3	\|\|\|	458	12/00 - 09/10	all albums
•	Gettysburg	1993	Randy Edelman	***	3.35	250	1	\|\|\|	1,505	12/09	multiple albums
•	Groundhog Day	1993	George Fenton	***	2.89	128	0	\|\|	1,902	07/10
•	Heaven & Earth	1993	Kitaro	*****	3.55	846	4	\|\|	814	06/99 - 05/07
•	In the Line of Fire	1993	Ennio Morricone	**	2.50	175	1	\|\|	1,791	01/12
•	Indecent Proposal	1993	John Barry	***	2.93	189	0	\|\|\|	1,546	06/10 - 03/16	all albums
•	The Joy Luck Club	1993	Rachel Portman	****	3.73	407	2	\|\|	913	04/04 - 10/11
R	Jurassic Park	1993	John Williams	*****	4.24	18,133	117	\|\|\|\|	12	09/96 - 10/25	all albums
•	Love Field	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.30	255	1	\|\|\|	974	06/98 - 09/21	all albums
•	Malice	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.90	287	1	\|\|	1,040	03/97 - 10/11
•	The Man Without a Face	1993	James Horner	****	3.61	1,130	0	\|	691	06/98 - 09/06
•	Matinee	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.19	341	3	\|\|	956	06/98 - 06/22	all albums
•	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	Howard Shore	***	2.83	120	0	\|\|	1,806	12/10
•	Much Ado About Nothing	1993	Patrick Doyle	****	3.67	1,642	0	\|	350	07/98 - 09/06
•	My Life	1993	John Barry	****	3.22	428	1	\|	927	07/98 - 09/06
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,530	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	all albums
•	Once Upon a Forest	1993	James Horner	****	3.41	321	5	\|\|	577	08/98 - 08/08
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	273	0	\|\|	1,771	09/09	multiple albums
•	Point of No Return	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.27	166	1	\|\|	1,722	03/10
•	The Remains of the Day	1993	Richard Robbins	***	3.00	96	1	\|\|	1,868	02/12
R	RoboCop 3	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.83	96	0	\|\|\|	2,128	03/22 - 05/25	all albums
•	Ruby Cairo	1993	John Barry	****	3.22	405	0	\|\|	1,181	05/01 - 10/08	all albums
•	Rudy	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.87	3,871	2	\|\|\|	184	04/97 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	Scent of a Woman	1992	Thomas Newman	****	3.25	316	0	\|\|	1,627	09/09
R	Schindler's List	1993	John Williams	*****	4.35	25,450	387	\|\|\|	5	09/96 - 10/25	multiple albums
•	Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	James Horner	***	3.81	507	4	\|\|	677	06/98 - 07/15	all albums
•	The Secret Garden	1993	Zbigniew Preisner	****	3.39	183	2	\|\|	1,890	02/12
•	Sommersby	1993	Danny Elfman	*****	4.12	1,961	10	\|\|	478	09/96 - 09/08
•	Swing Kids	1993	James Horner	**	2.81	243	2	\|\|	605	06/98 - 11/11
•	Tombstone	1993	Bruce Broughton	****	3.69	313	2	\|\|\|	1,587	05/10	all albums
•	Under Siege	1992	Gary Chang	**	2.34	136	0	\|\|	2,247	03/22
•	Untamed Heart	1993	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.25	476	0	\|\|	490	05/01 - 09/08
•	Warlock: The Armageddon	1993	Mark McKenzie	****	3.06	261	0	\|\|	1,127	01/00 - 01/08
•	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	1993	James Horner	***	3.37	329	2	\|\|	474	09/96 - 11/11

1993 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	***	3.47	822	6	\|\|\|	250	09/99 - 11/12	all albums
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	2.94	737	12	\|\|\|\|	926	09/09	bootleg
•	Brazil	1985	Michael Kamen	****	3.48	135	0	\|\|\|	2,266	04/24	re-issue
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.73	171	0	\|\|	1,706	07/09 - 07/21	all albums
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.54	287	0	\|\|\|	1,081	07/09 - 04/16	all albums
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	145	0	\|\|\|	2,183	08/22	re-issue
R	The Eiger Sanction	1975	John Williams	***	3.04	147	0	\|\|	2,309	06/24 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.54	1,083	3	\|\|	532	06/99 - 06/25	Japanese
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.53	1,460	13	\|\|\|	319	11/99 - 11/11	all albums
•	Hocus Pocus	1993	John Debney, James Horner	***	3.31	160	0	\|\|\|	2,197	11/22	promotional
•	Lonesome Dove (TV)	1989	Basil Poledouris	***	3.78	916	1	\|\|	286	11/98 - 11/19	all albums
•	Mad Max	1979	Brian May	****	3.03	157	0	\|\|\|	2,219	12/23	all albums
•	One Against the Wind (TV)	1991	Lee Holdridge	***	3.01	139	0	\|	1,390	04/97 - 03/06
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.92	328	4	\|\|\|	1,334	07/09 - 06/10	all albums
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	435	11	\|\|\|	310	10/03 - 07/17	expanded, limited
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,367	3	\|\|\|	395	06/98 - 04/18	expanded
•	Robot Jox	1990	Frederic Talgorn	****	3.19	159	0	\|\|	1,233	04/97 - 12/17	all albums
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.81	445	3	\|\|\|	1,294	12/09 - 09/21	limited, remastered
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,667	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	anthology set
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.16	10,907	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	anthology set
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.30	9,751	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	anthology set
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.35	288	1	\|\|	1,303	07/09	expanded
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.37	217	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	***	3.28	124	0	\|	890	11/96 - 07/06	multiple albums
•	A History of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	**	2.75	106	0	\|	1,705	11/96 - 07/06
•	Jerry Goldsmith SPFM Tribute	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.49	179	3	\|\|	722	08/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Music From the Films of Sean Connery	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	2.84	89	0	\|	1,047	11/96 - 07/06

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