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	\|\|\|	2,258	03/22
•	Alive	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.31	119	0	\|\|	2,231	03/22
•	Bopha!	1993	James Horner	*	1.94	364	2	\|	1,015	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	\|	544	09/96 - 04/06
•	Dave	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.60	321	1	\|\|	1,643	02/12 - 03/13	all albums
•	Demolition Man	1993	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.96	283	6	\|\|	653	10/96 - 02/06
•	Dennis the Menace	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.26	364	1	\|\|	624	06/98 - 08/14	multiple albums
•	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	1993	Randy Edelman	****	3.29	353	4	\|	699	09/03 - 04/09
•	A Far Off Place	1993	James Horner	***	2.94	222	2	\|\|	732	06/97 - 02/15	all albums
•	Free Willy	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.58	1,068	2	\|\|	360	08/99 - 01/08
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	**	3.12	1,452	3	\|\|\|	460	12/00 - 09/10	all albums
•	Gettysburg	1993	Randy Edelman	***	3.36	249	1	\|\|\|	1,510	12/09	multiple albums
•	Groundhog Day	1993	George Fenton	***	2.88	127	0	\|\|	1,899	07/10
•	Heaven & Earth	1993	Kitaro	*****	3.55	846	4	\|\|	816	06/99 - 05/07
•	In the Line of Fire	1993	Ennio Morricone	**	2.50	175	1	\|\|	1,794	01/12
•	Indecent Proposal	1993	John Barry	***	2.92	188	0	\|\|\|	1,559	06/10 - 03/16	all albums
•	The Joy Luck Club	1993	Rachel Portman	****	3.74	406	2	\|\|	914	04/04 - 10/11
•	Jurassic Park	1993	John Williams	*****	4.24	18,123	117	\|\|\|\|	12	09/96 - 11/22	all albums
•	Love Field	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.30	254	1	\|\|\|	988	06/98 - 09/21	all albums
•	Malice	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.90	287	1	\|\|	1,048	03/97 - 10/11
•	The Man Without a Face	1993	James Horner	****	3.61	1,129	0	\|	688	06/98 - 09/06
•	Matinee	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.19	340	3	\|\|	955	06/98 - 06/22	all albums
•	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	Howard Shore	***	2.83	120	0	\|\|	1,811	12/10
•	Much Ado About Nothing	1993	Patrick Doyle	****	3.68	1,640	0	\|	350	07/98 - 09/06
•	My Life	1993	John Barry	****	3.22	428	1	\|	926	07/98 - 09/06
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,526	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	all albums
•	Once Upon a Forest	1993	James Horner	****	3.41	321	5	\|\|	571	08/98 - 08/08
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	273	0	\|\|	1,780	09/09	multiple albums
•	Point of No Return	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.26	165	1	\|\|	1,724	03/10
•	The Remains of the Day	1993	Richard Robbins	***	3.00	96	1	\|\|	1,869	02/12
•	RoboCop 3	1993	Basil Poledouris	****	3.41	69	0	\|\|\|	2,166	03/22	all albums
•	Ruby Cairo	1993	John Barry	****	3.22	404	0	\|\|	1,174	05/01 - 10/08	all albums
•	Rudy	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.87	3,866	2	\|\|\|	184	04/97 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	Scent of a Woman	1992	Thomas Newman	****	3.25	316	0	\|\|	1,630	09/09
•	Schindler's List	1993	John Williams	*****	4.35	25,440	387	\|\|\|	5	09/96 - 02/19	multiple albums
•	Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	James Horner	***	3.81	506	4	\|\|	673	06/98 - 07/15	all albums
•	The Secret Garden	1993	Zbigniew Preisner	****	3.39	183	2	\|\|	1,891	02/12
•	Sommersby	1993	Danny Elfman	*****	4.13	1,951	10	\|\|	478	09/96 - 09/08
•	Swing Kids	1993	James Horner	**	2.81	243	2	\|\|	601	06/98 - 11/11
•	Tombstone	1993	Bruce Broughton	****	3.70	309	2	\|\|\|	1,590	05/10	all albums
•	Under Siege	1992	Gary Chang	**	2.34	136	0	\|\|	2,223	03/22
•	Untamed Heart	1993	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.25	475	0	\|\|	486	05/01 - 09/08
•	Warlock: The Armageddon	1993	Mark McKenzie	****	3.06	261	0	\|\|	1,117	01/00 - 01/08
•	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	1993	James Horner	***	3.36	327	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	\|\|\|	249	09/99 - 11/12	all albums
•	Blade Runner	1982	Vangelis	**	2.94	731	12	\|\|\|\|	935	09/09	bootleg
•	Brazil	1985	Michael Kamen	****	3.47	133	0	\|\|\|	2,264	04/24	re-issue
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.71	170	0	\|\|	1,701	07/09 - 07/21	all albums
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.54	286	0	\|\|\|	1,085	07/09 - 04/16	all albums
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	142	0	\|\|\|	2,191	08/22	re-issue
•	The Eiger Sanction	1975	John Williams	***	3.04	147	0	\|\|	2,298	06/24	re-issue
•	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.55	1,060	3	\|\|	540	06/99 - 03/09	Japanese
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.65	1,443	13	\|\|\|	319	11/99 - 11/11	all albums
•	Hocus Pocus	1993	John Debney, James Horner	***	3.31	159	0	\|\|\|	2,206	11/22	promotional
•	Lonesome Dove (TV)	1989	Basil Poledouris	***	3.78	915	1	\|\|	286	11/98 - 11/19	all albums
•	Mad Max	1979	Brian May	****	3.03	157	0	\|\|\|	2,208	12/23	all albums
•	One Against the Wind (TV)	1991	Lee Holdridge	***	3.01	138	0	\|	1,382	04/97 - 03/06
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.91	327	4	\|\|\|	1,345	07/09 - 06/10	all albums
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.20	433	11	\|\|\|	310	10/03 - 07/17	expanded, limited
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,364	3	\|\|\|	395	06/98 - 04/18	expanded
•	Robot Jox	1990	Frederic Talgorn	****	3.19	159	0	\|\|	1,231	04/97 - 12/17	all albums
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.82	442	3	\|\|\|	1,302	12/09 - 09/21	limited, remastered
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,651	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 11/23	anthology set
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.16	10,880	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 11/23	anthology set
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.29	9,663	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 11/23	anthology set
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.35	286	1	\|\|	1,311	07/09	expanded
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.37	216	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	\|	887	11/96 - 07/06	multiple albums
•	A History of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	**	2.71	104	0	\|	1,697	11/96 - 07/06
•	Jerry Goldsmith SPFM Tribute	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.49	179	3	\|\|	715	08/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Music From the Films of Sean Connery	1993	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	2.84	89	0	\|	1,043	11/96 - 07/06

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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)
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