Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 1996 Albums

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1996 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Adventures of Pinocchio	1996	Rachel Portman, Lee Holdridge, Stevie Wonder, Brian May	***	2.94	162	0	\|	1,032	06/03 - 03/09
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.70	463	2	\|\|\|	1,267	10/09 - 03/11	all albums
•	Chain Reaction	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.95	238	2	\|\|	790	10/96 - 11/15	all albums
•	City Hall	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.91	205	0	\|\|	1,057	06/98 - 11/11
•	Courage Under Fire	1996	James Horner	**	3.06	1,096	5	\|	371	09/96 - 05/07
•	The Crucible	1996	George Fenton	**	2.50	62	0	\|\|	1,825	02/12
•	Daylight	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.12	258	7	\|	757	12/96 - 09/08
•	Dragonheart	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.72	6,016	43	\|\|	72	09/96 - 02/08
•	Emma	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.15	457	0	\|	524	09/96 - 04/06
•	The English Patient	1996	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	2,473	1	\|\|\|	99	12/96 - 02/08
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.00	148	1	\|\|\|	1,695	07/10	all albums
•	Evita	1996	Andrew Lloyd Webber	****	4.08	9,875	13	\|\|\|	56	11/96 - 05/07
•	Executive Decision	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	270	1	\|\|	746	10/96 - 03/16	multiple albums
•	Extreme Measures	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.11	190	0	\|\|	1,797	03/10
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.32	298	14	\|\|\|	945	10/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	Fargo	1996	Carter Burwell	***	2.94	108	0	\|\|	1,581	07/10
•	The Frighteners	1996	Danny Elfman	*	2.72	474	6	\|	561	09/96 - 09/08
•	The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	3,394	3	\|\|\|	139	10/96 - 04/16	all albums
•	Hamlet	1996	Patrick Doyle	***	3.34	558	4	\|\|	323	01/97 - 11/11
•	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	Alan Menken	***	3.75	5,501	29	\|\|\|	119	09/96 - 09/08
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.10	5,017	67	\|\|\|\|	102	09/96 - 06/10	all albums
•	Last Man Standing	1996	Ry Cooder, Elmer Bernstein	**	2.56	106	5	\|\|	763	09/96 - 05/06	all albums
•	Michael Collins	1996	Elliot Goldenthal	****	3.56	561	0	\|\|	632	10/96 - 09/08
•	Mission: Impossible	1996	Danny Elfman	**	2.88	612	17	\|\|	226	09/96 - 01/06
•	Moll Flanders	1996	Mark Mancina	***	2.85	189	1	\|	1,203	07/99 - 06/07
•	Mr. Holland's Opus	1996	Michael Kamen	****	3.18	120	0	\|\|	1,674	07/10
•	Muppet Treasure Island	1996	Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann	***	3.44	1,011	16	\|\|	239	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	***	3.43	482	2	\|\|\|	589	09/96 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Quest	1996	Randy Edelman	**	2.72	96	2	\|	1,467	09/03 - 04/09
•	Ransom	1996	James Horner, Billy Corgan	**	2.51	154	3	\|\|	747	11/96 - 11/11
•	Restoration	1995	James Newton Howard	*****	3.74	569	4	\|	739	03/00 - 04/07
•	The Rock	1996	Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	***	3.24	7,837	10	\|\|\|	37	09/96 - 02/08
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.85	163	0	\|	1,139	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	2.87	168	1	\|	688	11/96 - 04/06
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.67	412	3	\|\|	587	10/96 - 11/11
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	3.97	1,573	7	\|\|\|	368	09/96 - 08/08
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	***	3.62	9,231	24	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	multiple albums
•	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	1996	Joel McNeely	****	3.62	291	8	\|\|	453	10/96 - 02/06
•	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	1996	James Horner	**	2.79	217	0	\|\|	809	09/96 - 11/11
•	Twelfth Night	1996	Shaun Davey	****	3.42	340	1	\|	601	03/98 - 04/06	multiple albums
•	Twister	1996	Mark Mancina	****	3.36	760	21	\|\|\|	373	09/96 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Up Close & Personal	1996	Thomas Newman	**	2.44	52	0	\|\|	1,887	02/12

1996 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Apollo 13	1995	James Horner	*****	4.29	10,321	65	\|\|\|\|	38	09/96 - 05/19	promotional
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	****	3.44	767	6	\|\|\|	238	09/99 - 11/12	promotional set
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.38	267	4	\|\|\|	616	11/96 - 04/17	bootleg
•	Cape Fear	1962	Bernard Herrmann	***	3.52	264	2	\|	754	11/96 - 04/06	original
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.04	180	0	\|\|\|	1,408	03/10 - 01/14	bootleg
•	Doctor Who (TV)	1996	John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre	***	3.06	174	1	\|	1,019	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.33	8,070	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	expanded
•	The Eyes of the Panther/Not Since Casanova	1989	John Debney	***	3.31	156	0	\|\|	1,218	10/99 - 05/07	limited
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	***	3.26	194	1	\|\|	753	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	In Pursuit of Honor/Class of '61	1995	John Debney	****	3.08	158	0	\|\|	1,286	10/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest	1990	John Debney	***	2.71	196	1	\|	828	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.32	301	2	\|\|	614	09/96 - 02/15	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.13	342	1	\|	962	03/01 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Rocky II	1979	Bill Conti	****	3.11	114	1	\|\|\|	1,582	12/09
•	Rocky III	1982	Bill Conti	***	2.85	87	0	\|\|	1,704	12/09
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.89	149	4	\|	756	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	*** **	4.18	1,865	1	\|\|\|	241	07/97 - 09/06	re-recording, expanded
•	Warriors of Virtue	1997	Don Davis	****	3.32	300	1	\|\|	863	09/99 - 12/14	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	**	3.48	1,012	5	\|\|\|\|\|	382	11/98 - 01/18	all albums

1996 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Adventures in Hollywood	1996	Various	**	2.81	62	0	\|	1,499	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Alien Trilogy	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.29	102	8	\|\|	924	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary	1996	Various	***	2.91	124	1	\|\|	708	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.12	78	0	\|\|	976	11/96 - 07/06
•	Hollywood '96	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus	****	3.38	180	0	\|	1,429	11/96 - 07/06
•	How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.06	65	0	\|	1,447	10/96 - 07/06
•	Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.17	65	0	\|	1,456	10/96 - 07/06
•	Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 1	1996	Various	****	3.52	243	0	\|\|	1,193	01/00 - 02/08	promotional
•	Monstrous Movie Music	1996	The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow	Varied	3.29	126	0	\|	553	10/96 - 05/06	multiple albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 2	1996	Danny Elfman	*****	3.60	272	2	\|\|	496	12/96 - 02/06

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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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