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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	***	3.00	216	0	\|	1,048	06/03 - 03/09
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.52	630	2	\|\|\|	1,118	10/09 - 03/11	all albums
•	Chain Reaction	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	341	2	\|\|	792	10/96 - 11/15	all albums
•	City Hall	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.83	318	0	\|\|	998	06/98 - 08/23	all albums
•	Courage Under Fire	1996	James Horner	**	3.05	1,171	5	\|	371	09/96 - 05/07
•	The Crucible	1996	George Fenton	**	2.97	114	0	\|\|	1,836	02/12
•	Daylight	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.16	342	7	\|	790	12/96 - 09/08
•	Dragonheart	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.72	6,084	43	\|\|	74	09/96 - 02/08
•	Emma	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.19	492	1	\|	533	09/96 - 04/06
•	The English Patient	1996	Gabriel Yared	***	3.12	2,629	1	\|\|\|	103	12/96 - 02/08
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.04	197	1	\|\|\|	1,726	07/10	all albums
•	Escape From L.A.	1996	Shirley Walker, John Carpenter	**	3.03	117	0	\|\|\|	2,278	03/24	all albums
•	Evita	1996	Andrew Lloyd Webber	****	4.07	10,011	13	\|\|\|	58	11/96 - 05/07
•	Executive Decision	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.00	322	1	\|\|	741	10/96 - 03/16	multiple albums
•	Extreme Measures	1996	Danny Elfman	**	2.85	302	0	\|\|	1,784	03/10
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.18	360	15	\|\|\|	919	10/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	Fargo	1996	Carter Burwell	***	2.98	144	0	\|\|	1,610	07/10
•	The Frighteners	1996	Danny Elfman	*	2.76	645	6	\|	543	09/96 - 09/08
•	The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	3,468	3	\|\|\|	137	10/96 - 04/16	all albums
•	Hamlet	1996	Patrick Doyle	***	3.30	680	4	\|\|	325	01/97 - 11/11
•	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	Alan Menken	***	3.68	5,619	29	\|\|\|\|	114	09/96 - 12/21	all albums
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,118	67	\|\|\|\|	93	09/96 - 06/10	all albums
•	Last Man Standing	1996	Ry Cooder, Elmer Bernstein	**	2.59	135	5	\|\|	796	09/96 - 05/06	all albums
•	Michael Collins	1996	Elliot Goldenthal	****	3.62	616	0	\|\|	654	10/96 - 09/08
•	Mission: Impossible	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.03	862	17	\|\|\|	225	09/96 - 02/21	multiple albums
•	Moll Flanders	1996	Mark Mancina	***	2.92	245	1	\|	1,264	07/99 - 06/07
•	Mr. Holland's Opus	1996	Michael Kamen	****	3.41	180	0	\|\|	1,649	07/10
•	Muppet Treasure Island	1996	Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann	***	3.43	1,085	16	\|\|	247	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	***	3.43	516	2	\|\|\|	582	09/96 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Quest	1996	Randy Edelman	**	2.63	136	2	\|	1,531	09/03 - 04/09
•	Ransom	1996	James Horner, Billy Corgan	**	2.46	206	3	\|\|	738	11/96 - 11/11
•	Restoration	1995	James Newton Howard	*****	3.98	768	4	\|	717	03/00 - 04/07
•	The Rock	1996	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.26	8,095	10	\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 11/23	multiple albums
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.90	210	0	\|	1,211	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	2.87	212	1	\|	739	11/96 - 04/06
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.09	526	3	\|\|	588	10/96 - 11/11
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	3.94	1,700	7	\|\|\|	369	09/96 - 08/08
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	***	3.62	9,357	26	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	multiple albums
•	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	1996	Joel McNeely	****	3.36	361	8	\|\|	429	10/96 - 04/21	all albums
•	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	1996	James Horner	**	2.76	288	0	\|\|	835	09/96 - 11/11
•	Twelfth Night	1996	Shaun Davey	****	3.42	354	1	\|	661	03/98 - 04/06	multiple albums
•	Twister	1996	Mark Mancina	****	3.37	816	21	\|\|\|	354	09/96 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Up Close & Personal	1996	Thomas Newman	**	2.53	73	0	\|\|	1,924	02/12

1996 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Apollo 13	1995	James Horner	*****	4.26	10,551	65	\|\|\|\|	37	09/96 - 05/19	promotional
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	****	3.47	822	6	\|\|\|	250	09/99 - 11/12	promotional set
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.43	317	4	\|\|\|	566	11/96 - 04/17	bootleg
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.27	328	0	\|\|\|	1,252	03/10 - 04/21	bootleg
•	Dead Poets Society	1989	Maurice Jarre	***	3.05	148	0	\|\|	2,293	05/24	re-issue
•	Doctor Who (TV)	1996	John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre	***	3.06	216	1	\|	1,072	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
R	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.29	8,398	132	\|\|\|\|	35	09/96 - 10/25	expanded
•	The Eyes of the Panther/Not Since Casanova	1989	John Debney	***	3.18	262	0	\|\|	1,256	10/99 - 05/07	limited
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	***	3.25	249	1	\|\|	789	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	In Pursuit of Honor/Class of '61	1995	John Debney	****	3.33	245	0	\|\|	1,345	10/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest	1990	John Debney	***	2.77	253	1	\|	859	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.33	319	2	\|\|	618	09/96 - 06/22	expanded
•	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.89	97	0	\|\|\|	2,338	08/24	bootleg
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.12	362	1	\|	1,024	03/01 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Rocky II	1979	Bill Conti	****	3.17	152	1	\|\|\|	1,523	12/09
•	Rocky III	1982	Bill Conti	***	3.15	138	0	\|\|	1,718	12/09
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.93	191	4	\|	780	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	*** **	4.13	2,036	1	\|\|\|	243	07/97 - 09/06	re-recording, expanded
•	Warriors of Virtue	1997	Don Davis	****	3.38	327	1	\|\|	868	09/99 - 12/14	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	**	3.33	1,198	5	\|\|\|\|\|	366	11/98 - 04/21	all albums

1996 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Adventures in Hollywood	1996	Various	**	2.80	80	0	\|	1,613	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Alien Trilogy	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.30	130	8	\|\|	956	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary	1996	Various	***	2.94	160	1	\|\|	753	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.08	103	0	\|\|	1,032	11/96 - 07/06
•	Hollywood '96	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus	****	3.36	226	0	\|	1,526	11/96 - 07/06
•	How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.05	85	0	\|	1,563	10/96 - 07/06
•	Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.09	87	0	\|	1,571	10/96 - 07/06
•	Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 1	1996	Various	****	3.46	307	0	\|\|	1,289	01/00 - 02/08	promotional
•	Monstrous Movie Music	1996	The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow	Varied	3.28	157	0	\|	604	10/96 - 05/06	multiple albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 2	1996	Danny Elfman	*****	3.96	400	2	\|\|	515	12/96 - 02/06

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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)
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VT	- Vote Total (for viewer ratings)

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

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