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1996 REGULAR RELEASES

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	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	***	2.95	166	0	\|	1,047	06/03 - 03/09
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.35	465	2	\|\|\|	1,230	10/09 - 03/11	all albums
•	Chain Reaction	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.04	250	2	\|\|	789	10/96 - 11/15	all albums
•	City Hall	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.01	215	0	\|\|	1,061	06/98 - 11/11
•	Courage Under Fire	1996	James Horner	**	3.06	1,099	5	\|	378	09/96 - 05/07
•	The Crucible	1996	George Fenton	**	2.80	80	0	\|\|	1,833	02/12
•	Daylight	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.12	259	7	\|	770	12/96 - 09/08
•	Dragonheart	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.72	6,018	43	\|\|	72	09/96 - 02/08
•	Emma	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.15	458	0	\|	525	09/96 - 04/06
•	The English Patient	1996	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	2,475	1	\|\|\|	100	12/96 - 02/08
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.00	150	1	\|\|\|	1,710	07/10	all albums
•	Evita	1996	Andrew Lloyd Webber	****	4.08	9,895	13	\|\|\|	56	11/96 - 05/07
•	Executive Decision	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	271	1	\|\|	750	10/96 - 03/16	multiple albums
•	Extreme Measures	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.17	214	0	\|\|	1,798	03/10
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.26	321	14	\|\|\|	945	10/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	Fargo	1996	Carter Burwell	***	2.98	110	0	\|\|	1,596	07/10
•	The Frighteners	1996	Danny Elfman	*	2.86	522	6	\|	555	09/96 - 09/08
•	The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	3,419	3	\|\|\|	139	10/96 - 04/16	all albums
•	Hamlet	1996	Patrick Doyle	***	3.37	585	4	\|\|	325	01/97 - 11/11
•	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	Alan Menken	***	3.75	5,524	29	\|\|\|	117	09/96 - 09/08
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,051	67	\|\|\|\|	98	09/96 - 06/10	all albums
•	Last Man Standing	1996	Ry Cooder, Elmer Bernstein	**	2.56	106	5	\|\|	779	09/96 - 05/06	all albums
•	Michael Collins	1996	Elliot Goldenthal	****	3.61	583	0	\|\|	639	10/96 - 09/08
•	Mission: Impossible	1996	Danny Elfman	**	2.97	706	17	\|\|\|	224	09/96 - 02/21	multiple albums
•	Moll Flanders	1996	Mark Mancina	***	2.86	191	1	\|	1,232	07/99 - 06/07
•	Mr. Holland's Opus	1996	Michael Kamen	****	3.42	142	0	\|\|	1,690	07/10
•	Muppet Treasure Island	1996	Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann	***	3.43	1,018	16	\|\|	241	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	***	3.42	485	2	\|\|\|	584	09/96 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Quest	1996	Randy Edelman	**	2.65	100	2	\|	1,479	09/03 - 04/09
•	Ransom	1996	James Horner, Billy Corgan	**	2.52	155	3	\|\|	760	11/96 - 11/11
•	Restoration	1995	James Newton Howard	*****	3.95	699	4	\|	732	03/00 - 04/07
•	The Rock	1996	Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	***	3.24	7,851	10	\|\|\|	38	09/96 - 02/08
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.87	165	0	\|	1,169	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	2.87	168	1	\|	711	11/96 - 04/06
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.59	427	3	\|\|	590	10/96 - 11/11
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	3.95	1,594	7	\|\|\|	371	09/96 - 08/08
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	***	3.62	9,250	24	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	multiple albums
•	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	1996	Joel McNeely	****	3.32	324	8	\|\|	435	10/96 - 04/21	all albums
•	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	1996	James Horner	**	2.81	220	0	\|\|	815	09/96 - 11/11
•	Twelfth Night	1996	Shaun Davey	****	3.42	340	1	\|	621	03/98 - 04/06	multiple albums
•	Twister	1996	Mark Mancina	****	3.36	762	21	\|\|\|	365	09/96 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Up Close & Personal	1996	Thomas Newman	**	2.43	53	0	\|\|	1,899	02/12

1996 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Apollo 13	1995	James Horner	*****	4.29	10,345	65	\|\|\|\|	37	09/96 - 05/19	promotional
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	****	3.45	768	6	\|\|\|	240	09/99 - 11/12	promotional set
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.38	271	4	\|\|\|	589	11/96 - 04/17	bootleg
•	Cape Fear	1962	Bernard Herrmann	***	3.37	286	2	\|	754	11/96 - 04/06	original
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.00	196	0	\|\|\|	1,370	03/10 - 04/21	bootleg
•	Doctor Who (TV)	1996	John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre	***	3.06	174	1	\|	1,027	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.34	8,146	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	expanded
•	The Eyes of the Panther/Not Since Casanova	1989	John Debney	***	3.25	189	0	\|\|	1,228	10/99 - 05/07	limited
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	***	3.24	196	1	\|\|	765	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	In Pursuit of Honor/Class of '61	1995	John Debney	****	3.24	180	0	\|\|	1,297	10/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest	1990	John Debney	***	2.74	198	1	\|	837	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.32	301	2	\|\|	628	09/96 - 02/15	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.13	342	1	\|	983	03/01 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Rocky II	1979	Bill Conti	****	3.11	115	1	\|\|\|	1,579	12/09
•	Rocky III	1982	Bill Conti	***	2.85	88	0	\|\|	1,717	12/09
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.90	150	4	\|	771	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	*** **	4.18	1,874	1	\|\|\|	239	07/97 - 09/06	re-recording, expanded
•	Warriors of Virtue	1997	Don Davis	****	3.35	306	1	\|\|	871	09/99 - 12/14	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	**	3.32	1,123	5	\|\|\|\|\|	379	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	**	2.81	62	0	\|	1,531	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Alien Trilogy	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.29	102	8	\|\|	939	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary	1996	Various	***	2.91	124	1	\|\|	719	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.12	78	0	\|\|	991	11/96 - 07/06
•	Hollywood '96	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus	****	3.35	182	0	\|	1,461	11/96 - 07/06
•	How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.06	65	0	\|	1,478	10/96 - 07/06
•	Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.17	65	0	\|	1,490	10/96 - 07/06
•	Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 1	1996	Various	****	3.46	250	0	\|\|	1,223	01/00 - 02/08	promotional
•	Monstrous Movie Music	1996	The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow	Varied	3.29	126	0	\|	565	10/96 - 05/06	multiple albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 2	1996	Danny Elfman	*****	3.91	358	2	\|\|	501	12/96 - 02/06

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Status:	N	- indicates a new review that has been published in the last 90 days
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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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