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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	\|	1,039	06/03 - 03/09
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.35	465	2	\|\|\|	1,235	10/09 - 03/11	all albums
•	Chain Reaction	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.04	250	2	\|\|	792	10/96 - 11/15	all albums
•	City Hall	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.00	214	0	\|\|	1,062	06/98 - 11/11
•	Courage Under Fire	1996	James Horner	**	3.06	1,098	5	\|	377	09/96 - 05/07
•	The Crucible	1996	George Fenton	**	2.43	65	0	\|\|	1,836	02/12
•	Daylight	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.12	258	7	\|	765	12/96 - 09/08
•	Dragonheart	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.72	6,017	43	\|\|	72	09/96 - 02/08
•	Emma	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.15	458	0	\|	523	09/96 - 04/06
•	The English Patient	1996	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	2,475	1	\|\|\|	100	12/96 - 02/08
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	2.99	149	1	\|\|\|	1,704	07/10	all albums
•	Evita	1996	Andrew Lloyd Webber	****	4.08	9,889	13	\|\|\|	56	11/96 - 05/07
•	Executive Decision	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	271	1	\|\|	752	10/96 - 03/16	multiple albums
•	Extreme Measures	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.17	209	0	\|\|	1,803	03/10
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.27	317	14	\|\|\|	949	10/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	Fargo	1996	Carter Burwell	***	2.96	109	0	\|\|	1,589	07/10
•	The Frighteners	1996	Danny Elfman	*	2.85	516	6	\|	553	09/96 - 09/08
•	The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	3,406	3	\|\|\|	139	10/96 - 04/16	all albums
•	Hamlet	1996	Patrick Doyle	***	3.36	578	4	\|\|	324	01/97 - 11/11
•	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	Alan Menken	***	3.75	5,510	29	\|\|\|	118	09/96 - 09/08
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,042	67	\|\|\|\|	99	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	581	0	\|\|	637	10/96 - 09/08
R	Mission: Impossible	1996	Danny Elfman	**	2.95	679	17	\|\|\|	227	09/96 - 02/21	multiple albums
•	Moll Flanders	1996	Mark Mancina	***	2.85	189	1	\|	1,222	07/99 - 06/07
•	Mr. Holland's Opus	1996	Michael Kamen	****	3.42	142	0	\|\|	1,677	07/10
•	Muppet Treasure Island	1996	Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann	***	3.44	1,015	16	\|\|	241	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	***	3.43	483	2	\|\|\|	583	09/96 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Quest	1996	Randy Edelman	**	2.70	97	2	\|	1,474	09/03 - 04/09
•	Ransom	1996	James Horner, Billy Corgan	**	2.52	155	3	\|\|	756	11/96 - 11/11
•	Restoration	1995	James Newton Howard	*****	3.90	651	4	\|	735	03/00 - 04/07
•	The Rock	1996	Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	***	3.24	7,845	10	\|\|\|	38	09/96 - 02/08
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.86	164	0	\|	1,154	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	2.87	168	1	\|	701	11/96 - 04/06
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.66	415	3	\|\|	589	10/96 - 11/11
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	3.96	1,583	7	\|\|\|	374	09/96 - 08/08
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	***	3.62	9,236	24	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	multiple albums
•	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	1996	Joel McNeely	****	3.63	294	8	\|\|	451	10/96 - 02/06
•	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	1996	James Horner	**	2.81	219	0	\|\|	812	09/96 - 11/11
•	Twelfth Night	1996	Shaun Davey	****	3.42	340	1	\|	615	03/98 - 04/06	multiple albums
•	Twister	1996	Mark Mancina	****	3.36	761	21	\|\|\|	369	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	10,343	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	***	3.37	270	4	\|\|\|	594	11/96 - 04/17	bootleg
•	Cape Fear	1962	Bernard Herrmann	***	3.37	286	2	\|	751	11/96 - 04/06	original
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.02	185	0	\|\|\|	1,406	03/10 - 01/14	bootleg
•	Doctor Who (TV)	1996	John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre	***	3.06	174	1	\|	1,023	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.33	8,098	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	expanded
•	The Eyes of the Panther/Not Since Casanova	1989	John Debney	***	3.20	169	0	\|\|	1,223	10/99 - 05/07	limited
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	***	3.24	196	1	\|\|	763	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	In Pursuit of Honor/Class of '61	1995	John Debney	****	3.22	171	0	\|\|	1,296	10/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest	1990	John Debney	***	2.73	197	1	\|	836	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.32	301	2	\|\|	623	09/96 - 02/15	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.13	342	1	\|	975	03/01 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Rocky II	1979	Bill Conti	****	3.11	115	1	\|\|\|	1,578	12/09
•	Rocky III	1982	Bill Conti	***	2.85	88	0	\|\|	1,713	12/09
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.90	150	4	\|	764	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	*** **	4.18	1,871	1	\|\|\|	239	07/97 - 09/06	re-recording, expanded
•	Warriors of Virtue	1997	Don Davis	****	3.33	302	1	\|\|	864	09/99 - 12/14	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	**	3.40	1,051	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	\|	1,521	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Alien Trilogy	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.29	102	8	\|\|	934	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary	1996	Various	***	2.91	124	1	\|\|	716	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.12	78	0	\|\|	984	11/96 - 07/06
•	Hollywood '96	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus	****	3.35	182	0	\|	1,444	11/96 - 07/06
•	How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.06	65	0	\|	1,469	10/96 - 07/06
•	Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.17	65	0	\|	1,482	10/96 - 07/06
•	Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 1	1996	Various	****	3.46	250	0	\|\|	1,211	01/00 - 02/08	promotional
•	Monstrous Movie Music	1996	The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow	Varied	3.29	126	0	\|	559	10/96 - 05/06	multiple albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 2	1996	Danny Elfman	*****	3.82	322	2	\|\|	499	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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