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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	***	3.01	193	0	\|	1,044	06/03 - 03/09
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.52	611	2	\|\|\|	1,152	10/09 - 03/11	all albums
•	Chain Reaction	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	332	2	\|\|	791	10/96 - 11/15	all albums
•	City Hall	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.82	284	0	\|\|	1,003	06/98 - 08/23	all albums
•	Courage Under Fire	1996	James Horner	**	3.05	1,137	5	\|	369	09/96 - 05/07
•	The Crucible	1996	George Fenton	**	2.81	94	0	\|\|	1,829	02/12
•	Daylight	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.10	298	7	\|	789	12/96 - 09/08
•	Dragonheart	1996	Randy Edelman	***	3.72	6,055	43	\|\|	73	09/96 - 02/08
•	Emma	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.15	470	1	\|	532	09/96 - 04/06
•	The English Patient	1996	Gabriel Yared	***	3.12	2,554	1	\|\|\|	103	12/96 - 02/08
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.05	176	1	\|\|\|	1,729	07/10	all albums
•	Escape From L.A.	1996	Shirley Walker, John Carpenter	**	3.03	103	0	\|\|\|	2,259	03/24	all albums
•	Evita	1996	Andrew Lloyd Webber	****	4.08	9,950	13	\|\|\|	57	11/96 - 05/07
•	Executive Decision	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.00	316	1	\|\|	737	10/96 - 03/16	multiple albums
•	Extreme Measures	1996	Danny Elfman	**	2.85	270	0	\|\|	1,783	03/10
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.18	349	15	\|\|\|	932	10/03 - 04/09	all albums
•	Fargo	1996	Carter Burwell	***	2.98	128	0	\|\|	1,613	07/10
•	The Frighteners	1996	Danny Elfman	*	2.77	627	6	\|	544	09/96 - 09/08
•	The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	3,444	3	\|\|\|	137	10/96 - 04/16	all albums
•	Hamlet	1996	Patrick Doyle	***	3.29	656	4	\|\|	324	01/97 - 11/11
•	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	Alan Menken	***	3.68	5,590	29	\|\|\|\|	113	09/96 - 12/21	all albums
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,085	67	\|\|\|\|	94	09/96 - 06/10	all albums
•	Last Man Standing	1996	Ry Cooder, Elmer Bernstein	**	2.57	120	5	\|\|	794	09/96 - 05/06	all albums
•	Michael Collins	1996	Elliot Goldenthal	****	3.62	600	0	\|\|	649	10/96 - 09/08
•	Mission: Impossible	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.03	812	17	\|\|\|	224	09/96 - 02/21	multiple albums
•	Moll Flanders	1996	Mark Mancina	***	2.92	220	1	\|	1,252	07/99 - 06/07
•	Mr. Holland's Opus	1996	Michael Kamen	****	3.41	161	0	\|\|	1,661	07/10
•	Muppet Treasure Island	1996	Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Barry Mann	***	3.43	1,055	16	\|\|	244	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	***	3.42	501	2	\|\|\|	578	09/96 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Quest	1996	Randy Edelman	**	2.61	121	2	\|	1,518	09/03 - 04/09
•	Ransom	1996	James Horner, Billy Corgan	**	2.47	185	3	\|\|	745	11/96 - 11/11
•	Restoration	1995	James Newton Howard	*****	3.99	742	4	\|	724	03/00 - 04/07
•	The Rock	1996	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.26	8,052	10	\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 11/23	multiple albums
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.89	189	0	\|	1,197	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	2.86	189	1	\|	734	11/96 - 04/06
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.05	500	3	\|\|	586	10/96 - 11/11
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	3.95	1,648	7	\|\|\|	368	09/96 - 08/08
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	***	3.62	9,309	26	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	multiple albums
•	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	1996	Joel McNeely	****	3.36	349	8	\|\|	430	10/96 - 04/21	all albums
•	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	1996	James Horner	**	2.77	258	0	\|\|	830	09/96 - 11/11
•	Twelfth Night	1996	Shaun Davey	****	3.42	347	1	\|	653	03/98 - 04/06	multiple albums
•	Twister	1996	Mark Mancina	****	3.37	792	21	\|\|\|	358	09/96 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Up Close & Personal	1996	Thomas Newman	**	2.51	63	0	\|\|	1,919	02/12

1996 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Apollo 13	1995	James Horner	*****	4.26	10,484	65	\|\|\|\|	37	09/96 - 05/19	promotional
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	****	3.47	801	6	\|\|\|	249	09/99 - 11/12	promotional set
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.42	309	4	\|\|\|	568	11/96 - 04/17	bootleg
•	Cape Fear	1962	Bernard Herrmann	***	3.28	311	2	\|	732	11/96 - 04/06	original
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.25	318	0	\|\|\|	1,307	03/10 - 04/21	bootleg
•	Dead Poets Society	1989	Maurice Jarre	***	2.97	125	0	\|\|	2,274	05/24	re-issue
•	Doctor Who (TV)	1996	John Debney, John Sponsler, Louis Febre	***	3.05	194	1	\|	1,063	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.30	8,325	132	\|\|\|\|	36	09/96 - 11/22	expanded
•	The Eyes of the Panther/Not Since Casanova	1989	John Debney	***	3.18	235	0	\|\|	1,245	10/99 - 05/07	limited
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	***	3.25	223	1	\|\|	775	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	In Pursuit of Honor/Class of '61	1995	John Debney	****	3.34	219	0	\|\|	1,330	10/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest	1990	John Debney	***	2.76	226	1	\|	855	11/99 - 06/07	promotional
•	The Last Starfighter	1984	Craig Safan	****	3.33	311	2	\|\|	613	09/96 - 06/22	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.11	354	1	\|	1,019	03/01 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Rocky II	1979	Bill Conti	****	3.19	135	1	\|\|\|	1,547	12/09
•	Rocky III	1982	Bill Conti	***	3.02	115	0	\|\|	1,718	12/09
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.94	172	4	\|	776	12/96 - 03/13	bootleg
•	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann	*** **	4.16	1,959	1	\|\|\|	242	07/97 - 09/06	re-recording, expanded
•	Warriors of Virtue	1997	Don Davis	****	3.37	319	1	\|\|	869	09/99 - 12/14	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	**	3.33	1,164	5	\|\|\|\|\|	367	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	71	0	\|	1,595	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Alien Trilogy	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.29	116	8	\|\|	950	10/96 - 07/06
•	The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary	1996	Various	***	2.94	142	1	\|\|	742	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.09	92	0	\|\|	1,020	11/96 - 07/06
•	Hollywood '96	1996	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus	****	3.35	203	0	\|	1,511	11/96 - 07/06
•	How the West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores I	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.05	75	0	\|	1,550	10/96 - 07/06
•	Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Film Scores II	1996	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	3.15	75	0	\|	1,558	10/96 - 07/06
•	Mark McKenzie: Orchestral Film Music, Volume 1	1996	Various	****	3.46	277	0	\|\|	1,264	01/00 - 02/08	promotional
•	Monstrous Movie Music	1996	The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow	Varied	3.29	140	0	\|	593	10/96 - 05/06	multiple albums
•	Music for a Darkened Theatre, Volume 2	1996	Danny Elfman	*****	3.96	385	2	\|\|	510	12/96 - 02/06

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Status:	N	- indicates a new review that has been published in the last 180 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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