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1997 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	1997	Mark Snow	*****	3.94	764	7	\|\|	466	10/97 - 02/08
•	Addicted to Love	1997	Rachel Portman	****	3.92	2,210	3	\|\|	230	07/97 - 03/08
•	Air Force One	1997	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel McNeely, Randy Newman	****	3.65	4,172	22	\|\|\|\|	61	07/97 - 02/21	all albums
•	Alien Resurrection	1997	John Frizzell	***	3.15	254	9	\|\|\|	1,532	11/10	all albums
•	Amistad	1997	John Williams	****	3.72	2,764	9	\|\|\|	226	12/97 - 03/23	all albums
•	Anastasia	1997	David Newman	***	3.89	9,000	27	\|\|\|	40	10/97 - 02/08
•	The Beautician and the Beast	1997	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.15	301	1	\|\|	1,239	06/01 - 11/23	all albums
•	Con Air	1997	Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin	*	2.14	1,245	5	\|\|	344	07/97 - 06/06
•	Conspiracy Theory	1997	Carter Burwell	****	3.04	141	0	\|\|	1,753	07/10
•	Contact	1997	Alan Silvestri	***	3.33	1,183	5	\|	374	08/97 - 12/06
•	Dante's Peak	1997	John Frizzell, James Newton Howard	***	3.02	227	1	\|\|	1,635	07/10 - 09/21	multiple albums
•	Devil's Advocate	1997	James Newton Howard	****	3.55	1,375	1	\|\|	313	11/97 - 06/07
•	The Devil's Own	1997	James Horner	***	3.79	484	4	\|\|	440	04/97 - 11/11
•	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	1997	Mark McKenzie	****	3.09	263	0	\|	1,166	01/00 - 09/08
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	1,986	2	\|\|\|	279	10/97 - 06/10	all albums
•	Event Horizon	1997	Michael Kamen, Orbital	*	2.46	337	2	\|\|	1,157	09/03 - 04/09
•	Eve's Bayou	1997	Terence Blanchard	****	3.08	158	3	\|	991	02/98 - 03/06
•	Face/Off	1997	John Powell, Gavin Greenaway	**	3.32	498	6	\|	422	07/97 - 04/06
•	Fierce Creatures	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.75	326	1	\|	979	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Fifth Element	1997	Eric Serra	***	3.07	9,236	53	\|\|	23	05/97 - 03/08
•	Flubber	1997	Danny Elfman	**	2.79	1,025	2	\|	295	11/97 - 02/08
•	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	1997	Cliff Eidelman	****	3.24	433	0	\|\|	818	08/99 - 02/08
•	The Game	1997	Howard Shore	**	2.71	343	2	\|	1,013	07/99 - 07/07
•	Gattaca	1997	Michael Nyman	***	3.16	1,085	5	\|\|	382	10/97 - 03/08
•	Hercules	1997	Alan Menken	*	2.33	6,346	7	\|\|\|	112	05/97 - 12/06
•	Hoodlum	1997	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.87	714	0	\|	899	09/97 - 12/06
•	In & Out	1997	Marc Shaiman	***	2.84	94	0	\|\|	1,980	01/12
•	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest	1997	Lee Holdridge	****	3.37	375	0	\|	714	12/97 - 12/06
•	Kundun	1997	Philip Glass	***	2.55	1,435	3	\|\|	303	12/97 - 03/08
•	L.A. Confidential	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.08	2,371	1	\|\|	276	12/97 - 12/22	all albums
•	Last Stand at Sabre River	1997	David Shire	***	3.28	139	0	\|	1,454	12/97 - 06/06
•	Liar Liar	1997	John Debney, James Newton Howard	***	3.17	807	2	\|	896	06/99 - 02/08
•	The Long Way Home	1997	Lee Holdridge	***	2.95	133	0	\|	1,522	12/97 - 03/06
•	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	1997	John Williams	***	3.81	4,424	8	\|\|\|\|	68	05/97 - 07/24	all albums
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.19	980	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	all albums
•	Marvin's Room	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.03	208	2	\|	1,346	05/03 - 03/09
•	Men in Black	1997	Danny Elfman	***	3.15	2,261	3	\|\|	164	01/98 - 09/06
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.17	188	0	\|\|	1,730	12/11 - 12/22	all albums
•	Mouse Hunt	1997	Alan Silvestri	****	3.45	200	1	\|\|	1,698	01/12 - 08/23	multiple albums
•	Narrow Escape	1997	David Michael Frank	***	2.97	88	0	\|	1,441	12/97 - 06/06
•	The Peacemaker	1997	Hans Zimmer	****	3.24	2,963	3	\|\|\|	98	09/97 - 08/14	all albums
•	The Postman	1997	James Newton Howard	****	3.71	335	0	\|\|	1,691	07/10
•	The Rainmaker	1997	Elmer Bernstein	***	2.93	272	0	\|	1,075	12/97 - 12/06
•	Red Corner	1997	Thomas Newman	***	2.96	92	1	\|\|	1,859	02/12
•	Rosewood	1997	John Williams	***	3.43	369	2	\|\|\|	613	03/97 - 07/13	all albums
•	Rough Riders	1997	Peter Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein	***	3.32	340	2	\|	1,003	12/97 - 08/08
•	The Saint	1997	Graeme Revell	****	3.84	1,732	2	\|\|	208	05/97 - 10/06	all albums
•	Seven Years in Tibet	1997	John Williams	****	3.68	2,289	3	\|\|	88	09/97 - 03/08
•	Smilla's Sense of Snow	1997	Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer	**	2.71	319	2	\|\|	794	03/97 - 09/11
•	Stargate SG-1	1997	Joel Goldsmith, Richard Band, Various	***	3.14	745	3	\|\|\|\|	267	12/97 - 08/22	all albums
•	Starship Troopers	1997	Basil Poledouris	****	3.24	2,908	55	\|\|\|	206	11/97 - 07/16	multiple albums
•	Swept from the Sea	1997	John Barry	***	3.15	495	0	\|\|	771	11/97 - 12/06
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	*****	4.11	27,686	168	\|\|\|\|\|	4	11/97 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	David Arnold	*****	4.18	9,843	34	\|\|\|\|	46	11/97 - 03/23	all albums
•	True Women	1997	Bruce Broughton	****	3.39	469	1	\|	1,079	06/97 - 12/06
•	Volcano	1997	Alan Silvestri	***	3.06	1,119	2	\|\|	213	05/97 - 07/16	all albums
•	The Whole Wide World	1996	Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer	***	3.00	205	1	\|\|	1,005	07/04 - 09/11
•	Wilde	1997	Debbie Wiseman	****	3.70	187	1	\|\|	1,785	01/12	multiple albums

1997 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
R	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.04	277	2	\|\|\|	1,250	08/09 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	*	3.63	336	4	\|\|	568	10/97 - 06/25	bootleg
•	Bound	1996	Don Davis	***	3.02	155	0	\|	877	12/97 - 03/06	promotional
•	Braveheart	1995	James Horner	**	4.15	28,424	188	\|\|\|	2	09/96 - 04/22	all albums
•	Breakheart Pass	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.17	151	0	\|\|	1,622	07/09 - 06/16	bootleg
•	Chicago Hope (TV)	1994	Jeff Rona, Mark Isham	****	3.39	624	0	\|\|	207	02/98 - 02/08
•	Cleopatra	1963	Alex North	***	3.95	1,110	9	\|\|\|	170	03/01 - 09/08	limited
R	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	*	3.71	2,536	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 10/25	bootleg
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.76	892	3	\|\|\|	394	10/97 - 12/13	re-issue
•	Cosmic Voyage (IMAX)	1996	David Michael Frank	****	3.22	139	1	\|	1,188	12/97 - 08/08	promotional
•	Das Boot	1981	Klaus Doldinger	***	3.10	169	0	\|\|\|	2,217	02/24	multiple albums
•	Deadly Blessing	1981	James Horner	***	2.47	87	0	\|\|	2,273	11/23	bootleg
•	Dune	1984	Toto	*	4.02	13,771	38	\|\|\|\|	47	12/97 - 09/08	expanded
•	Escape From the Planet of the Apes	1971	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.42	69	0	\|\|	2,362	11/24	multiple albums
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.18	360	15	\|\|\|	919	10/03 - 04/09	bootlegs
•	Flatliners/Falling Down	1990	James Newton Howard	Varied	3.11	346	0	\|\|	500	06/97 - 02/15	bootleg
•	Flight of the Intruder	1991	Basil Poledouris	**	2.79	177	3	\|\|	1,170	07/03 - 02/13	bootlegs
•	Fly Away Home	1996	Mark Isham	*****	3.86	666	17	\|\|	420	07/03 - 03/09	promotional and bootlegs
•	I Know What You Did Last Summer	1997	John Debney	***	3.01	317	1	\|\|	694	01/99 - 08/08	promotional
•	Ice Station Zebra	1968	Michel Legrand	**	3.22	337	2	\|\|	612	04/97 - 11/08	all albums
R	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	John Williams	****	3.94	4,815	18	\|\|\|	82	08/97 - 10/25	re-issue
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	252	1	\|\|	1,437	08/09 - 02/25	re-issue
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	*****	3.31	323	1	\|\|\|	641	08/97 - 10/12	bootleg
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.23	300	5	\|\|	1,376	08/09 - 02/15	re-issue
•	The Life and Music of Basil Poledouris	1997	Basil Poledouris	****	3.21	108	1	\|\|	1,174	01/98 - 11/06	video biography
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.57	310	4	\|\|	1,435	07/09 - 06/16	bootleg
•	The Little Mermaid	1989	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman	***	4.03	16,251	23	\|\|\|\|	15	08/97 - 05/21	re-issue
•	Lois & Clark (TV)	1993	Jay Gruska	***	3.21	169	3	\|\|	863	03/98 - 04/06
•	The Mephisto Waltz	1971	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.35	63	0	\|\|\|	2,367	11/24	all albums
•	My Best Friend's Wedding	1997	James Newton Howard	***	3.24	451	0	\|	229	02/98 - 03/06	promotional
•	Octopussy	1983	John Barry	***	3.43	611	1	\|\|\|	439	11/97 - 10/24	expanded
•	The Other	1972	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.96	48	0	\|\|\|	2,359	11/24
•	Out of Africa	1985	John Barry	****	3.95	502	2	\|\|\|	940	01/10 - 02/25	re-recording
•	A Patch of Blue	1965	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.50	414	2	\|\|	632	06/97 - 12/06	all albums
•	Planet of the Apes	1968	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.41	165	2	\|\|\|\|	2,126	05/24	multiple albums
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.94	2,916	4	\|\|\|	179	03/97 - 12/10	all albums
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	***	3.82	1,492	34	\|\|\|	166	09/03 - 03/12	bootleg
•	Project X	1987	James Horner	*	2.86	304	3	\|\|\|	598	10/97 - 09/20	bootleg
•	The Relic	1997	John Debney	**	2.73	308	7	\|\|	627	11/99 - 03/13	promotional
•	Species	1995	Christopher Young	***	3.03	325	5	\|\|\|	415	03/98 - 08/24	promotional
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.24	17,665	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	special edition
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.16	10,905	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	special edition
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.30	9,740	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	special edition
•	Steel	1997	Mervyn Warren	**	2.31	88	3	\|\|	1,540	04/98 - 06/06	promotional
•	Toys	1992	Hans Zimmer, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley	***	2.62	409	2	\|\|\|	624	07/04 - 09/11	bootleg
•	The Vanishing	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.42	335	0	\|\|\|	626	06/98 - 09/08	bootleg
•	William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet	1996	Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Marius DeVries	***	2.96	164	1	\|\|\|	1,637	11/09	Volume 2
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.86	208	3	\|\|\|	1,344	08/09 - 08/12	bootleg

1997 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Babylon 5: Messages from Earth	1997	Christopher Franke	****	3.43	332	3	\|\|	1,065	07/99 - 09/08
•	The Batman Trilogy	1997	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	**	3.03	216	1	\|\|	1,338	07/03 - 04/09
•	The Big Picture	1997	The Cincinnati Pops, The Singers Companye	****	3.21	150	0	\|\|	1,318	06/97 - 07/06
•	Cinema Choral Classics	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus	****	3.97	1,143	1	\|\|	704	06/97 - 06/07
•	Frontiers	1997	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.42	461	0	\|\|	1,112	12/97 - 03/08
•	The Hollywood Sound	1997	The London Symphony Orchestra	***	3.33	487	2	\|	772	03/97 - 12/06
•	The Mark of Zorro/The Crimson Pirate	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus	Varied	3.11	218	0	\|	1,085	10/97 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.44	235	1	\|	553	08/97 - 07/06	re-recording
•	Space and Beyond	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic	*****	3.74	373	0	\|\|	1,042	03/97 - 12/06
•	Warriors of the Silver Screen	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic	*****	3.70	346	0	\|	1,050	07/97 - 06/07

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