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(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
| Title | Year |
Composer(s) | FR | VR |
VT | RD |
TR | Dates |
Notes |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 1997 | Mark Snow | ***** | 3.95 | 762 | || | 464 | 10/97 - 02/08 | |
| Addicted to Love | 1997 | Rachel Portman | **** | 3.93 | 2,208 | || | 228 | 07/97 - 03/08 | |
| Air Force One | 1997 | Jerry Goldsmith, Joel McNeely, Randy Newman | **** | 3.65 | 4,163 | |||| | 61 | 07/97 - 02/21 | all albums |
| Alien Resurrection | 1997 | John Frizzell | *** | 3.15 | 253 | ||| | 1,538 | 11/10 | all albums |
| Amistad | 1997 | John Williams | **** | 3.73 | 2,762 | ||| | 225 | 12/97 - 03/23 | all albums |
| Anastasia | 1997 | David Newman | *** | 3.89 | 8,996 | ||| | 40 | 10/97 - 02/08 | |
| The Beautician and the Beast | 1997 | Cliff Eidelman | *** | 3.14 | 300 | || | 1,237 | 06/01 - 11/23 | all albums |
| Con Air | 1997 | Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin | * | 2.13 | 1,243 | || | 344 | 07/97 - 06/06 | |
| Conspiracy Theory | 1997 | Carter Burwell | **** | 3.04 | 140 | || | 1,756 | 07/10 | |
| Contact | 1997 | Alan Silvestri | *** | 3.33 | 1,182 | | | 373 | 08/97 - 12/06 | |
| Dante's Peak | 1997 | John Frizzell, James Newton Howard | *** | 3.03 | 226 | || | 1,640 | 07/10 - 09/21 | multiple albums |
| Devil's Advocate | 1997 | James Newton Howard | **** | 3.55 | 1,374 | || | 312 | 11/97 - 06/07 | |
| The Devil's Own | 1997 | James Horner | *** | 3.78 | 477 | || | 440 | 04/97 - 11/11 | |
| The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca | 1997 | Mark McKenzie | **** | 3.09 | 263 | | | 1,148 | 01/00 - 09/08 | |
| The Edge | 1997 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.42 | 1,981 | ||| | 278 | 10/97 - 06/10 | all albums |
| Event Horizon | 1997 | Michael Kamen, Orbital | * | 2.45 | 335 | || | 1,156 | 09/03 - 04/09 | |
| Eve's Bayou | 1997 | Terence Blanchard | **** | 3.08 | 158 | | | 992 | 02/98 - 03/06 | |
| Face/Off | 1997 | John Powell, Gavin Greenaway | ** | 3.32 | 496 | | | 423 | 07/97 - 04/06 | |
| Fierce Creatures | 1997 | Jerry Goldsmith | *** | 2.74 | 325 | | | 969 | 12/96 - 08/08 | |
| The Fifth Element | 1997 | Eric Serra | *** | 3.07 | 9,236 | || | 23 | 05/97 - 03/08 | |
| Flubber | 1997 | Danny Elfman | ** | 2.79 | 1,024 | | | 295 | 11/97 - 02/08 | |
| Free Willy 3: The Rescue | 1997 | Cliff Eidelman | **** | 3.24 | 433 | || | 813 | 08/99 - 02/08 | |
| The Game | 1997 | Howard Shore | ** | 2.71 | 343 | | | 1,014 | 07/99 - 07/07 | |
| Gattaca | 1997 | Michael Nyman | *** | 3.16 | 1,084 | || | 382 | 10/97 - 03/08 | |
| Hercules | 1997 | Alan Menken | * | 2.33 | 6,346 | ||| | 112 | 05/97 - 12/06 | |
| Hoodlum | 1997 | Elmer Bernstein | **** | 3.89 | 707 | | | 899 | 09/97 - 12/06 | |
| In & Out | 1997 | Marc Shaiman | *** | 2.84 | 94 | || | 1,967 | 01/12 | |
| Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | Lee Holdridge | **** | 3.37 | 375 | | | 709 | 12/97 - 12/06 | |
| Kundun | 1997 | Philip Glass | *** | 2.55 | 1,435 | || | 302 | 12/97 - 03/08 | |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Jerry Goldsmith | *** | 3.08 | 2,371 | || | 274 | 12/97 - 12/22 | all albums |
| Last Stand at Sabre River | 1997 | David Shire | *** | 3.28 | 139 | | | 1,440 | 12/97 - 06/06 | |
| Liar Liar | 1997 | John Debney, James Newton Howard | *** | 3.17 | 807 | | | 895 | 06/99 - 02/08 | |
| The Long Way Home | 1997 | Lee Holdridge | *** | 2.95 | 133 | | | 1,518 | 12/97 - 03/06 | |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | John Williams | *** | 3.80 | 4,412 | |||| | 66 | 05/97 - 07/24 | all albums |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Danny Elfman | ** | 3.19 | 976 | ||| | 385 | 03/97 - 06/11 | all albums |
| Marvin's Room | 1996 | Rachel Portman | *** | 3.03 | 208 | | | 1,341 | 05/03 - 03/09 | |
| Men in Black | 1997 | Danny Elfman | *** | 3.15 | 2,260 | || | 162 | 01/98 - 09/06 | |
| Mimic | 1997 | Marco Beltrami | **** | 3.16 | 186 | || | 1,732 | 12/11 - 12/22 | all albums |
| Mouse Hunt | 1997 | Alan Silvestri | **** | 3.45 | 200 | || | 1,708 | 01/12 - 08/23 | multiple albums |
| Narrow Escape | 1997 | David Michael Frank | *** | 2.97 | 88 | | | 1,439 | 12/97 - 06/06 | |
| The Peacemaker | 1997 | Hans Zimmer | **** | 3.24 | 2,961 | ||| | 97 | 09/97 - 08/14 | all albums |
| The Postman | 1997 | James Newton Howard | **** | 3.73 | 332 | || | 1,698 | 07/10 | |
| The Rainmaker | 1997 | Elmer Bernstein | *** | 2.93 | 272 | | | 1,078 | 12/97 - 12/06 | |
| Red Corner | 1997 | Thomas Newman | *** | 2.97 | 91 | || | 1,864 | 02/12 | |
| Rosewood | 1997 | John Williams | *** | 3.39 | 359 | ||| | 611 | 03/97 - 07/13 | all albums |
| Rough Riders | 1997 | Peter Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein | *** | 3.32 | 339 | | | 998 | 12/97 - 08/08 | |
| The Saint | 1997 | Graeme Revell | **** | 3.84 | 1,729 | || | 206 | 05/97 - 10/06 | all albums |
| Seven Years in Tibet | 1997 | John Williams | **** | 3.68 | 2,287 | || | 88 | 09/97 - 03/08 | |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | 1997 | Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer | ** | 2.71 | 319 | || | 793 | 03/97 - 09/11 | |
| Stargate SG-1 | 1997 | Joel Goldsmith, Richard Band, Various | *** | 3.14 | 744 | |||| | 263 | 12/97 - 08/22 | all albums |
| Starship Troopers | 1997 | Basil Poledouris | **** | 3.24 | 2,907 | ||| | 207 | 11/97 - 07/16 | multiple albums |
| Swept from the Sea | 1997 | John Barry | *** | 3.15 | 493 | || | 767 | 11/97 - 12/06 | |
| Titanic | 1997 | James Horner | ***** | 4.11 | 27,680 | ||||| | 4 | 11/97 - 06/18 | multiple albums |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | David Arnold | ***** | 4.18 | 9,831 | |||| | 46 | 11/97 - 03/23 | all albums |
| True Women | 1997 | Bruce Broughton | **** | 3.39 | 469 | | | 1,071 | 06/97 - 12/06 | |
| Volcano | 1997 | Alan Silvestri | *** | 3.06 | 1,118 | || | 212 | 05/97 - 07/16 | all albums |
| The Whole Wide World | 1996 | Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer | *** | 3.00 | 203 | || | 1,007 | 07/04 - 09/11 | |
| Wilde | 1997 | Debbie Wiseman | **** | 3.71 | 186 | || | 1,781 | 01/12 | multiple albums |
| Title | Year |
Composer(s) | FR | VR |
VT | RD |
TR | Dates |
Notes |
| 1941 | 1979 | John Williams | ** | 3.04 | 277 | ||| | 1,255 | 08/09 - 10/11 | re-issue |
| Airplane! | 1980 | Elmer Bernstein | * | 3.65 | 327 | || | 572 | 10/97 - 07/09 | bootleg |
| Bound | 1996 | Don Davis | *** | 3.02 | 154 | | | 876 | 12/97 - 03/06 | promotional |
| Braveheart | 1995 | James Horner | ** | 4.15 | 28,418 | ||| | 2 | 09/96 - 04/22 | all albums |
| Breakheart Pass | 1975 | Jerry Goldsmith | *** | 3.17 | 151 | || | 1,619 | 07/09 - 06/16 | bootleg |
| Chicago Hope (TV) | 1994 | Jeff Rona, Mark Isham | **** | 3.40 | 623 | || | 203 | 02/98 - 02/08 | |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Alex North | *** | 3.96 | 1,105 | ||| | 169 | 03/01 - 09/08 | limited |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | John Williams | * | 3.71 | 2,533 | ||| | 76 | 05/98 - 11/22 | bootleg |
| Cocoon | 1985 | James Horner | **** | 3.77 | 890 | ||| | 394 | 10/97 - 12/13 | re-issue |
| Cosmic Voyage (IMAX) | 1996 | David Michael Frank | **** | 3.22 | 139 | | | 1,175 | 12/97 - 08/08 | promotional |
| Das Boot | 1981 | Klaus Doldinger | *** | 3.10 | 169 | ||| | 2,228 | 02/24 | multiple albums |
| Deadly Blessing | 1981 | James Horner | *** | 2.47 | 87 | || | 2,254 | 11/23 | bootleg |
| Dune | 1984 | Toto | * | 4.02 | 13,768 | |||| | 47 | 12/97 - 09/08 | expanded |
| The Fan | 1996 | Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona | * | 2.17 | 358 | ||| | 927 | 10/03 - 04/09 | bootlegs |
| Flatliners/Falling Down | 1990 | James Newton Howard | Varied | 3.23 | 340 | || | 500 | 06/97 - 02/15 | bootleg |
| Flight of the Intruder | 1991 | Basil Poledouris | ** | 2.79 | 177 | || | 1,163 | 07/03 - 02/13 | bootlegs |
| Fly Away Home | 1996 | Mark Isham | ***** | 3.87 | 664 | || | 417 | 07/03 - 03/09 | promotional and bootlegs |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | 1997 | John Debney | *** | 3.02 | 314 | || | 693 | 01/99 - 08/08 | promotional |
| Ice Station Zebra | 1968 | Michel Legrand | ** | 3.22 | 336 | || | 606 | 04/97 - 11/08 | all albums |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | John Williams | **** | 3.95 | 4,787 | ||| | 82 | 08/97 - 08/24 | re-issue |
R | Islands in the Stream | 1977 | Jerry Goldsmith | *** | 3.18 | 252 | || | 1,445 | 08/09 - 02/25 | re-issue |
| King Kong Lives | 1986 | John Scott | ***** | 3.31 | 323 | ||| | 637 | 08/97 - 10/12 | bootleg |
| King Solomon's Mines | 1985 | Jerry Goldsmith | ** | 3.23 | 300 | || | 1,380 | 08/09 - 02/15 | re-issue |
| The Life and Music of Basil Poledouris | 1997 | Basil Poledouris | **** | 3.21 | 108 | || | 1,154 | 01/98 - 11/06 | video biography |
| Link | 1986 | Jerry Goldsmith | * | 2.57 | 310 | || | 1,436 | 07/09 - 06/16 | bootleg |
| The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Alan Menken, Howard Ashman | *** | 4.04 | 16,247 | |||| | 15 | 08/97 - 05/21 | re-issue |
| Lois & Clark (TV) | 1993 | Jay Gruska | *** | 3.21 | 169 | || | 865 | 03/98 - 04/06 | |
| My Best Friend's Wedding | 1997 | James Newton Howard | *** | 3.23 | 450 | | | 227 | 02/98 - 03/06 | promotional |
| Octopussy | 1983 | John Barry | *** | 3.43 | 609 | ||| | 446 | 11/97 - 10/24 | expanded |
R | Out of Africa | 1985 | John Barry | **** | 3.97 | 496 | ||| | 965 | 01/10 - 02/25 | re-recording |
| A Patch of Blue | 1965 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.50 | 413 | || | 627 | 06/97 - 12/06 | all albums |
| Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Jerry Goldsmith | ** | 3.54 | 146 | |||| | 2,144 | 05/24 | multiple albums |
| Poltergeist | 1982 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.94 | 2,913 | ||| | 181 | 03/97 - 12/10 | all albums |
| Predator | 1987 | Alan Silvestri | *** | 3.82 | 1,488 | ||| | 166 | 09/03 - 03/12 | bootleg |
| Project X | 1987 | James Horner | * | 2.86 | 304 | ||| | 603 | 10/97 - 09/20 | bootleg |
| The Relic | 1997 | John Debney | ** | 2.73 | 306 | || | 624 | 11/99 - 03/13 | promotional |
| Species | 1995 | Christopher Young | *** | 3.03 | 324 | ||| | 416 | 03/98 - 08/24 | promotional |
| Star Wars: A New Hope | 1977 | John Williams | ***** | 4.24 | 17,651 | |||| | 3 | 01/97 - 11/23 | special edition |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 1983 | John Williams | ***** | 4.16 | 10,880 | |||| | 25 | 03/97 - 11/23 | special edition |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | John Williams | ***** | 4.29 | 9,663 | |||| | 33 | 01/97 - 11/23 | special edition |
| Steel | 1997 | Mervyn Warren | ** | 2.31 | 88 | || | 1,524 | 04/98 - 06/06 | promotional |
| Toys | 1992 | Hans Zimmer, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley | *** | 2.63 | 408 | ||| | 630 | 07/04 - 09/11 | bootleg |
| The Vanishing | 1993 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.42 | 334 | ||| | 618 | 06/98 - 09/08 | bootleg |
| William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Marius DeVries | *** | 2.96 | 164 | ||| | 1,659 | 11/09 | Volume 2 |
| Wolfen | 1981 | James Horner | *** | 2.86 | 208 | ||| | 1,344 | 08/09 - 08/12 | bootleg |
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