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1998 REGULAR RELEASES

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	American History X	1998	Anne Dudley	****	3.19	110	3	\|\|	1,733	07/10
•	Antz	1998	John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.84	2,810	4	\|	299	12/98 - 01/07
•	Apt Pupil	1998	John Ottman	****	3.09	213	4	\|	1,187	09/03 - 04/09
•	Armageddon	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	5,307	23	\|\|	107	12/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	As Good As It Gets	1997	Hans Zimmer	****	3.33	1,595	5	\|	130	01/98 - 01/07
•	The Avengers	1998	Joel McNeely	***	2.86	865	1	\|\|	502	12/98 - 03/08
•	Beloved	1998	Rachel Portman	**	2.70	246	4	\|	1,024	12/98 - 01/07
•	Blade	1998	Mark Isham	**	2.65	169	3	\|\|	1,209	09/03 - 11/08
•	A Bug's Life	1998	Randy Newman	***	3.18	3,552	6	\|\|	327	02/99 - 03/08
•	A Civil Action	1998	Danny Elfman	***	2.98	619	1	\|\|	820	01/99 - 04/07
•	Dangerous Beauty	1998	George Fenton	*****	4.06	2,058	2	\|	245	04/98 - 03/08
•	Dark City	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.19	807	6	\|\|\|	414	04/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	Deep Impact	1998	James Horner	***	3.36	2,165	6	\|\|	109	05/98 - 03/08
•	Deep Rising	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.79	800	3	\|\|	538	02/98 - 08/14	all albums
•	Desperate Measures	1998	Trevor Jones	***	2.69	83	0	\|\|	1,867	02/12
•	Disturbing Behavior	1998	Mark Snow	*	2.44	320	0	\|	815	08/98 - 01/07
•	Elizabeth	1998	David Hirschfelder	***	3.74	806	1	\|	853	02/99 - 07/07
•	Enemy of the State	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.62	1,130	4	\|\|	629	12/98 - 01/07
•	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	1998	George Fenton	****	3.67	3,515	28	\|\|	129	08/98 - 01/07
•	Gods and Monsters	1998	Carter Burwell	****	3.11	146	0	\|\|	1,862	02/12
•	Godzilla	1998	David Arnold	****	3.42	1,642	26	\|\|\|	68	05/98 - 03/13	all albums
•	Great Expectations	1998	Patrick Doyle	****	3.84	2,854	2	\|\|	235	01/98 - 03/08
•	Halloween H20 (Portrait of Terror)	1998	John Ottman	***	3.09	191	0	\|\|	861	10/98 - 03/08	rejected score
•	Hard Rain	1998	Christopher Young	****	3.11	265	1	\|\|	942	01/98 - 01/07
•	The Horse Whisperer	1998	Thomas Newman	****	3.80	2,444	2	\|\|	272	06/98 - 04/08
•	Incognito	1997	John Ottman	*****	3.93	1,544	0	\|\|	793	07/98 - 07/07
•	A Kid in Aladdin's Palace	1998	David Michael Frank	****	3.03	189	0	\|	1,336	08/98 - 01/07
•	The Legend of 1900	1998	Ennio Morricone	***	3.91	3,475	6	\|\|	268	12/99 - 08/08	all albums
•	Les Misérables	1998	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.18	5,875	10	\|\|\|	153	04/98 - 06/07	all albums
•	Life is Beautiful	1998	Nicola Piovani	***	3.30	2,483	6	\|	74	02/99 - 03/08
•	Little Boy Blue	1998	Stewart Copeland	**	2.05	232	0	\|	1,249	08/98 - 01/07
•	Lost in Space	1998	Bruce Broughton	**	2.90	1,359	19	\|\|	251	04/98 - 04/16	all albums
•	The Man in the Iron Mask	1998	Nick Glennie-Smith	***	3.35	1,165	1	\|\|	405	03/98 - 07/07
•	The Mask of Zorro	1998	James Horner	*****	4.13	8,800	77	\|\|\|	18	06/98 - 03/08
•	Meet Joe Black	1998	Thomas Newman	***	3.21	2,102	6	\|	148	12/98 - 01/07
•	Mercury Rising	1998	John Barry	***	2.85	542	2	\|\|	845	04/98 - 07/07
•	Merlin	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.82	3,855	3	\|	149	05/97 - 03/07
•	The Mighty	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.32	317	1	\|\|	764	01/99 - 03/08	all albums
•	Mighty Joe Young	1998	James Horner	**	2.73	1,243	3	\|	346	12/98 - 03/08
•	Moby Dick	1998	Christopher Gordon	****	3.59	362	1	\|\|	760	03/98 - 07/07
•	Mulan	1998	Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder	****	3.96	10,352	24	\|\|\|	36	06/98 - 07/07	all albums
•	The Negotiator	1998	Graeme Revell	***	3.01	413	0	\|\|	466	08/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	The Object of My Affection	1998	George Fenton	**	2.75	248	0	\|	399	04/98 - 03/07
•	One True Thing	1998	Cliff Eidelman	***	2.84	186	0	\|\|	1,285	05/01 - 03/08
•	Patch Adams	1998	Marc Shaiman	***	3.28	356	2	\|	512	02/99 - 03/07
•	Paulie	1998	John Debney	***	2.50	208	0	\|	1,078	05/98 - 03/07
•	A Perfect Murder	1998	James Newton Howard	**	3.44	209	1	\|\|	1,806	01/12
•	Pleasantville	1998	Randy Newman	***	3.28	878	1	\|	607	02/99 - 03/07
•	The Prince of Egypt	1998	Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz	****	4.08	13,401	98	\|\|\|\|	33	12/98 - 03/08	all albums
•	Princess Mononoke	1997	Joe Hisaishi	****	4.12	13,592	51	\|\|	73	10/99 - 08/08	all albums
•	Quest for Camelot	1998	Patrick Doyle, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager	****	3.34	454	1	\|\|\|\|	520	08/03 - 04/09	multiple albums
•	The Replacement Killers	1998	Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky	*	2.47	776	0	\|	440	08/98 - 03/07
•	Return to Paradise	1998	Mark Mancina	****	3.22	229	1	\|	1,307	08/99 - 03/08
•	Ronin	1998	Elia Cmiral	***	2.98	434	2	\|	933	01/00 - 04/08
•	Saving Private Ryan	1998	John Williams	***	3.35	12,400	45	\|\|\|	35	07/98 - 03/08
•	Shakespeare in Love	1998	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.83	5,415	5	\|\|	80	12/98 - 03/08
•	Six Days, Seven Nights	1998	Randy Edelman	***	3.18	708	1	\|	275	06/98 - 03/07
•	Small Soldiers	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.35	2,816	2	\|\|	140	07/98 - 10/18	multiple albums
•	Snake Eyes	1998	Ryuichi Sakamoto	**	2.71	220	1	\|	1,216	05/99 - 07/07
•	Soldier	1998	Joel McNeely	***	2.82	312	2	\|\|	743	11/98 - 04/07
•	Sphere	1998	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.55	626	3	\|\|	773	03/98 - 07/07
•	Star Kid	1998	Nicholas Pike	***	2.65	153	0	\|	1,421	06/98 - 04/07
•	Star Trek: Insurrection	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.70	4,151	29	\|\|\|\|	166	12/98 - 08/13	all albums
•	Stepmom	1998	John Williams	***	3.52	3,338	16	\|	181	12/98 - 07/07
•	The Truman Show	1998	Burkhart Dallwitz, Philip Glass	***	3.26	282	0	\|\|\|	1,679	11/09
•	Twilight	1998	Elmer Bernstein	**	2.30	237	0	\|	1,010	04/98 - 04/07
•	U.S. Marshals	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.58	590	1	\|	484	03/98 - 04/07
•	The Velocity of Gary	1998	Peitor Angell	**	2.22	222	0	\|	570	08/99 - 04/07
•	Wag the Dog	1997	Mark Knopfler	**	2.24	943	0	\|\|	543	01/98 - 04/07
•	What Dreams May Come	1998	Michael Kamen, Mark Snow	****	3.59	2,123	3	\|\|	159	10/98 - 03/08
•	Wild America	1997	Joel McNeely	***	3.02	212	1	\|	1,015	03/97 - 07/07
•	Wild Things	1998	George S. Clinton	***	2.85	81	0	\|\|	1,907	01/12
•	The X-Files: Fight the Future	1998	Mark Snow	***	3.35	8,847	2	\|\|\|	100	06/98 - 12/14	all albums

1998 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Air Force One	1997	Randy Newman	**	3.71	4,081	20	\|\|\|	63	07/97 - 05/07	rejected score bootleg
•	Amazon (IMAX)	1997	Alan Williams	****	3.55	219	2	\|	1,137	08/98 - 02/08
•	Armageddon	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	5,307	23	\|\|	107	12/98 - 01/07	promotional
•	Body Heat	1981	John Barry	****	3.63	1,005	1	\|\|\|	516	06/97 - 09/12	re-recording
•	Braveheart	1995	James Horner	****	4.17	27,718	188	\|\|\|	2	09/96 - 03/16	French set
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	****	3.72	2,251	10	\|\|\|	75	05/98 - 05/18	expanded
•	Excalibur	1981	Trevor Jones	***	3.09	114	1	\|\|\|	1,391	01/10	bootleg
•	Fantastic Voyage	1966	Leonard Rosenman	***	3.14	117	2	\|\|	1,023	12/98 - 02/15	limited
•	Fortress	1993	Frederic Talgorn	***	2.72	79	0	\|	1,512	08/98 - 06/06	promotional
•	The Funhouse	1981	John Beal	****	3.33	110	2	\|	1,505	01/05 - 10/11	promotional
•	Gettysburg	1993	Randy Edelman	***	3.36	190	1	\|\|\|	1,559	12/09	deluxe
•	Ghostbusters	1984	Elmer Bernstein	**	3.48	389	4	\|\|\|	539	03/06 - 04/06	bootleg
•	Glory	1989	James Horner	*****	4.32	11,221	61	\|\|\|	54	08/97 - 07/06	bootlegs
•	Good Will Hunting	1997	Danny Elfman	***	3.09	768	0	\|\|	302	03/98 - 08/14	promotional
•	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	***	3.03	549	1	\|\|	640	01/00 - 07/08	all albums
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	418	8	\|\|\|	766	07/03 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.53	1,070	7	\|\|\|	264	08/97 - 08/15	limited
•	The Last Valley	1970	John Barry	****	3.64	756	1	\|\|	925	07/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	The Living Daylights	1987	John Barry	*****	4.11	1,189	3	\|\|\|\|	298	06/98 - 04/08	expanded
•	The Master of Ballantrae (TV)	1984	Bruce Broughton	***	3.12	274	1	\|\|	1,406	12/98 - 09/08	limited
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.14	189	1	\|\|	1,412	08/09 - 11/11	re-recording
•	The Mighty	1998	Trevor Jones	***	3.32	317	1	\|\|	764	01/99 - 03/08	promotional
•	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	1980	Michael J. Lewis	***	3.29	136	0	\|	1,278	04/98 - 04/08	promotional
•	Othello (Ballet)	1998	Elliot Goldenthal	***	3.16	169	16	\|	1,171	07/03 - 03/09
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.20	524	2	\|\|\|	318	09/96 - 09/10	limited
•	The Prince of Egypt	1998	Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz	****	4.08	13,401	98	\|\|\|\|	33	12/98 - 03/08	specialty album
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.12	329	1	\|\|\|	1,135	04/10 - 05/18	bootleg
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.74	1,071	0	\|\|	231	07/98 - 01/17	all albums
•	Seven	1995	Howard Shore	**	2.75	136	1	\|\|	1,340	11/09 - 03/17	bootleg
•	Snow White: Tale of Terror (TV)	1997	John Ottman	***	3.35	495	1	\|	677	07/98 - 04/07
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner	***	3.02	186	5	\|\|\|\|	1,296	08/09 - 04/16	bootleg
•	Stagecoach	1966	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.10	588	1	\|\|\|	847	06/98 - 09/16	limited
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,033	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	re-recording
•	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)	1998	William Ross	****	3.54	203	1	\|\|	1,667	02/00 - 09/08	promotional
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.05	186	1	\|\|	1,457	04/10 - 12/17	bootleg
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	****	4.11	27,263	163	\|\|\|\|\|	5	11/97 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	V/V: The Series	1983	Joe Harnell, Dennis McCarthy	*	2.93	382	0	\|\|	469	08/98 - 08/07	promotional, promotional
•	Wide Awake	1998	Edmund Choi	***	2.92	144	0	\|	1,515	10/99 - 04/08	promotional
•	Wilde	1997	Debbie Wiseman	****	3.52	130	1	\|\|	1,756	01/12	re-issue

1998 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus	*****	3.65	339	0	\|\|	857	02/98 - 08/07
•	Cinema Choral Classics II	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus	****	3.90	706	1	\|	922	07/98 - 08/07
•	Cinema's Classic Romances	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.64	588	0	\|\|	1,054	02/98 - 08/07
•	Coming Soon: The John Beal Trailer Project	1998	John Beal	****	3.05	194	0	\|\|	996	10/98 - 08/07
•	David Shire Film Music	1998	Various	****	3.63	286	3	\|\|\|	585	04/98 - 07/07	promotional
•	Greatest Sci-Fi Hits IV	1998	Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra	*	1.66	423	1	\|	1,327	09/99 - 04/07
•	Heart of the Ocean	1998	James Horner	****	3.38	346	0	\|\|	621	05/98 - 08/07
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.05	112	0	\|	1,011	07/98 - 07/06
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	2.92	98	2	\|	1,084	07/98 - 07/06
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.08	101	0	\|	1,018	07/98 - 07/06
•	James Horner: Suites and Themes	1998	Various	***	2.91	348	0	\|\|	487	06/98 - 08/07	bootleg
•	Michael Kamen's Opus	1998	The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra	****	3.22	196	0	\|\|	869	04/98 - 04/08
•	The Motion Picture Scores of Arthur B. Rubinstein	1998	Various	***	2.60	200	0	\|\|	1,321	12/98 - 08/07	promotional
•	The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus	****	3.22	290	1	\|\|	763	08/99 - 08/07
•	Titanic: The Essential James Horner Collection	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus	**	2.83	331	0	\|\|	690	08/98 - 08/07

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