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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	\|\|	1,735	07/10
•	Antz	1998	John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.84	2,813	4	\|	299	12/98 - 01/07
•	Apt Pupil	1998	John Ottman	****	3.12	216	4	\|	1,194	09/03 - 04/09
•	Armageddon	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	5,308	23	\|\|	107	12/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	As Good As It Gets	1997	Hans Zimmer	****	3.34	1,596	5	\|	131	01/98 - 01/07
•	The Avengers	1998	Joel McNeely	***	2.86	866	1	\|\|	505	12/98 - 03/08
•	Beloved	1998	Rachel Portman	**	2.70	247	4	\|	1,029	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	3,555	6	\|\|	328	02/99 - 03/08
•	A Civil Action	1998	Danny Elfman	***	3.01	635	1	\|\|	821	01/99 - 04/07
•	Dangerous Beauty	1998	George Fenton	*****	4.06	2,060	2	\|	247	04/98 - 03/08
•	Dark City	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.19	811	6	\|\|\|	415	04/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	Deep Impact	1998	James Horner	***	3.36	2,165	6	\|\|	110	05/98 - 03/08
•	Deep Rising	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.78	801	3	\|\|	540	02/98 - 08/14	all albums
•	Desperate Measures	1998	Trevor Jones	***	2.67	86	0	\|\|	1,870	02/12
•	Disturbing Behavior	1998	Mark Snow	*	2.44	320	0	\|	824	08/98 - 01/07
•	Elizabeth	1998	David Hirschfelder	***	3.74	807	1	\|	855	02/99 - 07/07
•	Enemy of the State	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.62	1,130	4	\|\|	638	12/98 - 01/07
•	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	1998	George Fenton	****	3.66	3,517	28	\|\|	129	08/98 - 01/07
•	Gods and Monsters	1998	Carter Burwell	****	3.11	146	0	\|\|	1,868	02/12
•	Godzilla	1998	David Arnold	****	3.42	1,646	26	\|\|\|	69	05/98 - 03/13	all albums
•	Great Expectations	1998	Patrick Doyle	****	3.85	2,862	2	\|\|	236	01/98 - 03/08
•	Halloween H20 (Portrait of Terror)	1998	John Ottman	***	3.10	194	0	\|\|	859	10/98 - 03/08	rejected score
•	Hard Rain	1998	Christopher Young	****	3.11	265	1	\|\|	945	01/98 - 01/07
•	The Horse Whisperer	1998	Thomas Newman	****	3.80	2,445	2	\|\|	274	06/98 - 04/08
•	Incognito	1997	John Ottman	*****	3.93	1,546	0	\|\|	796	07/98 - 07/07
•	A Kid in Aladdin's Palace	1998	David Michael Frank	****	3.03	189	0	\|	1,339	08/98 - 01/07
•	The Legend of 1900	1998	Ennio Morricone	***	3.91	3,481	6	\|\|	268	12/99 - 08/08	all albums
•	Les Misérables	1998	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.18	5,881	10	\|\|\|	153	04/98 - 06/07	all albums
•	Life is Beautiful	1998	Nicola Piovani	***	3.30	2,484	6	\|	75	02/99 - 03/08
•	Little Boy Blue	1998	Stewart Copeland	**	2.05	232	0	\|	1,263	08/98 - 01/07
•	Lost in Space	1998	Bruce Broughton	**	2.90	1,359	19	\|\|	253	04/98 - 04/16	all albums
•	The Man in the Iron Mask	1998	Nick Glennie-Smith	***	3.35	1,166	1	\|\|	404	03/98 - 07/07
•	The Mask of Zorro	1998	James Horner	*****	4.13	8,807	77	\|\|\|	18	06/98 - 03/08
•	Meet Joe Black	1998	Thomas Newman	***	3.21	2,103	6	\|	149	12/98 - 01/07
•	Mercury Rising	1998	John Barry	***	2.85	542	2	\|\|	845	04/98 - 07/07
•	Merlin	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.82	3,857	3	\|	148	05/97 - 03/07
•	The Mighty	1998	Trevor Jones	****	3.32	318	1	\|\|	765	01/99 - 03/08	all albums
•	Mighty Joe Young	1998	James Horner	**	2.73	1,244	3	\|	348	12/98 - 03/08
•	Moby Dick	1998	Christopher Gordon	****	3.58	363	1	\|\|	770	03/98 - 07/07
•	Mulan	1998	Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder	****	3.97	10,370	24	\|\|\|	36	06/98 - 07/07	all albums
•	The Negotiator	1998	Graeme Revell	***	3.01	413	0	\|\|	468	08/98 - 01/07	all albums
•	The Object of My Affection	1998	George Fenton	**	2.75	249	0	\|	399	04/98 - 03/07
•	One True Thing	1998	Cliff Eidelman	***	2.85	187	0	\|\|	1,292	05/01 - 03/08
•	Patch Adams	1998	Marc Shaiman	***	3.28	356	2	\|	514	02/99 - 03/07
•	Paulie	1998	John Debney	***	2.50	208	0	\|	1,086	05/98 - 03/07
•	A Perfect Murder	1998	James Newton Howard	**	3.40	223	1	\|\|	1,817	01/12
•	Pleasantville	1998	Randy Newman	***	3.28	878	1	\|	610	02/99 - 03/07
•	The Prince of Egypt	1998	Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz	****	4.08	13,410	98	\|\|\|\|	33	12/98 - 03/08	all albums
•	Princess Mononoke	1997	Joe Hisaishi	****	4.12	13,596	51	\|\|	73	10/99 - 08/08	all albums
•	Quest for Camelot	1998	Patrick Doyle, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager	****	3.35	461	1	\|\|\|\|	519	08/03 - 04/09	multiple albums
•	The Replacement Killers	1998	Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky	*	2.47	778	0	\|	441	08/98 - 03/07
•	Return to Paradise	1998	Mark Mancina	****	3.23	230	1	\|	1,310	08/99 - 03/08
•	Ronin	1998	Elia Cmiral	***	2.98	434	2	\|	937	01/00 - 04/08
•	Saving Private Ryan	1998	John Williams	***	3.34	12,398	45	\|\|\|	35	07/98 - 03/08
•	Shakespeare in Love	1998	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.83	5,416	5	\|\|	80	12/98 - 03/08
•	Six Days, Seven Nights	1998	Randy Edelman	***	3.18	708	1	\|	280	06/98 - 03/07
•	Small Soldiers	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.35	2,821	2	\|\|	140	07/98 - 10/18	multiple albums
•	Snake Eyes	1998	Ryuichi Sakamoto	**	2.71	220	1	\|	1,219	05/99 - 07/07
•	Soldier	1998	Joel McNeely	***	2.82	313	2	\|\|	749	11/98 - 04/07
•	Sphere	1998	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.57	631	3	\|\|	758	03/98 - 07/07
•	Star Kid	1998	Nicholas Pike	***	2.66	154	0	\|	1,428	06/98 - 04/07
•	Star Trek: Insurrection	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.70	4,152	29	\|\|\|\|	165	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	***	3.25	285	0	\|\|\|	1,688	11/09
•	Twilight	1998	Elmer Bernstein	**	2.30	237	0	\|	1,013	04/98 - 04/07
R	U.S. Marshals	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.60	599	1	\|\|\|	473	03/98 - 08/20	all albums
•	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	\|\|	546	01/98 - 04/07
•	What Dreams May Come	1998	Michael Kamen, Mark Snow	****	3.59	2,124	3	\|\|	162	10/98 - 03/08
•	Wild America	1997	Joel McNeely	***	3.02	212	1	\|	1,016	03/97 - 07/07
•	Wild Things	1998	George S. Clinton	***	2.85	81	0	\|\|	1,917	01/12
•	The X-Files: Fight the Future	1998	Mark Snow	***	3.35	8,847	2	\|\|\|	101	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	****	3.54	220	2	\|	1,132	08/98 - 02/08
•	Armageddon	1998	Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	5,308	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	27,725	188	\|\|\|	2	09/96 - 03/16	French set
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	****	3.73	2,255	10	\|\|\|	76	05/98 - 05/18	expanded
•	Excalibur	1981	Trevor Jones	***	3.08	116	1	\|\|\|	1,387	01/10	bootleg
•	Fantastic Voyage	1966	Leonard Rosenman	***	3.14	117	2	\|\|	1,026	12/98 - 02/15	limited
•	Fortress	1993	Frederic Talgorn	***	2.72	79	0	\|	1,515	08/98 - 06/06	promotional
•	The Funhouse	1981	John Beal	****	3.33	110	2	\|	1,512	01/05 - 10/11	promotional
•	Gettysburg	1993	Randy Edelman	***	3.36	190	1	\|\|\|	1,553	12/09	deluxe
•	Ghostbusters	1984	Elmer Bernstein	**	3.49	392	4	\|\|\|	541	03/06 - 04/06	bootleg
•	Glory	1989	James Horner	*****	4.31	11,340	61	\|\|\|	53	08/97 - 07/06	bootlegs
•	Good Will Hunting	1997	Danny Elfman	***	3.12	789	0	\|\|	303	03/98 - 08/14	promotional
•	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	***	3.27	629	1	\|\|	628	01/00 - 07/08	all albums
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	418	8	\|\|\|	767	07/03 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.53	1,073	7	\|\|\|	264	08/97 - 08/15	limited
•	The Last Valley	1970	John Barry	****	3.64	756	1	\|\|	927	07/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	The Living Daylights	1987	John Barry	*****	4.11	1,193	3	\|\|\|\|	298	06/98 - 04/08	expanded
•	The Master of Ballantrae (TV)	1984	Bruce Broughton	***	3.12	274	1	\|\|	1,414	12/98 - 09/08	limited
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.14	190	1	\|\|	1,401	08/09 - 11/11	re-recording
•	The Mighty	1998	Trevor Jones	***	3.32	318	1	\|\|	765	01/99 - 03/08	promotional
•	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	1980	Michael J. Lewis	***	3.29	136	0	\|	1,289	04/98 - 04/08	promotional
•	Othello (Ballet)	1998	Elliot Goldenthal	***	3.21	174	16	\|	1,169	07/03 - 03/09
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.21	529	2	\|\|\|	319	09/96 - 09/10	limited
•	The Prince of Egypt	1998	Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz	****	4.08	13,410	98	\|\|\|\|	33	12/98 - 03/08	specialty album
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.12	331	1	\|\|\|	1,131	04/10 - 05/18	bootleg
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.74	1,074	0	\|\|	230	07/98 - 01/17	all albums
•	Seven	1995	Howard Shore	**	2.73	138	1	\|\|	1,338	11/09 - 03/17	bootleg
•	Snow White: Tale of Terror (TV)	1997	John Ottman	***	3.38	506	1	\|	677	07/98 - 04/07
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner	***	3.03	187	5	\|\|\|\|	1,293	08/09 - 04/16	bootleg
•	Stagecoach	1966	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.10	589	1	\|\|\|	847	06/98 - 09/16	limited
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,036	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	re-recording
•	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)	1998	William Ross	****	3.52	205	1	\|\|	1,672	02/00 - 09/08	promotional
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.05	186	1	\|\|	1,458	04/10 - 12/17	bootleg
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	****	4.11	27,271	163	\|\|\|\|\|	4	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	\|	1,520	10/99 - 04/08	promotional
•	Wilde	1997	Debbie Wiseman	****	3.52	130	1	\|\|	1,759	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	\|\|	863	02/98 - 08/07
•	Cinema Choral Classics II	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus	****	3.89	708	1	\|	929	07/98 - 08/07
•	Cinema's Classic Romances	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.64	588	0	\|\|	1,065	02/98 - 08/07
•	Coming Soon: The John Beal Trailer Project	1998	John Beal	****	3.05	194	0	\|\|	999	10/98 - 08/07
•	David Shire Film Music	1998	Various	****	3.63	286	3	\|\|\|	586	04/98 - 07/07	promotional
•	Greatest Sci-Fi Hits IV	1998	Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra	*	1.65	424	1	\|	1,328	09/99 - 04/07
•	Heart of the Ocean	1998	James Horner	****	3.38	346	0	\|\|	627	05/98 - 08/07
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.05	112	0	\|	1,017	07/98 - 07/06
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	***	2.92	98	2	\|	1,101	07/98 - 07/06
•	Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery	1998	The City of Prague Philharmonic	****	3.08	101	0	\|	1,023	07/98 - 07/06
•	James Horner: Suites and Themes	1998	Various	***	2.91	348	0	\|\|	491	06/98 - 08/07	bootleg
•	Michael Kamen's Opus	1998	The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra	****	3.22	196	0	\|\|	872	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	\|\|	771	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	\|\|	695	08/98 - 08/07

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