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    1998 REGULAR RELEASES:    
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•American History X1998Anne Dudley****3.201423||1,74207/10
•Antz1998John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Various****3.833,0084|30612/98 - 01/07
•Apt Pupil1998John Ottman****3.202814|1,19509/03 - 04/09
•Armageddon1998Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams***2.865,37323||10812/98 - 01/07all albums
•As Good As It Gets1997Hans Zimmer****3.331,6935|13601/98 - 01/07
•The Avengers1998Joel McNeely***2.899341||52212/98 - 03/08
•Beloved1998Rachel Portman**2.713084|1,04312/98 - 01/07
•Blade1998Mark Isham**2.622223|||1,19009/03 - 01/25all albums
•A Bug's Life1998Randy Newman***3.183,5906||32002/99 - 03/08
•A Civil Action1998Danny Elfman***3.097191||83401/99 - 04/07
•Dangerous Beauty1998George Fenton*****4.042,2032|25904/98 - 03/08
•Dark City1998Trevor Jones****3.208616|||41404/98 - 01/07all albums
•Deep Impact1998James Horner***3.362,3126||11705/98 - 03/08
•Deep Rising1998Jerry Goldsmith**2.788534||54202/98 - 08/14all albums
•Desperate Measures1998Trevor Jones***2.781120||1,90902/12
•Disturbing Behavior1998Mark Snow*2.433380|84808/98 - 01/07
•Elizabeth1998David Hirschfelder***3.748541|88902/99 - 07/07
•Enemy of the State1998Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams**2.621,2034||67112/98 - 01/07
•Ever After: A Cinderella Story1998George Fenton****3.673,55328||13308/98 - 01/07
•Gods and Monsters1998Carter Burwell****3.131900||1,92602/12
•Godzilla1998David Arnold****3.421,75227|||7005/98 - 03/13all albums
•Great Expectations1998Patrick Doyle****3.743,0492||24501/98 - 03/08
•Halloween H20 (Portrait of Terror)1998John Ottman***3.132470||85310/98 - 03/08rejected score
•Hard Rain1998Christopher Young****3.223261||91501/98 - 05/21all albums
•The Horse Whisperer1998Thomas Newman****3.752,6072||28406/98 - 04/08
•Incognito1997John Ottman*****3.871,7160|||75607/98 - 02/24all albums
•A Kid in Aladdin's Palace1998David Michael Frank****3.212660|1,42208/98 - 01/07
•The Legend of 19001998Ennio Morricone***3.833,6006||26812/99 - 08/08all albums
•Les Misérables1998Basil Poledouris*****4.165,99410|||16004/98 - 06/07all albums
•Life is Beautiful1998Nicola Piovani***3.302,6336|7902/99 - 03/08
•Little Boy Blue1998Stewart Copeland**2.072870|1,35608/98 - 01/07
•Lost in Space1998Bruce Broughton**2.891,44119||25804/98 - 04/16all albums
•The Man in the Iron Mask1998Nick Glennie-Smith***3.351,2351||40203/98 - 07/07
•The Mask of Zorro1998James Horner*****4.138,93677||||1906/98 - 05/24all albums
•Meet Joe Black1998Thomas Newman***3.292,3426|15312/98 - 01/07
•Mercury Rising1998John Barry***2.875782||86404/98 - 07/07
•Merlin1998Trevor Jones****3.823,8983|15605/97 - 03/07
•The Mighty1998Trevor Jones****3.333371||79801/99 - 03/08all albums
•Mighty Joe Young1998James Horner**2.731,3293|34712/98 - 03/08
•Moby Dick1998Christopher Gordon****3.714241||81103/98 - 07/07
•Mulan1998Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder****3.9710,56524|||3806/98 - 07/07all albums
•The Negotiator1998Graeme Revell***3.014340||48308/98 - 01/07all albums
•The Object of My Affection1998George Fenton**2.743080|41704/98 - 03/07
•One True Thing1998Cliff Eidelman***2.902390||1,36405/01 - 03/08
•Patch Adams1998Marc Shaiman***3.283742|53502/99 - 03/07
•Paulie1998John Debney***2.672760|1,14405/98 - 03/07
•A Perfect Murder1998James Newton Howard**3.273041||1,83501/12
•Pleasantville1998Randy Newman****3.319381|||60202/99 - 01/24all albums
•The Prince of Egypt1998Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz****4.0613,66398||||3212/98 - 03/08all albums
•Princess Mononoke1997Joe Hisaishi****4.1213,74151||7310/99 - 08/08all albums
•Quest for Camelot1998Patrick Doyle, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager****3.364991||||50908/03 - 04/09multiple albums
•The Replacement Killers1998Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky*2.408550|45708/98 - 03/07
•Return to Paradise1998Mark Mancina****3.262921|1,35408/99 - 03/08
•Ronin1998Elia Cmiral***2.984572|96101/00 - 04/08
•Rush Hour1998Lalo Schifrin**2.95860||2,23703/22
•Saving Private Ryan1998John Williams***3.3412,53545|||3607/98 - 08/20all albums
•Shakespeare in Love1998Stephen Warbeck****3.835,4695||8412/98 - 03/08
•Six Days, Seven Nights1998Randy Edelman***3.177541|28806/98 - 03/07
•Small Soldiers1998Jerry Goldsmith****3.363,0132||14207/98 - 10/18multiple albums
•Snake Eyes1998Ryuichi Sakamoto**2.732731|1,26705/99 - 07/07
•Soldier1998Joel McNeely***2.883432||78811/98 - 04/07
•Species II1998Edward Shearmur**2.32870||2,27703/22all albums
•Sphere1998Elliot Goldenthal**2.576823||74803/98 - 07/07
•Star Kid1998Nicholas Pike***2.661920|1,54006/98 - 04/07
•Star Trek: Insurrection1998Jerry Goldsmith****3.694,23430||||15912/98 - 08/13all albums
•Stepmom1998John Williams***3.453,42417|18812/98 - 07/07
•The Truman Show1998Burkhart Dallwitz, Philip Glass***3.253270|||1,71011/09
•Twilight1998Elmer Bernstein**2.332950|1,04904/98 - 04/07
•U.S. Marshals1998Jerry Goldsmith***2.696632|||46903/98 - 08/20all albums
•The Velocity of Gary1998Peitor Angell**2.242740|59308/99 - 04/07
•Wag the Dog1997Mark Knopfler**2.249940||55701/98 - 04/07
•What Dreams May Come1998Michael Kamen, Mark Snow****3.592,2513||17310/98 - 03/08
•Wild America1997Joel McNeely***3.032641|1,06403/97 - 07/07
•Wild Things1998George S. Clinton***2.891040||1,91601/12
•The X-Files: Fight the Future1998Mark Snow***3.358,9392|||10406/98 - 12/14all albums
    1998 SPECIAL RELEASES:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Air Force One1997Randy Newman**3.654,17322||||6107/97 - 02/21rejected score bootleg
•Amazon (IMAX)1997Alan Williams****3.402992|1,17208/98 - 02/08
•Armageddon1998Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams***2.865,37323||10812/98 - 01/07promotional
•Body Heat1981John Barry****3.641,0711|||52506/97 - 09/12re-recording
•Braveheart1995James Horner****4.1528,424188|||209/96 - 04/22French set
R
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977John Williams****3.712,53610|||7605/98 - 10/25expanded
•Excalibur1981Trevor Jones***3.051481|||1,34701/10bootleg
•Fantastic Voyage1966Leonard Rosenman***3.221562||1,02712/98 - 02/15limited
•Fortress1993Frederic Talgorn***2.771030|1,61208/98 - 06/06promotional
•The Funhouse1981John Beal****3.321692||1,50301/05 - 04/23promotional
•Gettysburg1993Randy Edelman***3.352501|||1,50512/09deluxe
•Ghostbusters1984Elmer Bernstein**3.484454|||51203/06 - 11/20bootleg
•Glory1989James Horner*****4.2611,61964||||5108/97 - 01/22bootlegs
•Good Will Hunting1997Danny Elfman***3.159280||30703/98 - 08/14promotional
•Halloween1978John Carpenter***3.377411||65201/00 - 07/08all albums
•Innerspace1987Jerry Goldsmith***3.384468|||78707/03 - 02/10bootleg
•Krull1983James Horner****3.551,1517|||25608/97 - 08/15limited
•The Last Valley1970John Barry****3.658021||93307/03 - 03/09all albums
•The Living Daylights1987John Barry*****4.111,2823||||28906/98 - 04/08expanded
•The Master of Ballantrae (TV)1984Bruce Broughton***3.123131||1,49312/98 - 09/08limited
•The Mephisto Waltz1971Jerry Goldsmith*2.35630|||2,36711/24re-issue
•Midway1976John Williams***3.032551||1,30408/09 - 11/11re-recording
•The Mighty1998Trevor Jones***3.333371||79801/99 - 03/08promotional
•North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)1980Michael J. Lewis***3.261750|1,33904/98 - 04/08promotional
•Othello (Ballet)1998Elliot Goldenthal***3.1723516|1,15607/03 - 03/09
•The Paper Chase1973John Williams***2.771040||2,31610/24limited
•The Poseidon Adventure1972John Williams***3.196272|||30509/96 - 04/21limited
•The Prince of Egypt1998Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz****4.0613,66398||||3212/98 - 03/08specialty album
R
Rain Man1988Hans Zimmer****3.334911|||99904/10 - 06/25bootleg
•Scream1996Marco Beltrami**2.751,1571|||22107/98 - 01/23all albums
•Scream 21997Marco Beltrami, Danny Elfman**2.801,0630|||24607/98 - 03/22all albums
•Seven1995Howard Shore**2.741871||1,22211/09 - 03/17bootleg
•Snow White: Tale of Terror (TV)1997John Ottman***3.435641|70607/98 - 04/07
•Something Wicked This Way Comes1983James Horner***3.052865||||1,14308/09 - 03/24bootleg
•Stagecoach1966Jerry Goldsmith**3.106281|||84506/98 - 09/16limited
R
Superman: The Movie1978John Williams*****4.214,25642||||2611/98 - 10/25re-recording
•T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)1998William Ross****3.232611||1,68302/00 - 04/21promotional
R
Thelma & Louise1991Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren***3.173621||1,41204/10 - 10/25bootleg
•Titanic1997James Horner****4.1127,687168|||||411/97 - 06/18multiple albums
•V/V: The Series1983Joe Harnell, Dennis McCarthy***
**		2.944000||49208/98 - 08/07promotional, promotional
•Wide Awake1998Edmund Choi***2.911800|1,63810/99 - 04/08promotional
•Wilde1997Debbie Wiseman****3.701871||1,78501/12re-issue
    1998 COMPILATIONS:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II1998The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus*****3.653580||90302/98 - 08/07
•Cinema Choral Classics II1998The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus****3.907471|97207/98 - 08/07
•Cinema's Classic Romances1998The City of Prague Philharmonic****3.656210||1,14502/98 - 08/07
•Coming Soon: The John Beal Trailer Project1998John Beal****3.232680||1,04410/98 - 08/07
•David Shire Film Music1998Various****3.633263|||62904/98 - 07/07promotional
•Greatest Sci-Fi Hits IV1998Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra*1.644471|1,40009/99 - 04/07
•Heart of the Ocean1998James Horner****3.383640||68705/98 - 08/07
•Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner1998The City of Prague Philharmonic****3.251550|1,09207/98 - 07/06
•Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson1998The City of Prague Philharmonic***2.931262|1,18707/98 - 07/06
•Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery1998The City of Prague Philharmonic****3.281450|1,09307/98 - 07/06
•James Horner: Suites and Themes1998Various***2.903650||51906/98 - 08/07bootleg
•Michael Kamen's Opus1998The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra****3.232460||88704/98 - 04/08
•The Motion Picture Scores of Arthur B. Rubinstein1998Various***2.762660||1,37112/98 - 08/07promotional
•The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection1998The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus****3.233341||81708/99 - 08/07
•Titanic: The Essential James Horner Collection1998The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus**2.823500||74608/98 - 08/07
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