Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 1997 Albums

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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 (TV)	1997	Mark Snow	*****	4.03	555	6	\|\|	364	10/97 - 02/08
•	Addicted to Love	1997	Rachel Portman	****	4.03	1,977	3	\|\|	170	07/97 - 03/08
•	Air Force One	1997	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel McNeely, Randy Newman	***	3.82	3,796	18	\|\|\|	60	07/97 - 05/07	all albums
•	Amistad	1997	John Williams	****	3.78	2,410	9	\|\|	244	12/97 - 02/08
•	Anastasia	1997	David Newman	***	3.93	7,876	24	\|\|\|	33	10/97 - 02/08
•	The Beautician and the Beast	1997	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.34	205	0	\|\|	1,073	06/01 - 09/08
•	Con Air	1997	Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin	*	2.21	1,094	5	\|\|	286	07/97 - 06/06
•	Contact	1997	Alan Silvestri	***	3.38	1,031	4	\|	408	08/97 - 12/06
•	Devil's Advocate	1997	James Newton Howard	****	3.58	873	1	\|\|	264	11/97 - 06/07
•	The Devil's Own	1997	James Horner	***	3.31	179	4	\|\|	438	04/97 - 05/05
•	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	1997	Mark McKenzie	****	3.34	183	0	\|	908	01/00 - 09/08
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.52	1,614	1	\|\|	293	10/97 - 10/06
•	Event Horizon	1997	Michael Kamen, Orbital	*	2.50	104	2	\|\|	1,144	09/03 - 04/09
•	Eve's Bayou	1997	Terence Blanchard	****	2.92	98	3	\|	862	02/98 - 03/06
•	Face/Off	1997	John Powell, Gavin Greenaway	**	2.98	130	6	\|	390	07/97 - 04/06
•	Fierce Creatures	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.86	196	1	\|	872	12/96 - 08/08
•	The Fifth Element	1997	Eric Serra	***	3.12	7,142	50	\|\|	18	05/97 - 03/08
•	Flubber	1997	Danny Elfman	**	2.74	787	1	\|	250	11/97 - 02/08
•	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	1997	Cliff Eidelman	****	3.39	374	0	\|\|	655	08/99 - 02/08
•	The Game	1997	Howard Shore	**	2.74	285	1	\|	920	07/99 - 07/07
•	Gattaca	1997	Michael Nyman	***	3.12	894	4	\|\|	346	10/97 - 03/08
•	Hercules	1997	Alan Menken	*	2.46	5,819	5	\|\|\|	94	05/97 - 12/06
•	Hoodlum	1997	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.67	386	0	\|	858	09/97 - 12/06
•	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (TV)	1997	Lee Holdridge	****	3.50	312	0	\|	552	12/97 - 12/06
•	Kundun	1997	Philip Glass	***	2.72	1,195	2	\|\|	253	12/97 - 03/08
•	L.A. Confidential	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.11	2,112	0	\|	272	12/97 - 06/07
•	Last Stand at Sabre River (TV)	1997	David Shire	***	3.97	98	0	\|	1,122	12/97 - 06/06
•	Liar Liar	1997	John Debney, James Newton Howard	***	3.17	590	1	\|	781	06/99 - 02/08
•	The Long Way Home	1997	Lee Holdridge	***	3.48	63	0	\|	1,162	12/97 - 03/06
•	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	1997	John Williams	***	3.97	3,841	4	\|\|\|	62	05/97 - 02/08
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.58	360	4	\|\|	389	03/97 - 01/06
•	Marvin's Room	1996	Rachel Portman	***	3.11	131	2	\|	1,106	05/03 - 03/09
•	Men in Black	1997	Danny Elfman	***	3.09	1,920	1	\|\|	149	01/98 - 09/06
•	Narrow Escape (TV)	1997	David Michael Frank	***	3.23	43	0	\|	1,187	12/97 - 06/06
•	The Peacemaker	1997	Hans Zimmer, Gavin Greenaway	****	3.58	1,947	1	\|\|\|	103	09/97 - 02/08	all albums
•	The Rainmaker	1997	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.07	196	0	\|	928	12/97 - 12/06
•	Rosewood	1997	John Williams	***	3.37	131	1	\|\|	693	03/97 - 05/05
•	Rough Riders (TV)	1997	Peter Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein	***	3.89	254	2	\|	902	12/97 - 08/08
•	The Saint	1997	Graeme Revell	****	3.87	1,585	2	\|\|	160	05/97 - 10/06	all albums
•	Seven Years in Tibet	1997	John Williams	****	3.93	1,793	3	\|\|	77	09/97 - 03/08
•	Smilla's Sense of Snow	1997	Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer	**	3.23	167	2	\|	665	07/04
•	Stargate SG-1 (TV)	1997	Joel Goldsmith, Various	****	3.29	653	3	\|\|\|	209	12/97 - 09/08	all albums
•	Starship Troopers	1997	Basil Poledouris	***	3.25	2,613	54	\|\|	193	11/97 - 03/08
•	Swept from the Sea	1997	John Barry	***	3.43	425	0	\|\|	639	11/97 - 12/06
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	*****	4.11	26,349	151	\|\|\|\|\|	6	11/97 - 02/08	multiple albums
•	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	David Arnold	****	4.20	7,397	28	\|\|\|	49	11/97 - 03/08	all albums
•	True Women (TV)	1997	Bruce Broughton	****	3.57	405	1	\|	890	06/97 - 12/06
•	Volcano	1997	Alan Silvestri	***	3.11	835	2	\|	181	05/97 - 12/06
•	The Whole Wide World	1996	Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer	***	3.38	116	1	\|	896	07/04

1997 Special Releases:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	2.87	74	1	\|\|	1,293	08/09	re-issue
•	Airplane!/Little Women	1980	Elmer Bernstein	*	3.81	133	4	\|\|	561	10/97 - 07/09	bootleg
•	Bound	1996	Don Davis	***	3.33	63	0	\|	789	12/97 - 03/06	promotional
•	(More Music from) Braveheart	1995	James Horner	**	4.21	26,394	185	\|\|\|	2	09/96 - 09/08	all albums
•	Breakheart Pass	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.17	60	0	\|\|	1,311	07/09	bootleg
•	Chicago Hope (TV)	1994	Jeff Rona, Mark Isham	****	3.70	466	0	\|\|	145	02/98 - 02/08
•	Cleopatra	1963	Alex North	***	4.00	869	9	\|\|\|	173	03/01 - 09/08	limited
•	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	John Williams	*	3.75	1,840	6	\|\|\|	91	05/98 - 04/08	bootleg
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.54	571	1	\|\|	507	10/97 - 03/08	re-issue
•	Cosmic Voyage (IMAX)	1996	David Michael Frank	****	3.56	82	1	\|	970	12/97 - 08/08	promotional
•	Dune	1984	Toto	*	4.06	13,272	36	\|\|\|\|	43	12/97 - 09/08	expanded
•	The Fan	1996	Hans Zimmer, Jeff Rona	*	2.66	204	14	\|\|\|	997	10/03 - 04/09	bootlegs
•	Flatliners/Falling Down	1990 1993	James Newton Howard	Varied	3.43	77	0	\|\|	483	06/97 - 03/06	bootleg
•	Flight of the Intruder	1991	Basil Poledouris	**	2.94	87	0	\|\|	1,131	07/03 - 04/09	bootlegs
•	Fly Away Home	1996	Mark Isham	*****	3.95	484	14	\|\|	445	07/03 - 03/09	promotional and bootlegs
•	I Know What You Did Last Summer	1997	John Debney	***	3.15	204	1	\|\|	596	01/99 - 08/08	promotional
•	Ice Station Zebra	1968	Michel Legrand	**	3.37	234	2	\|\|	534	04/97 - 11/08	all albums
•	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	John Williams	****	4.02	4,305	18	\|\|\|	88	08/97 - 12/08	re-issue
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.17	78	0	\|\|	1,303	08/09	re-issue
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.31	75	4	\|\|	1,285	08/09	re-issue
•	The Life and Music of Basil Poledouris	1997	Basil Poledouris	****	3.08	37	0	\|\|	907	01/98 - 11/06	video biography
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.46	125	1	\|\|	1,267	07/09	bootleg
•	The Little Mermaid	1989	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman	****	4.06	12,962	22	\|\|\|	13	08/97 - 12/07	re-issue
•	Lois & Clark (TV)	1993	Jay Gruska	***	3.76	100	3	\|\|	703	03/98 - 04/06
•	My Best Friend's Wedding	1997	James Newton Howard	***	3.33	115	0	\|	168	02/98 - 03/06	promotional
•	Octopussy	1983	John Barry	****	3.64	344	1	\|\|	559	11/97 - 03/08	expanded
•	A Patch of Blue	1965	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.55	312	1	\|\|	616	06/97 - 12/06	all albums
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.96	2,095	4	\|\|\|	225	03/97 - 03/08
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	***	3.90	484	31	\|\|	242	09/03 - 03/09	bootleg
•	Project X/The Hand	1987	James Horner	*	3.02	172	2	\|\|	775	10/97 - 09/08	bootleg
•	The Relic	1997	John Debney	**	2.96	165	5	\|	687	11/99 - 03/08	promotional
•	Species	1995	Christopher Young	***	3.15	149	4	\|\|	420	03/98 - 07/09	promotional
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.21	11,269	58	\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 02/05	special edition
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.18	9,318	28	\|\|\|\|	27	03/97 - 02/05	special edition
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.31	7,954	61	\|\|\|\|	36	01/97 - 02/05	special edition
•	Steel	1997	Mervyn Warren	**	2.32	62	1	\|\|	1,164	04/98 - 06/06	promotional
•	Toys	1992	Hans Zimmer, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley	***	2.69	162	2	\|\|\|	599	07/04	bootleg
•	The Vanishing	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.64	173	0	\|\|\|	679	06/98 - 09/08	bootleg
N	Wolfen/Deadly Blessing	1981 1981	James Horner	Varied	2.90	50	0	\|\|	1,308	08/09	bootleg

1997 Compilations:

	Title	Year	Artist(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Babylon 5: Messages from Earth	1997	Christopher Franke	****	3.90	200	3	\|\|	1,004	07/99 - 09/08
•	The Batman Trilogy	1997	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	**	3.13	116	0	\|\|	1,112	07/03 - 04/09
•	The Big Picture	1997	The Cincinnati Pops, The Singers Companye	****	3.89	100	0	\|\|	980	06/97 - 07/06
•	Cinema Choral Classics	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus	****	4.12	982	1	\|\|	583	06/97 - 06/07
•	Frontiers	1997	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra	****	3.73	368	0	\|\|	919	12/97 - 03/08
•	The Hollywood Sound	1997	The London Symphony Orchestra	***	3.43	242	2	\|	607	03/97 - 12/06
•	King Kong Lives	1997	John Scott	*****	4.01	84	1	\|	572	08/97 - 06/06	bootleg
•	The Mark of Zorro/The Crimson Pirate	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus	Varied	3.12	152	0	\|	796	10/97 - 06/07	multiple albums
•	Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.29	117	0	\|	447	08/97 - 07/06	re-recording
•	Space and Beyond	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic	*****	3.91	241	0	\|\|	831	03/97 - 12/06
•	Warriors of the Silver Screen	1997	The City of Prague Philharmonic	*****	3.86	287	0	\|	836	07/97 - 06/07

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