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Composer(s) | FR | VR |
VT | RD |
TR | Dates |
Notes |
| | Antz | 1998 | John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Various | **** | 3.92 | 2,672 | | | 283 | 12/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Apt Pupil | 1998 | John Ottman | **** | 3.18 | 154 | | | 1,095 | 09/03 - 04/09 | |
| | Armageddon | 1998 | Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams | *** | 3.04 | 4,731 | || | 108 | 12/98 - 01/07 | all albums |
| | As Good As It Gets | 1997 | Hans Zimmer | **** | 3.35 | 1,401 | | | 109 | 01/98 - 01/07 | |
| | The Avengers | 1998 | Joel McNeely | *** | 2.80 | 815 | || | 479 | 12/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Beloved | 1998 | Rachel Portman | ** | 2.68 | 238 | | | 925 | 12/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Blade | 1998 | Mark Isham | ** | 2.69 | 143 | || | 1,063 | 09/03 - 11/08 | |
| | A Bug's Life | 1998 | Randy Newman | *** | 3.18 | 3,506 | || | 330 | 02/99 - 03/08 | |
| | A Civil Action | 1998 | Danny Elfman | *** | 2.92 | 548 | || | 728 | 01/99 - 04/07 | |
| | Dangerous Beauty | 1998 | George Fenton | ***** | 4.13 | 1,994 | | | 200 | 04/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Dark City | 1998 | Trevor Jones | **** | 3.18 | 749 | ||| | 403 | 04/98 - 01/07 | all albums |
| | Deep Impact | 1998 | James Horner | *** | 3.38 | 1,899 | || | 104 | 05/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Deep Rising | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith | ** | 2.78 | 639 | || | 574 | 02/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Disturbing Behavior | 1998 | Mark Snow | * | 2.44 | 319 | | | 620 | 08/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Elizabeth | 1998 | David Hirschfelder | *** | 3.51 | 567 | | | 757 | 02/99 - 07/07 | |
| | Enemy of the State | 1998 | Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams | ** | 2.63 | 1,101 | || | 579 | 12/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | 1998 | George Fenton | **** | 3.69 | 3,427 | || | 112 | 08/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Godzilla | 1998 | David Arnold | **** | 3.63 | 854 | ||| | 57 | 05/98 - 09/08 | all albums |
| | Great Expectations | 1998 | Patrick Doyle | **** | 3.86 | 2,797 | || | 190 | 01/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Halloween H20 (Portrait of Terror) | 1998 | John Ottman | *** | 3.07 | 149 | || | 886 | 10/98 - 03/08 | rejected score |
| | Hard Rain | 1998 | Christopher Young | **** | 3.10 | 225 | || | 851 | 01/98 - 01/07 | |
| | The Horse Whisperer | 1998 | Thomas Newman | **** | 3.86 | 2,279 | || | 252 | 06/98 - 04/08 | |
| | Incognito | 1997 | John Ottman | ***** | 4.00 | 1,461 | || | 723 | 07/98 - 07/07 | |
| | A Kid in Aladdin's Palace | 1998 | David Michael Frank | **** | 3.06 | 161 | | | 1,058 | 08/98 - 01/07 | |
| | The Legend of 1900 | 1998 | Ennio Morricone | *** | 4.02 | 3,258 | || | 258 | 12/99 - 08/08 | all albums |
| | Les Misérables | 1998 | Basil Poledouris | ***** | 4.32 | 5,387 | ||| | 137 | 04/98 - 06/07 | all albums |
| | Life is Beautiful | 1998 | Nicola Piovani | *** | 3.33 | 1,900 | | | 82 | 02/99 - 03/08 | |
| | Little Boy Blue | 1998 | Stewart Copeland | ** | 2.02 | 230 | | | 1,007 | 08/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Lost in Space | 1998 | Bruce Broughton | ** | 2.92 | 1,292 | || | 216 | 04/98 - 08/08 | all albums |
| | The Man in the Iron Mask | 1998 | Nick Glennie-Smith | *** | 3.43 | 1,085 | || | 392 | 03/98 - 07/07 | |
| | The Mask of Zorro | 1998 | James Horner | ***** | 4.13 | 6,988 | ||| | 20 | 06/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Meet Joe Black | 1998 | Thomas Newman | *** | 3.18 | 1,834 | | | 141 | 12/98 - 01/07 | |
| | Mercury Rising | 1998 | John Barry | *** | 2.82 | 515 | || | 803 | 04/98 - 07/07 | |
| | Merlin (TV) | 1998 | Trevor Jones | **** | 3.83 | 3,807 | | | 134 | 05/97 - 03/07 | |
| | The Mighty | 1998 | Trevor Jones | **** | 3.47 | 274 | || | 657 | 01/99 - 03/08 | all albums |
| | Mighty Joe Young | 1998 | James Horner | ** | 2.70 | 1,187 | | | 338 | 12/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Moby Dick (TV) | 1998 | Christopher Gordon | **** | 3.67 | 333 | || | 635 | 03/98 - 07/07 | |
| | Mulan | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder | **** | 4.06 | 8,956 | ||| | 37 | 06/98 - 07/07 | all albums |
| | The Negotiator | 1998 | Graeme Revell | *** | 3.30 | 296 | || | 412 | 08/98 - 01/07 | all albums |
| | The Object of My Affection | 1998 | George Fenton | ** | 3.01 | 216 | | | 491 | 04/98 - 03/07 | |
| | One True Thing | 1998 | Cliff Eidelman | *** | 2.90 | 178 | || | 1,103 | 05/01 - 03/08 | |
| | Patch Adams | 1998 | Marc Shaiman | *** | 3.47 | 312 | | | 461 | 02/99 - 03/07 | |
| | Paulie | 1998 | John Debney | *** | 2.48 | 190 | | | 951 | 05/98 - 03/07 | |
| | Pleasantville | 1998 | Randy Newman | *** | 3.31 | 851 | | | 517 | 02/99 - 03/07 | |
| | The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz | **** | 4.10 | 13,126 | |||| | 32 | 12/98 - 03/08 | all albums |
| | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Joe Hisaishi | **** | 4.24 | 12,970 | || | 73 | 10/99 - 08/08 | all albums |
| | Quest for Camelot | 1998 | Patrick Doyle, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager | **** | 3.56 | 354 | |||| | 555 | 08/03 - 04/09 | multiple albums |
| | The Replacement Killers | 1998 | Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky | * | 2.57 | 743 | | | 413 | 08/98 - 03/07 | |
| | Return to Paradise | 1998 | Mark Mancina | **** | 3.45 | 195 | | | 1,113 | 08/99 - 03/08 | |
| | Ronin | 1998 | Elia Cmiral | *** | 3.04 | 406 | | | 816 | 01/00 - 04/08 | |
| | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | John Williams | *** | 3.39 | 12,108 | ||| | 34 | 07/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | Stephen Warbeck | **** | 3.89 | 4,896 | || | 69 | 12/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Six Days, Seven Nights | 1998 | Randy Edelman | *** | 3.24 | 664 | | | 254 | 06/98 - 03/07 | |
| | Small Soldiers | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.39 | 2,631 | || | 116 | 07/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Snake Eyes | 1998 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | ** | 2.77 | 188 | | | 1,050 | 05/99 - 07/07 | |
| | Soldier | 1998 | Joel McNeely | *** | 2.77 | 277 | || | 699 | 11/98 - 04/07 | |
| | Sphere | 1998 | Elliot Goldenthal | ** | 2.47 | 570 | || | 758 | 03/98 - 07/07 | |
| | Star Kid | 1998 | Nicholas Pike | *** | 2.71 | 142 | | | 1,143 | 06/98 - 04/07 | |
| | Star Trek: Insurrection | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith | **** | 3.96 | 3,767 | |||| | 186 | 12/98 - 09/08 | all albums |
| | Stepmom | 1998 | John Williams | *** | 3.57 | 3,275 | | | 147 | 12/98 - 07/07 | |
| | Twilight | 1998 | Elmer Bernstein | ** | 2.30 | 213 | | | 861 | 04/98 - 04/07 | |
| | U.S. Marshals | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith | ** | 2.69 | 497 | | | 481 | 03/98 - 04/07 | |
| | The Velocity of Gary | 1998 | Peitor Angell | ** | 2.28 | 210 | | | 553 | 08/99 - 04/07 | |
| | Wag the Dog | 1997 | Mark Knopfler | ** | 1.86 | 645 | || | 471 | 01/98 - 04/07 | |
| | What Dreams May Come | 1998 | Michael Kamen, Mark Snow | **** | 3.61 | 2,084 | || | 142 | 10/98 - 03/08 | |
| | Wild America | 1997 | Joel McNeely | *** | 3.24 | 188 | | | 1,022 | 03/97 - 07/07 | |
| | The X-Files: Fight the Future | 1998 | Mark Snow | *** | 3.54 | 8,610 | || | 90 | 06/98 - 07/07 | |
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| Title | Year |
Composer(s) | FR | VR |
VT | RD |
TR | Dates |
Notes |
| | Air Force One | 1997 | Randy Newman | ** | 3.82 | 3,796 | ||| | 60 | 07/97 - 05/07 | rejected score bootleg |
| | Amazon (IMAX) | 1997 | Alan Williams | **** | 3.79 | 189 | | | 972 | 08/98 - 02/08 | |
| | Armageddon | 1998 | Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams | *** | 3.04 | 4,731 | || | 108 | 12/98 - 01/07 | promotional |
| | Body Heat | 1981 | John Barry | **** | 4.03 | 294 | || | 560 | 06/97 - 05/07 | re-recording |
| | Braveheart | 1995 | James Horner | **** | 4.21 | 26,394 | ||| | 2 | 09/96 - 09/08 | French set |
| | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | John Williams | ***** | 3.75 | 1,840 | ||| | 91 | 05/98 - 04/08 | expanded |
| | Fantastic Voyage | 1966 | Leonard Rosenman | ** | 3.26 | 85 | | | 1,011 | 12/98 - 05/06 | limited |
| | Fortress | 1993 | Frederic Talgorn | *** | 2.81 | 48 | | | 1,197 | 08/98 - 06/06 | promotional |
| | The Funhouse | 1981 | John Beal | **** | 3.48 | 87 | | | 1,233 | 01/05 | promotional |
| | Ghostbusters | 1984 | Elmer Bernstein | ** | 3.79 | 154 | ||| | 646 | 03/06 - 04/06 | bootleg |
| | Glory | 1989 | James Horner | ***** | 4.35 | 10,746 | ||| | 65 | 08/97 - 07/06 | bootlegs |
| | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Danny Elfman | *** | 3.15 | 635 | || | 292 | 03/98 - 07/07 | promotional |
| | Halloween | 1978 | John Carpenter | *** | 2.95 | 468 | || | 577 | 01/00 - 07/08 | all albums |
| | Innerspace | 1986 | Jerry Goldsmith | *** | 3.55 | 294 | || | 825 | 07/03 - 03/09 | bootleg |
| | Krull | 1983 | James Horner | **** | 3.69 | 740 | ||| | 298 | 08/97 - 08/07 | limited |
| | The Last Valley | 1970 | John Barry | **** | 3.80 | 713 | || | 994 | 07/03 - 03/09 | all albums |
| | The Living Daylights | 1987 | John Barry | ***** | 4.11 | 1,050 | |||| | 311 | 06/98 - 04/08 | expanded |
| | Lonesome Dove (TV) | 1989 | Basil Poledouris | **** | 3.95 | 794 | || | 291 | 11/98 - 04/07 | expanded |
| | The Master of Ballantrae (TV) | 1984 | Bruce Broughton | *** | 3.30 | 257 | || | 1,176 | 12/98 - 09/08 | limited |
| | Midway | 1976 | John Williams | *** | 2.84 | 67 | || | 1,319 | 08/09 | re-recording |
| | The Mighty | 1998 | Trevor Jones | *** | 3.47 | 274 | || | 657 | 01/99 - 03/08 | promotional |
| | North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes) | 1980 | Michael J. Lewis | *** | 3.40 | 126 | | | 1,100 | 04/98 - 04/08 | promotional |
| | Othello (Ballet) | 1998 | Elliot Goldenthal | *** | 3.31 | 139 | | | 1,125 | 07/03 - 03/09 | |
| | The Poseidon Adventure/The Paper Chase | 1972 | John Williams | **** | 3.23 | 113 | || | 329 | 09/96 - 04/06 | limited |
| | The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz | **** | 4.10 | 13,126 | |||| | 32 | 12/98 - 03/08 | specialty album |
| | Scream/Scream 2 | 1996 1997 | Marco Beltrami | ** | 3.02 | 655 | | | 247 | 07/98 - 07/07 | |
| | Snow White: Tale of Terror (TV) | 1997 | John Ottman | *** | 3.31 | 465 | | | 563 | 07/98 - 04/07 | |
N | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1983 | James Horner | *** | 3.16 | 64 | ||| | 1,277 | 08/09 | bootleg |
| | Stagecoach | 1966 | Jerry Goldsmith | ** | 3.33 | 552 | || | 913 | 06/98 - 08/07 | limited |
| | Superman | 1978 | John Williams | ***** | 4.15 | 2,181 | |||| | 29 | 11/98 - 07/09 | re-recording |
| | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) | 1998 | William Ross | **** | 3.54 | 136 | || | 1,242 | 02/00 - 09/08 | promotional |
| | (Back to) Titanic | 1997 | James Horner | **** | 4.11 | 26,349 | ||||| | 6 | 11/97 - 02/08 | multiple albums |
| | V/V: The Series | 1983 1983 | Joe Harnell, Dennis McCarthy | *** ** | 2.96 | 350 | || | 387 | 08/98 - 08/07 | promotional, promotional |
| | Wide Awake | 1998 | Edmund Choi | *** | 2.95 | 138 | | | 1,198 | 10/99 - 04/08 | promotional |
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Artist(s) | FR | VR |
VT | RD |
TR | Dates |
Notes |
| | Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Crouch End Festival Chorus | ***** | 3.72 | 273 | || | 707 | 02/98 - 08/07 | |
| | Cinema Choral Classics II | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic and The Crouch End Festival Chorus | **** | 4.15 | 605 | | | 767 | 07/98 - 08/07 | |
| | Cinema's Classic Romances | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic | **** | 3.77 | 557 | || | 871 | 02/98 - 08/07 | |
| | Coming Soon: The John Beal Trailer Project | 1998 | John Beal | **** | 2.87 | 170 | || | 787 | 10/98 - 08/07 | |
| | David Shire Film Music | 1998 | Various | **** | 3.92 | 241 | ||| | 528 | 04/98 - 07/07 | promotional |
| | Greatest Sci-Fi Hits IV | 1998 | Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra | * | 1.67 | 405 | | | 1,099 | 09/99 - 04/07 | |
| | Heart of the Ocean | 1998 | James Horner | **** | 3.46 | 335 | || | 486 | 05/98 - 08/07 | |
| | Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic | **** | 3.78 | 103 | | | 791 | 07/98 - 07/06 | |
| | Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic | *** | 3.67 | 94 | | | 878 | 07/98 - 07/06 | |
| | Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic | **** | 3.80 | 94 | | | 806 | 07/98 - 07/06 | |
| | James Horner: Suites and Themes | 1998 | Various | *** | 2.87 | 305 | || | 388 | 06/98 - 08/07 | bootleg |
| | Michael Kamen's Opus | 1998 | The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra | **** | 3.38 | 190 | || | 752 | 04/98 - 04/08 | |
| | The Motion Picture Scores of Arthur B. Rubinstein | 1998 | Various | *** | 2.55 | 181 | || | 1,081 | 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 | **** | 4.01 | 214 | || | 602 | 08/99 - 08/07 | |
| | Titanic: The Essential James Horner Collection | 1998 | The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus | ** | 3.09 | 278 | || | 538 | 08/98 - 08/07 | |
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