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Nixon soundtrack
Hollywood Records releases John Williams‘ soundtrack from the movie Nixon.
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Umajets: Demolotion
A band featuring former members of Jellyfish, Umajets releases the album Demolotion.
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The Tripods soundtrack
A CD of Ken Freeman‘s music from The Tripods is released, along with a CD single of remixed versions of some of the music.
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The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1
Featuring a variety of rare tracks, outtakes, rehearsals and live performances, and accompanied by a media blitz that includes a heavily hyped TV special, Volume 1 of The Beatles Anthology is released, featuring the new single “Free As A Bird”.
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Star Trek: Voyager main theme remixes
GNP Crescendo Records releases a CD single featuring Jerry Goldsmith‘s Star Trek: Voyager theme and several remixes/remakes by his son (and future Star Trek: First Contact co-composer) Joel Goldsmith.
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Finn Brothers: Finn
Having performed together in Crowded House and Split Enz, Neil Finn and Tim Finn release the first Finn Brothers album, simply titled Finn. The album includes the singles “Suffer Never” and “Only Talking Sense”.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: One Hot Minute
The Red Hot Chili Peppers CD One Hot Minute is released, featuring the single “Aeroplane”.
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Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five
The self-titled debut CD by Ben Folds Five is released, featuring the single “Underground”.
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ELO Part II: Moment Of Truth
ELO offshoot band Electric Light Orchestra Part II – now including original ELO members Bev Bevan, Kelly Groucutt, violinist Mik Kaminski and orchestral arranger & keyboardist Louis Clark – releases its second studio album (and its third album total), Moment Of Truth.
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Alan Parsons: The Very Best Live
Alan Parsons releases the live album The Very Best Live, featuring several familiar Alan Parsons Project singles in a live performance and three new studio tracks.
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Apollo 13 soundtrack
MCA Records releases an album of sougs – and a few of James Horner‘s soundtrack selections – from Apollo 13.
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Babylon 5 soundtrack
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack from the first two seasons of Babylon 5 is released on Sonic Images Records; this is the first in a lengthy series of compilation and individual soundtracks from the popular science fiction series.
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Star Trek: Voyager soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Jay Chattaway’s soundtrack music from original Star Trek: Voyager television series, presenting the score from the two-hour pilot, The Caretaker.
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Jewel: Pieces Of You
Jewel releases the album Pieces Of You, featuring the singles “You Were Meant For Me”, “Foolish Games” and “Who Will Save Your Soul?”.
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The Carl Stalling Project: Volume 2
The long-awaited (and fan-demanded) second volume of The Carl Stalling Project is released by Warner Bros. Records. The album is another release of original soundtrack recordings from Stalling’s scoring sessions for the Warner Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies cartoons from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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Highlander: The Original Scores
A CD containing selections from the scores of Highlander, Highlander II and Highlander III: The Final Dimension is released, assembled by Highlander III composer J. Peter Robinson. It remains the first and only official release of any of Michael Kamen’s Highlander score or Stewart Copeland’s music from Highlander II.
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Star Trek: Generations soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Dennis McCarthy’s music from the movie Star Trek: Generations. In addition to music from the movie, the CD includes a selection of sound effects from both the film and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Stargate soundtrack
Milan Records releases David Arnold‘s soundtrack from the movie Stargate.
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Brent Bourgeois: Come Join The Living…
Former Bourgeois Tagg frontman Brent Bourgeois releases his third solo album – and his first Christian music album – Come Join The Living World on Reunion Records.
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Man…Or Astroman?: Destroy All Astromen!
Man…Or Astroman?‘ releases the live album Destroy All Astromen!, featuring a rendition of the opening theme from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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The Worlds Of Doctor Who
Silva Screen releases the compilation album The Worlds Of Doctor Who, featuring soundtrack selections from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a new rendition of the show’s main theme with Sylvester McCoy himself playing spoons (!).
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The Grays: Ro Sham Bo
The Grays releases the album Ro Sham Bo, which proves to be the L.A. supergroup’s only album.
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Tori Amos: Under The Pink
Tori Amos‘ second album, Under The Pink, is released, featuring the singles “God” and “Cornflake Girl”.
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The Star Wars Anthology
20th Century Fox Film Scores releases a 4-CD set of John Williams’ soundtracks from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, presenting more material than has appeared on any of the previous releases (but still not presenting the complete score to any one of the movies). An extensive liner notes booklet with contributions from Nicholas Meyer and Lukas Kendall is included.
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Animaniacs soundtrack
Rhino Records releases a selection of songs from the animated series Animaniacs.
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Alan Parsons: Try Anything Once
The Alan Parsons solo album Before & After is released, featuring the singles “Turn It Up” and “I’m Talking To You”.
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2001: A Space Odyssey: The Lost Score
Varese Sarabande releases a new recording, conducted by Jerry Goldsmith, of Alex North’s rejected score for 2001: a space odyssey. Turned down by director Stanley Kubrick before the movie’s 1968 release, the rejected score has never been released in any form.
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Julee Cruise: The Voice Of Love
The Julee Cruise album The Voice Of Love is released, featuring cover artwork by David Lynch.
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Tim Finn: Before & After
The Tim Finn solo album Before & After is released, featuring the singles “Protected” and “Persuasion”.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Dennis McCarthy’s from Emissary, the two-hour pilot episode of the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The album includes both of the tracks included on the Theme From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine CD single released at the same time.