Silva Screen Records releases Mark Ayres’ soundtrack from the movie The Innocent Sleep. Unlike most of Ayres’ past work on such projects as Doctor Who, this is a fully orchestral score. 
Silva Screen Records releases Mark Ayres’ soundtrack from the movie The Innocent Sleep. Unlike most of Ayres’ past work on such projects as Doctor Who, this is a fully orchestral score.
SuperTracks releases a “composer promo” CD of Dennis McCarthy‘s soundtrack from the TV miniseries V: The Final Battle.
Bellchant Records releases a selection of highlights from Roger Bellon‘s soundtracks from Highlander: The Series.
Capitol Records releases the 2-CD set The Beatles Anthology, Volume 2, gathering rarities, outtakes, and live cuts from the Beatles’ mid-1960s heydey. The new single “Real Love”, built around a John Lennon home demo recording, leads off this collection.
Sony Music Japan releases David Matthews and Kentarou Hata’s soundtrack from Yamato 2520, a revival of Space Battleship Yamato.
Atlantic Records releases Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!, an all-star cover album updating songs from the classic Schoolhouse Rocks animated shorts that punctuated the ABC Saturday morning TV lineup in the ’70s and ’80s.
Varese Sarabande releases a CD of Joel McNeely’s music for the multimedia project Star Wars: Shadow Of The Empire.
EMI Records releases the career-spanning compilation Back To The Story, collecting Idle Race‘s complete recorded output, along with material from Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (before a change of personnel resulted in a change to the name of the band).
EMI Records releases Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music, an all-star album of Irish-themed music largely (but not exclusively) performed by Irish artists.
Having announced the band’s breakup, Crowded House releases Recurring Dream, a final album – priamrily a greatest hits collection – with the band’s original lineup. Despite having left the band months before, drummer Paul Hester rejoins Neil Finn and Nick Seymour to record three new songs for the album.
RealWorld Records releases the debut Afro-Celt Sound System album, Volume 1 – Sound Magic.
Former Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner releases his first solo album, Jason Falkner presents Author Unknown.
Warner Bros. Records releases Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ soundtrack from the movie She’s The One, featuring the single “Walls”.
Atlantic Records releases Mark Mancina’s soundtrack from the movie Twister (a separate CD contains the songs from the movie; this release is the score only).
The MST3K Info Club releases Clowns In The Sky: The Musical History of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a collection of original songs written and performed by the show’s cast, all from the Comedy Central era MST3K.
Warner Bros. releases R.E.M.‘s tenth album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, featuring the singles “Bittersweet Me” and “E‐Bow the Letter”.
Alan Parsons releases a solo album, On Air, themed around the history of flight.
Atlantic Records releases the Simply Red compilation album Greatest Hits, gathering highlights from the group’s first five albums.
Capitol Records releases the 2-CD set The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3, gathering rarities, outtakes, and live cuts from the Beatles’ final albums (1967-70). Unlike the previous two Anthologies, there is no “new” single.
Westwood Studios releases a CD of Frank Klepacki‘s soundtrack from the Westwood computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
Varese Sarabande releases the first volume of Joseph LoDuca’s soundtracks from the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.
Epic Records Australia releases ENZSO, an album of orchestral covers of classic Split Enz songs with guest vocalists (including Enz alumni Tim and Neil Finn). The project, which also includes live concerts, is masterminded by ex-Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Jerry Goldsmith’s music from the movie Star Trek: First Contact. The CD also includes the songs “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison and “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf, and a multimedia section with interviews with the movie’s cast and crew.
Westwood Studios releases a CD of Frank Klepacki‘s soundtrack from the Westwood computer game Command & Conquer, bundled with a re-release of the game itself.
GNP Crescendo records releases the soundtrack compilation album The Best of Star Trek: Volume One, collecting music highlights from the original Star Trek TV series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager in time for the 30th anniversary of the franchise.
RCA Victor Records releases an expanded, 2-CD re-release of John Williams’ complete score from Star Wars, tying into the upcoming Special Edition re-release of the original trilogy. (Previous CD releases of the original LP program had a running time just under the capacity of a standard compact disc, so this release adds roughly half an hour of additional material not previously available.)
RCA/Victor releases an expanded edition of John Williams‘ soundtrack to the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back; the release is timed to coincide with the re-release of the movie in “Special Edition” form.
Christopher Franke’s second soundtrack from the TV series Babylon 5 is released on Sonic Images Records; this is the second compilation soundtrack from the popular science fiction series.
Silva America releases the 2-CD set Space And Beyond, compiling new recordings of science fiction soundtrack highlights played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, including previously unreleased music from the Star Trek franchise.
Mercury Records releases the 10cc compilation album The Very Best Of 10cc.