RCA/Victor releases an expanded edition of John Williams‘ soundtrack to the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi; the release is timed to coincide with the re-release of the movie in “Special Edition” form. 
RCA/Victor releases an expanded edition of John Williams‘ soundtrack to the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi; the release is timed to coincide with the re-release of the movie in “Special Edition” form.
Rhino releases the album The Simpsons: Songs In The Key Of Springfield, a collection of songs (many composed by Alf Clausen) from the animated TV series The Simpsons.
Epic Records releases Ben Folds Five’s second album, Whatever And Ever Amen, featuring the single “Brick”.
SuperTracks releases the Doctor Who soundtrack, with music by John Debney, John Sponsler, and Louis Febre. As with many other SuperTracks releases during this period, this soundtrack is not studio-sanctioned.
CMC International Records releases the Electric Light Orchestra Part II live album One Night: Live In Australia as a single-CD release for the North American market (the album was previously given a two-disc release in Europe). The master recordings of this album change hands, cheaply, many times over many years, resulting in a great many reissues under different titles.
Capitol Records releases the Paul McCartney solo album Flaming Pie, featuring the singles “The World Tonight” and “Beautiful Night”.
EMI Records released Econoline Crush‘s second album, The Devil You Know.
Renaissance Records releases Joined Like Notes, an album by Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5), including a song chronicling the further adventures of Mumy’s Lost In Space character.
Sony Records releases an album of songs from the movie Men In Black (the score from the movie will be available on a later separate release).
Rhino releases The Very Best of Todd Rundgren, a collection of highlights from Rundgren’s solo career and from Utopia.
Fat Wreck Chords releases all-star punk band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes‘ debut album, Have A Ball.
Sierra and Sonic Images Records release the compilation album The Best of Babylon 5, gathering highlights from Christopher Franke’s episode soundacks. The CD is initially included with the CD-ROM title The Official Guide To Babylon 5; a later pressing will be sold by Sonic Images in 2001.
Warner Music releases Alan Silvestri’s soundtrack from the movie Contact.
Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the movie Planet Of The Apes is released on CD by Varese Sarabande Records.
Kid Rhino releases the album Space Ghost’s Musical Bar-B-Que, a collection of songs and sketches from Space Ghost: Coast To Coast.
Interplay releases a limited run of Ron Jones‘ soundtrack from the Interplay PC game Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. (A wide release, via Sonic Images, will be announced but cancelled in 1998.) This title is unrelated to the later TV series.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the (Hugo-winning) third season episode Severed Dreams.
Essential Records releases the second Jars Of Clay album, Much Afraid.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode A Late Delivery From Avalon soundtrack.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Walkabnout.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Shadow Dancing.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Z’ha’dum.
Columbia Records releases the Midnight Oil compilation album 20,000 Watt R.S.L., gathering highlights from the band’s 20th century albums.
PolyGram Records releases Toto’s soundtrack from the 1984 David Lynch film Dune, featuring additional music by Brian Eno. This release nearly doubles the numbers of tracks that featured on the original 1984 LP release.
Pony Canyon releases the remix album Xevious 3D/G+, featuring remixes of the music from the recently-released game.
Parlophone Records releases the John Lennon compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon, the first career retrospective to take in music that appeared on the posthumous 1984 album Milk & Honey.
Varese Sarabande releases Marty Simon’s soundtrack from the TV series Tales From A Parallel Universe (which will become better known by another name later: Lexx).
Fly Records releases the second and final Home Cookin’ album Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, featuring the single “X-Rated Superstar”.
Joseph Lo Duca’s soundtrack from the second season of Xena: Warrior Princess is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Squint releases Sixpence None The Richer‘s self-titled third album, featuring the singles “Kiss Me” and “There She Goes”.