Varese Sarabande releases a CD containing Elmer Bernstein‘s complete soundtrack from the movie Ghostbusters. Though an album was released with the movie in 1984, it consisted mostly of songs; this marks the first issue of Bernstein’s score, including pieces of music left out of the movie. The limited edition of 3,000 copies sells out quickly. 
Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack to the first season of Lost is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a 2-CD limited edition set of soundtrack music from the 1980s anthology series Amazing Stories, featuring music by John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Bruce Broughton, and other composers. This is the first volume of three collections of music from Amazing Stories.
Epic Records releases Rupert Gregson-Williams‘ soundtrack from the movie Over The Hedge, featuring songs by Ben Folds.
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the second season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. The second season soundtrack CD continues to show off the series’ impressive musical palette – ranging from Middle Eastern influences to hard rock – as well as new interpretations of the main theme from the 1970s iteration of Galactica.
Lakeshore Records releases Philip Glass’ soundtrack from the documentary Roving Mars.
American Records releases Tom Petty‘s final solo album, Highway Companion, featuring the single “Flirting With Time”.
Film Score Monthly releases Alan Silvestri’s soundtrack from the TV series CHiPS, focusing on highlights from the second season.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a 2-CD limited edition set of soundtrack music from the 1980s anthology series Amazing Stories, featuring music by Jerry Goldsmith, David Newman, Craig Safan, Bruce Broughton, and other composers. This is the second volume of three collections of music from Amazing Stories.
TV Eyes releases its self-titled debut album. The ’80s-styled album is the combination of the talents of Brian Reitzell and former Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Jason Falkner.
Essential Records releases the seventh Jars Of Clay album, Good Monsters, featuring the single “Dead Man (Carry Me)”.
Epic Records releases a remastered and expanded edition of the Electric Light Orchestra album On The Third Day.
Epic Records releases a remastered and expanded edition of the Electric Light Orchestra album Face The Music.
Cordless Recordings releases ex-Jellyfish member Roger Joseph Manning Jr.’s debut solo album The Land Of Pure Imagination in the U.S. (a version of this album with a different track listing was released earlier in the year in Japan).
ZTT releases the Art of Noise box set And What Have You Done With My Body, God?, gathering familiar tracks and rarities and deep cuts from the group’s early years.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases Elmer Bernstein’s soundtrack from the oddball 1980 Kirk Douglas sci-fi vehicle Saturn 3. This is the first release of the movie’s soundtrack, with the master tapes having spent most of the intervening years being unaccounted for.
Volcano Records releases the “Weird Al” Yankovic album Straight Outta Lynwood, featuring the single “White & Nerdy”.
Reprise Records releases Lindsey Buckingham‘s fourth solo album, Under The Skin, featuring the single “Show You How”.
Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack to the second season of Lost is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Parlophone releases Tim Finn‘s solo album Imaginary Kingdom, featuring the singles “Horizon” and “Astounding Moon”.
Sony Records releases the Ben Folds album Supersunnyspeedgraphic: The LP, which collects and in some cases updates material from Folds’ series of EPs released over the previous three years.
Capitol Records releases the Crowded House live album Farewell To The World, a chronicle of the 1996 farewell concert of the band’s original lineup.
Silva Screen Records releases a long-awaited CD of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the first two seasons of new Doctor Who. Requested (if not demanded) by fans, it includes the new version of the series theme tune and music from both seasons to date. (Future pressings feature a different cover without Billie Piper, following her departure from the series.)
Koch Records releases Ror-Shak’s debut album Deep.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases the original recordings of Alex North’s lost music score for 2001: a space odyssey, conducted by North himself and recorded in 1968. (The previous release of the same music on another label is a re-recording.)
Epic Records releases a remastered and expanded edition of the Electric Light Orchestra album Out Of The Blue.
Epic Records releases a remastered edition of the Alan Parsons Project‘s 1985 album Vulture Culture, featuring demos and previously unreleased material from the recording of the original album.
Epic Records releases an expanded, remastered edition of the Alan Parsons Project‘s 1977 album I Robot, with additional tracks from the original recording sessions.
Epic Records releases an expanded, remastered edition of the Alan Parsons Project‘s 1982 album Eye In The Sky, with additional tracks from the original recording sessions.
Epic Records releases a remastered and expanded edition of the Electric Light Orchestra album Balance Of Power.