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Symphonic Music of the Who
BMG Music releases Who’s Serious: The Symphonic Music of the Who, an album of orchestral covers of the Who’s greatest hits.
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Xena: The Bitter Suite soundtrack
Joseph Lo Duca’s soundtrack from the Xena: Warrior Princess musical episode The Bitter Suite is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
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Babylon 5 episodic soundtracks, wave 2
Christopher Franke’s second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records. Individual CDs with the complete scores from the episodes The Fall Of Night, Interludes and Examinations, Into The Fire, No Surrender, No Retreat, The Face Of The Enemy and The Ragged Edge are released, the last of these before the episode’s airdate.
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Star Trek: TNG Volume 4 soundtrack
GNP Crescendo Records releases the fourth CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack music, containing Jay Chattaway’s music from the episodes Tin Man, The Inner Light, Sub Rosa, A Fistful Of Datas, Dark Page, Descent, and Birthright.
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Babylon 5: In The Beginning soundtrack
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack to the Babylon 5 TV movie In The Beginning is released on Sonic Images Records.
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Babylon 5 episodic soundtracks, wave 3
Christopher Franke’s third wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records. Individual CDs with the complete scores from the episodes Chrysalis, The Coming Of Shadows, War Without End Part 1, War Without End Part 2, Whatever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi?, The Long Night, Lines Of Communication and Endgame are released.
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Star Trek: Insurrection soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Jerry Goldsmith’s music from the movie Star Trek: Insurrection.
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Babylon 5: Thirdspace soundtrack
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack to the Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace is released on Sonic Images Records.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture soundtrack
Sony Records releases a 2-CD set featuring Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, now with a few additional tracks. The second disc is not part of the soundtrack, but instead provides the first-ever CD pressing of the 1976 spoken-word album Inside Star Trek, featuring recorded live appearances by Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, Isaac Asimov and others. This set is billed as the “20th anniversary edition” of the soundtrack.
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Babylon 5 episodic soundtracks, wave 4
Christopher Franke’s fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records. Individual CDs with the complete scores from the episodes Falling Toward Apotheosis, Darkness Ascending, Objects At Rest and the series finale Sleeping In Light are released. The score from the episode And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place also becomes available, but only through Babylon 5 Magazine; a general release follows in 2001.
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Jason Falkner: Can You Still Feel?
Former Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner releases his second solo album, Can You Still Feel?.
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Babylon 5: River Of Souls soundtrack
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack to the Babylon 5 TV movie The River Of Souls is released on Sonic Images Records.
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Seven Days soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Scott Gilman’s music from the soundtrack of the UPN science fiction series Seven Days.
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Crusade soundtrack
Evan H. Chen’s soundtrack from the Babylon 5 sequel series Crusade is released on Sonic Images Records.
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Earth: Final Conflict soundtrack
Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon’s soundtrack from the Gene Roddenberry series Earth: Final Conflict is released on Sonic Images Records. A second volume of music from the series is promoted on the label’s web site, but is never released.
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The Omega Man soundtrack
Film Score Monthly releases a limited edition CD of the soundtrack from the 1971 Charlton Heston science fiction movie The Omega Man, whose music was composed by Ron Grainer (best known for his UK TV themes, such as Doctor Who and The Prisoner). The limited pressing of 3,000 copies sells out in record time; an unlimited pressing with slightly different content will be re-released by FSM’s Retrograde Records label in 2008.
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Logan’s Sanctuary
The CD Logan’s Sanctuary is released, a mostly-instrumental album billed as the soundtrack to a Logan’s Run sequel that was never filmed (though neither the title, nor the storyline in the liner notes booklet, corresponds to either of the sequel novels written by William F. Nolan). The album is the combination of the talents of Brian Reitzell and former Jellyfish member Roger Joseph Manning Jr.; fellow ex-Jellyfish member Jason Falkner also contributes.
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Lexx soundtrack
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the soundtrack of the Sci-Fi Channel series Lexx.
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Depeche Mode: Exciter
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The Illustrated Man soundtrack
Film Score Monthly releases the complete soundtrack from the 1969 science fiction movie The Illustrated Man by Jerry Goldsmith (the movie itself having been inspired by the short stories of Ray Bradbury).
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Jason Falkner: Bedtime With The Beatles
Former Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner releases an instrumental album of lullaby-styled Beatles covers, Bedtime With The Beatles.
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Tron soundtrack on CD at last
Wendy Carlos‘ much-requested soundtrack from the 1982 movie Tron is released on CD, featuring music not previously issued on the long-out-of-print LP version.
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Logan’s Run soundtrack
Film Score Monthly releases, for the first time, the complete Jerry Goldsmith score from the 1976 science fiction movie Logan’s Run. (Portions of the music have been available previously, but this is the first CD of the complete soundtrack.) The release marks the beginning of a close working relationship between the soundtrack specialty label and MGM.
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Electric Light Orchestra: First Light
The first Electric Light Orchestra album is re-released in the UK in an expanded, remastered form, featuring numerous previously unreleases mixes and other curiosities. This two-disc edition is a British exclusive, though copies inevitably make their way across the Atlantic to die-hard fans.
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Jars Of Clay: The Eleventh Hour
The Jars Of Clay album The Eleventh Hour is released, featuring the single “I Need You”.
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Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive soundtrack
Peter Howell‘s soundtrack from the 1980 Doctor Who story The Leisure Hive is released in its entirety on CD, including a selection of contemporary sound effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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Doctor Who: Meglos/Full Circle soundtracks
The soundtracks from the 1980 Doctor Who stories Meglos and Full Circle are released on a CD, including a selection of contemporary sound effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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Star Wars Episode II: A Tune Of The Clones
John Williams‘ soundtrack from the movie Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones is released, with four different covers (CD contents do not change from cover to cover).
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Star Trek: Enterprise soundtrack
Dennis McCarthy‘s soundtrack from the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot movie Broken Bow is released on CD, including the theme song “Faith Of The Heart”, sung by Russell Watson.
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Neil Finn: One All
The Neil Finn album One All is released. This is a revised version of his 2001 album One Nil, altered specifically for the North American market.