Scitron Digital releases the album Taito Game Music, collecting recordings of music and sounds from the company’s classic arcade games. 
Scitron Digital releases the album Taito Game Music, collecting recordings of music and sounds from the company’s classic arcade games.
A&M Records releases Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack from the movie The Untouchables.
GNP Crescendo Records releases the first CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack music, containing Dennis McCarthy’s music from the pilot movie, Encounter At Farpoint.
BBC Records releases The Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Album, an album combining every version of the Doctor Who theme tune to date, along with selections of music from seasons 24 and 25 by composer Keff McCulloch (including the just-aired Remembrance Of The Daleks).
Warner Bros. Records releases John Williams’ soundtrack from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Geffen Records releases Passion, Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to the movie The Last Temptation Of Christ. Years later, the producers of the Battlestar Galactica remake miniseries “temp track” early edits of their show with tracks from this album, as a stylistic guide for their music composers.
Silva Screen releases the first soundtrack from the iconic 1960s TV series The Prisoner.
Alan Silvestri’s soundtrack from the movie The Abyss is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Telstar Records re-releases the single The Prisoner, a techno/hip-hop reworking of the theme of the TV series by FAB and MC Number 6. The single will reach the charts for a couple of weeks, peaking at #56.
Catalogued, restored, remastered, and released for the first time ever, The Carl Stalling Project is released by Warner Bros. Records. The album is the first-ever release of the original soundtrack recordings from Stalling’s scoring sessions for the Warner Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies cartoons from the 1930s through the 1950s, featuring many of Stalling’s variations on tunes originally written by Raymond Scott (including the famous manic “Powerhouse” cue). Classic cartoon fans snap the album up and demand more.
Warner Bros. releases Angelo Badalamenti’s soundtrack from the surprise midseason TV hit Twin Peaks, featuring the show’s signature dreamy jazz-synth-driven score and songs with vocals by Julee Cruise (including the theme tune, “Falling”). Shortly after its release, and for quite some time afterward, this album is the best-selling TV soundtrack album ever.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the soundtrack of the short-lived Fox series Alien Nation.
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack compilation CD New Music For Films Volume 1 is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1989 Doctor Who story The Curse Of Fenric, composed and performed by Mark Ayres.
GNP Crescendo Records releases the second CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack music, containing Ron Jones’ music from the fan favorite two-part story The Best Of Both Worlds.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the original Star Trek television series, presenting selections from the episodes The Doomsday Machine by Sol Kaplan and Amok Time by Gerald Fried.
The soundtrack from the movie Until The End Of The World is released, featuring songs by U2, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Depeche Mode and others; the CD contains only a few short sections of Graeme Revell’s instrumental score.
MCA Records releases an album of music from Cliff Eidelman‘s soundtrack from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Elektra Records releases an album of music from John Williams‘s soundtrack from the controversial Oliver Stone movie JFK.
Silva Screen Records releases Doctor Who: Earthshock – Classic Music From the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 1, the first reprint on CD of the now-out-of-print ’80s soundtrack album Doctor Who: The Music. The album includes compositions dating back to the 1960s and as recent as 1984 from BBC Radiophonic Workshop composers Delia Derbyshire, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, and Peter Howell. Material is added that was not present on the original vinyl release.
Silva Screen Records releases Doctor Who: The Five Doctors – Classic Music From the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 2, the first reprint on CD of the now-out-of-print ’80s soundtrack album Doctor Who: The Music II. Music is featured from BBC Radiophonic Workshop composers Jonathan Gibbs, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, and Peter Howell.
Warner Bros. Records releases Angelo Badalamenti‘s soundtrack from the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1988 Doctor Who story The Greatest Show In The Galaxy, composed and performed by Mark Ayres.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the original Star Trek television series, presenting selections from the episodes The Naked Time by Alexander Courage and Shore Leave by Gerald Fried.
GNP Crescendo Records releases the third CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack music, containing Dennis McCarthy’s music from the episodes Yesterday’s Enterprise, Unification, and Hollow Pursuits.
Narada Records releases a CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation composer Jay Chattaways’s music from the PBS documentary series Space Age. Though more percussive than his Star Trek scores, the documentary soundtrack bears strong similarities to his work on the hit science fiction series.
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.
Silva Screen Records releases the Doctor Who soundtrack compilation Pyramids Of Mars, featuring synthesized recreations of highlights of numerous 1970s Tom Baker-era Dudley Simpson scores, performed by Heathcliff Blair.
Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1989 Doctor Who story Ghost Light, composed and performed by Mark Ayres.