MCA Records releases Stu Phillips‘ soundtrack from the TV and theatrical premiere of Battlestar Galactica on LP. (This album will be reissued on CD in 1993, and the contents of it will appear on numerous compilations of music from this show for years to come; a re-recording of this album with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will also follow in the ’90s.) 
MCA Records releases Stu Phillips‘ soundtrack from the movie Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. (The movie, as well as its music, will also serve as the first episode of the television series of the same name later in the year.)
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a second volume of Stu Phillips’ episode soundtracks from the TV Series Battlestar Galactica. The complete scores from the episodes The Lost Planet Of The Gods and The Gun On Ice Planet Zero are included.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a third volume of Stu Phillips’ episode soundtracks from the TV Series Battlestar Galactica. The complete scores from the episodes The Long Patrol, The Lost Warriors, The Magnificent Warriors, The Young Lords, Murder On The Rising Star, The Hand Of God and the Galactica 1980 episode The Return Of Starbuck are included.
Intrada releases a 3-CD set of original episode scores from the first season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, featuring music by series theme composer Stu Phillips, among others. This marks the first release for any soundtrack material from the show beyond the series pilot (already re-released by Intrada).