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	Regular Cinematic Releases from 1976 to 2012

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Sabrina	1995	John Williams	**	3.32	251	8	\|\|	332	09/96 - 08/08
•	Sahara	2005	Clint Mansell	****	3.45	215	4	\|\|	1,091	02/06
•	The Saint	1997	Graeme Revell	****	3.87	1,596	2	\|\|	168	05/97 - 10/06	all albums
•	Salt	2010	James Newton Howard	***	2.97	445	5	\|\|	1,177	07/10
•	Samantha	1992	Joel McNeely	**	2.80	51	0	\|	1,250	03/97 - 02/06
•	Saving Private Ryan	1998	John Williams	***	3.40	12,154	45	\|\|\|	34	07/98 - 03/08
•	Saw	2004	Charlie Clouser	*	2.15	103	1	\|\|	1,487	11/09
•	The Scarlet Letter	1995	John Barry	****	3.44	464	1	\|\|	258	10/96 - 08/08
•	Scent of a Woman	1992	Thomas Newman	****	3.15	83	0	\|\|	1,432	09/09
•	Schindler's List	1993	John Williams	*****	4.37	24,180	375	\|\|\|	4	09/96 - 08/06	multiple albums
•	The Score	2001	Howard Shore	***	3.29	537	14	\|\|	699	07/01 - 02/09
•	The Scorpion King	2002	John Debney	****	3.56	806	7	\|\|	371	07/02 - 01/09
•	Scream 3	2000	Marco Beltrami	***	3.46	1,536	0	\|\|	235	02/00 - 07/08
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.56	262	3	\|\|	1,322	04/11
N	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.00	66	1	\|\|\|	1,611	12/11	limited
•	Seabiscuit	2003	Randy Newman	***	2.85	2,205	46	\|\|	298	07/03 - 03/09
•	Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	James Horner	***	3.42	198	3	\|	715	06/98 - 03/05
•	Secondhand Lions	2003	Patrick Doyle	****	3.65	772	5	\|\|	532	11/03 - 03/09
•	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.45	488	3	\|\|	683	06/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	Sense and Sensibility	1995	Patrick Doyle	****	3.65	416	5	\|\|	293	02/97 - 09/11
•	The Sentinel	2006	Christophe Beck	*	2.39	254	6	\|\|	899	04/06
•	Serenity	2005	David Newman	**	2.98	332	7	\|	972	11/05
•	Seven	1995	Howard Shore	**	2.80	94	1	\|\|	1,411	11/09	multiple albums
•	Seven Years in Tibet	1997	John Williams	****	3.93	1,819	3	\|\|	78	09/97 - 03/08
•	Sex and the City	2008	Aaron Zigman	***	2.71	45	0	\|\|	1,633	08/11
•	Sex and the City 2	2010	Aaron Zigman	***	2.79	34	1	\|\|	1,632	08/11
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.88	2,538	10	\|\|\|	319	09/96 - 09/08	multiple albums
•	Shadow Conspiracy	1996	Bruce Broughton	***	2.97	148	0	\|	1,012	09/96 - 08/08
•	Shadow of the Vampire	2001	Dan Jones	**	3.07	387	8	\|\|	991	01/01 - 10/08
•	Shadowlands	1994	George Fenton	****	3.64	132	2	\|	841	04/97 - 06/06
•	The Shaggy Dog	2006	Alan Menken	****	3.15	151	0	\|\|	1,151	02/07
•	Shakespeare in Love	1998	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.89	4,910	5	\|\|	73	12/98 - 03/08
•	Shanghai Noon	2000	Randy Edelman	***	2.96	119	1	\|	1,114	09/03 - 04/09
•	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	Thomas Newman	****	3.98	2,631	5	\|\|	117	08/98 - 09/06
•	Sherlock Holmes	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	***	3.10	933	8	\|\|\|	894	01/10
N	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.42	508	25	\|\|\|	1,240	12/11
•	Shine	1996	David Hirschfelder	***	3.04	152	1	\|	609	11/96 - 04/06
•	The Shipping News	2001	Christopher Young	****	3.08	534	3	\|\|\|	926	02/02 - 02/09
R	Shipwrecked	1991	Patrick Doyle	***	3.32	128	0	\|\|	714	03/98 - 11/11
•	Shrek	2001	John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.20	6,592	90	\|\|\|	82	12/01 - 01/09
•	Shrek 2	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.62	408	10	\|	729	01/05
•	Shrek Forever After	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.10	557	1	\|\|	1,270	05/10
•	Shrek the Third	2007	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	***	2.73	588	1	\|	767	06/07
•	Sideways	2004	Rolfe Kent	***	3.09	323	4	\|\|	856	01/05 - 10/11
•	Signs	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.34	2,403	94	\|\|\|	402	09/02 - 02/09
•	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	Howard Shore	***	2.97	115	0	\|\|	1,421	11/09
•	Silverado	1985	Bruce Broughton	*****	3.67	140	0	\|\|\|	1,490	05/10	all albums
•	Simone	2002	Carter Burwell	***	2.61	199	6	\|\|	938	09/02 - 02/09
•	Simpatico	1999	Stewart Copeland	**	2.41	150	0	\|	1,196	12/99 - 11/07
•	A Simple Plan	1998	Danny Elfman	**	2.64	1,017	0	\|\|	274	02/99 - 05/08
•	A Simple Twist of Fate	1994	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.25	236	0	\|	1,101	06/01 - 02/08
•	The Simpsons Movie	2007	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	2.92	293	2	\|\|	1,118	11/07
•	Sin City	2005	Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney	****	3.08	662	44	\|\|\|	276	04/05 - 09/11
•	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	2003	Harry Gregson-Williams	*****	3.98	4,261	66	\|\|	208	06/03 - 03/09
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	2005	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.28	250	2	\|	648	12/05
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	2008	Rachel Portman	***	2.92	107	0	\|\|	1,508	09/09
•	Six Days, Seven Nights	1998	Randy Edelman	***	3.25	669	1	\|	250	06/98 - 03/07
•	Six Degrees of Separation	1993	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.23	224	0	\|	528	07/98 - 09/08
•	The Sixth Sense	1999	James Newton Howard	***	3.49	4,716	3	\|\|	128	08/99 - 06/08
•	The Skeleton Key	2005	Edward Shearmur	**	2.52	148	2	\|	1,143	11/05
•	The Skulls	2000	Randy Edelman	***	3.12	1,109	0	\|	637	03/00 - 07/08
•	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	2004	Edward Shearmur	****	3.59	1,233	43	\|\|\|	263	09/04 - 09/11
•	Skyline	2010	Matthew Margeson	**	2.57	239	3	\|\|	1,329	11/10
•	Sleepers	1996	John Williams	**	3.16	173	3	\|\|	621	10/96 - 04/05
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.72	782	1	\|\|	448	06/98 - 09/11	all albums
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	4.02	7,920	6	\|\|\|	133	11/99 - 06/11	all albums
•	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	A.R. Rahman	***	2.19	1,142	4	\|\|\|	590	01/09
•	Small Soldiers	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.40	2,657	1	\|\|	127	07/98 - 03/08
•	Smilla's Sense of Snow	1997	Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer	**	3.00	187	2	\|	706	03/97 - 07/04
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.50	271	5	\|\|	1,335	08/11
•	Snake Eyes	1998	Ryuichi Sakamoto	**	2.78	189	1	\|	1,070	05/99 - 07/07
•	Snakes on a Plane	2006	Trevor Rabin	**	2.64	44	0	\|\|	1,621	08/11
•	Sneakers	1992	James Horner	****	3.45	399	2	\|\|	679	09/96 - 09/08
•	Snow Falling on Cedars	1999	James Newton Howard	****	3.54	1,092	6	\|	267	11/99 - 08/07
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.31	129	1	\|\|	1,451	08/11
•	The Social Network	2010	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	FRISBEE	2.40	1,767	60	\|\|\|	833	12/10	multiple albums
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.06	233	0	\|\|	1,430	12/09 - 01/11	multiple albums
•	Soldier	1998	Joel McNeely	***	2.85	292	2	\|\|	681	11/98 - 04/07
•	Something to Talk About	1995	Hans Zimmer, Graham Preskett	***	2.88	56	5	\|\|	1,548	04/10
R	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner, Georges Delerue	Varied	3.14	144	4	\|\|\|\|	1,357	08/09 - 12/11	multiple albums
•	Something's Gotta Give	2003	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	****	2.94	62	2	\|\|	1,491	04/10	bootleg
•	Somewhere in Time	1980	John Barry	****	3.56	124	0	\|\|	1,396	12/09	multiple albums
•	Sommersby	1993	Danny Elfman	*****	4.04	1,410	10	\|\|	487	09/96 - 09/08
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	4.07	114	4	\|\|\|	1,407	07/11
•	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	1999	Marc Shaiman, Trey Parker	***	2.85	13,936	78	\|\|\|	46	07/99 - 06/08
•	Space Battleship Yamato	2010	Naoki Sato	*****	4.07	398	4	\|\|\|\|	1,290	01/11	Japanese
•	SpaceCamp	1986	John Williams	***	3.35	283	4	\|\|	670	07/98 - 09/10	all albums
•	Spanglish	2004	Hans Zimmer	****	3.48	650	12	\|\|	659	01/05 - 10/11
•	The Specialist	1994	John Barry	****	3.61	142	1	\|\|	690	07/98 - 02/06
•	Species	1995	Christopher Young	***	2.97	267	5	\|\|	425	03/98 - 07/09	all albums
•	Speed	1994	Mark Mancina	***	3.21	200	10	\|\|	929	09/03 - 04/09
•	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997	Mark Mancina	****	3.07	161	3	\|\|\|	1,486	07/10	limited
•	Speed Racer	2008	Michael Giacchino	***	2.91	262	1	\|\|	1,171	06/08
•	Sphere	1998	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.51	582	3	\|\|	768	03/98 - 07/07
•	Spider-Man	2002	Danny Elfman	****	3.29	3,357	224	\|\|\|	101	06/02 - 01/09
•	Spider-Man 2	2004	Danny Elfman, Christopher Young, John Debney	****	3.47	2,090	113	\|\|\|\|	222	08/04 - 08/11
•	The Spiderwick Chronicles	2008	James Horner	****	3.47	748	19	\|\|\|	488	01/08
•	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky, Various	**	3.39	3,025	135	\|\|\|	219	05/02 - 01/09
•	Spirited Away	2001	Joe Hisaishi	***	3.80	147	1	\|\|	1,436	11/09
•	The Spitfire Grill	1996	James Horner	*****	4.06	1,459	6	\|\|\|	376	09/96 - 08/08
•	Splash	1984	Lee Holdridge	****	3.60	477	0	\|\|	730	12/99 - 10/07	promotional
•	Spontaneous Human Combustion	1995	Geasje Palacek	*	2.14	56	2	\|\|	822	09/96 - 05/06	bootleg
•	Spy Game	2001	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.70	1,369	165	\|\|	203	11/01 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids	2001	John Debney, Danny Elfman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	***	2.97	1,825	12	\|\|\|	392	04/01 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	Robert Rodriguez, John Debney	***	2.87	452	6	\|\|	799	03/03 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	2003	Robert Rodriguez	**	2.58	221	2	\|\|	669	09/03 - 03/09
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.48	64	0	\|\|	1,597	09/11	limited
•	Standard Operating Procedure	2008	Danny Elfman	***	3.03	116	0	\|\|	1,464	09/09
•	Stanley & Iris	1990	John Williams	**	2.97	192	3	\|	908	06/98 - 04/05
•	Star Kid	1998	Nicholas Pike	***	2.72	145	0	\|	1,187	06/98 - 04/07
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.02	1,555	25	\|\|\|\|	543	05/09 - 06/10	all albums
•	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	James Horner	*****	4.11	1,200	34	\|\|\|\|	351	06/03 - 07/09	all albums
•	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	James Horner	***	3.12	609	18	\|\|\|	602	06/03 - 06/10	all albums
R	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.27	506	18	\|\|\|	850	06/03 - 01/12	all albums
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.88	2,922	8	\|\|\|	149	08/97 - 01/11	all albums
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.25	3,149	19	\|\|\|\|	91	12/96 - 09/08	all albums
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.65	8,973	24	\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 09/06	all albums
•	Star Trek: Generations	1994	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.79	1,806	14	\|\|\|	327	02/99 - 02/08
•	Star Trek: Insurrection	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.79	3,920	29	\|\|\|\|	189	12/98 - 09/08	all albums
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.03	4,160	140	\|\|\|	137	12/02 - 12/08	all albums
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.17	3,438	6	\|\|\|\|	129	01/99 - 04/08	all albums
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	*****	4.24	14,109	59	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 08/11	all albums
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	*****	4.09	28,929	866	\|\|\|\|\|	51	02/02 - 12/08	all albums
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	*****	4.18	10,548	29	\|\|\|\|	26	03/97 - 09/11	all albums
•	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	2005	John Williams	****	4.08	19,632	526	\|\|\|\|\|	48	04/05 - 09/11
•	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	2008	Kevin Kiner	**	2.17	918	21	\|\|\|	764	08/08
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	*****	4.32	9,085	63	\|\|\|\|	37	01/97 - 09/11	all albums
•	Star Wars: The Phantom Menace	1999	John Williams	*****	4.28	43,034	118	\|\|\|\|\|	10	03/99 - 07/08	all albums
•	Stardust	2007	Ilan Eshkeri	****	3.54	153	0	\|\|	1,383	09/09
•	Stargate	1994	David Arnold	****	4.18	2,683	35	\|\|	237	09/96 - 12/06	all albums
•	Stars and Bars	1988	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.30	77	0	\|	1,160	06/97 - 05/06	limited
•	Starship Troopers	1997	Basil Poledouris	***	3.27	2,646	54	\|\|	199	11/97 - 03/08
•	The Statement	2003	Norman Corbeil	**	3.02	257	1	\|	1,222	01/04 - 04/09
•	Stay	2005	Asche and Spencer	*	2.56	168	4	\|	1,077	11/05
•	Stealth	2005	BT, Various	**	2.64	183	7	\|	1,090	12/05
•	Steel	1997	Mervyn Warren	**	2.31	64	3	\|\|	1,217	04/98 - 06/06	promotional
•	Stepmom	1998	John Williams	***	3.57	3,280	16	\|	156	12/98 - 07/07
•	The Stoning of Soraya M.	2008	John Debney	****	3.65	164	0	\|\|	1,391	06/09	limited
•	Sudden Death	1995	John Debney	**	2.65	213	1	\|	1,245	06/99 - 04/07
•	The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.59	2,315	95	\|\|\|	313	06/02 - 02/09
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.56	318	1	\|\|\|	1,297	07/11
•	Supergirl	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.43	139	0	\|\|	1,398	07/09	multiple albums
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.19	3,416	39	\|\|\|\|	30	11/98 - 07/09	multiple albums
•	Superman Returns	2006	John Ottman	*****	4.00	1,622	94	\|\|\|	224	06/06
•	Surrogates	2009	Richard Marvin	***	2.72	104	0	\|\|	1,593	12/10
•	The Swarm	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.20	763	4	\|\|	1,038	02/03 - 03/09	limited
•	S.W.A.T.	2003	Elliot Goldenthal	***	2.33	908	56	\|\|\|	338	09/03 - 03/09
•	Swept from the Sea	1997	John Barry	***	3.26	428	0	\|\|	663	11/97 - 12/06
•	Swing Kids	1993	James Horner	**	3.08	157	2	\|	551	06/98 - 03/05
•	Switchback	1997	Basil Poledouris	***	3.56	501	0	\|\|	1,083	10/00 - 07/08	limited
•	The Sword and the Sorcerer	1982	David Whitaker	***	3.22	317	3	\|	953	02/99 - 06/08
•	Sylvia	2003	Gabriel Yared	***	3.41	553	2	\|\|	881	11/03 - 03/09
•	Syriana	2005	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.70	494	7	\|	584	12/05

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